"Applicant" means a public school district,
an area education agency or an agency which applies for the funds to provide
quality educational support programs to parents of children aged birth through
five years who are at risk, with an emphasis on parents of children aged birth
through three years.
"Children who are at risk" means children
aged birth through five years who are at risk because of physical or
environmental influence.
"Educational support services" means
individual or group opportunities providing information to parents that focus
on parenting skills, child growth and development, building of self-concept,
nutrition, positive guidance techniques, family resource management, parent
literacy, and how to access the array of supportive services from a network of
agencies that are available to families with young children who are at
risk.
"Quality educational support services" means
educational support services that have a qualified or trained staff to provide
a program which meets the needs of parents through the use of a validated
curriculum or which is based on a model project which has proven successful in
another state or location.
Notes
Iowa Admin. Code r.
281-64.20
Amended by
IAB
June 11, 2014/Volume XXXVI, Number 25, effective
7/16/2014.
Amended by
IAB
April 19, 2023/Volume XLV, Number 21, effective
5/24/2023
Adopted by
IAB
April 17, 2024/Volume XLVI, Number 21, effective
5/22/2024
