Bill Text: FL S1546 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-03-10 - Died in Education [S1546 Detail]
Download: Florida-2018-S1546-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2018 SB 1546 By Senator Simmons 9-01197-18 20181546__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the Voluntary Prekindergarten 3 Education Program; amending s. 1002.51, F.S.; defining 4 the term “nonprofit provider”; amending s. 1002.53, 5 F.S.; revising the prekindergarten program options 6 available to certain parents to include a specified 7 in-home, technology-based program; creating s. 8 1002.64, F.S.; authorizing each early learning 9 coalition to administer an in-home, technology-based 10 academic prekindergarten program as part of the 11 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; 12 specifying requirements for the program; requiring the 13 nonprofit provider to provide the early learning 14 coalition with certain program information; requiring 15 the early learning coalition to reimburse an approved 16 nonprofit provider from funds allocated for the 17 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; amending 18 s. 1002.67, F.S.; authorizing a nonprofit provider to 19 select or design a developmentally appropriate 20 curriculum that meets certain requirements; requiring 21 the nonprofit provider to implement a pre- and post 22 assessment under certain circumstances; requiring each 23 early learning coalition to verify the nonprofit 24 provider meets certain requirements; amending s. 25 1002.69, F.S.; requiring the Office of Early Learning 26 to adopt certain procedures and criteria regarding a 27 nonprofit provider’s kindergarten readiness rate; 28 amending s. 1002.71, F.S.; specifying the calculation 29 of a full-time equivalent student in an in-home, 30 technology-based academic prekindergarten program; 31 requiring the office to adopt a uniform attendance 32 policy for special populations that participate in a 33 specified prekindergarten program; amending s. 34 1002.73, F.S.; revising Department of Education duties 35 regarding nonprofit providers; amending s. 1002.75, 36 F.S.; requiring the office to adopt certain procedures 37 for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program 38 for a nonprofit provider; providing an effective date. 39 40 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 41 42 Section 1. Present subsections (5) through (8) of section 43 1002.51, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (6) 44 through (9), respectively, and a new subsection (5) is added to 45 that section, to read: 46 1002.51 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term: 47 (5) “Nonprofit provider” means a s. 501(c)(3) of the 48 Internal Revenue Code organization that is eligible to deliver 49 an in-home, technology-based academic prekindergarten program 50 for special populations under s. 1002.64. 51 Section 2. Subsection (3), paragraph (b) of subsection (4), 52 subsection (5), and paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (6) of 53 section 1002.53, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 54 1002.53 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; 55 eligibility and enrollment.— 56 (3) The parent of each child eligible under subsection (2) 57 may enroll the child in one of the following programs: 58 (a) A school-year prekindergarten program delivered by a 59 private prekindergarten provider under s. 1002.55.;60 (b) A summer prekindergarten program delivered by a public 61 school or private prekindergarten provider under s. 1002.61.;62 (c) A school-year prekindergarten program delivered by a 63 public school.; or64 (d) A specialized instructional services program for 65 children who have disabilities, if the child has been evaluated 66 and determined as eligible, has a current individual educational 67 plan developed by the local school board, and is eligible for 68 the program under s. 1002.66. 69 (e) An in-home, technology-based academic prekindergarten 70 program for special populations delivered by a nonprofit 71 provider under s. 1002.64. 72 73 Except as provided in s. 1002.71(4), a child may not enroll in 74 more than one of these programs. 75 (4) 76 (b) The application must be submitted on forms prescribed 77 by the Office of Early Learning and must be accompanied by a 78 certified copy of the child’s birth certificate. The forms must 79 include a certification, in substantially the form provided in 80 s. 1002.71(6)(b)2., that the parent chooses the private 81 prekindergarten provider, nonprofit provider, or public school 82 in accordance with this section and directs that payments for 83 the program be made to the provider or school. The Office of 84 Early Learning may authorize alternative methods for submitting 85 proof of the child’s age in lieu of a certified copy of the 86 child’s birth certificate. 87 (5) The early learning coalition shall provide each parent 88 enrolling a child in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education 89 Program with a profile of every private prekindergarten 90 provider, nonprofit provider, and public school delivering the 91 program within the county where the child is being enrolled. The 92 profiles shall be provided to parents in a format prescribed by 93 the Office of Early Learning. The profiles must include, at a 94 minimum, the following information about each provider and 95 school: 96 (a) The provider’s or school’s services, curriculum, 97 instructor credentials, and instructor-to-student ratio, as 98 appropriate; and 99 (b) The provider’s or school’s kindergarten readiness rate 100 calculated in accordance with s. 1002.69, based upon the most 101 recent available results of the statewide kindergarten 102 screening. 103 (6)(a) A parent may enroll his or her child with any 104 private prekindergarten provider or nonprofit provider that is 105 eligible to deliver the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education 106 Program under this part; however, the provider may determine 107 whether to admit any child. An early learning coalition may not 108 limit the number of students admitted by any private 109 prekindergarten provider or nonprofit provider for enrollment in 110 the program. However, this paragraph does not authorize an early 111 learning coalition to allow a provider to exceed any staff-to 112 children ratio, square footage per child, or other requirement 113 imposed under ss. 402.301-402.319 as a result of admissions in 114 the prekindergarten program. 115 (c) Each private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit 116 provider, and public school must comply with the 117 antidiscrimination requirements of 42 U.S.C. s. 2000d, 118 regardless of whether the provider or school receives federal 119 financial assistance. A private prekindergarten provider, 120 nonprofit provider, or public school may not discriminate 121 against a parent or child, including the refusal to admit a 122 child for enrollment in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education 123 Program, in violation of these antidiscrimination requirements. 124 Section 3. Section 1002.64, Florida Statutes, is created to 125 read: 126 1002.64 Prekindergarten program delivered by nonprofit 127 providers.— 128 (1) Each early learning coalition may administer the 129 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program at the county or 130 regional level for special populations enrolled under s. 131 1002.53(3)(e) in an in-home, technology-based academic 132 prekindergarten program delivered by a nonprofit provider. The 133 early learning coalition shall determine the special populations 134 for its area, which may include low-income families, rural parts 135 of the state, or high concentrations of English language 136 learners. 137 (2) Each in-home, technology-based academic prekindergarten 138 program provided by a nonprofit provider must include at least 139 45 instructional hours. 140 (3) Each in-home, technology-based academic prekindergarten 141 program must contain all of the following elements: 142 (a) Be designed to improve a child’s transition into 143 elementary education and include content in reading, 144 mathematics, and science. 145 (b) Be aligned with early learning standards, such as “12 146 Principles of Child Development and Learning that Inform 147 Practice” by the National Association for the Education of Young 148 Children and “Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework.” 149 (c) Be administered by a s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal 150 Revenue Code organization and be provided to an eligible student 151 in the student’s home. 152 (d) Provide for the installation of a computer and Internet 153 access in the homes of low-income families, as defined by the 154 early learning coalition, who do not otherwise have access to 155 such equipment or service. 156 (e) Demonstrate a record of past success through results on 157 independent, valid, and reliable evaluations, such as a 158 randomized controlled trial or a longitudinal study. 159 (f) Include a parental engagement and involvement 160 component, with support models provided in English, Spanish, and 161 other languages, as needed. 162 (4) The nonprofit provider shall provide the early learning 163 coalition with all of the following information regarding its 164 program: 165 (a) The number of families who are: 166 1. Volunteering to participate in the program; 167 2. Selected to participate in the program; 168 3. Requesting computers; and 169 4. Furnished computers. 170 (b) The frequency of use of the instructional software. 171 (c) Obstacles encountered with hardware, software usage, or 172 providing technical assistance to families. 173 (d) Parental feedback on the program. 174 (e) Student growth on assessments over the course of the 175 program, including interim outcomes. 176 (5) The early learning coalition shall reimburse an 177 approved nonprofit provider for authorized services provided to 178 an eligible child; however, the cumulative total reimbursement 179 for a child may not exceed the base student allocation provided 180 for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program in the 181 General Appropriations Act. Providers shall be reimbursed from 182 funds allocated to the early learning coalition for the 183 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program. 184 Section 4. Subsection (2), paragraph (a) of subsection (3), 185 and subsection (4) of section 1002.67, Florida Statutes, are 186 amended to read: 187 1002.67 Performance standards; curricula and 188 accountability.— 189 (2)(a) Each private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit 190 provider, and public school may select or design the curriculum 191 that the provider or school uses to implement the Voluntary 192 Prekindergarten Education Program, except as otherwise required 193 for a provider or school that is placed on probation under 194 paragraph (4)(c). 195 (b) Each private prekindergarten provider’s, nonprofit 196 provider’s, and public school’s curriculum must be 197 developmentally appropriate and must: 198 1. Be designed to prepare a student for early literacy; 199 2. Enhance the age-appropriate progress of students in 200 attaining the performance standards adopted by the department 201 under subsection (1); and 202 3. Prepare students to be ready for kindergarten based upon 203 the statewide kindergarten screening administered under s. 204 1002.69. 205 (c) The office shall review and approve curricula for use 206 by private prekindergarten providers and public schools that are 207 placed on probation under paragraph (4)(c). The office shall 208 maintain a list of the curricula approved under this paragraph. 209 Each approved curriculum must meet the requirements of paragraph 210 (b). 211 (3)(a) Contingent upon legislative appropriation, each 212 private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit provider, and public 213 school in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program must 214 implement an evidence-based pre- and post-assessment that has 215 been approved by rule of the State Board of Education. 216 (4)(a) Each early learning coalition shall verify that each 217 private prekindergarten provider and nonprofit provider 218 delivering the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program 219 within the coalition’s county or multicounty region complies 220 with this part. Each district school board shall verify that 221 each public school delivering the program within the school 222 district complies with this part. 223 (b) If a private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit 224 provider, or public school fails or refuses to comply with this 225 part, or if a provider or school engages in misconduct, the 226 office shall require the early learning coalition to remove the 227 provider and require the school district to remove the school 228 from eligibility to deliver the Voluntary Prekindergarten 229 Education Program and receive state funds under this part for a 230 period of 5 years. 231 (c)1. If the kindergarten readiness rate of a private 232 prekindergarten provider, nonprofit provider, or public school 233 falls below the minimum rate adopted by the office as 234 satisfactory under s. 1002.69(6), the early learning coalition 235 or school district, as applicable, shall require the provider or 236 school to submit an improvement plan for approval by the 237 coalition or school district, as applicable, and to implement 238 the plan; shall place the provider or school on probation; and 239 shall require the provider or school to take certain corrective 240 actions, including the use of a curriculum approved by the 241 office under paragraph (2)(c) or a staff development plan to 242 strengthen instruction in language development and phonological 243 awareness approved by the office. 244 2. A private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit provider, 245 or public school that is placed on probation must continue the 246 corrective actions required under subparagraph 1., including the 247 use of a curriculum or a staff development plan to strengthen 248 instruction in language development and phonological awareness 249 approved by the office, until the provider or school meets the 250 minimum rate adopted by the office as satisfactory under s. 251 1002.69(6). Failure to implement an approved improvement plan or 252 staff development plan shall result in the termination of the 253 provider’s contract to deliver the Voluntary Prekindergarten 254 Education Program for a period of 5 years. 255 3. If a private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit 256 provider, or public school remains on probation for 2 257 consecutive years and fails to meet the minimum rate adopted by 258 the office as satisfactory under s. 1002.69(6) and is not 259 granted a good cause exemption by the office pursuant to s. 260 1002.69(7), the office shall require the early learning 261 coalition or the school district to remove, as applicable, the 262 provider or school from eligibility to deliver the Voluntary 263 Prekindergarten Education Program and receive state funds for 264 the program for a period of 5 years. 265 (d) Each early learning coalition and the office shall 266 coordinate with the Child Care Services Program Office of the 267 Department of Children and Families to minimize interagency 268 duplication of activities for monitoring private prekindergarten 269 providers and nonprofit providers for compliance with 270 requirements of the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program 271 under this part, the school readiness program under part VI of 272 this chapter, and the licensing of providers under ss. 402.301 273 402.319. 274 Section 5. Subsections (5), (6), and (7) of section 275 1002.69, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 276 1002.69 Statewide kindergarten screening; kindergarten 277 readiness rates; state-approved prekindergarten enrollment 278 screening; good cause exemption.— 279 (5) The office shall adopt procedures to annually calculate 280 each private prekindergarten provider’s, nonprofit provider’s, 281 and public school’s kindergarten readiness rate, which must be 282 expressed as the percentage of the provider’s or school’s 283 students who are assessed as ready for kindergarten. The 284 methodology for calculating each provider’s kindergarten 285 readiness rate must include student learning gains when 286 available and the percentage of students who meet all state 287 readiness measures. The rates must not include students who are 288 not administered the statewide kindergarten screening. The 289 office shall determine learning gains using a value-added 290 measure based on growth demonstrated by the results of the 291 preassessment and postassessment from at least 2 successive 292 years of administration of the preassessment and postassessment. 293 (6) The office shall periodically adopt a minimum 294 kindergarten readiness rate that, if achieved by a private 295 prekindergarten provider, nonprofit provider, or public school, 296 would demonstrate the provider’s or school’s satisfactory 297 delivery of the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program. 298 (7)(a) Notwithstanding s. 1002.67(4)(c)3., the office, upon 299 the request of a private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit 300 provider, or public school that remains on probation for 2 301 consecutive years or more and subsequently fails to meet the 302 minimum rate adopted under subsection (6) and for good cause 303 shown, may grant to the provider or school an exemption from 304 being determined ineligible to deliver the Voluntary 305 Prekindergarten Education Program and receive state funds for 306 the program. Such exemption is valid for 1 year and, upon the 307 request of the private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit 308 provider, or public school and for good cause shown, may be 309 renewed. 310 (b) A private prekindergarten provider’s, nonprofit 311 provider’s, or public school’s request for a good cause 312 exemption, or renewal of such an exemption, must be submitted to 313 the office in the manner and within the timeframes prescribed by 314 the office and must include the following: 315 1. Submission of data by the private prekindergarten 316 provider, nonprofit provider, or public school which documents 317 the achievement and progress of the children served as measured 318 by the state-approved prekindergarten enrollment screening and 319 the standardized postassessment approved by the office pursuant 320 to subparagraph (c)1. 321 2. Submission and review of data available from the 322 respective early learning coalition or district school board, 323 the Department of Children and Families, local licensing 324 authority, or an accrediting association, as applicable, 325 relating to the private prekindergarten provider’s or public 326 school’s compliance with state and local health and safety 327 standards, as appropriate. 328 3. Submission and review of data available to the office on 329 the performance of the children served and the calculation of 330 the private prekindergarten provider’s or public school’s 331 kindergarten readiness rate. 332 (c) The office shall adopt criteria for granting good cause 333 exemptions. Such criteria shall include, but are not limited to: 334 1. Learning gains of children served in the Voluntary 335 Prekindergarten Education Program by the private prekindergarten 336 provider, nonprofit provider, or public school. 337 2. Verification that local and state health and safety 338 requirements are met. 339 (d) A good cause exemption may not be granted to any 340 private prekindergarten provider that has any class I violations 341 or two or more class II violations within the 2 years preceding 342 the provider’s or school’s request for the exemption. For 343 purposes of this paragraph, class I and class II violations have 344 the same meaning as provided in s. 402.281(4). 345 (e) A private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit provider, 346 or public school granted a good cause exemption shall continue 347 to implement its improvement plan and continue the corrective 348 actions required under s. 1002.67(4)(c)1., including the use of 349 a curriculum approved by the office, until the provider or 350 school meets the minimum rate adopted under subsection (6). 351 (f) If a good cause exemption is granted to a private 352 prekindergarten provider or nonprofit provider who remains on 353 probation for 2 consecutive years, the office shall notify the 354 early learning coalition of the good cause exemption and direct 355 that the coalition, notwithstanding s. 1002.67(4)(c)3., not 356 remove the provider from eligibility to deliver the Voluntary 357 Prekindergarten Education Program or to receive state funds for 358 the program, if the provider meets all other applicable 359 requirements of this part. 360 Section 6. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and subsections 361 (6) and (8) of section 1002.71, Florida Statutes, are amended, 362 and paragraph (d) is added to subsection (2) of that section, to 363 read: 364 1002.71 Funding; financial and attendance reporting.— 365 (2) A full-time equivalent student in the Voluntary 366 Prekindergarten Education Program shall be calculated as 367 follows: 368 (d) For a special population student in an in-home, 369 technology-based academic prekindergarten program delivered by a 370 nonprofit provider: 45 instructional hours. 371 372 Except as provided in subsection (4), a student may not be 373 reported for funding purposes as more than one full-time 374 equivalent student. 375 (3) 376 (b) Each county’s allocation per full-time equivalent 377 student in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program shall 378 be calculated annually by multiplying the base student 379 allocation provided in the General Appropriations Act by the 380 county’s district cost differential provided in s. 1011.62(2). 381 Each private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit provider, and 382 public school shall be paid in accordance with the county’s 383 allocation per full-time equivalent student. 384 (6)(a) Each parent enrolling his or her child in the 385 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program must agree to comply 386 with the attendance policy of the private prekindergarten 387 provider, nonprofit provider, or district school board, as 388 applicable. Upon enrollment of the child, the private 389 prekindergarten provider, nonprofit provider, or public school, 390 as applicable, must provide the child’s parent with a copy of 391 the provider’s or school district’s attendance policy, as 392 applicable. 393 (b)1. Each private prekindergarten provider’s, nonprofit 394 provider’s, and district school board’s attendance policy must 395 require the parent of each student in the Voluntary 396 Prekindergarten Education Program to verify, each month, the 397 student’s attendance on the prior month’s certified student 398 attendance. 399 2. The parent must submit the verification of the student’s 400 attendance to the private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit 401 provider, or public school on forms prescribed by the Office of 402 Early Learning. The forms must include, in addition to the 403 verification of the student’s attendance, a certification, in 404 substantially the following form, that the parent continues to 405 choose the private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit provider, 406 or public school in accordance with s. 1002.53 and directs that 407 payments for the program be made to the provider or school: 408 409 VERIFICATION OF STUDENT’S ATTENDANCE 410 AND CERTIFICATION OF PARENTAL CHOICE 411 412 I, ...(Name of Parent)..., swear (or affirm) that my child, 413 ...(Name of Student)..., attended the Voluntary Prekindergarten 414 Education Program on the days listed above and certify that I 415 continue to choose ...(Name of Provider or School)... to deliver 416 the program for my child and direct that program funds be paid 417 to the provider or school for my child. 418 ...(Signature of Parent)... 419 ...(Date)... 420 421 3. The private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit 422 provider, or public school must keep each original signed form 423 for at least 2 years. Each private prekindergarten provider must 424 permit the early learning coalition, and each public school must 425 permit the school district, to inspect the original signed forms 426 during normal business hours. The Office of Early Learning shall 427 adopt procedures for early learning coalitions and school 428 districts to review the original signed forms against the 429 certified student attendance. The review procedures shall 430 provide for the use of selective inspection techniques, 431 including, but not limited to, random sampling. Each early 432 learning coalition and the school districts must comply with the 433 review procedures. 434 (c) A private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit provider, 435 or school district, as applicable, may dismiss a student who 436 does not comply with the provider’s or district’s attendance 437 policy. A student dismissed under this paragraph is not removed 438 from the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program and may 439 continue in the program through reenrollment with another 440 private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit provider, or public 441 school. Notwithstanding s. 1002.53(6)(b), a school district is 442 not required to provide for the admission of a student dismissed 443 under this paragraph. 444 (d) The Office of Early Learning shall adopt, for funding 445 purposes, a uniform attendance policy for the Voluntary 446 Prekindergarten Education Program. The attendance policy must 447 apply statewide and apply equally to all private prekindergarten 448 providers and public schools. The attendance policy must include 449 at least the following provisions: 450 1. A student’s attendance may be reported on a pro rata 451 basis as a fractional part of a full-time equivalent student. 452 2. At a maximum, 20 percent of the total payment made on 453 behalf of a student to a private prekindergarten provider or a 454 public school may be for hours a student is absent. 455 3. A private prekindergarten provider or public school may 456 not receive payment for absences that occur before a student’s 457 first day of attendance or after a student’s last day of 458 attendance. 459 460 The uniform attendance policy shall be used only for funding 461 purposes and does not prohibit a private prekindergarten 462 provider or public school from adopting and enforcing its 463 attendance policy under paragraphs (a) and (c). 464 (e) Notwithstanding paragraph (d), the Office of Early 465 Learning shall adopt, for funding purposes, a uniform attendance 466 policy for special population students who participate in an in 467 home, technology-based academic prekindergarten program under s. 468 1002.64. 469 (8) Except as otherwise expressly authorized by law, a 470 private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit provider, or public 471 school may not: 472 (a) Require payment of a fee or charge for services 473 provided for a child enrolled in the Voluntary Prekindergarten 474 Education Program during a period reported for funding purposes; 475 or 476 (b) Require a child to enroll for, or require the payment 477 of any fee or charge for, supplemental services as a condition 478 of admitting a child for enrollment in the Voluntary 479 Prekindergarten Education Program. 480 Section 7. Paragraph (g) of subsection (2) and subsection 481 (3) of section 1002.73, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 482 1002.73 Department of Education; powers and duties; 483 accountability requirements.— 484 (2) The department shall adopt procedures for its: 485 (g) Granting of a private prekindergarten provider’s, 486 nonprofit provider’s, or public school’s request for a good 487 cause exemption under s. 1002.69(7). 488 (3) Except as provided by law, the department may not 489 impose requirements on a private prekindergarten provider or 490 nonprofit provider that does not deliver the Voluntary 491 Prekindergarten Education Program or receive state funds under 492 this part. 493 Section 8. Paragraphs (b) through (i) of subsection (2), 494 paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (3), and subsection (5) of 495 section 1002.75, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 496 1002.75 Office of Early Learning; powers and duties.— 497 (2) The Office of Early Learning shall adopt procedures 498 governing the administration of the Voluntary Prekindergarten 499 Education Program by the early learning coalitions and school 500 districts for: 501 (b) Providing parents with profiles of private 502 prekindergarten providers, nonprofit providers, and public 503 schools under s. 1002.53. 504 (c) Registering private prekindergarten providers, 505 nonprofit providers, and public schools to deliver the program 506 under ss. 1002.55, 1002.61,and1002.63, and 1002.64. 507 (d) Determining the eligibility of private prekindergarten 508 providers and nonprofit providers to deliver the program under 509 ss. 1002.55,and1002.61, and 1002.64 and streamlining the 510 process of provider eligibility whenever possible. 511 (e) Verifying the compliance of private prekindergarten 512 providers, nonprofit providers, and public schools and removing 513 providers or schools from eligibility to deliver the program due 514 to noncompliance or misconduct as provided in s. 1002.67. 515 (f) Paying private prekindergarten providers, nonprofit 516 providers, and public schools under s. 1002.71. 517 (g) Documenting and certifying student enrollment and 518 student attendance under s. 1002.71. 519 (h) Reconciling advance payments in accordance with the 520 uniform attendance policy under s. 1002.71. 521 (i) Reenrolling students dismissed by a private 522 prekindergarten provider, nonprofit provider, or public school 523 for noncompliance with the provider’s or school district’s 524 attendance policy under s. 1002.71. 525 (3) The Office of Early Learning shall adopt, in 526 consultation with and subject to approval by the department, 527 procedures governing the administration of the Voluntary 528 Prekindergarten Education Program by the early learning 529 coalitions and school districts for: 530 (b) Placing private prekindergarten providers, nonprofit 531 providers, and public schools on probation and requiring 532 corrective actions under s. 1002.67. 533 (c) Removing a private prekindergarten provider, nonprofit 534 provider, or public school from eligibility to deliver the 535 program due to the provider’s or school’s remaining on probation 536 beyond the time permitted under s. 1002.67. 537 (5) Except as provided by law, the Office of Early Learning 538 may not impose requirements on a private prekindergarten 539 provider, nonprofit provider, or public school that does not 540 deliver the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program or 541 receive state funds under this part. 542 Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.