4 AAC 60.195 - District accountability; revocation of approval of district-wide early education program

(a) Annually, a district providing a district-wide early education program shall submit an average daily membership (ADM) assurances report in a format prescribed by the department. The ADM assurances report must be submitted to the department not later than two weeks after the end of the student count period under 4 AAC 09.015. In the report, the district shall certify that its district-wide early education program complies with the high quality early education program standards under 4 AAC 60.190.

(b) An individual may submit a complaint to the department concerning a district's compliance with the high quality early education program standards under 4 AAC 60.190. The complaint must include

(1) a statement describing the alleged violation;

(2) a statement of facts;

(3) the name and address of the complainant; and

(4) documentation that the complainant presented the complaint to the school district.

(c) Upon receipt of a complaint, the department will conduct a scheduled review of the district-wide early education program. The department will provide a minimum of 30 days' notice to the district of the date and purpose of the review.

(d) Not later than 30 days after conclusion of a scheduled program review, the department will submit written results of the program review to the district. The written results must include a statement of substantiated or unsubstantiated non-compliance.

(e) If a scheduled review indicates substantiated non-compliance, the district has 90 days to submit evidence of correction of the substantiated non-compliance on a form and in a manner prescribed by the department. The department will review the evidence of correction and provide the district with a written determination not later than 30 days after receipt of the district's evidence of corrective action under (d) of this section.

(f) If a district fails to provide the department with evidence of corrective action, or the department's review under (e) of this section indicates that a district is substantially non-compliant with the high quality early education program standards under 4 AAC 60.190, the district is ineligible to claim its early education program students in the ADM.

(g) The department will provide a notice of ADM ineligibility under (f) of this section not later than 30 days after receipt of the district's documentation of corrective action completion.

(h) A district may appeal a determination by the department under (g) or (k) of this section under 4 AAC 40.

(i) The department's revocation of a district's eligibility for 0.5 ADM for purposes of AS 14.17.500(d) takes effect the following school year.

(j) The department will review approved district-wide early education programs to ensure that compliance with the Alaska Early Education Program Standards, adopted by reference in 4 AAC 60.190(b), is maintained.

(k) The department may revoke approval of a district-wide early education program if the department determines that the district has not maintained compliance with the Alaska Early Education Program Standards, adopted by reference in 4 AAC 60.190(b).

Notes

4 AAC 60.195

Eff. 7/1/2023, Register 247, October 2023

Authority:AS 14.03.410

AS 14.07.020

AS 14.07.060

AS 14.07.165

AS 14.17.500