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Teacher Preparation * Dual Enrollment * Collegiate Charter High Schools * Education Finance & Policy Research

Southwest Florida Early Childhood Education Cost Study

Presented by Larry Miller, PhD Dean, FSW School of Education Larry.Miller@fsw.edu March 2018

How Many Children are NOT Kindergarten Ready in FL?

• A. 38,000
• B. We don’t know
• C. It depends on what standard you use
• D. 72%
• E. All of the above

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How Many Children are NOT Kindergarten Ready in FL?

• A. 38,000 – TRUE – house report
• B. We don’t know – TRUE statewide data is 4

years old

• C. It depends on what standard you use - TRUE
• D. 72% - TRUE for Collier Co. based on iREADY
• E. All of the above - TRUE

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How much is spent per K12 student in your district?

• A. $7,500
• B. $15,000
• C. None of the above

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How much is spent per K12 student in your district?

• A. $7,500 – TRUE YOU ARE JUST TALKING

ABOUT THE STATE CONTRIBUTION

• B. IF $15,000 – TRUE IF YOU LIVE IN COLLIER

CO.

• C. None of the above – TRUE IF YOU LIVE

ANYWHERE BUT COLLIER

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How much is spent per preschool student in your district?

• A. $2,400
• B. $3,700
• C. $2,800
• D. $8,000
• E. $0
• F. All of the above

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How much is spent per preschool student in your district?

• A. $2,400 TRUE FOR VPK

B. $3,700 TRUE FOR VPK + Headstart + USADA + School Readiness w/o CSC in a private center C. $2,800 TRUE if you are B attend a home-based program

• D. $8,000 TRUE if Headstart

E. $0 TRUE if not enrolled or for 3 year olds who want VPK F. All of the above TRUE

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A network of more than 50 organizations, businesses, schools and community members working to ensure every child is ready for Kindergarten, and every young person enters adulthood with a vision and plan to accomplish that vision.

Future Ready Collier

Goal: To transform Southwest Florida’s workforce by increasing the number of college degrees, certificates or other high-quality credentials from 27 percent to 55 percent by 2025.

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Future Ready Collier

Two Goals

• 1. Ensure all children are Kindergarten

ready

• 2. Ensure all young people are career

ready by graduating high school on track to obtain a degree or credential.

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Early Learning

Goal: Ensuring all children are Kindergarten ready Measuring Success:

• Percent ready on CCPS iReady

assessment on entry

• Percent ready on state-established

readiness assessment

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Directed Early Childhood Education Cost Study Study sponsors

• Mrs. Lavern Gaynor

Naples Children and Education Foundation The Wayne Smith Family Foundation Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Lockmiller Endowment for Early Childhood Education

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Research

• Early Childhood Education

Cost Study

• OpEd appeared in USA

Today

• Dr. Larry Miller appeared on

local public radio’s Gulf Coast Live

Motivation

• Personal experience with ‘least restrictive

environment’ clause

• Heckman equation
• ”Me-Search” on NCLB
• Hong Kong, NYC, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Georgia
• Abbott v. Burke
• “Would you like fries with that?”
• 5 opportunities, but not a single Children’s

Services Council in SWFL

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How Much Does a High Quality Early Childhood Education Cost?

• Very difficult question to answer
• Spending and student outcomes can be
• bserved, but costs cannot be observed

directly

• Four methods of estimating costs

– Professional Judgement Cost Studies; – High performing approach; – Causal evidence; – Production functions/Cost functions

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Rationale for Study

• Best predictor for 3rd grade academic success is

kindergarten readiness

• 38,000 of Florida’s children were not kindergarten

ready in 2012-13

• Florida ranks 40th in the nation on spending on 4 year-
• lds
• Leaders in the five southwest Florida counties

participating in the study are interested in making sure that kindergarten readiness is attainable for all children

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SW FL ECE Coalition and Support

• Study coalition consists of 5 southwest Florida

counties

• Collier County is very similar to Sarasota

County

– 15k vs. 17k children 0-5 years old – 25% children in poverty – Majority of elementary students qualify for free or reduced price lunch – Traffic is a nightmare in season

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Key Takeaways from the Literature

• Birth to 5 is a critical period in brain

development

• Critical development for language, cognition,

social/emotional competence, self-regulation, and executive functioning

• ECE is proven to have positive impacts on child
• utcomes

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Key Takeaways from the Literature

• Academic gains are largest in high quality ECE

programs that include:

– Smaller class sizes/student-teacher ratios – Higher teacher qualifications – Higher compensation – Greater professional support – Persistence of gains challenged

• Estimates of return on investment of preschool

range from $3 to $7 for every $1 invested.

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Professional Judgment Approach

• APA pioneered the use of the Professional

Judgment (PJ) Approach in the K-12 context.

• APA has nearly two decades of experience

conducting costing out studies using PJ approach to estimate resources needed to meet particular standards

– PJ Approach relies on the experience and expertise of educators and leaders in the field to specify the resources needed to meet performance outcomes

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Standards

• Standards-setting panel agreed to use the

Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards for 4-year olds

• Included following development domains:

– Approaches to learning; – Cognitive development and general knowledge; – Language, communication, and emergent literacy; – Physical development; and – Social and emotional development.

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Panels with SW Florida ECE Professionals

• Multiple panels of 7 to 11 SW Florida ECE

professionals were convened to review standards and identify the resources needed to achieve them

– Resource Panels- Centers:

• Private Centers Resource Panel
• Rural Centers Resource Panel
• District-Operated Centers and Head Start Centers Resource Panel

– Resource Panel- Licensed Home Providers

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Representative Center Preschools

• 100 3- and 4-year olds:
• 38 3-year olds and 62 4-year olds
• Began by estimating resources for a preschool

with no students from poverty families

• Panelists were then asked to adjust resources

for a preschool with 25% student poverty and then 100% student poverty

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Key Specification Assumptions

• Six hours of instructional time per day and a

school year with 220 days

• Special education students should be served

primarily in district-operated and private centers (SpEd costs are not estimated for home providers)

• Transportation costs are not included

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Student-Teacher Ratios in Center Analysis

All Centers Base Level 25% Poverty 100% Poverty Student-teacher ratios Children per adult PreK 3-year olds 8 8 6 PreK 4-year olds 9 9 7 Maximum class size Children per adult PreK 3-year olds 16 16 12 PreK 4-year olds 18 18 14

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Base-Level Staffing FTE- Centers (No student poverty or SpEd)

Base Level, 100 students District Operated/ Head Start Private Centers Rural Centers

Center Director 1.0 1.0 1.0 Curriculum Director 0.5 0.5 0.5 Family Support 1.0 1.0 0.5 Lead Teacher 5.8 5.8 5.8 Support Teacher 5.8 5.8 5.8 Administrative Assistant 1.0 1.0 2.0 Janitorial and Maintenance 1.5 1.5 1.5 Cook 1.0 1.0 1.0 Assistant/Substitute 1.0 1.0 1.0 Floaters (daily) 2.0 2.0 2.0 Other Professional 0.2 0.2 0.3 District Level Coordinator 0.5

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Non-Personnel Center Resources (1)

Center Resource Category Annual Resources per Center

Education Supplies $10,000 Education Equipment $5,000 Kitchen Supplies $2,500 Food $50,000 Office Supplies $2,500 Office equipment $2,000 Costs per child of child assessment system $1,500 Tech Licensing $1,000 Insurance (liability, accident, etc.) $7,500 Postage $500 Advertising $1,000 Adaptive equipment (SpEd) $10,000 Adaptive technology (SpEd) $5,000 Screening and evaluation (SpEd) $10,697

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Non-Personnel Center Resources (2)

Center Resource Category Resources per Center

Rent /Lease $43,200 Utilities (heat, AC, gas, electric, water, phone, internet, trash, sewer, etc.) $17,316 Building Insurance $10,595 Maintenance/Repair/Cleaning $25,535 Audit $3,000 Fees/Permits $1,083 Per employee costs Professional development/training $200 per teaching staff Background checks/Fingerprinting $12.30 per employee

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Compensation

Position Adequate Sala (1 FTE) Adequate Compensation (1 FTE)

Center Director $61,219 $73,716 Home-based Director/Lead Teacher $41,705 $51,890 Curriculum Director $62,000 $74,900 Family Support $54,500 $66,661 Lead Teacher $41,705 $51,890 Support Teacher $26,423 $34,795 Administrative Assistant $28,696 $37,338 Janitorial and Maintenance $22,485 $30,951 Cook $22,640 $30,724 Substitute (long-term) $26,143 $34,792 Floaters (daily) $26,143 $34,792 Other Professional $41,705 $51,890 District Level Coordinator (District only) $63,590 $76,569 Special Education Teacher (SpEd) $50,000 $61,855 Paraprofessional (SpEd) $26,870 $33,241 Speech Therapist (SpEd) $68,150 $84,308 Inclusion specialist (SpEd) $58,710 $72,630 Behavioral Specialist (SpEd) $39,980 $49,459 Occupational Therapist (SpEd) $71,470 $88,416 Physical Therapist (SpEd) $99,740 $123,388 Nurse (SpEd) $67,490 $83,492

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Estimated Per Student Base-Level Costs for Centers (No Student Poverty)

Center Type Annual per student base-level costs: No student poverty

District-Operated/Head Start Centers $11,366 Private Centers $10,983 Rural Centers (District or Private) $11,075 Average Per Student Costs $11,142

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Additional Estimated Per Student Annual Costs for Centers

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25% student poverty 100% student poverty 10% Special Education

District-Operated/Head Start Centers $771 $4,375 $4,371 Private Centers $771 $3,992 $11,250 Rural Centers (District or Private) $52 $3,940 Not specified Average Per Student Costs $531 $4,102 $7,811

Estimated Per Student Costs and Weights for Centers

Base-level: No student poverty Additional Weights 25% student poverty 100% student poverty 10% Special Education District-Operated/Head Start Centers $11,366 0.07 0.38 0.38 Private Centers $10,983 0.07 0.36 1.02 Rural Centers (District or Private) $11,075 0.00 0.36 Not specified Average Per Student $11,142 0.05 0.37 0.70

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Estimated Existing ECE Florida Funding

Funding Source Funding for 3- and 4-year olds Number of 3- and 4-year

• lds enrolled

Voluntary Pre-kindergarten (VPK) $383,703,444 166,522 School Readiness $167,008,919 62,280 Federal Head Start $275,153,087 31,618 Total $825,865,450 260,420

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Estimated Funding Gap

• Existing funding is $3,171 per student
• Parents spend, $6,525 on average, for tuition

at private centers

• $1,812 in public funding gap for private

centers

• $8,820 in public funding needed to make high

quality preschool free for all students

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Next Steps

• Launch the Center for Kindergarten Readiness

– Replicate ECE Cost Study – Hendry Co. fiscal feasibility study for 3 & 4 year olds – Children’s Services Council (Sweetened beverage + Property tax options) – Tax Credit Scholarships to expand VPK to full day + summer for low income 4-year olds

• Education and awareness campaign

– Market research on taxpayer preferences – Share findings with elected officials, policymakers, and donors

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