Section 9-29A-2 – Early childhood education and care program fund.
The “early childhood education and care program fund” is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of distributions, appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and income from investment of the fund. The early childhood education and care department shall administer the fund. Money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the […]
Section 9-29A-3 – Distribution; early childhood education and care fund; payments pursuant to federal Mineral Leasing Act.
A. If, by June 30, 2022 and by June 30 of each fiscal year thereafter, the net receipts for that fiscal year of the money received by the state pursuant to the federal Mineral Leasing Act exceed the annual average amount, the excess shall be distributed to the early childhood education and care fund and […]
Section 9-29-4 – Secretary; appointment.
The chief executive and administrative officer of the department is the “secretary of early childhood education and care”. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a person who has experience in early childhood education or care programs to serve as secretary. The secretary shall serve in and have the duties, […]
Section 9-29-5 – Department reorganization and organizational unit creation.
A. The secretary may reorganize the department. If the secretary does so, the secretary shall report on the reorganization to the legislature. B. The secretary shall, with the approval of the governor, appoint directors of the department’s divisions. C. The secretary may establish within each of the department’s divisions additional bureaus as necessary to implement […]
Section 9-29-6 – Secretary; duties and general powers.
A. The secretary is responsible to the governor for the operation of the department. The secretary shall manage the department’s operations and ensure compliance with laws applicable to the department. B. To perform the secretary’s duties, and except as otherwise provided by law, the secretary may exercise powers granted to the department. C. The secretary […]
Section 9-29-7 – Assistant secretary; appointment; duties.
A. The secretary shall, with the consent of the governor, appoint an assistant secretary for Native American early education and care. B. The assistant secretary shall: (1) be responsible to the secretary for the administration, coordination and oversight of Indian early childhood education and care programs; (2) the assistant secretary shall, in cooperation with the […]
Section 9-29-8 – Department; duties.
The department shall: A. develop priorities for department programs and the use of department resources based on state policy, national best-practice standards, evidence-based interventions and practices and local considerations and priorities; B. coordinate and align an early childhood education and care system to: (1) include child care, pre-kindergarten, early pre-kindergarten, home visitation, early head start, […]
Section 9-29-9 – Records and confidentiality.
The department may access records and data of other state agencies that are not made expressly confidential by law. The department shall enter into agreements with the children, youth and families department and the public education department to share and maintain confidential information in accordance with federal and state confidentiality laws. History: Laws 2019, ch. […]
Section 9-29-10 – Family, infant, toddler program.
A. As used in this section: (1) “early intervention programs” means programs, including physical development, communications development, adaptive development, social and emotional development and sensory development programs, designed to meet the developmental needs of eligible children; (2) “eligible child” means a child from birth to age thirty-six months with developmental delay or who, according to […]
Section 9-29-11 – Early childhood programs.
A. The department shall convene an advisory council consisting primarily of eligible providers, community organizations, employees who reflect the demographics of the current early childhood workforce throughout the state, employee representatives and representatives of the legislative finance committee and the department of finance and administration to: (1) develop an outcomes measurement plan to monitor outcomes […]