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“Title I Pre-K in NC”EC 2010 Conference
Carla Garrett
Title I Pre-K Education Consultant
NC Office of Early Learning – DPI
8.4.10
NC Office of Early Learning: Pre-K – Grade 3
• Focuses on Pre-K - Grade 3 to support children's success in the early grades
• Combines staffs in primary education and pre-k
• Promotes linkages for reforming early education
• Partners with the FirstSchool initiative (FPG Child Development Institute - UNC)
What is FirstSchool?
• Pre-K - Grade 3 initiative to promote public school efforts to become more responsive to the needs of an increasingly younger, more diverse population
• Unites the best of early childhood, elementary and special education
NC Office of Early Learning Programs
• Even Start Family Literacy
• Head Start State Collaboration Office
• More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program
• Preschool Exceptional Children
• Title I Preschool
• Primary Education
Title I Pre-K in NC: 2009-10
• $61,267,466 - Title I funds allocated to Pre-K (projected)
• Increase of $18,203,750 from 2008-09
Title I Pre-K in NC: 2009-10
• 79 of 115 LEA’s utilized Title I funding for Pre-K
• 12 LEA’s allocated $1M plus for Title I
Pre-K
• 55 LEA’s increased funding for Title I
Pre-K
Flexible Funding
• Title I funds can be used for preschool or to supplement or expand other early childhood education programs, such as state-funded prekindergarten, Head Start, Even Start, or Early Reading First.
• Title I funds may be used in conjunction with existing programs.
“Title I Funds” Example:
Total # Amount of
Children Title I Funding
18 $125,000
($6,944 cost per child)
*Figures chosen for example purposes only
Funding Options (Continued)
2 - Blended Pre-K
-Uses Title I dollars with other Pre-K dollars (EC; local, Head Start, Smart Start, etc.)
-Title I contribution determined by % of Title I children in each Pre-K class
“Blended” Example : Title I + Other Funds
% Title I % EC % Local
Total # Funds/ Funds/ Funds/
Children # Children # Children # Children
18 50% 11% 39%
9= 2= 7=
$62,500 $13,750 $48,750
Total Amount of Funding: $125,000
Total Amount of Title I Funding: $62,500
Funding Options (continued)
3 - Dual Enrollment
Uses Title I dollars with More At Four dollars
Grant Application: “Do any of these Title I eligible students also
qualify for M@4 funding?”
What is “More At Four”?
• State preschool program in NC
• Age Eligibility: Four years old
• Entering kindergarten the following year
• At risk for poor school outcomes
Dual Enrollment
• Eligibility requirements for both programs must be met with Title I eligibility criteria being considered first
• This is not “supplanting,” since More At Four funds are only intended to cover 50% of program costs
“Dual Enrollment” Example:
Total # #Dually Eligible M@4 Funding Total M@4
Children Children Per Child Funding
18 9 $3,750 $33,750
Total Amount of Title I Funding: $125,000
Total Amount of M@4 Funding: $33,750
Total Amount of Funding: $158,750 (Amount increases from $6,944 to $8,819 per child)
Eligibility
• On the basis of multiple, educationally-related, objective criteria established by the LEA, such as:
• teacher judgment,
• interviews with parents
• developmentally appropriate measures
Eligibility - Income
• Income of the family is allowable for the for the purposes of prioritizingpurposes of prioritizing when Title I funds are insufficient to serve all eligible preschool children
Eligibility – Age
– Birth to the age the LEA provides elementary education; therefore, children who are younger than the age of five by the kindergarten eligibility cut off date - August 31 - in North Carolina are eligible
*In NC most Title I Pre-K children served are 4 years old
Most Common Examples of Pre-K Quality Investments in
NC
• Teacher Salaries (Increase or Maintain)
• Instructional Materials
• Professional Development
Suggestions (continued)
• Champion early education using research and data
• Build on existing resources in communities
• Leverage state and federal funds—and capitalize on funding opportunities
Resources
• Serving Preschool Children Under Title I, Non-Regulatory Guidance @ www.ed.gov
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 @ www.ed.gov
• PreK Now @ www.preknow.org
• CLASP (Center for Law & Social Policy) @ www.clasp.org
Resources
• NC Title I Preschool Consultant: Carla Garrett @ [email protected]; cell: 336.504.2037
• NC Office of Early Learning (Department of Public Instruction) Website:
www.ncprek.nc.gov