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<chapter num="01" heading="Standards for Kindergarten Programs" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="03">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Standards for Kindergarten Programs Operated by Public Institutions of Post-Secondary Education.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A kindergarten program operated by a public institution of post-secondary education shall meet the requirements of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The educational program shall comply with the instructional program requirements applicable to public school kindergarten programs found in:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>COMAR 13A.04.06 — Program of Instruction in Personal Financial Literacy;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>COMAR 13A.04.08 — Program in Social Studies;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>COMAR 13A.04.09 — Program in Science;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>COMAR 13A.04.12 — Program in Mathematics;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>COMAR 13A.04.13 — Program in Physical Education;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>COMAR 13A.04.14 — Program in English Language Arts;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>COMAR 13A.04.16 — Programs in Fine Arts; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>COMAR 13A.04.18 — Program in Comprehensive Health Education.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Each teacher in the kindergarten program shall hold a Maryland teaching certificate in early childhood education.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>The educational program shall maintain enrollment and attendance records for a period of 3 years after a child leaves the program.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>By September 1, 1994, and every 5 years after that, the administrative head of the public institution of post-secondary education shall certify to the State Superintendent of Schools that the kindergarten program meets, at a minimum, the requirements set forth in this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Education Article, §§2-205(h), 4-110, 7-203, 7-204, and 8-403, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: February 24, 1965</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 repealed and new Regulation .02 adopted effective April 6, 1987 (14:7 Md. R. 833)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended effective February 22, 1980 (7:4 Md. R. 350)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04 adopted effective September 22, 1978 (5:19 Md. R. 1446)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04 amended effective July 4, 1983 (10:13 Md. R. 1181)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04C amended effective February 22, 1980 (7:4 Md. R. 350); November 23, 1981 (8:23 Md. R. 1858); March 1, 1982 (9:4 Md. R. 332); April 23, 1984 (11:8 Md. R. 715); November 3, 1986 (13:22 Md R. 2400)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04G amended effective July 29, 1985 (12:15 Md. R. 1524)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective January 15, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3131)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended effective August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1386)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03C amended as an emergency provision effective May 2, 1989 (16:10 Md. R. 1102); amended permanently effective October 16, 1989 (16:20 Md. R. 2181)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03C amended effective September 28, 1992 (19:19 Md. R. 1709); November 6, 1995 (22:22 Md. R. 1668); March 18, 2002 (29:5 Md. R. 504)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03D amended effective November 6, 1995 (22:22 Md. R. 1668)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04 adopted effective August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1386)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective July 19, 2004 (31:14 Md. R. 1079)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01B amended effective June 19, 2017 (44:12 Md. R. 589)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>