The Florida Senate

230.2306  Prekindergarten children service needs assessments; reports; reasonable efforts by school district.--

(1)  In each county, the district school board, the central child care agency, the Head Start program, and a private provider of preschool services, in cooperation with the district interagency coordinating council established under s. 230.2305, shall:

(a)  Assess the service needs of all preschool children who are eligible for subsidized child care to identify those who require services beyond the current 6-hour, 180-day prekindergarten program.

(b)  Determine how many children are eligible for prekindergarten programs, but are not enrolled because the hours of availability do not meet the family's need.

(c)  Submit reports to a state coordinating council which shall compile the information and submit a final report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by March 1, 1997, which includes the results of the eligible prekindergarten children service needs assessments and the progress made by the school district in meeting identified needs.

(2)  Each public school district shall make reasonable efforts to accommodate the needs of children for extended day and extended year services without compromising the quality of the 6-hour, 180-day program. The school district shall report on such efforts in the report submitted under this section.

History.--s. 58, ch. 96-175.