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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Tony Thurmond, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

2020-21 Governor’s Budget: An Early Learning and Care Lens

Stephen Propheter, Director Early Learning and Care Division California Department of Education

TONY THURMOND

State Superintendent

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Everyone Belongs – Todos Somos Unidos

Kidango Photo Credit

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TONY THURMOND

State Superintendent

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Who Are California’s Children?

• CA has 6.4 million children under age 13
• Over two-thirds live in families where

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

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How Many of CA’s Children are Eligible for Subsidized Early Learning and Care?

• About 2.6 million children under 13 in California

are eligible for subsidized Early Learning and 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

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Photo Credit: Martinez Early Childhood Center, Inc.

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2020–21 Governor’s Budget

• The Governor proposes $4.1 billion for

the CDE’s ELC programs in 2020–21

• 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

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State Superintendent

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2020–21 Governor’s Budget (2)

Progress Toward Universal Preschool:

• $96 million in non Proposition 98 General Fund to

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.)

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2020–21 Governor’s Budget (3) Increased Access to Other ELC Programs:

• $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.

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State Superintendent

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2020–21 Governor’s Budget (4)

Supports for LEA Preschool Facilities:

• $75M Proposition 98 General Fund for additional grants

to LEAs through the Inclusive Early Education Expansion 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.

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State Superintendent

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2020–21 Governor’s Budget (5)

Department of Early Childhood Development

• $8.5 million General Fund to support the creation of the Department
• f Early Childhood Development, which would begin July 1, 2021.
• 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

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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 credentials of existing child care and early learning professionals

• 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 serving children with special needs and dual language learners.

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State Superintendent

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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 are not local educational agencies and operate as a licensed center

• 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.

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TONY THURMOND

State Superintendent

• f Public Instruction

CDE Early Learning and Care Programs Local Assistance Funding 2019-20

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TONY THURMOND

State Superintendent

• f Public Instruction

CDE Early Learning and Care Programs Local Assistance Proposed Funding 2020-21

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State Superintendent

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Children Aged Birth to Twelve, 2018-19

6,434,352 2,602,956 422,999

2,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000

Total Number in the State Eligible for Subsidized ELC Served in CDE's Programs

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Children Aged Birth to Three, 2018-19

1,409,403 492,526 65,726

400,000 800,000 1,200,000 1,600,000

Total Number in the State Eligible for Subsidized ELC Served in CDE's Programs

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Three and Four Year Olds, 2018-19

1,021,208 613,937 204,653

200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000 1,000,0001,200,000

Total Number in the State Eligible for Subsidized ELC Served in CDE's Programs

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Children by ELCD Program Type FY 2018-19

(Data Source: ELCD801a)

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General Child Care 52,638 11% CalWORKs Stage 2 90,899 20% CalWORKs Stage 3 66,662 15% Alternative Payment 54,897 12% California State Preschool – Part Day 118,785 26% California State Preschool – Full Day 68,682 15% General Migrant Child Care 3,643 1% Severely Handicapped 188 0%

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ELCD Children by ELC Setting FY 2018-19

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Center-based Care 65.6 Family Child Care Home 22.5 License Exempt Home 11.9 Infant/Toddler (0-35 months) Preschool (36-59 months) School-age (age 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

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Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies & Projects $29,650,710 Local Child Care & Development Planning Councils & AB 212 $14,361,000 Quality Rating and Improvement System $176,434,000 Technical Assistance & Professional Development Projects $156,429,771 System Supports, e.g., Licensing $66,189,421

CDE ELCD 2019-20 Quality Improvement Budget

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Progression of QRIS Site Participation

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FY 2018–19 Children Served by Participating Sites

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N=417,662

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State Superintendent

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Preschool Development Grant – Renewal

• In December 2019, California was awarded a

competitive Preschool Development Grant Renewal (PDG-R) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

– One of 26 states selected – $13.4 million awarded for each of three years, or $40.2 million total

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State Superintendent

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QCC Unified RFA

• CDE and First 5 California have worked hard to create

a unified, cohesive Quality Counts California request 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

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State Superintendent

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Questions?

Fred Rogers: “We live in a world in which we need to share

• 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.”

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