Section 4 AAC 60.200 - District-wide early education program grants; applications; duration; award determinations(a) A school district identified by the department as eligible for a district-wide early education program grant under AS 14.03.410(c) may submit a grant application on a form prescribed by the department not later than May 15 of the application year. In addition to the application, an applicant school district shall submit, in a format prescribed by the department, (1) a one-page program summary;(2) an application narrative;(3) a budget narrative form;(4) written documentation of outreach efforts conducted by the district;(5) written documentation that the school district consulted with all local and tribal Head Start programs within the district;(6) for each program that the school district consulted with under (5) of this subsection, an acknowledgment signed by a person with authority to act on behalf of the program stating that the district-wide early education program is not, or would not be, duplicative of an existing program and that eligible students would not be negatively affected by developing and improving a district-wide early education program;(7) certification that the applicant is not presently debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in primary covered transactions by any federal department or agency; and(8) a district-wide early education program consultation form.(b) The department may award a district-wide early education program grant to a district that meets the criteria of AS 14.03.410 and this section. When making an award determination, the department will consider whether an applicant school district (1) has previously received a district-wide early education program grant;(2) is the current recipient of a district-wide early education program grant under this section;(3) has an insufficient number of children in the district attending high-quality child care programs; and(4) has conducted outreach within the district to ensure that the proposed district-wide early education program is not duplicative of existing programs.(c) The department will prioritize grant applications from eligible school districts that rank lowest on district accountability system and performance designations under AS 14.03.123 and 4 AAC 06.812.(d) A district-wide early education program grant award has a three-year duration.(e) A non-school district agency is not eligible for a grant award under this section.(f) In this section, "high quality child care program" includes any of the following, if the program meets the Alaska Early Education Program Standards, adopted by reference in 4 AAC 60.190(b): (1) a Head Start program;(2) an early education program provided by a local government; and(3) an early education program provided by a child development agency.Eff. 7/1/2023, Register 247, October 2023Authority:AS 14.03.410
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