Section 2050.67 Program Monitoring

TITLE 23: EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

SUBTITLE A: EDUCATION

CHAPTER XI: DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

PART 2050 EARLY CHILDHOOD BLOCK GRANT

SECTION 2050.67 PROGRAM MONITORING

Section 2050.67  Program Monitoring

a)         Each

program shall be monitored on site at least once every four years to determine

the extent to which it is complying with all operational requirements and to

assess the quality of the developmental and/or educational components offered.

b)         By no

later than September 1 of each year, IDEC shall post at

https://idec.illinois.gov/

the

operational compliance checklist and the name of the research-based assessment

tool to be used in the monitoring process.

c)         Each

program shall receive a monitoring report with the results of the operational

compliance checklist and the quality assessment.  Using those results, the

program shall complete a continuous quality improvement plan addressing

operational compliance and a continuous quality improvement plan addressing the

quality assessment.

1)         Each

continuous quality improvement plan shall, at a minimum, address:

A)        the

specific issue or indicator for which a deficiency was noted;

B)        the

actions to be taken to remedy the deficiencies and, as applicable, the resources

and professional development that will be targeted towards improvement efforts;

and

C)        The

person responsible and the timelines in which the deficiencies are expected to

be corrected, provided that no continuous quality improvement plan shall be in

effect for more than two school years.

2)         The

continuous quality improvement plan shall be signed by the person legally

authorized to submit the plan, shall bind the applicant to its contents, and shall

be electronically submitted to IDEC not later than 30 days after the program's

receipt of the monitoring report

rected, provided that no continuous quality improvement plan shall be in

effect for more than two school years.

2)         The

continuous quality improvement plan shall be signed by the person legally

authorized to submit the plan, shall bind the applicant to its contents, and shall

be electronically submitted to IDEC not later than 30 days after the program's

receipt of the monitoring report.

3)         By

September 1 of each year, IDEC shall post at

https://idec.illinois.gov/

the templates to be used to

develop the continuous quality improvement plan.

d)         For

each year in which the continuous quality improvement plan is in effect, the

program shall submit a progress report to IDEC that describes the progress the

program has made relative to remedying the deficiencies identified.  The

progress report shall be submitted electronically no later than June 1 of each

year.

e)         A

program that fails to reach the goals of the continuous quality improvement

plan within the timelines specified in the plan shall be subject to additional

sanctions, including, but not limited to, removal of grant approval.