[§302L-8] Public prekindergarten classrooms; annual report to the legislature. The office shall submit to the legislature an annual report regarding State-funded prekindergarten programs and private partnership-funded prekindergarten programs in the public schools, except special education and Title I-funded prekindergarten programs, to include, as related to each type of program:
(1) The number and location of classrooms;
(2) Numbers of students served and aggregated by birth month as of the date on which the official enrollment count is taken;
(3) Sources of funding for each classroom;
(4) Quality of teacher-child interactions relating to social emotional support, classroom structure, and quality of learning experiences, as assessed using a formative assessment tool selected by the office; and
(5) Child outcomes relating to all areas of childhood development and learning, including cognitive, linguistic, social, and emotional approaches to learning and health and physical development, as assessed using a formative assessment tool selected by the office.
The department and state public charter school commission shall share data with the office necessary for the purposes of this report. [L 2019, c 276, §13]