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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-1A-05" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="1A" subtitle_name="Publicly Funded Full-Day Prekindergarten Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each county board shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department, each eligible private provider participating in publicly funded prekindergarten in the county, and other applicable government agencies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Before executing a memorandum of understanding under this section, each county board shall submit an implementation plan of the proposed memorandum of understanding to the Accountability and Implementation Board in accordance with § 5–404 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department shall develop a model memorandum of understanding for use by county boards of education in fulfilling the requirements under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each memorandum of understanding shall, at a minimum, provide for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The adoption of an early childhood educator career ladder by eligible private providers in accordance with § 7–1A–08 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Services for children with disabilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A process by which a parent is able to indicate a preference for eligible prekindergarten providers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The manner for processing the payment of the State share, local share, and family share for each child who is enrolled with an eligible prekindergarten provider;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Any agreed upon administrative costs to be retained by an agency that is party to the agreement;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The manner in which the parties will meet the requirements of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>A plan to address racial and socioeconomic integration in prekindergarten classrooms;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>A method for the county board to distribute a list of eligible public and private providers in the same area with a parent interested in enrolling the parent’s child in a prekindergarten program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Facilitation of peer–to–peer eligible prekindergarten provider meetings, through a prekindergarten provider hub if one is established in the area, in which eligible prekindergarten providers are able to share best practices in the field; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Any other provisions necessary to carry out this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A memorandum of understanding under this section shall seek to avoid, to the extent practicable, a disproportionate concentration of students of the same race, ethnicity, disability status, and income within an eligible provider.</text>
  </level>
</section>
