Common use of Quality Improvement Program Clause in Contracts

Quality Improvement Program. The PEO will work with Community Providers to improve the quality of preschool programs throughout the School District. The PEO will add 1,000 New Community Provider Preschool Seats by August 1, 2021. Such seats are estimated to be provided according to the following schedule: 200 New Community Provider Preschool Seats before the 2018-19 school year 400 aggregate New Community Provider Preschool Seats before the 2019-20 school year 600 aggregate New Community Provider Preschool Seats before the 2020-21 school year 1,000 aggregate New Community Provider Preschool Seats before the 2021-22 school year On or before June 1, 2017, the PEO shall provide to the School District and United Way the current number of existing Preschool Seats in Quality Programs. Not later than April 1 of each year, starting in 2018, the PEO shall report on the actual number of New Community Provider Preschool Seats created for the upcoming school year. If the report for April 1, 2019, does not indicate that the number of New Community Provider Preschool Seats to be provided for the 2019/20 school year is within 80% of the target number shown above, the PEO shall revise and re-implement the plan to increase the number of New Community Provider Preschool Seats being provided. Community Providers who have been operating a Preschool Program, but who are not operating a Quality Preschool Program and are willing to achieve and sustain a Quality Preschool Program will be eligible for Quality Improvement support, including coaching, professional development and access to curriculum and assessments available in the form of a Quality Improvement Grant from the PEO. The PEO will accept grant applications from interested Community Providers, the form of which is to be developed by the PEO. The PEO shall conduct a comprehensive needs assessment in the areas of the Community Provider’s environment, classroom, and administration. The PEO shall determine which providers shall receive Quality Improvement Grants and in what amount, and shall develop a comprehensive plan for the Community Provider which shall include Benchmarks to Achieving Quality with a clear action plan and timeline. Community Providers who are awarded such Quality Improvement Grants shall enter into a Grant Agreement with the PEO in the form to be developed by the PEO. The School District will have the right to review any and all Grant Applications, Agreements, and progress towards meeting the required Benchmarks towards Quality Improvement set forth therein at any time. The PEO shall maintain control of funds used on Quality Improvement Grants, with vendors paid directly by the PEO for any goods or services obtained with Quality Improvement funds. In any year, a preschool provider may be eligible to receive either tuition assistance funding or quality improvement funding but shall not be eligible for both.