| Account | Description | FY 2014 GAA |
FY 2015 House 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3000-4040 | Birth through Pre School For fiscal year 2015 costs associated with the phased-in provision of universal access to high quality early education programs for all infants, toddlers, and preschool age children on the wait list for services maintained by the department under item 3000-4060; provided, that services shall be provided through vouchers within a publicly funded, mixed delivery system; provided further, that a key goal of that system shall be contributing to school readiness and third grade reading proficiency; provided further, that the department shall collaborate with the department of elementary and secondary education in establishing standards that ensure such school readiness and proficiency by third grade; provided further, that the department shall promote high quality education and care by setting voucher rates and other requirements under this program using the Quality Rating Improvement System; provided further, that the department shall provide monthly updates to the secretary of administration and finance, the house and senate committees on ways and means, and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education, on the number of infants, toddlers, and children of preschool age provided services by this appropriation, the quality ratings of the placements provided, the number of infants, toddlers, and children of preschool age found ineligible for services and removed from the wait list during the validation process, the number of infants, toddlers, and children of preschool age added to the wait list during the previous month, and the net change to the wait list over that month; and provided further, that the department shall work jointly with the department of elementary and secondary education and the chief information officer of the secretariat of education to ensure longitudinal analysis of the educational efficacy of the early education services provided through this account and the success of children so served at increasing school readiness and attaining reading proficiency by third grade |
0 | 15,000,000 |
Increased funding to support new initiative.