2020- 21 Governor’s Budget: An Early Learning and Care Lens Stephen Propheter, Director Early Learning and Care Division California Department of Education CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Tony Thurmond, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Everyone Belongs – Todos Somos Unidos TONY THURMOND State Superintendent of Public Instruction 2 Kidango Photo Credit
Who Are California’s Children? • CA has 6.4 million children under age 13 • Over two-thirds live in families where TONY THURMOND State Superintendent of Public Instruction parents have a need for child care • Vast majority of children under 13 in CA are of color: – 52 percent Latino – 11 percent Asian – 5 percent African American – 25 percent non-Hispanic White 3
How Many of CA’s Children are Eligible for Subsidized Early Learning and Care? • About 2.6 million children under 13 in California TONY THURMOND are eligible for subsidized Early Learning and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Care (ELC) programs (40 percent of all children under 13). • Of these children, an even higher percentage are of color than the rest of the population: – 66 percent Hispanic – 8 percent Asian – 7 percent African American – 16 percent non-Hispanic White 4 Photo Credit: Martinez Early Childhood Center, Inc.
2020 –21 Governor’s Budget • The Governor proposes $4.1 billion for TONY THURMOND the CDE’s ELC programs in 2020– 21 State Superintendent of Public Instruction • This amount signifies an increase in growth over the 2019 – 20 Budget Act in terms of ongoing investments. • Proposes the creation of a New Department of Early Childhood Development 5
2020 –21 Governor’s Budget (2) Progress Toward Universal Preschool: TONY THURMOND State Superintendent • $96 million in non Proposition 98 General Fund to of Public Instruction annualize costs associated with 10,000 slots initiated in the 2019 – 20 Budget • $32 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund to support an additional 10,000 State Preschool slots at non-local education agencies (LEAs) beginning April 1, 2021. (Ongoing cost $127 million.) 6
2020 –21 Governor’s Budget (3) Increased Access to Other ELC Programs: TONY THURMOND State Superintendent of Public Instruction • $54 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund for adjustments to CalWORKs caseload and average cost of care. • $10 million Cannabis Fund for 621 additional General Child Care slots. 7
2020 –21 Governor’s Budget (4) Supports for LEA Preschool Facilities: • $75M Proposition 98 General Fund for additional grants TONY THURMOND State Superintendent to LEAs through the Inclusive Early Education Expansion of Public Instruction Program. • Budget proposes dedicating a portion of roughly $300 million non-Prop 98 General Fund to support the construction of preschool facilities on school campuses. • If the school bond is approved by the voters in March, the Administration will propose statute authorizing State Allocation Board to provide incentives for LEAs to use bond funds to construct or modernize preschool facilities.
2020 –21 Governor’s Budget (5) Department of Early Childhood Development • $8.5 million General Fund to support the creation of the Department of Early Childhood Development, which would begin July 1, 2021. TONY THURMOND State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Funds to establish a team that will coordinate the essential functions for the new department and work towards a seamless transition. • The department would administer all ELC programs as follows: – From CDE: all ELC programs except for State Preschool – From CDSS: CalWORKs Stage 1 and the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children – From CHHSA: Early Childhood Policy Council, Master Plan for ELC, and the Preschool Development Grant
ELC Workforce Development Pathways Grant • $195 million in one-time funding over five years • Program purpose: Expand the number of qualified child care and early learning professionals and increase the educational TONY THURMOND credentials of existing child care and early learning professionals State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Eligibility: Local and/or regional QCC quality improvement partnerships representing all. Partnerships may form a consortium with one or more regional partners • Allowable Funding Uses: – Costs associated with the educational expenses of current and future ELC professionals that move them along the ELC career lattice and support their attainment of increased education – Professional development in early childhood instruction and child development, including developing competencies in 10 serving children with special needs and dual language learners.
ELC Infrastructure Grant Programs • $263 million in one-time funding over five years • Program Purpose: Provide resources to build new facilities or retrofit, renovate, or expand existing facilities to ELC providers that TONY THURMOND are not local educational agencies and operate as a licensed center State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Eligibility: First year: licensed centers who are not LEAs. Second through fifth year: licensed centers and family child care homes that are not LEAs • Two Different Grant Programs: – Expansion Grant Program, which will support infrastructure costs associated with expanding access to more subsidized children – Health and Safety Grant Program (5 percent of total funds), which will support health and safety or other licensure infrastructure needs for settings already serving subsidized children. 11
CDE Early Learning and Care Programs Local Assistance Funding 2019-20 TONY THURMOND State Superintendent of Public Instruction 13
CDE Early Learning and Care Programs Local Assistance Proposed Funding 2020-21 TONY THURMOND State Superintendent of Public Instruction 14
Children Aged Birth to Twelve, 2018-19 TONY THURMOND Served in CDE's Programs 422,999 State Superintendent of Public Instruction Eligible for Subsidized ELC 2,602,956 Total Number in the State 6,434,352 0 2,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000
Children Aged Birth to Three, 2018-19 TONY THURMOND Served in CDE's Programs 65,726 State Superintendent of Public Instruction Eligible for Subsidized ELC 492,526 Total Number in the State 1,409,403 0 400,000 800,000 1,200,000 1,600,000
Three and Four Year Olds, 2018-19 TONY THURMOND Served in CDE's Programs 204,653 State Superintendent of Public Instruction Eligible for Subsidized ELC 613,937 Total Number in the State 1,021,208 0 200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000 1,000,0001,200,000
Children by ELCD Program Type FY 2018-19 (Data Source: ELCD801a) General Severely Migrant Handicapped California General Child Child Care 188 State Care 3,643 0% Preschool – 52,638 1% Full Day 11% TONY THURMOND State Superintendent 68,682 of Public Instruction 15% CalWORKs Stage 2 90,899 California State Preschool – Part 20% Day 118,785 26% CalWORKs Stage 3 Alternative 66,662 Payment 15% 54,897 12% 17
ELCD Children by ELC Setting FY 2018-19 Family Child Care License Exempt Home 22.5 Home 11.9 TONY THURMOND State Superintendent of Public Instruction Center-based Care 65.6 Preschool Infant/Toddler (36-59 School-age (age (0-35 months) months) 60 months over) Center-based Care (%) 8.6 42.6 14.4 Family Child Care Home (%) 6.6 4.8 11.1 License Exempt Home (%) 2.6 2.0 7.3 18
Child Care CDE ELCD 2019-20 Resource & Referral Quality Improvement Budget Agencies & Projects $29,650,710 System Supports, e.g., Licensing TONY THURMOND Local Child $66,189,421 State Superintendent Care & of Public Instruction Development Planning Councils & AB 212 $14,361,000 Quality Technical Rating and Assistance & Improvement Professional System Development $176,434,000 Projects $156,429,771
Progression of QRIS Site Participation TONY THURMOND State Superintendent of Public Instruction 20
FY 2018 – 19 Children Served by Participating Sites TONY THURMOND State Superintendent of Public Instruction N=417,662 21
Preschool Development Grant – Renewal • In December 2019, California was awarded a competitive Preschool Development Grant TONY THURMOND State Superintendent Renewal (PDG-R) by the U.S. Department of of Public Instruction Health and Human Services – One of 26 states selected – $13.4 million awarded for each of three years, or $40.2 million total
QCC Unified RFA • CDE and First 5 California have worked hard to create a unified, cohesive Quality Counts California request TONY THURMOND State Superintendent of Public Instruction for applications (RFA) designed to strengthen partnerships, focus, and impact. • The Unified RFA brings together multiple funding streams, as follows: – CDE QCC Block Grant – CSPP Block Grant – New QCC funding through PDG-R – First 5 IMPACT 2020 funds
Questions? Fred Rogers: “ We live in a world in which we TONY THURMOND need to share State Superintendent of Public Instruction responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem." Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.” 24 First 5 SF Photo Credit
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