Report: The State of Preschool 2008: State Preschool Yearbook

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PERCENT OF STATE POPULATION ENROLLED STATE SPENDING PER CHILD ENROLLED (2008 DOLLARS) $6,764 $6,820 $6,566 $6,828 $6,881 $7,143 $6,795 8% 8% 8% 8% 8% 8% 7% 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ■ 3-year-olds ■ 4-year-olds n 1994, Delaware began funding preschool education through the Early Childhood Assistance Program (ECAP), which is modeled after the federal Head Start program. Programs are required to follow federal Head Start Performance Standards. The goal of ECAP is to increase access to comprehensive early childhood services for the state’s 4-year-olds who are income-eligible for Head Start. ECAP funds are allocated to private agencies, public schools, and for-profit early care and education programs in addition to Head Start agencies. Ninety percent of enrolled children must come from families with an income at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level. ECAP children also must have identified medical, developmental or social risk factors and 10 percent of the slots must be made available to children with disabilities. The selection and location of the ECAP grantees is guided by the Community Needs Assessment data. For the 2008-2009 program year, changes to the Head Start Act will require changes in state prekindergarten. One such change allows programs to accept children living in households 101 to 130 percent over poverty and still count them as income eligible, with certain restrictions. In 2003, the state began using a mandatory curriculum framework for state-funded pre-K programs known as the Delaware Early Learning Foundations. This framework is now under revision and is aligned with K–12 performance indicators and standards. Delaware is working on a quality rating system for its early care and education programs, but it is not yet available to all programs and therefore a minimum rating for each setting is not yet required. A prekindergarten professional development system is also being designed that will be aligned with the state’s professional development system for K–12. ACCESS RANKINGS 4-YEAR-OLDS 3-YEAR-OLDS RESOURCES RANKINGS STATE SPENDING ALL REPORTED SPENDING 44 THE STATE OF PRESCHOOL 2008 - STATE PRESCHOOL YEARBOOK - NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARLY EDUCATION RESEARCH - WWW.NIEER.ORG
DELAWARE EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ACCESS Total state program enrollment ..........................................843 School districts that offer state program..........100% (counties) Income requirement ................................90% of children must be at or below 100% FPL Hours of operation............At least 3.5 hours/day, 5 days/week 1 Operating schedule ....................................Determined locally 1 Special education enrollment ..........................................1,336 Federally funded Head Start enrollment ..........................1,639 State-funded Head Start enrollment ..................................843 2 QUALITY STANDARDS CHECKLIST STATE PRE-K AND HEAD START ENROLLMENT AS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION 3-YEAR-OLDS 4-YEAR-OLDS 7% 8% 6% 90% 79% 4% 6% ■ Pre-K ■ Head Start ■ Special Ed † ■ Other/None † This number represents children in special education who are not enrolled in state-funded pre-K or Head Start. POLICY STATE PRE-K BENCHMARK DOES REQUIREMENT REQUIREMENT MEET BENCHMARK? Early learning standards ..................................Comprehensive ..........Comprehensive Teacher degree ..................................................................CDA 3 ..........BA Teacher specialized training..............Meets CDA requirements ..........Specializing in pre-K Assistant teacher degree....................................................HSD 3 ..........CDA or equivalent Teacher in-service ..............................................15 clock hours 4 ..........At least 15 hours/year Maximum class size ..............................................................................20 or lower 3-year-olds ........................................................................NA 4-year-olds ..........................................................................20 Staff-child ratio ......................................................................................1:10 or better 3-year-olds ........................................................................NA 4-year-olds ......................................................................1:10 Screening/referral ................................Vision, hearing, health, ..........Vision, hearing, health; and and support services developmental, dental, at least 1 support service behavioral; and support services 5 Meals ............................................At least one meal and snack ..........At least 1/day Monitoring ..............................Site visits and other monitoring ..........Site visits RESOURCES TOTAL BENCHMARKS MET Total state pre-K spending ......................................$5,727,800 Local match required? ..........................................................No State Head Start spending ......................................$5,727,800 6 State spending per child enrolled ..................................$6,795 All reported spending per child enrolled* ....................$6,795 * Pre-K programs may receive additional funds from federal or local sources that are not included in this figure. ** K–12 expenditures include capital spending as well as current operating expenditures. Data are for the ‘07-’08 school year, unless otherwise noted. PRE-K* HDST K–12** SPENDING PER CHILD ENROLLED 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 ■ State Contributions ■ Local Contributions $6,795 $7,048 $ THOUSANDS ■ Federal Contributions ■ TANF Spending $16,197 1 Half-day programs are funded to operate a minimum of 3.5 hours per day, and many operate 4 hours per day. Most programs align with public school operating schedules. 2 This number represents ECAP enrollment. All state-funded Head Start enrollment is through ECAP. 3 New child care regulations came into effect in January 2008 that offer multiple educational/training combinations to qualify for the position. ECAP follows Head Start Performance Standards staffing requirements. 4 All grantees, except school districts, are in licensed programs that are required to have 18 clock hours per year. 5 Support services include four annual parent conferences or home visits, education services or job training for parents, parenting support or training, parent involvement activities, health services for parents and children, information about nutrition, referral to social services, transition to kindergarten activities, and mental health services. 6 ECAP is a state-funded Head Start model. All state pre-K spending is therefore directed toward Head Start programs. 45
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STATE OVERVIEW Total state program
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WISCONSIN FOUR-YEAR-OLD KINDERGARTE
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METHODOLOGY The data in this report
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In the 2008 Yearbook, we attempt to
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APPENDIX A: STATE SURVEY DATA 2007-
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STATE ACCESS Number of children in
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STATE ACCESS Are children receiving
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STATE ACCESS Program enrollment - F
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STATE OPERATING SCHEDULE Minimum op
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STATE AGE ELIGIBILITY Minimum age f
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STATE AGE ELIGIBILITY State policy
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STATE INCOME REQUIREMENT Income req
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STATE OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT
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STATE RESOURCES Is there a percenta
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STATE MONITORING What program recor
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STATE Alabama Yes Specific assessme
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STATE MONITORING Required kindergar
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DELAWARE - Early Childhood Assistan
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APPENDIX E: PRE-K SPECIAL EDUCATION
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