10-148-30 Me. Code R. § 6

Current through 2024-25, June 19, 2024
Section 148-30-6 - COMPLIANCE MONITORING
A. The Department will conduct Compliance Monitoring of Programs and their staff at its discretion. The Department will email the Director of the Early Care and Education Program a set of questions related to workforce retention due to the Early Childhood Educator Workforce Salary Supplement System and request Payroll Records sufficient to determine the correct Early Childhood Educator Workforce Salary Supplement Payment was paid out to each eligible Early Childhood Educator for each of the previous months requested.
B. The program director has thirty (30) calendar days from the date of the email to respond.
C. After thirty (30) calendar days with no response, the Department shall give written notice to the Early Care and Education Program withholding future Salary Supplement Funding until a response is received.
D. The Department will also email each individual Early Childhood Educator using the Educator's current email address in the PDN Registry to verify that they have received all Salary Supplements from the Early Care and Education Program.
E. Early Childhood Educators can contact the Department with questions or concerns regarding any Early Childhood Educator Workforce Salary Supplement Payment or to report not being issued the Early Childhood Educator Workforce Salary Supplement Payment by the Early Care and Education Program.
F. Early Care and Education Programs will maintain, retain, and provide Payroll Records to the Department upon request. Payroll Records must be retained for a minimum of three (3) years.
G. When Payroll Records submitted to the Department are not sufficient to determine the correct Early Childhood Educator Workforce Salary Supplement Payment was paid to every eligible Educator by the Early Care and Education Program for each of the previous months requested, the Department will provide written notice withholding future Salary Supplement Funding until a response is received. Early Care and Education Programs have thirty (30) calendar days from the date that the notice was sent to provide Payroll Records demonstrating corrections were made to the Early Childhood Educator's Early Childhood Educator Workforce Salary Supplement Payment. If such Payroll Records are not provided, or remain insufficient to determine the correct Early Childhood Educator Workforce Salary Supplement Payment was paid to every Educator by the Early Care and Education Program each of the previous twelve months, the Department will determine that an Overpayment was caused by the Early Care and Education Program, and recoup the Overpayment consistent with this Rule.

10-148 C.M.R. ch. 30, § 6