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= This wikispace is for Prekindergarten Early Start Grantees participating in the Texas School Readiness Certification System. It will contain answers to frequently asked questions and documents with updates regarding the School Readiness Certification System. For further information, please contact Sharon Kruger at skruger@esc5.net or 409-923-5440. = TEA has a new Early Childhood Education website. It has PreK FAQs and other important information about PreK in Texas. []

This document was sent 4-15-2011 to notify PKES grantees that the Facility Report and Teacher Self Report are now live.

This document contains the link to the recorded trainings for how to access the school reports on the SRCS website. If the school does not complete sections of the SRCS reporting, the PK classrooms in the school may be ineligible for consideration for the School Readiness Certification award.

=== This is the document announcing that the PK SRCS is now live. Directors and administrators should go to [|www.txstatecenterchild.com] to enter their SRCS Pre-K data. ===

= Questions about the PKES grant = =2-3-2011 This answer is TEAs response to a question about funding PK classrooms. = The PK half-day ADA funding is part of the state Foundation School Program (FSP) funding formulas and remains intact in so far as FSP funding is available and the formulas remain intact. There are no current proposals to change the PK half-day ADA funding.

Thank you.

Belinda Dyer Texas Education Agency School Finance - Forecasting and Fiscal Analysis belinda.dyer@tea.state.tx.us phone: (512) 475-3451

These documents are links on how to access the recorded trainings. =     A﻿dditional information from TEA regarding PKES grantees. =

·  The School Readiness Certification System (SRCS) serves as the evaluation and reporting function for PKES grantees. __If__ we (TEA) find that we require some additional data or information from grantees, we’ll do an easy survey using Survey Monkey and give you plenty of notice via the PKES Listserv—all grantees should sign up at: [] = ﻿ = //The following rule action was filed with the Texas Register on Wednesday, November 24, 2010, for publication in the December 10, 2010, issue: //  **Earliest Possible Date of Adoption:** January 10, 2011. ** Proposed Effective Date: ** March 6, 2011. Please click on [|rules] to view. You may submit comments on proposed rules to rules@tea.state.tx.us. A request for a public hearing on a proposal submitted under the Administrative Procedure Act must be received by the commissioner of education not more than 14 calendar days after notice of the proposal has been published in the //Texas Register//. Unforeseen circumstances may delay publication of the agency rules in the //Texas Register//. The Division of Policy Coordination will update the Rules web site to reflect any changes.
 * **__Commissioner of Education Rules (sent 12-13-2010) __**
 * Proposed ** Amendment to 19 TAC Chapter 102, __Educational Programs __, Subchapter AA, __Commissioner's Rules Concerning Early Childhood Education Programs __, §102.1002, __Prekindergarten Early Start Grant Program __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> The proposed amendment would revise procedures for the administration of awards for the prekindergarten program.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Public Comment Period: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> December 10, 2010 - January 10, 2011.

December 2010 e-mail

We note that several administrators at Pre-K campuses are trying to access the SRCS Pre-K application via [|www.txsrcs.com]. This is NOT the correct location for them to attempt to enter data and they will be unable to do so.