If a SITE closes during an employment period (see chart below), teachers will be eligible to receive incentive payments for each employment period in which their continued working status was verified BEFORE the site closed or stopped serving at least three (3) unrelated children ages birth-five. Beyond that, teachers at the site will NOT be eligible for incentive payments. This does not apply to temporary site closures, such as for facility repairs, holidays, or staff training days.
Permanently closed sites or classrooms are those sites that are no longer operating full-time and/or no longer serving at least three (3) unrelated children and are not expected to reopen full-time or serve three or more unrelated children at any point during the fall or spring observation window. (Section 3.3 of VQB5 2024-2025 Guidelines)