(a) The board shall adopt

1. (1) statewide goals and require each governing body to adopt written goals that are consistent with local needs;
2. (2) regulations regarding the application for and award of grants under AS 14.03.125;
3. (3) regulations implementing provisions of AS 14.11.014(b);
4. (4) regulations requiring approval by the board before a charter school, state boarding school, or a public school may provide domiciliary services;

5. (5) regulations establishing standards for an early education program provided by a school district for children who are four and five years of age; the regulations must include

   1. (A) standards for a locally designed, evidence-based program that meets federal standards required for early education programs to receive federal funding;

   2. (B) a requirement that a teacher in charge of a program hold a valid teacher certificate issued under AS 14.20 and

      1. (i) have satisfactorily completed a minimum of six credit hours in early childhood education or complete the minimum credit hours within two years of the date the teacher's employment with the early education program begins; or
      2. (ii) have two or more years of experience teaching kindergarten or another early education program and have completed additional coursework related to reading instruction, as required by the department;
   3. (C) developmentally appropriate objectives for children four and five years of age rather than academic standards appropriate for older children; the objectives must allow school districts to adapt the content of an early education program to be culturally responsive to local communities;
   4. (D) accommodations for the needs of all early education children and their families regardless of socioeconomic circumstances; and
   5. (E) standards for day in session requirements appropriate for children four and five years of age;
6. (6) regulations establishing standards for day in session requirements appropriate for kindergarten students.