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Presentation to the Legislative Education Study Committee October 2017

 NM Indicators of child well being and

performance

 Early childhood system structure and funding

in NM

 Focus on 4 key programs today

• Home visiting
• Childcare
• PreK
• K3 Plus

 Discuss Policy Issues

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1 in 5 kindergarteners at high poverty schools cannot identify a single letter.

Achievement gap is prevalent across grades

 Persistently poor

educational outcomes

 Large achievement gap  3 out of 4 third

graders not proficient

 Desire for “game

changing” policy and funding strategy to get better results

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0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% FRL and EL FRL no EL EL no FRL No FRL or EL

Percent of Students Proficient on SY16 PARCC Reading Exam - All Grades

Source: LFC Files

 The Legislature has

continued to increase investments in early childhood education despite declining revenues

 $122 million (62 percent)

increase since FY14

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$50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 $350 $400 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18

Recurring Early Childhood Funding History FY14-FY18 (in millions)

Head Start/ Early Head Start FIT Early Literacy K-3 Plus Prekindergarten Home Visiting Child Care Assistance

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Child Care Assistance, $100.2 Home Visiting, $18.3 PreK, $53.5 K-3 Plus, $23.7 Early Literacy, $12.5 FIT, $43.4 Head Start/ Early Head Start, $67.0

Early Childhood Funding (FY18)

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Unserved, 3,434 Head Start, 3,491 PreK, 9,254 Child Care, 3,531

Early Childhood Services: Proportion Total At Risk 4YO Population Served

Source: USDHHS, CYFD, PED, LFC At risk is defined as qualifying for free and reduced price lunch. Numbers reflect unduplicated services

 LFC estimates Need of

5,985 slots at $22.8 million

 HSD responding to GAA

add of HV in Medicaid

 Opportunity to close

gap up to 77 cents on dollar using evidence- based practice

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$2.3 $5.9 $8.1 $10.6 $14.3 $17.5 $18.3

$0.0 $2.0 $4.0 $6.0 $8.0 $10.0 $12.0 $14.0 $16.0 $18.0 $20.0 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18

Home Visiting

(in millions)

 Costs and enrollment are

up

 Evaluations of previous

ratings system showed no impact on ed outcomes

 4-year enrollment up but

standards below PreK

 Little research supporting

child care as a child abuse intervention

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$82.9 $87.2 $95.6 $97.8 $96.6 $100.2 $100.2

$0.0 $20.0 $40.0 $60.0 $80.0 $100.0 $120.0 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18

Child Care Assistance

(in millions)

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$14.5 $19.2 $30.0 $36.5 $51.1 $52.1 $53.3

$0.0 $10.0 $20.0 $30.0 $40.0 $50.0 $60.0 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18

PreK

(in millions)

 PreK improves outcomes

for children through 5th grade.

 LFC looking at longer

term outcomes now.

 Estimated $34 million

gap to cover all eligible clients

24% 25% 26% 27% 28% 29% 30% 31% 32% Prekindergarten No Prekindergarten

Prekindergarten Participation and 5th Grade PARCC Proficiency

Source: LFC Analysis of CYFD/PED data

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 Scientifically proven

program when implemented with same teacher for 25 days

 Some evidence stacking

eliminates achievement gap

 LFC has highlighted

issues with implementation

 Significant gaps in

funding ($69 million to cover total eligible clients)

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 Medicaid could eliminate funding gap for

home visiting with affordable state match

 Need to grow implementation of evidence-

based of evidence-based home visiting such as NFP, First Born, and others.

 If interested in improving educational

• utcomes then focus on other interventions

besides child care

• until child care is proven to effect these outcomes,

should we consider adding dollars to the program?

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 Decide expansion path for PreK

• Full day
• 3 year olds

 Consider enrolling 3 and 4 year olds in PreK

rather than full time childcare and focus on after school funding rather than child care assistance for school age children

 What to do with Head Start  Implement K3 Plus correctly in greater scale;

align with PreK

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