FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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    STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
    John L. Winn
    Commissioner of Education
    F. PHILIP HANDY,
    Chairman
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Vice Chairman
    Members
    DONNA G. CALLAWAY
    JULIA L. JOHNSON
    ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
    PHOEBE RAULERSON
    LINDA K. TAYLOR
    October 25, 2005
    TO:
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    District School Superintendents
    FROM:
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    Shan Goff, Executive Director, Office of Early Learning
    Florida Department of Education
    Gladys Wilson, Deputy Director, Office of Early Learning
    Agency for Workforce Innovation
    SUBJECT:
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    Teenage Parent Program Reporting Procedures and Dates for Fiscal Year 2005-
    2006
    The Florida Department of Education and the Agency for Workforce Innovation extend
    appreciation and thanks to all parties who worked collaboratively last year to report $9,678,564
    as a match for federal dollars. These dollars were used to provide school readiness services to
    additional children throughout Florida. We are again requesting your assistance in collecting
    the necessary data on the participants in your Teenage Parent Program in order to continue
    using state funds as a match for federal dollars for 2005-2006.
    Attached you will find a copy of the Supplemental Information Form and corresponding
    instructions to complete this form. The reporting deadlines for submitting the supplemental
    information forms are:
    November 15, 2005
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    January 17, 2006
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    April 18, 2006
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    May 30, 2006
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    We request your cooperation in using the following procedures to report the information on the
    children of teenage parents.
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    School districts that contract for child care services for the children of teenage parents
    through their local early learning coalition or other entities (e.g. Early Head Start) and
    school districts that directly provide child care for this population can submit the
    Supplemental Information Form.
    325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 1514 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0505 • www.fldoe.org
    District School Superintendents
    October 25, 2005
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    Supplemental Information Forms should be completed at the beginning of each new school
    year.
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    Unless there is a change in the child’s information
    , Supplemental I
    nformation Forms
    DO NOT
    need to be completed each quarter once the child has been entered into the
    School Readiness Data System by the coalition or its designee for the current school year.
    Children reported in the first quarter will continue to be counted for each reporting period
    unless there is a form to reflect a change in status, such as withdrawal from the program.
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    Completed Supplemental Information Forms are forwarded by the school district to the
    early learning coalition or the coalition’s designee.
    Please do not send these forms to
    either the Department of Education or the Agency for Workforce Innovation/Office of
    Early Learning.
    To obtain contact information for your local early learning coalition,
    please access through http://www.floridajobs.org/earlylearning/index.html.
    If your school district is currently using the funds generated by the children of teenage parents
    as a match for other federal funds (e.g. Head Start, Even Start), please disregard this request.
    However, please contact the Agency for Workforce Innovation, Office of Early Learning, so
    records can be updated accordingly.
    Thank you for your cooperation concerning this matter. If you have technical questions or need
    additional information, please contact Kathy Summers, Agency for Workforce Innovation/Office
    of Early Learning, at 850/922-5911 or via electronic mail at kathy.summers@awi.state.fl.us.
    Additionally, you may contact Department of Education staff members, Martha Haynes at
    850/245-9560 or via electronic mail at martha.haynes@fldoe.org or Cyndi Terry at 863/701-
    1393 or via electronic mail at cyncat@aol.com.
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    Attachments:
    Supplemental Information Form and Instructions
    cc:
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    Dropout Prevention Coordinators
    Executive Directors, Local Coalitions
    School District Finance Officers
    Early Learning Coalition Board Members
    Kathy
    Summers
    Anne
    Cahn
    Martha
    Haynes
    Cyndi
    Terry

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