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Ch. 439
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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OFFICE FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
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DA14.01 Office for Children, Youth, and
Families
The General Assembly recognizes the
importance of ensuring that every child
enters school ready to learn. To ensure
that the State has an effective action plan
for improving school readiness, the
General Assembly hereby directs the
subcabinet to revise its four school
readiness strategies. In revising its
strategies, it should develop an action
plan that:
(1) covers at least a five-year time period,
thereby facilitating long-term planning
and allowing for an assessment of
progress made and an examination of
why goals were not met;
(2) includes a reasonable number of
achievable goals with measurable
objectives that have timelines for
completion;
(3) identifies the programs, based on
available research and evaluation, that
are most likely to lead to the desired
outcome; and
(4) can inform the budget process by
prioritizing programs based on results
and cost-effectiveness.
The revised strategic plan shall be due to
the budget committees and the Joint
Committee on Children, Youth, and
Families by February 1, 2003. On that
date annually thereafter, the subcabinet
should submit status reports that
examine progress toward meeting the
plan's goals. To the extent that goals are
not met, it should identify possible
explanations for not meeting the goals
and how any problems can be addressed.
In addition, the subcabinet should use its
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