Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services

State of the State:Early Learning in Pennsylvania Today

Governor Wolf’s Education Proposals and OCDEL Update

Early Learning Council

April 1, 2015

Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services

PENNSYLVANIA’S FUTURE DEPENDS ON 3 THINGS:

Jobs that Pay

Schools that Teach

Government that WorksStrengthening the Commonwealth’s education system is central to

Governor Wolf’s goal of rebuilding our Middle Class by expanding opportunities for all residents.

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Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services

Historic Investment in Education

• $400 million increase in Basic Education Funding• $160 million in savings from Cyber Charter Reform• $143 million increase in Higher Education Investment• $20 million Career and Technical Education and

Equipment Grants• $9 million for Dual Enrollment• $8 million for Career Counselors in middle and high

schools

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Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services

Historic New Investment in Early Childhood

• $120 million for high-quality pre-ko $100 million increase in funding for Pre-K Counts.o $20 million increase in funding for Head Start Supplemental

Assistance Programs.o Increase high quality slots by 75 percent – 14,000 seats o Down-payment on multi-year goal of universal pre-k for all 3 and

4 year olds

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Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services

PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS WORKLow-Income Kids Who Had Pre-K

Outperform Peers by 3rd Grade

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Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services

Child Care Initiatives

• Focus on health and safety:o Increase of $3.9 million in federal funds for an

additional 60 staff for child care inspections.

• Focus on access to care:o Increase of $17.8 million in federal funds for the Child

Care Works Subsidized Child Care Program to serve an additional 3,600 children.

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Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services

Child Care Initiatives

• Focus on quality:o Increase of $11.4 million in federal

funds for Rising STARS tiered reimbursement for STAR 3 and 4 programs.

o Increase of $2 million in federal funds to establish infant/toddler add-on rates for STAR 2, 3, and 4 providers.

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Early Intervention Services

• Maintaining the commitment to children with developmental delays and disabilities:

Level funding for:o Early Intervention (3-5 years) - $238 milliono Early Intervention (0-3 years) - $128 million

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Evidence-Based Home Visiting• Nurse-Family Partnership – level funded at $12 million

• Federal MIECHV program funds :o Early Head Starto Healthy Families Americao Nurse-Family Partnershipo Parents As Teachers

• RFA responses for state NFP / MIECHV due 4/24 o MIECHV Competitive funds: 200 new familieso MIECHV Formula funds: 240 new families

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Improving the Early Learning System• Governor Wolf’s budget also focuses on support

of other early learning initiatives intended to:o Enhance program qualityo Improve how services work for familieso Improve systems for providerso Support early learning educatorso Make state government more efficient

(see handout for more details)

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Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services

P-3 Approach to children’s success in school and in life

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Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services

New Infant/ Toddler Opportunities

• Early Head Start- Child Care Partnerships

• Infant/Toddler Steering Committee

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Early Learning Standards Distributed to Programs

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Pennsylvania’s Early Learning Standards for Infants-Toddlers and Pre-Kindergarten are available for distribution in both hard copy and online.

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Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge: Early Childhood Education Community Innovation Zone Grants

• 50 grants awarded to schools and neighborhoods o 12 grants were awarded in Phase Io 38 grants will be awarded in Phase II

• Maximum grant award in Phase II is $75,000 per year for three years

• Phase II applications due April 3

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Governor’s Institutes for Educators Pre-K to Grade 3

2015 dates:• June 14-17 - King of Prussia • June 21-24 - Monroeville • July 12-15 - Erie • July 26-29 - Scranton

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Pennsylvania’s Kindergarten Entry Inventory

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• Register by August 15

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Family Engagement Opportunities

Family Engagement Conference

October 14, 2015PaTTAN Harrisburg

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Next steps

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• Stay informed! • Help your neighbors and community

members understand the importance of quality early education

• Urge school and community leaders and legislators to make quality early education a priorityo Share outcomes, children served in

communitieso Collect and share success stories of

children, families, teachers in programs

Community Outreach