Monitoring, Oversight, and Reporting
• Comptroller must: o Suspend and resolve accounts of students not in good standing within 30 days o Recover misused funds from parents or providers o Publish a handbook detailing allowable expenses, vendors, application steps, and participant responsibilities o Set cybersecurity standards for CEAOs o Contract annual private audits covering account use, eligibility, internal controls, and compliance o Publish a 5-year longitudinal report including:
■ Application data and wait listed students by age
■ Participation satisfaction
■ Assessment results and dropout rate
■ School capacity impact
■ State cost savings, biennium funding needs, donations
■ CCMR outcomes
■ Full demographics( grade, age, sex, race / ethnicity, district, campus, zip, enrollment date, priority group, disability status)
• State auditor must audit eligibility for 10 % of randomly selected applications
• Allows districts to share student records with CEAOs
• Comptroller may require notice of intent to continue participation
• Participants in good standing cannot be required to reapply
Program Protections
• Requires return of funds when a student becomes ineligible
• Allows fund recovery from parents or providers for violations
• Protects provider / vendor autonomy in religion, curriculum, and admissions
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