Policy

Issued Program Guidance

If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact the Division of Early Learning by phone at 850-717-8500 or email DEL.questions@del.fldoe.org.

100-199 Office of Early Learning

100 General Provisions

101.02 Records Confidentiality

102 Early Learning Advisory Council

200-299 Early Learning Coalitions

200 General Provisions

202 Reports and Plans

202.80 Early Learning Coalitions Annual Report

202.80 (A) Annual Report Template

202.80 (B) Disenrollment Description Table

206 Coalition Governance

210 Contractors

220 Program Quality and Standards

240 Finance and Budget

240.01 Cash Management Procedures

240.01 (A) Deposit Form Workbook

240.01(B) Simple Interest Template

240.02 Tangible Personal Property

240.02(A) Surplus Property Form

240.02(B) Surplus Property Affidavit

240.03 Collection of Delinquent Accounts

240.04 School Readiness Funds Management

240.05 Prior Approval

240.05 (I) Prior Approval Submission Instructions

240.05 (II) Prior Approval Guidelines

240.05(III) Prior Approval Reference Guide

240.05(IV) How to Submit a Prior Approval Request

240.06 Reimbursement Request Requirements

240.06(A) Reimbursement Requests

240.09 Reobligation of Returned Restitution

240.10 Travel

240.10 Travel Clarification Reference Guide

240.10 Travel Questions and Answers

240.20 Tracking Costs for Disasters

240. 20 Appendix A Professional Development Mini Grants for Providers

240. 20 Tracking Disasters Costs- Early Learning/Child Care Provider Teach/Staff Member Eligibility Form

240. 20 Early Learning/Child Care Provider Eligibility Form

240.20 Appendix B Infrastructure Mini-grants for Early Learning/Child Care Providers

240. 20 Appendix C Health and Safety Cleaning Supplies/Mini Grants for Providers

Online Training List for Early Childhood Professional Development

240.21 COVID-19 Crisis - Emergency Funding Assistance for Early Learning/Child Care Providers

240.21 (A) III - COVID-19 Grant App SR.VPK Provider

240.21 (A) IV - COVID-19 Grant App - Non Contracted

240.21 (A) VII - COVID-19 Grant App - All Providers - Phase IV Grants

240.21 (A) IX - COVID-19 Grants Issued by Phase and Provider Type Workbook

    240.21 (B) - COVID-19 Crisis - CRRSA Act Initiatives

         240.21 (B) I - CRRSA Phase V Provider Grant Allocations Statewide

         240.21 (B) II - COVID-19 Grant App - All Providers - Phase V Grants

         240.21 (B) III - CRRSA Phase VI Provider Grant Allocations Statewide

         240.21 (B) IV - COVID-19 Grant App - All Providers - Phase VI Grants

         240.21 (B) V - COVID-19 Coalition Workforce Initiatives for Early Educators Application

         240.21 (B) VI - CRRSA Grants Issued by Phase and Provider Type

         240.21 (B) VII - ESSER II VPK Coordinated Screening and Progress Monitoring Property Transfer Form Example

240.21(C) - COVID-19 Crisis - ARP Act Initiatives

        240.21 (C) I - ARPA Child Care Stabilization Subgrant Application -- Round 1

        240.21 (C) II - ARPA Infrastructure Deficit Areas Zip Code Listing

        240.21 (C) III - ARPA Child Care Stabilization Subgrant Spending and Documentation Guide

        240.21 (C) IV - ARPA Provider Eligibility

        240.21 (C) V - ARPA Child Care Stabilization Subgrant -- Round 1: Installment Survey

        240.21 (C) VI - ARPA Child Care Stabilization Subgrant Application -- Round 2

        240.21 (C) VII - ARPA Child Care Stabilization Subgrant Round 2: Final Payment Survey

        240.21 (C) ARPA Child Care Stabilization Subgrant Coalition FAQs

        240.21 (C) ARPA Child Care Stabilization Subgrant Provider FAQs

 240.21 (D) - COVID-19 Crisis -ARP Build a World Class Workforce 

        240.21 (D) Att 1 - ARPA Early Learning Educator.Director Bonus Application

        240.21 (D) Att 2- ARPA Provider Eligibility Application

        240.21 (D) Att 3 - ARPA Child Success and CLASS® Observer Grant Application

        240.21 (D) Att 4 - ARPA CQI Grant Provider Application

240.22 COVID-19 Guidance for Reimbursement for Closed School Readiness Providers            

250 Accountability

250.01 Other cost Accumulators (OCA)

250.01A – SR and VPK OCA Working Definitions

250.01B – PDG OCA Working Definitions

250.01C – COVID-19 Disaster Relief OCA Working Definitions

250.01D – HMG OCA Working Definitions

250.01E – HIPPY OCA Working Definitions

250.01F – Inactive OCA Working Definitions

250.01G – OCA Short and Long Titles

250.01H – Gold Seal Quality Care Program

300-399 Application and Data Services

300 General Provisions

320 Data Quality

340 Data Dictionary

400-499 School Readiness Programs

400 General Provisions

400.01 Federal Poverty Guidelines

400.01(A) Plan Amendment Parent Fee Ten Percent Justification Form_2022-23

400.01(B) 2022 Sliding Fee Schedule Memo

400.01(C) 2022 Sliding Fee Schedule Model

404 Child Eligibility

404.01 School Readiness Program Transfers

408 Provider Eligibility

410 Enrollment and Attendance

420 Program Quality and Standards

420.03 School Readiness Quality Performance

420.03  School Readiness Quality Performance Program Guidance

420.03 A School Readiness Program Assessment

420.03 B Quality Improvement Plan Guide

420.03 B1 Sample QIP Notice

420.03 B2 Task and Deliverable Schedule

420.03 C Child Assessment Implementation Guide

420.03 C1 Parent Portal Child Assessment Summary

430 Monitoring and Performance Evaluations

440 Finance and Budget

440.10 Match Reporting Guidance

440.10(I) Instructions for Local Match Reporting

440.10(II) Match Raising, Fundraising and Grant Writing

440.10(D) Sample Valuation of In-Kind Approval Forms

440.10(E) In-Kind Flow Chart

440.50 VPK Wrap Rates

440.60 Reporting Expenditures on Teenage Parent Programs (TAPP) for Federal Matching-Fund Requirements

440.60(A) Instructions for Completing TAPP Supplemental Information Form

440.60(B) TAPP Supplemental Information Form

440.60(C) TAPP Provider Profile Information Certificate

500-599 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program

500 General Provisions

504 Child Eligibility

508 Provider Eligibility

508.06 Requirements for VPK Director Credential

508.20 Supplemental Service Fees

508.21 Prohibited Fees and Charges in the VPK Education Program

508.22 Prohibited Forms of Discrimination in VPK Education Program

510 Enrollment and Attendance

510.50 School District Minimum Funding

520 Program Quality and Standards

520.03 Instructional Hours for the VPK Program 

530 Compliance Verification

540 Finance and Budget

600-699 Child Care Resource and Referral

600 General Program Requirements

600.01 CCR&R Program Requirements

700-799 Other Early Learning Programs

720 Resource and Referral

730 Even Start

740 HIPPY

750 Redlands Christian Migrant Association

760 TEACH

800-899 (RESERVED)

900-999 (RESERVED)

Please submit rule comments to Rules@del.fldoe.org

Rules@del.fldoe.orgLegislative Meetings of Interest

You may be interested in these upcoming meetings.

Legislative Links of Interest

Executive Office of the Governor

Florida Senate

Florida House of Representatives

The Florida Channel

VPK Estimating Conference

• New Changes in Law That Impact Child Care Programs including Afterschool Programs Operated in Public Schools
• Proposed Rules

Adopted Rule Forms

• For Providers
• For Coalitions

Useful Links

• Divison of Early Learning Rules
• Division of Early Learning Statutes - School Readiness Program
• Division of Early Learning Statutes - VPK
• Florida Department of Children and Families Statutes and Rules
• Florida Department of Education Rules
• Florida Department of Education Statutes
• Florida Statutes
• Florida Administrative Register

The following are memoranda issued by the Division of Early Learning to Early Learning Coalitions to provide guidance and information.

2022

October 18, 2022 – Division of Early Learning Program Requirements 

September 8, 2022 – Memo_ELC_House Bill 7 RE Individual Freedom

August 3, 2022 – 2022-23 $15 Hourly Wage for VPK Personnel

June 17, 2022 – VPK Program Assessment Requirement and Training Opportunities

April 14, 2022 – Federal Contracting Requirements for Indirect Costs

February 17, 2022 – Limits on Using Covid-19 Relief Funding to Pay for Overtime and Supplemental Payments for Early Learning Coalition Staff

February 9, 2022 – Use of CCDF Funds by Sectarian Child Care Providers

January 28, 2022 – VPK Director Credential for Private Providers

• VPK Director Credential Flyer

2021 

January 7, 2021 – Sunshine State Early Childhood Information Portal User Request – 2021-001

January 14, 2021 – 2021 Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida! – 2021-002

March 4, 2021 – New 2021-2022 Statewide SR and VPK Provider Contracts – 2021-003

March 10, 2021 -  High Quality Master In-service Plan: Early Learning Courses – 2021-004 

March 11, 2021 – School Readiness Attendance, Temporary Closures and COVID-19- 2021-005

March 11, 2021 – 2021 Sliding Fee Schedule Program Guidance 400.01 Federal Proverty Guidelines and State Media Income Estimates – 2021-006

• Federal Poverty Guidelines and State Median Income Estimates 
• Plan Amendment Justification of Co-Payments Above 10 Percent of Gross Family Income Form
• Sliding Fee Schedule Model 

March 15, 2021 - Annual Salary and Bonus Cap Certification for CCDF-funded activities – 2021-007

• CCDF Salary Cap Calculation Calendar
• Annual CCDF Salary Cap Certification Form

April 1, 2021 - High Quality Professional Learning Catalog (HQPLC): Early Learning Courses OEL 2021-008

• Office of Early Learning, Implementing the Florida Standards in Preschool Classrooms: 3 Years Old to Kindergarten
• Office of Early Learning, Integrating the Standards: Phonological Awareness
• Office of Early Learning, Language and Vocabulary in the VPK Classroom
• Office of Early Learning, Mathematical Thinking for Early Learners
• Office of Early Learning, VPK Emergent Literacy
• Office of Early Learning, English Language Learners in the VPK Classroom

April 9, 2021 – School Readiness Expenditure Caps, Hours Required for Summer VPK Program and Payment for VPK Closures – 2021-009 – REVISED

April 9, 2021 – 2021 Summer VPK Guidance and Reimbursement for Closures due to COVID-19 - 2021-010

May 6, 2021 – COVID-19 Grants to Early Learning/Child Care Providers: Phase V – 2021-011

May 20, 2021 – Deobligation and Reallocation of Funds, Suspension of SR Expenditure Caps and Allowable Use of Funds in Accordance with 2021-EO-02 – 2021-011

May 20, 2021 – 2019-2020 VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rates – 2021-12

May 20, 2021 – 2020-2021 Summer Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Reenrollment – 2021-013

June 29, 2021 - 2021-2022 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program Funding 2021-014

July 8, 2021 - Child Care/Early Learning Disaster Relief Payments to Instructors; Request for Title I Data – 2021-015

• Attachment A - Title I Instructor Guidance for Data Submission
• Attachment B - Title I Instructors Spreadsheet 
• Attachment C - Title I District Attestation 

July 19, 2021 - 2021-2022 School Readiness Wait List Appropriation 2021-015

October 13, 2021 -  Overview of 2021-22 Monitoring Criteria and Process

• Fiscal 21-22 Review Monitoring Process
• Accountability Section 21-22 Review Process
• Fiscal 21-22 Monitoring Schedule
• Accountability Section 21-22 Monitoring Schedule

October 29, 2021 - Emergent Literacy Training Requirement Memo

• Emergent Literacy Training Requirement FAQs

November 19, 2021 - VPK Program Assessment Requirement and Training Opportunities Memo