OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget

OCDEL Updates Governor’s Proposed Budget for

Early Learning in

Early Childhood Education

Barbara Minzenberg, Ph.D.

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OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget

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

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New Infant/ Toddler Grant Opportunities

• Early Head Start Child Care Partnerships • Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting • Nurse-Family Partnership Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services > 3

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Early Learning Standards Distributed to Programs

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2015 Early Childhood Education Community Innovation Zone Grant RFA released

• Applications due April 3 Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services > 5

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Pennsylvania’s Kindergarten Entry Inventory

• Register by August 15 Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services > 6

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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 Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services > 7

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Family Engagement Opportunities

Family Engagement Conference October 14, 2015 PaTTAN Harrisburg Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services > 8

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Governor’s Proposed 2015

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16 Early Education Budget Highlights

Jobs that Pay Schools that Teach Government that Works

The Commonwealth’s education system is central to Pennsylvania’s agenda to build a better future.

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High-Quality Early Education: $494 Million

• $120 million investment to increase slots by at least 75 percent.

– $100 million increase in Pre-K Counts.

– $20 million increase in Head Start Supplemental Assistance Programs.

• $238 million in Early Intervention (3-5 years).

Multi-year goal: Universal pre-kindergarten for 3- and 4-year olds

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Department of Human Services: Child Care Services

• Provides $3.9 million increase in federal funds for an additional 60 staff for child care inspections.

• Provides $17.8 million in increased federal funding for Child Care Works to serve an additional 3,600 children.

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Department of Human Services: Keystone STARS

• Provides $11.4 million in federal funding to increase the Rising STARS tiered reimbursement for STAR 3 and 4 programs.

• Provides $2 million in federal funding to establish Infant/Toddler add-on rates for STAR 2,3, and 4 providers.

Total increased investment: $35.1 million in federal funding.

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Appropriations Committee Hearings

• Review each Department’s budget • Share support and raise concerns

Senate Appropriations Committee hearings

• Department of Human Services – March 26 • Department of Education – March 30

House Appropriations Committee hearings

• Department of Education – March 16 • Department of Human Services – March 25 Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services > 13

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What’s next?

• Legislators decide their budget priorities and share with their caucus leaders • Possible new proposals from legislature • Negotiations on priorities • June 30 – deadline to pass balanced budget Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services > 14

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Next steps

• Stay informed! • Continue conversations with school and community leaders and legislators to make quality early education a priority – Share outcomes, children served in communities – Collect and share success stories of children, families, teachers in programs Community Outreach Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services > 15