1. (a) A Board shall ensure that a list of parents waiting for child care services, because of the lack of funding or lack of providers, is maintained and available to the Commission upon request.

2. (b) A Board shall establish a policy for the maintenance of a waiting list that includes, at a minimum:

   1. (1) the process for determining that the parent is potentially eligible for child care services before placing the parent on the waiting list; and
   2. (2) the frequency in which the parent information is updated and maintained on the waiting list.
3. (c) A Board may exempt children from the waiting list who are directly referred from a recognized pre-K or HS/EHS partnership as described in §809.22 of this subchapter to a child care provider to receive services in the contracted partnership program, which is subject to the availability of funding and the availability of subsidized slots at the partnership site.

Source Note:The provisions of this §809.18 adopted to be effective January 29, 2007, 32 TexReg 336; amended to be effective January 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 593.