Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 799 - PRESCHOOL OPEN DOORS (POD)
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 17-799-7 - Priority of applications
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-799-7
Current through February, 2024
(a) Approved applications shall be assigned to priority groups in the following order from the highest priority to lowest.
(1) Children
who turned or will turn four years old between August 1 of the prior year
through December 31 of the prior year applying for the program for the
designated school year, have a completed Special Populations Referral form
prescribed by the department, are eligible to enter kindergarten at the start
of the following school year, and need child care assistance to attend
preschool;
(2) Children who will
turn four years old between January 1 through July 31 of the year applying for
the program for the designated school year, have a completed Special
Populations Referral form prescribed by the department, are eligible to enter
kindergarten at the start of the following school year, and need child care
assistance to attend preschool; and
(3) Children who will turn four years old
during the year applying for the program for the designated school year, are
eligible to enter kindergarten at the start of the following school year, and
need child care assistance to attend preschool,
(b) Effective with the 2024-25 program year, approved applications shall be assigned to priority groups in the following order from the highest priority to lowest.
(1)
Children who are turning five years old between August 1 through December 31 of
the applying program year, are eligible to enter kindergarten at the start of
the following school year, and need child care assistance to attend
preschool;
(2) Children who were
served by the program the year prior to the applying program year, have a
completed Special Populations Referral form prescribed by the department, are
eligible to enter kindergarten at the start of the following school year, and
need child care assistance to attend preschool;
(3) Children who were served by the program
the year prior to the applying program year, are eligible to enter kindergarten
at the start of the following school year, and need child care assistance to
attend preschool;
(4) Children who
are four years old by July 31 of the applying program year, are eligible to
enter kindergarten at the start of the following school year, and need child
care assistance to attend preschool;
(5) Children who will be three years old by
July 31 of the applying program year, have a completed Special Populations
Referral form prescribed by the department, and need child care assistance to
attend preschool; and
(6) Children
who will be three years old by July 31 of the applying program year and need
child care assistance to attend preschool.
(c) Approved applications shall be income-ranked within their priority group, and within their geographical area designated by the department, by dividing their monthly gross income by:
(1) Eighty-five per cent of the State Median
Income for a family of the same size; or
(2) Effective with the 2024-25 program year,
three hundred per cent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines in effect for the
program year for a family of the same size, which shall be updated annually on
January 1 pursuant to section
17-799-8.
(d) The department shall issue written notification to each applicant for services, pursuant to 17-799-19.
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