6A-1.099821 Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate.

(1) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to implement the requirements of Section 1002.69, F.S.

(2) Kindergarten Screening. In addition to the administration of the kindergarten screening measures, adopted by the

Department of Education, school districts shall also administer the Letter Naming Fluency Measure of the Indicadores

Dinamicos del Exito en la Lectura (IDEL) to public school kindergarten students whose native language is Spanish and who

answered “yes” to at least two (2) questions on the Home Language Survey.

(3) (2) Accuracy of Data.

(a) Prior to the calculation of the VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate, as described in subsection (5) (4) of this

rule, private and public school VPK providers shall have the opportunity to review a cumulative list of all of the children

served in their program and the total number of hours they attended.

(b) If a private or public provider disputes the accuracy of the cumulative list of VPK participants or the total number of

hours they attended when such change would result in their inclusion or exclusion in the calculation of the VPK Provider

Kindergarten Readiness Rate, as measured by the threshold of seventy (70) percent, as described in subparagraph (4) (3)(a)1.

of this rule, the provider may submit corrective information to the Office of Early Learning of the Department of Education

within 14 days after publication of the cumulative list on the Department’s website (vpk.fldoe.org). The Department, in

collaboration with the Agency for Workforce Innovation and the respective Early Learning Coalition, shall review the

corrective information and accept or reject the requested corrective information within 21 days after publication of the

cumulative list on the Department’s website. Upon completion of the corrective process, the Department shall calculate a

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(c) If a private or public school provider disputes the accuracy of the preliminary VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness

Rate as published on the Department’s website or if a private provider disputes ownership at the time of the

eliminary VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate in accordance with the method described in subsection (5) (4)

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VPK program, the provider may file a dispute on the Department’s website and may submit documentation to the

Department for its review and consideration within 14 days after publication of the preliminary rate. The Department shall

review and accept or reject any changes to the data within 14 21 days after publication. The VPK Provider Kindergarten

Readiness Rate will be recalculated in accordance with the method described in subsection (5) (4) of this rule and submitted

to the State Board of Education for the purpose of adopting a minimum readiness rate, as required by Section 1002.69(6),

F.S.

(4) (3) Criteria for Inclusion in the VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate for 2007-08 2008-09.

(a) After the conclusion of the review of the data described in subsection (3) (2) of this rule, the Department shall

calculate the Kindergarten Readiness Rate for each private or public school VPK provider of either the school year (five

hundred forty (540) hour) or summer (three hundred (300) hour) program that served at least four (4) children who:

1. Attended in the VPK program for seventy (70) percent or more of the total number of instructional hours; and

2. Participated in each of the kindergarten screening measures.

(b) If a private or public school provider does not meet the criteria described above, information as to why the provider

was not included in the VPK Provider Readiness Rate calculation shall be displayed on the VPK Provider Profile required by

Section 1002.53(5), F.S.

(5) (4) Procedures for Calculating the VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate for 2006-07 2008-09.

(a) The “Percent of Children Ready for Kindergarten” shall be calculated as the number “Children Ready for

Kindergarten” on each screening measure divided by the total number of “Children Screened” on that measure.

(b) One point is assigned for each percent of “Children Ready for Kindergarten” on each screening measure.

(c) The VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate shall be the sum of the “Percent of Children Ready for Kindergarten”

on each screening measure with a maximum of three hundred (300) two hundred (200) points.

(d) The Kindergarten Readiness Rate for private and public school VPK Providers will be displayed as follows:

Screening

Screening

Screening

Measure #1

Measure #2

Measure #3

Children Ready for Kindergarten

22

15

12

Children Screened

22

20

20

Percent of Children Ready for

100 75

60

Kindergarten

VPK Provider Readiness Rate

235 175

(e) For children who also participated in the Letter Naming Fluency Measure of the Indicadores Dinamicos del Exito en

la Lectura (IDEL), as described in subsection (2) of this rule, the higher of the two (2) Letter Naming Fluency Measures shall

be used to calculate the “Percent of Children Ready for Kindergarten” as described in paragraph (5)(d) of this rule.

(f) (e) All providers shall be ranked according to their final score.

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(6) (5) VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rates. VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rates shall be binding on

new private VPK owners if the change of ownership occurred at a point in time in which seventy (70) percent or more of the

VPK school-year or summer program remained. For the purpose of this rule, a change of ownership does not include the sale

or transfer to family members or persons with a pre-existing ownership interest in the business.

(7) (6) Low Performing VPK Providers. If the readiness rate of a private or public VPK provider falls below the

minimum rate adopted by the State Board, the provider shall be designated as a low performing VPK provider and

acknowledge such designation on

the Department’s website within 21 days of the State Board of Education’s adoption of

the minimum readiness rate.