In December 2018, each early childhood care and education network in the state, including NOEEN, will submit Coordinated Funding Requests to the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) detailing recommendations for seat allocations to specific operators for LA 4 and NSECD for the 2019-20 school year. The goal of NOEEN’s Coordinated Funding Request is to ensure that the limited number of publicly-funded early childhood seats are allocated to those programs that:

• Are high quality;
• Are in high demand by parents; and
• Meet families’ needs

On September 26th, the NOEEN Steering Committee approved NOEEN’s Coordinated Funding Request process and timeline. As part of this approved process, all applicants wishing to serve four-year-old children through the NSECD or LA 4 early childhood programs for the 2019-20 school year will need to complete and submit this application by October 26, 2018.

For a detailed timeline and more information, please consult the “Approved NOEEN Coordinated Funding Request Process” presentation posted in the “Resources” section of this page.

If you have any questions about the Coordinated Funding Request or these recommendations, please contact Sean Perkins at sperkins@opsb.us or 504-359-8185.

For your reference, the documents used in the application process are below.

Applications

• Early Learning Center Application 
• Nonpublic School Application
• Public School Application

Rubrics (how applications will be scored)

• Early Learning Center Evaluation Rubric
• Non-Public School Evaluation Rubric
• Public School Evaluation Rubric

Resources

• Approved NOEEN Coordinated Funding Request Process
• 2018-2019 Allocations
• LA 4 Information (Note program descriptions have not been updated for 19-20 and are thus subject to change)
• NSECD Information (Note program descriptions have not been updated for 19-20 and are thus subject to change)
• NOEEN PK4 Tuition Policy

Important Dates for the Coordinated Funding Request Process