(a) The office, with the approval of the council, shall create and the Office of School Readiness shall adopt the rules and policies that support a pre-kindergarten accountability assessment program that is primarily performance based.

(b) The office shall develop and the Office of School Readiness shall adopt performance measures and indicators that provide the basis for an accountability report card annually on the Office of School Readiness.

(c) The office and the Office of School Readiness shall identify, define, and develop such performance indicators and measures by December 1, 2001. The office shall implement and produce the first report card on the Office of School Readiness and pre-kindergarten programs by December 1, 2002.

(d) After December 1, 2002, the office shall audit those pre-kindergarten programs as necessary in implementing the education accountability system described in this part.