Annual report on public prekindergarten programs

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.