Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 11 - KENTUCKY HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY
Chapter 16 - Early Childhood Development Scholarship Program
Section 11 KAR 16:001 - Definitions for 11 KAR Chapter 16
Universal Citation: 11 KY Admin Regs Service 16:001
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 164.518, 164.740
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 164.518(3) requires the authority to promulgate administrative regulations for administration of the Early Childhood Development Scholarship Program. This administrative regulation establishes definitions applicable to 11 KAR Chapter 16.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Academic term" means the fall, spring,
or summer semester or its equivalence under a trimester or quarter system at a
postsecondary education institution.
(2) "Authority" is defined in
KRS
164.740(1).
(3) "Award year" means a period that begins
July 1 of one (1) calendar year and ends June 30 of the next succeeding
calendar year.
(4) "Capstone
semester" means the culmination semester in an Interdisciplinary Early
Childhood Education (IECE)/Early Childhood Program which:
(a) Requires additional hours of direct work
with children; and
(b) May be
listed as student teaching or a practicum.
(5) "Early childhood facility" means:
(a) A licensed Type I or a Type II child-care
center defined in 922 KAR 2:110, Sections 1(14) and (15) that is located in
Kentucky;
(b) A certified family
child care home pursuant to
KRS
199.8982 and 922 KAR 2:100 that is located in
Kentucky;
(c) An organization
approved by the Office of Inspector General of the Cabinet for Health and
Family Services to offer training in early childhood development; or
(d) A developmentally appropriate preschool
program defined in
KRS
157.3175(2).
(6) "ECAC" means Early Childhood Advisory
Council.
(7) "ECAC-approved early
childhood development credential" means the Child Development Associate's
credential or a postsecondary, undergraduate degree, certificate or diploma
that is:
(a) An associate degree in early
childhood education or baccalaureate degree in interdisciplinary early
childhood education, or a related program that is approved by the Early
Childhood Advisory Council; or
(b)
The Kentucky Early Childhood Development Director's Certificate.
(8) "Eligible institution" is
defined in
KRS
164.740(4).
(9) "Participating early childhood facility"
means an early childhood facility that agrees to provide monetary incentives
pursuant to
11
KAR 16:060 to early childhood development scholarship
recipients employed by the facility.
(10) "Participating educational institution"
means an eligible institution located in Kentucky that:
(a) Actively participates in the federal Pell
Grant Program;
(b) Offers a
scholarship program curriculum;
(c)
Has a contract in force with the authority relating to the administration of
the Early Childhood Development Scholarship Program and other programs
administered by the authority; and
(d)
1. Is
publicly operated; or
2.
a. Is licensed by the Commonwealth of
Kentucky;
b. Has operated for at
least ten (10) years;
c. Offers a
program of study not comprised solely of sectarian instruction; and d. Admits
as regular students only:
(i) High school
graduates;
(ii) Recipients of a
general equivalency diploma; or
(iii) Students transferring from another
accredited degree granting institution.
(11) "Preschool
associate teacher" means a classified employee who:
(a) Is employed by a local school district in
a paraprofessional role to organize, manage, and provide direct instruction to
children below primary school age under the supervision of a qualified
professional; and
(b) Meets the
requirements of
704 KAR
3:420.
(12) "Professional development counselor"
means an individual with the responsibilities to recruit candidates, process
the applications, and follow as indicated the procedures established in 11 KAR
Chapter 16.
(13) "Professional
development funds" means state or federal training funds available through the
Head Start Program, a public preschool program, or the Kentucky Early
Intervention System (First Steps Program).
(14) "Scholarship" means an Early Childhood
Development Scholarship.
(15)
"Scholarship program curriculum" means an academic course or series of courses
that does not lead to a certificate, diploma, or degree in theology, divinity,
or religious education offered by a participating educational institution
needed to obtain an ECDA-approved early childhood development
credential.
(16) "Teaching
assistant" means an instructional aide in a public school preschool program as
set forth in
704
KAR 3:410.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 164.518(3), 164.748(4)
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