The OSSE shall oversee CBO pre-k education services, including: All programs, including curricula; All related state and federal early childhood programs; Any licensure requirements; Fiscal matters; Funding to: Maximize the use of federal funds and other resources; Minimize inefficiencies and programmatic barriers; Ensure that children are placed on the appropriate funding streams; and Ensure that funds authorized by this chapter are used to supplement, not supplant, other funding sources that finance education programs for children of pre-k age; The alignment and monitoring of standards and teaching practices between pre-k and grades kindergarten through 3rd grade; and The implementation of an external evaluation of all pre-k programs, including the measurement of progress toward school-readiness benchmarks. The OSSE shall: Coordinate with the Interagency Collaboration and Services Integration Commission, established by § 2-1594 , to ensure that eligible families can access coordinated support services for their children of pre-k age; In regard to pre-k programs in public schools and public charter schools, consult with local education agencies and the Public Charter School Board, established by § 38-1802.14 , to ensure that the goals of this chapter are met; Establish facilities requirements for classroom expansion and quality improvement, to be utilized by the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization, established by § 38-451 [repealed], to complete the capital improvements and renovation of facilities; Develop high-quality content standards for all pre-k programs, which have been approved by the State Board of Education; Develop and oversee a monitoring, assessment, and accountability process for all programs within the pre-k-education system; Promulgate a process for pre-k programs that fail to attain the required high-quality standards by September 1, 2014, which may include: A reduction or elimination of local funding; Denial of licensure; or Revocation of licensure; Promulgate a quality-improvement process for pre-k programs that, after 2014, fail to maintain for a period of time, as determined by OSSE, the required high-quality standards, which may include: Adherence to a quality-improvement plan; A reduction or an elimination of local funding; Denial of licensure; or Revocation of licensure; Develop and administer the technical assistance program across all pre-k education services. Collect and disseminate to the public on an ongoing basis child and program data; and Consider developing a sliding-fee scale for enrollment in pre-k of children whose family income is above 250% of the federal poverty guideline. The OSSE shall not issue a license for a child-occupied facility located within 200 feet of a dry cleaning facility that uses perchloroethylene or n-propyl bromide as a cleaning agent for clothes or other fabrics. The 200-foot restriction shall not apply at a location where a child- occupied facility is applying for renewal of an existing license.
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