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— Select Year: 2024 v GO The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session Q Title XLVIII Chapter 1002 View Entire EARLY LEARNING -20 STUDENT AND PARENTAL RIGHTS AND Chapter EDUCATION CODE EDUCATIONAL CHOICES 1002.83 Early learning coalitions.— (1) Thirty or fewer early learning coalitions are established and shall maintain direct enhancement services at the local level and provide access to such services in all 67 counties. Two or more early learning coalitions may join for purposes of planning and implementing a school readiness program and the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program. (2) Each early learning coalition shall be composed of at least 15 members but not more than 30 members. (3) The Governor shall appoint the chair and two other members of each early learning coalition, who must each meet the qualifications of a private sector business member under subsection (6). In the absence of a governor -appointed chair, the Commissioner of Education may appoint an interim chair from the current early learning coalition board membership. (4) Each early learning coalition must include the following member positions; however, in a multicounty coalition, each ex officio member position may be filled by multiple nonvoting members but no more than one voting member shall be seated per member position. If an early learning coalition has more than one member representing the same entity, only one of such members may serve as a voting member: (a) A Department of Children and Families regional administrator or his or her permanent designee who is authori7district d to make decisions on behalf of the department. (b) superintendent of schools or his or her permanent designee who is authorized to make decisions on behalf of the district. (c) A local workforce development board executive director or his or her permanent designee. (d) A county health department director or his or her designee. (e) A children's services council or juvenile welfare board chair or executive director from each county, if applicable. (f) A Department of Children and Families child care regulation representative or an agency head of a local licensing agency as defined in s. 402.302, where applicable. (g) A president of a Florida College System institution or his or her permanent designee. (h) One member appointed by a board of county commissioners or the governing board of a municipality. (i) A Head Start director. (j) A representative of private for-profit child care providers, including private for-profit family day care homes. (k) A representative of faith -based child care providers. (l) A representative of programs for children with disabilities under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (5) If members of the board are found to be nonparticipating according to the early learning coalition bylaws, the early learning coalition may request an alternate designee who meets the same qualifications or membership requirements of the nonparticipating member. (6) The early learning coalition may appoint additional members whCmust be private sector business members, either for-profit or nonprofit, who do not have, and none of whose relatives as defined in s. 112.3143 has, a 17