TABLE 5: 2007-<strong>2008</strong> STATE PRE-K QUALITY STANDARDS STATE 18 Comprehensive early learning standards Teacher has BA Specialized training in pre-K Assistant teacher has CDA or equiv. At least 15 hrs/yr in-service Class size 20 or lower Staffchild ratio 1:10 or better Vision, hearing, health, and one support service At least one meal Site visits Quality Standards Checklist Sum 2007-<strong>2008</strong> Alabama ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 10 Arizona ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Arkansas ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 California ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Colorado ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 Connecticut ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 Delaware ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Florida ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Georgia ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Illinois ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Iowa (Shared Visions) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 Iowa (SVPP) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Kansas ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Kentucky ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Louisiana (8g) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Louisiana (LA4) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Louisiana (NSECD) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Maine ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Maryland ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Massachusetts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Michigan ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Minnesota ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Missouri ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Nebraska ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Nevada ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 New Jersey (Abbott) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 New Jersey (ECPA) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 New Jersey (ELLI) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 New Mexico ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 New York ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 North Carolina ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 10 Ohio (ECE) ✔ ✔ ✔ 3 Ohio (ELI) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Oklahoma ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Oregon ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Pennsylvania (EABG) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Pennsylvania (HSSAP) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Pennsylvania (K4) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Pennsylvania (Pre-K Counts) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 South Carolina (4K) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 South Carolina (CDEPP) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 8 Tennessee ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 Texas ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 4 Vermont (Act 62) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Vermont (EEI) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 Virginia ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Washington ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 9 West Virginia ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 7 Wisconsin (4K) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5 Wisconsin (HdSt) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 6 Totals 46 27 40 12 41 44 45 36 21 38 Note: Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming are not included in this table because they do not fund state prekindergarten initiatives. Check marks in green show new policy changes effective with the 2007-<strong>2008</strong> school year. For more details about quality standards and benchmarks, see Roadmap to the <strong>State</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>ile Pages.
TABLE 6: RANKINGS OF PRE-K RESOURCES PER CHILD ENROLLED BY STATE STATE Resource rank based on state spending <strong>State</strong> $ per child enrolled in pre-K Change in state per child spending from 2006-2007 to 2007-<strong>2008</strong> Adjusted dollars Total state preschool spending in 2007-<strong>2008</strong> Resource rank based on all reported spending * Calculations <strong>of</strong> per-child spending in Pennsylvania include the EABG, HSSAP, and Pre-K Counts programs only, because the K4 program did not provide information on spending. For details about how these figures were calculated, see the Methodology section and the Roadmap to the <strong>State</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>ile Pages. All reported $ per child enrolled in pre-K New Jersey 1 $10,989 -$124 $516,541,421 1 $10,989 Oregon 2 $8,337 $20 $42,500,000 4 $8,337 Minnesota 3 $8,310 $631 $19,520,751 5 $8,310 Ohio 4 $7,260 $4,597 $139,509,323 9 $7,260 Connecticut 5 $7,181 -$981 $62,465,669 2 $9,393 Washington 6 $7,046 $681 $47,919,000 10 $7,046 Delaware 7 $6,795 -$348 $5,727,800 12 $6,795 Pennsylvania* 8 $6,252 $408 $130,548,078 14 $6,252 Louisiana 9 $5,885 $444 $104,674,104 15 $5,997 North Carolina 10 $5,061 $71 $140,635,709 11 $6,954 Arkansas 11 $4,923 $352 $92,895,744 6 $7,979 West Virginia 12 $4,793 $90 $59,452,747 7 $7,778 Tennessee 13 $4,465 $52 $80,000,000 17 $5,578 Alabama 14 $4,415 -$940 $10,000,000 21 $4,415 Georgia 15 $4,249 -$105 $325,000,000 22 $4,249 Michigan 16 $4,230 -$183 $97,850,000 23 $4,230 Oklahoma 17 $3,966 $331 $139,735,130 8 $7,484 New York 18 $3,948 $290 $361,293,769 24 $3,948 Maryland 19 $3,770 $680 $104,509,466 3 $8,558 California 20 $3,607 -$84 $333,507,727 26 $3,607 Texas 21 $3,581 $577 $694,211,195 27 $3,581 Virginia 22 $3,575 -$213 $46,916,828 16 $5,639 Kentucky 23 $3,497 -$183 $75,127,000 19 $4,860 Illinois 24 $3,372 -$146 $309,596,682 28 $3,372 Vermont 25 $3,290 $561 $14,602,206 30 $3,290 Wisconsin 26 $3,161 -$205 $92,212,500 20 $4,737 Nevada 27 $3,130 -$388 $3,251,671 32 $3,130 New Mexico 28 $3,056 -$95 $10,909,000 33 $3,056 Iowa 29 $3,039 -$102 $22,391,481 18 $4,932 Massachusetts 30 $2,853 -$1,045 $54,940,492 25 $3,811 Kansas 31 $2,843 $94 $17,857,511 34 $2,843 Nebraska 32 $2,792 $385 $6,200,647 13 $6,748 Missouri 33 $2,757 $67 $12,794,517 35 $2,757 Florida 34 $2,500 $28 $336,469,116 36 $2,500 Arizona 35 $2,316 -$204 $12,507,717 37 $2,316 Colorado 36 $2,085 -$83 $28,433,185 29 $3,353 South Carolina 37 $1,719 $24 $38,821,515 38 $2,134 Maine 38 $1,686 -$302 $4,510,608 31 $3,281 Alaska No Program $0 $0 $0 No Program $0 Hawaii No Program $0 $0 $0 No Program $0 Idaho No Program $0 $0 $0 No Program $0 Indiana No Program $0 $0 $0 No Program $0 Mississippi No Program $0 $0 $0 No Program $0 Montana No Program $0 $0 $0 No Program $0 New Hampshire No Program $0 $0 $0 No Program $0 North Dakota No Program $0 $0 $0 No Program $0 Rhode Island No Program $0 $0 $0 No Program $0 South Dakota No Program $0 $0 $0 No Program $0 Utah No Program $0 $0 $0 No Program $0 Wyoming No Program $0 $0 $0 No Program $0 50 <strong>State</strong>s $4,061 $204 $4,596,040,309 $4,609 19
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