Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
The department
will develop procedures for eligible institutions to apply to become providers
of educational services to participants.
(B)
Eligible
institutions apply to the department by July first of the fiscal year in which
they wish to be a provider. Provider applicants will be notified within thirty
days of the department receiving their application of their application
status.
(C)
Initial applications should include detailed
information, including, but not be limited to:
(1)
A plan for
providing support services to participants, including academic and career
counseling and outreach to address post-secondary and workforce training
options in the form of a career pathway;
(2)
How the eligible
institution intends to assess the mastery of competencies and denote progress
during participation in the program, including establishing progress benchmarks
within individual participants' success plans to monitor each participant's
advancement toward completing a high school diploma and becoming career
ready;
(3)
A list of course hours required for program
completion;
(4)
If the eligible institution enrolls participants in
grades kindergarten to twelve, how the institution will ensure participants
will not be assigned to classes or settings with participants younger than
eighteen years of age;
(5)
How the eligible institution will identify and reduce
barriers to accessibility for all participants, including, but not limited to
considering a participant's race, ethnicity, gender, disability status,
economic disadvantage, single parent status, pregnancy, out-of-workforce
status, English learner status, and homelessness status; and
(6)
Assurances that
the eligible institution will comply with any reviews, audits, and on-site
visits conducted by the department.
(D)
Approved
providers will annually update their applications and provide written notice to
the department if there are any changes made to their program.
