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
ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
PHOEBE RAULERSON
KATHLEEN SHANAHAN
LINDA K. TAYLOR
September 11, 2006
MEMORANDUM #06-18
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 2006-
2007
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 $7,409,566
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 2006-2007.
Attached you will find a copy of the Supplemental Information Form and corresponding
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instructions to complete this form. The reporting deadlines for submitting the supplemental
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information forms are:
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October 2, 2006
January 2, 2007
March 5, 2007
June 1, 2007
We request your cooperation in using the following procedures to report the information on the
children of teenage parents.
325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 1524 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0505 • www.fldoe.org
District School Superintendents
September 11, 2006
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School districts that contract for child care services for the children of teenage parents
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through their local early learning coalition or other entities (e.g. Early Head Start) and
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school districts that directly provide child care for this population can submit the
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Supplemental Information Form.
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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 during the current school year
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Supplemental Information 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.flready.org.
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The early learning coalition will return to the school district a printout of the information on
the Supplemental Information Form after it has been entered into the Enhanced Field
System (EFS) for the district to keep as confirmation that the information was received and
recorded. Please notify the early learning coalition of any incorrect information on the
confirmation receipt.
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 early learning coalition and 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 questions concerning
reporting, please contact Kathy Summers, Agency for Workforce Innovation/Office of Early
Learning, at 850/921-3431 or via electronic mail at kathy.summers@awi.state.fl.us. For
programmatic questions, you may contact Department of Education staff members, Wendy Ling
at 850/245-5015 or via electronic mail at wendy.ling@fldoe.org
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SG/GW/db
Attachments:
Supplemental Information Form and Instructions
cc:
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Dropout Prevention Coordinators
Executive Directors, Early Learning Coalitions
School District Finance Officers
Early Learning Coalition Board Members
Kathy Summers
Anne
Cahn
