SECTION 210:40-75-4. Requirements for the program of parent education

(a)   Programs funded by the State Department of Education with funds provided in support of the parent education program legislation (70 O.S. § 10-105.3) must meet the following basic program requirements. The program of parent education must:

(1)   Be voluntary and free to parents.

(2)   Employ as parent educator(s), persons who have earned a minimum of sixty hours of college credit and completed training approved by the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

(3)   Employ a Family Support Provider who has a minimum of a bachelor's degree in early childhood development or related field and has completed training approved by the State Department of Education, if more than one parent educator is required. In some situations, the Family Support Provider may serve as a part-time parent educator.

(4)   Implement the curriculum approved by the State Department of Education.

(5)   Be conducted a minimum of 10 months of the year.

(6)   Include ten personalized contacts per year with each parent/family group involved in the program, including:

(A)   monthly home visits to each parent/family group involved in the program, and scheduled at the convenience of the parent/family group (during evening hours or on Saturday, if necessary); and

(B)   monthly Family Support Meetings.

(7)   Include an internal coordinating committee and a community advisory committee.

(8)   Provide evidence of coordination of services with other community programs with similar purposes.

(9)   Be open to all parents in the community, with a demonstrated effort to balance participation among various groups through active encouragement of the involvement of first time parents, teen parents, and high challenge families.

(10)   Conduct child developmental screening, including but not limited to, vision, hearing, the understanding and use of language, motor development and eye-hand coordination, and health and physical development, use forms designated by the State Department of Education.

(11)   Serve parents with children from birth to age 3 (0-36 months).

(12)   Provide reports and program information as determined necessary by the State Department of Education.

(13)   Designate a room, or space in an existing room, for parenting and child growth and development materials for use by parents and children participating in the program.

(14)   Be operated by the district or the district may contract with private, nonprofit corporations or associations or with any public or private agency or institution (i.e., Head Start).

(b)   School district must have an enrollment of at least 500 students or form a consortium with other districts to total a minimum of 500 students for the development and operation of a program of parent education.

[Source: Added at 10 Ok Reg 4291, eff 7-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 2003, eff 5-26-94; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 731, eff 8-25-16]