Universal PreKindergarten UPK FY09 Program Expansion Options

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Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK)FY09 Program
Expansion Options

• EEC Board Meeting
• June 10, 2008

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UPK Funding Background

• FY07 budget provided 4.6 million in funding for
  pilot implementation grants for Universal
  Pre-Kindergarten (UPK)
• FY08 budget provided increase of 2.5 million
  for UPK (Total7,138,739)
• FY09 House and Senate budgets include increase of
  5 million for UPK (Total12,138,739)

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UPK Pilot Goals

• Define measurable quality standard for
  participating programs
• Enhance quality of services for children in UPK
  classrooms and especially for children at-risk of
  school failure
• Ensure programs are effectively measuring and
  supporting childrens progress across all
  developmental domains
• Support programs in reaching UPK quality standard
  in future years

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UPK Pilot Components (Short Term)

• Classroom Quality Grants
• Grants to programs with preschool
  classrooms/settings that meet all UPK quality
  criteria
• Assessment Planning Grants
• Grants to programs to implement developmentally
  appropriate assessment to position them for
  participation in UPK in future
• Statewide System Building
• Support for policy development, technical
  assistance, and monitoring infrastructure for
  successful UPK implementation.

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Comprehensive UPK System(Long Term) Key Elements

• Support Program Excellence
• Quality Grants
• Capacity-Building Grants
• QRIS
• UPK Teacher/Provider/Leadership Scholarships
• Increase Affordability and Access
• Increased financial assistance to families
• Parent information campaign
• Build Thriving State System
• Program development and oversight
• Additional program services and supports
• Include continuity of care for families
• Identify other revenue sources

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UPK Pilot Program Grant Eligibility
The four EEC-selected assessment tools include
Work Sampling, High Scope Child Observation
Record (COR), Creative Curriculum Developmental
Continuum, and Ages and Stages. Assessment
planning grantees have to meet all quality
criteria, except for the use of an EEC approved
assessment tool for at least one year. NEASC
included in FY08 accreditation options.
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UPK Classroom Quality GrantsAt a Glance

• Total 218 currently funded sites with 312 UPK
  classes/homes

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UPK Classroom Quality GrantsHow Quality Grants
Are Spent

• Staff compensation increases
• Professional development
• New educational materials
• Enrichment activities
• Accreditation support
• Implementation of assessment system including
  materials, trainings, and IT
• Additional services to meet childrens physical,
  social, and emotional needs
• Provide access to full-day full-year services

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UPK Assessment Planning GrantsAt a Glance
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UPK Assessment Planning GrantsHow Planning
Grants Are Spent

• Funds used to implement one of the four
  EEC-selected child outcome assessment systems
• Grants spent on
• Assessment tool training for administrators and
  staff
• IT equipment
• Materials and supplies
• On-line assessment system
• Other professional development activities related
  to conducting observations and assessments

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Statewide System BuildingAt a Glance

• Policy development and data analysis
• Grants and fiscal management
• Program evaluation
• Assessment infrastructure
• Training and technical assistance
• Data monitoring
• QRIS design

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FY09 UPK Expansion Priorities

• Continue funding for current UPK classroom
  quality grantees
• 6.5M for 220 programs and 314 classrooms and
  homes
• Continue second year support for UPK assessment
  planning grants
• 880,000 for 286 programs (up to 80 of first
  year grant)
• Support statewide system building and management
  (_ of total)
• policy development, data analysis, fiscal
  management, evaluation, and technical assistance

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FY09 UPK Expansion Priorities (cont.)

• Expand UPK classroom quality grants (4M)
• Support unfunded classrooms (148) within current
  UPK sites (62 programs with unfunded classrooms)
• Fund new sites (with classroom limit)
• Newly eligible Assessment Grantees
• Eligible but unfunded applicants from previous
  years
• Hybrid approach

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FY09 UPK Expansion PrioritiesDecision Tree for
New Classroom Quality Grants
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FY09 UPK Expansion PrioritiesExpand Classroom
Quality Grants

• Option 1 Fully fund all pre-k classrooms in
  currently accredited UPK sites (turn current
  sites into UPK programs)
• Estimated 4.1M for 148 classrooms in 62 programs
• No limit for site award or impose cap?
• Cap of 200,000 would make available 0.75M for
  other grants
• New providers within existing UPK funded family
  child care systems?
• If add five providers per system, additional
  330,000

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FY09 UPK Expansion PrioritiesNumber of Unfunded
Classrooms Per Site
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FY09 UPK Expansion Priorities Estimated Grant
Per Site with Full Funding
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FY09 UPK Expansion PrioritiesExpand Classroom
Quality Grants

• Option 2 Maintain classroom limit within
  existing UPK sites and release competitive RFR
  for grants to new sites
• Could prioritize
• Former UPK assessment planning grantees
  (estimated 1.89 M for 161 programs/homes)
• Former applicants that not randomly selected
  (estimated 3M for 55 programs/homes)

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FY09 UPK Expansion PrioritiesExpand Classroom
Quality Grants (cont.)

• Option 3 Hybrid approach (total 4M)
• Award grants to new sites
• and
• Expand funding to subset of current UPK sites
• Add one classroom per site (estimated 1.7M for
  62 classrooms) or
• Use priority criterion (one or more) to select
  and fully fund subset
• Sites first funded in FY07
• 59 classrooms, 2M
• Sites in corrective action/special status
  districts (62 programs)
• 101 classrooms, 2.9M
• Sites serving certain of children receiving
  financial assistance
• 50 or more 111 classrooms, 3.7M
• Sites with infant and toddler classrooms
• 71 classrooms 2.1 M
• Sites with pre-k teachers with certain
  credentials
• Data not yet available
• Mix of big, medium and small program size

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FY09 UPK Expansion PrioritiesProposed FY09 Budget
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FY09 UPK Expansion Proposed Timeline