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Prop 82:

An Historic Opportunity for

California’s Children

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The Preschool for All Act…

Creates a constitutional guarantee to a free, part-day preschool

program for all California children

during the year before they enter

kindergarten

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Overview of the Preschool for All Act

Teachers and Instructional Aides

Planning and Implementation Accountability

FundingGovernance

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Overview of the Preschool for All Act

Governance

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Governance: Overseen by SPI and delivered through COE’s

Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI)

County Offices of Education Alternative Local Administrator

Local ProviderLocal Provider Local Provider Local Provider

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Responsibilities: SPI

• Review and approve county plans

• Establish statewide

learning standards

• Create a workforce development plan

• Oversee the development of preschool facilities process

• Set statewide per-child funding rate

• Establish a reserve fund

• Ensure that the state and counties do not exceed the 6% administrative limit

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Responsibilities: County Superintendents and Alternative Local Administrators

• Create countywide five-year plan

• Provide every child a place in a preschool program

• Contract with local providers and/or operate preschool classrooms

• Establish a local advisory committee

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A variety of providers are eligible to provide Preschool for All

School Districts

Child Care Centers

Family Child Care Homes

Charter Schools

Colleges

Head Start

State Preschool

Other State-Contracted Programs

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Overview of the Preschool for All Act

Planning and Implementation

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County plans must be comprehensive

The Act requires each county to create a 5-year assessment and plan for the implementation of preschool

for all.

These plans, followed by annual reports, are required to address the

diverse needs of children and families and infrastructure needs, such as

workforce and facilities.

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Participation in county planning

• County Superintendents draft 5-year plan

• Local administrators appoint parents, preschool administrators and staff, preschool advocates and business leaders to the advisory committee

• Local school districts have input

• Local administrators hold public hearings

• SPI reviews and approves local plans

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County plans must be designed to ensure the following:

• Programs have age and developmentally appropriate goals

• Guarantee access, quality and accountability

• Parents are informed and involved in the program

• English language learners achieve school readiness

• Children with exceptional needs are provided with access to services

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County plans must be designed to ensure the following (con’t):

• Preschool is coordinated with existing providers, elementary schools and districts

• Families’ child care needs are met through linkages with full-day programs

• Qualified teachers and aides are in place and paid similarly to other public school teachers

• Facilities are provided in a cost-efficient way

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Plans for developing preschool classrooms• The Act provides up

to $2 billion to develop preschool classrooms

• Local administrators will create facilities plans

• Statewide fund established to finance facilities development

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Program will be phased in over time

Low Performing Schools

Targeted

All Children Guaranteed

Access

2007-2010 20162010

Teacher requirements

fully implemented

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Overview of the Preschool for All Act

Teachers and Instructional Aides

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Higher teacher and instructional aide training requirements

Requirements for preschool-for-all

teachers

Requirements for preschool-for-all

instructional aides

1. Bachelor’s degree

2. Including 24 units in early learning coursework

3. ECE Credential

1. Complete 48 units of college coursework

2. Including 24 units in early learning

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Requirements will be phased in over time

Teachers and instructional aides’ pay will increase as their qualifications increase and be similar to k-12 teacher

salaries when the program has fully ramped up.

Teachers must meet current

requirements set for state-funded

programs

All teachers and instructional aides will be required to

meet the bachelor’s degree and 48 unit

requirement

All teachers will hold the early

learning credential

2014 20162006-2014

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Planning and funding higher education infrastructure

Public colleges and universities may receive grants from the SPI to develop courses and degree

programs in early learning

The SPI will develop a statewide workforce-

development plan

The SPI will develop an early learning

credential

$500 million to develop and provide courses and degree

programs

Infrastructure

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Funding for student financial assistance

The California Student Aid Commission will develop and implement a $200 million student financial aid program.

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Funding for student financial assistance

Financial aid will be limited to students who commit to work in Preschool for All programs for a period of time

commensurate with the total amount of state assistance they have received.

Greatest financial need

Commitment to working in high-need

communities

History of working as an early childhood

educator

Preferences

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The EERA is a labor law that currently covers public school teachers and charter school teachers in California.

Preschool-for-all teachers and instructional aides will be covered under the Educational Employee Relations Act (EERA). However, the Act does not

require preschool-for-all teachers and instructional aides to be unionized or otherwise engage in collective bargaining.

Employment-related provisions

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Overview of the Preschool for All Act

Accountability

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Accountability measures and consequences

Annual statewide program report

Neutral evaluator

Preschool for All Accountability Oversight Committee

State Legislature may set fines and/or criminal penalties

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Accountability: The SPI will…

1. Monitor local administrators

2. Appoint independent Parent Advocates

3. Replace County Superintendents if they are ineffective

4. Remove preschool providers if they are not offering quality programs

5. Make changes at the local level

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Overview of the Preschool for All Act

Funding

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Funding:A personal income tax on the wealthy

• The Act will impose a 1.7% tax on taxable income over $800,000 for couples filing jointly and on taxable income over $400,000 for individual filers

• This change will increase California’s top personal income tax bracket from 9.3% to 11%

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Funding:Budget safeguards

• Funding would not impact Proposition 98

• Preschool Reserve Account• Emergency Funding

Provision

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Funding distribution formula

Preschool-for-all funds will be distributed from the state to counties on a per-child basis

Pre 2016 Post 2016

2016

Allocation based on number of eligible children in each

county

Allocation based on number of enrolled children in each

county

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Preschool California www.action.preschoolcalifornia.org

Prop 82:

A Historic Opportunity for

California’s Children