2020 Utah Code
Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 66 - Early Childhood Utah Advisory Council
Part 2 - Early Childhood Utah Advisory Council
Section 202 - Early Childhood Utah Advisory Council -- Duties.

Affected by 63I-1-226 on 7/1/2026

• (1) The council shall serve as an entity dedicated to improving and coordinating the quality of programs and services for children in accordance with the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9837b.

• (2) The council shall advise the commission and, on or before August 1, annually provide to the commission:
  • (a) a statewide assessment concerning the availability of high-quality pre-kindergarten services for children from low-income households; and
  • (b) a statewide strategic report addressing the activities mandated by the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9837b, including:
    • (i) identifying opportunities for and barriers to collaboration and coordination among federally-funded and state-funded child health and development, child care, and early childhood education programs and services, including collaboration and coordination among state agencies responsible for administering such programs;
    • (ii) evaluating the overall participation of children in existing federal, state, and local child care programs and early childhood health, development, family support, and education programs;
    • (iii) recommending statewide professional development and career advancement plans for early childhood educators and service providers in the state, including an analysis of the capacity and effectiveness of programs at two- and four-year public and private institutions of higher education that support the development of early childhood educators; and
    • (iv) recommending improvements to the state's early learning standards and high-quality comprehensive early learning standards.

• (3) On or before August 1, 2020, and at least every five years thereafter, the council shall provide to the commission a statewide needs assessment concerning the quality and availability of early childhood education, health, and development programs and services for children in early childhood.