1. (a) During the grant period, a school district that receives a grant award under 4 AAC 60.200 shall demonstrate progress towards meeting or exceeding the standards for a high-quality early education program under AS 14.07.165(a)(5) and 4 AAC 60.190 by complying with the department's grant reporting requirements and submitting a year-end report to the department.
2. (b) After expiration of the grant period, a school district grant recipient that has demonstrated progress toward meeting or exceeding high-quality early education program standards under (a) of this section may apply for inclusion of the early education program's students in the district's student count under AS 14.17.600 and 4 AAC 60.210.

3. (c) A school district early education program grant award recipient shall comply with the department's fiscal and program requirements. To comply, an award recipient must

   1. (1) implement the high-quality early education program standards under 4 AAC 60.190, in accordance with the grant application with the goal of meeting all of the standards by the end of the three-year grant period;
   2. (2) submit, within the department's grants management system (GMS), quarterly reports and budget reimbursement requests on a quarterly basis in a format prescribed by the department;
   3. (3) submit an annual application under 4 AAC 60.036 to operate;
   4. (4) assess each child to determine individual progress or status on all domain areas in the State of Alaska Early Learning Guidelines, adopted by reference in 4 AAC 60.170;
   5. (5) assign a student identification number to all students enrolled in the district early education program;
   6. (6) secure adequate personnel to perform services under the grant;
   7. (7) accommodate program attendance by homeless children in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(1)(F)(i) and (6)(A)(iii); and
   8. (8) submit an annual report on a form prescribed by the department describing progress towards meeting the high-quality early education program standards under 4 AAC 60.190.

(Eff. 7/1/2023, Register 247)

Authority: AS 14.03.410, AS 14.07.020, AS 14.07.060, AS 14.60.010