1 / 30

Prop 82: An Historic Opportunity for California’s Children

Prop 82: An Historic Opportunity for California’s Children. 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. Overview of the Preschool for All Act. Governance.

aulii
Download Presentation

Prop 82: An Historic Opportunity for California’s Children

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Prop 82: An Historic Opportunity for California’s Children

  2. 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

  3. Overview of the Preschool for All Act Governance Funding Planning and Implementation Accountability

  4. Overview of the Preschool for All Act Governance

  5. Governance: Overseen by SPI and delivered through COE’s

  6. 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 Responsibilities: SPI

  7. 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 Responsibilities: County Superintendents and Alternative Local Administrators

  8. A variety of providers are eligible to provide Preschool for All Colleges School Districts Head Start Child Care Centers State Preschool Family Child Care Homes Other State-Contracted Programs Charter Schools

  9. Overview of the Preschool for All Act Planning and Implementation

  10. 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.

  11. 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 Participation in county planning

  12. 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 County plans must be designed to ensure the following:

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

  14. 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

  15. Program will be phased in over time Teacher requirements fully implemented Low Performing Schools Targeted All Children Guaranteed Access 2016 2010 2007-2010

  16. Overview of the Preschool for All Act

  17. Higher teacher and instructional aide training requirements

  18. 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 will hold the early learning credential All teachers and instructional aides will be required to meet the bachelor’s degree and 48 unit requirement 2006-2014 2016 2014

  19. Planning and funding higher education infrastructure $500 million to develop and provide courses and degree programs The SPI will develop a statewide workforce-development plan The SPI will develop an early learning credential Infrastructure Public colleges and universities may receive grants from the SPI to develop courses and degree programs in early learning

  20. Funding for student financial assistance The California Student Aid Commission will develop and implement a $200 million studentfinancial aid program.

  21. 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. Commitment to working in high-need communities History of working as an early childhood educator Preferences Greatest financial need

  22. Employment-related provisions 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. The EERA is a labor law that currently covers public school teachers and charter school teachers in California.

  23. Overview of the Preschool for All Act Accountability

  24. Accountability measures and consequences Annual statewide program report Preschool for All Accountability Oversight Committee Neutral evaluator State Legislature may set fines and/or criminal penalties

  25. Accountability: The SPI will… • Monitor local administrators • Appoint independent Parent Advocates • Replace County Superintendents if they are ineffective • Remove preschool providers if they are not offering quality programs • Make changes at the local level

  26. Overview of the Preschool for All Act Funding

  27. 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%

  28. Funding:Budget safeguards • Funding would not impact Proposition 98 • Preschool Reserve Account • Emergency Funding Provision

  29. Funding distribution formula Preschool-for-all funds will be distributed from the state to counties on a per-child basis Pre 2016 Post 2016 Allocation based on number of eligible children in each county Allocation based on number of enrolled children in each county 2016

  30. Prop 82: A Historic Opportunity for California’s Children Preschool California www.action.preschoolcalifornia.org

More Related