> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget State of the State: Early Learning in Pennsylvania Today OCDEL Updates Governor’s Proposed Budget for Early Childhood Education Barbara Minzenberg, Ph.D. Deputy Secretary Office of Child Development and Early Learning

> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget P-3 Approach to children’s success in school and in life 2

> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget New Infant/ Toddler Grant Opportunities Early Head Start- Child Care Partnerships Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting Nurse-Family Partnership 3

> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget Early Learning Standards Distributed to Programs 4

> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget 2015 Early Childhood Education Community Innovation Zone Grant RFA released Applications due April 3 5

> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget Pennsylvania’s Kindergarten Entry Inventory 6 Register by August 15

> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget Governor’s Institutes for Educators Pre-K to Grade dates: June King of Prussia June Monroeville July Erie July Scranton 7

> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget Family Engagement Opportunities Family Engagement Conference October 14, 2015 PaTTAN Harrisburg 8

> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget Governor’s Proposed 2015 ‐ 16 Early Education Budget Highlights Jobs that Pay Schools that Teach Government that Works The Commonwealth’s education system is central to Pennsylvania’s agenda to build a better future. 9

> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget High-Quality Early Education: $494 Million $120 million investment to increase slots by at least 75 percent. –$100 million increase in Pre-K Counts. –$20 million increase in Head Start Supplemental Assistance Programs. $238 million in Early Intervention (3-5 years). 10 Multi-year goal: Universal pre-kindergarten for 3- and 4-year olds

> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget Department of Human Services: Child Care Services Provides $3.9 million increase in federal funds for an additional 60 staff for child care inspections. Provides $17.8 million in increased federal funding for Child Care Works to serve an additional 3,600 children. 11

> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget Department of Human Services: Keystone STARS Provides $11.4 million in federal funding to increase the Rising STARS tiered reimbursement for STAR 3 and 4 programs. Provides $2 million in federal funding to establish Infant/Toddler add-on rates for STAR 2,3, and 4 providers. Total increased investment: $35.1 million in federal funding. 12

> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget Appropriations Committee Hearings Review each Department’s budget Share support and raise concerns Senate Appropriations Committee hearings Department of Human Services – March 26 Department of Education – March 30 House Appropriations Committee hearings Department of Education – March 16 Department of Human Services – March 25 13

> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget What’s next? Legislators decide their budget priorities and share with their caucus leaders Possible new proposals from legislature Negotiations on priorities June 30 – deadline to pass balanced budget 14

> Tom Wolf, Governor Pedro Rivera, Acting Secretary of Education | Ted Dallas, Acting Secretary of Human Services OCDEL Updates – Governor’s Proposed Budget Next steps 15 Stay informed! Continue conversations with school and community leaders and legislators to make quality early education a priority –Share outcomes, children served in communities –Collect and share success stories of children, families, teachers in programs Community Outreach