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2013-14: Expansion of the SC Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP): Report

Description:
The General Assembly created and funded the Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP) with a budget proviso in Fiscal Year 2006-07. CDEPP provides for a full-day early childhood education for at-risk children who are four-year-olds by September 1. The definition of at-risk is eligibility for the free or reduced-price Federal lunch program and/or Medicaid. Both public schools and private childcare centers licensed by the South Carolina Department of Social Services may participate in the program. The South Carolina Department of Education oversees implementation of CDEPP in public schools while the Office of First Steps to School Readiness oversees implementation by private providers. Between school years 2006-07 and 2012-13, CDEPP services targeted eligible children residing in the plaintiff and trial districts in the Abbeville equity lawsuit, Abbeville County School District et. al. vs. South Carolina. In Fiscal Year 2013-14, the General Assembly expanded CDEPP to include children who met the same age and socioeconomic criteria and who resided in a district with a poverty index of 75 percent or more. The poverty index is a measure of the percentage of students who are eligible for the free or reduced-price Federal lunch program and/or Medicaid. The CDEPP expansion included 17 eligible school districts that were not original trial and plaintiff districts. The legislature appropriated additional state funds of $26.1 million to provide the educational services to children residing in these districts. Of the funds appropriated for CDEPP in Fiscal Year 2013-14, the legislature allocated $300,000 to the Education Oversight Committee (EOC) to perform an evaluation of the program. The attached is a preliminary report that: 1. Documents the expansion of CDEPP in Fiscal Year 2013-14. The EOC will provide additional information on the program in July of 2014; 2. Updates the projections for the number of at-risk four-year-olds in each school district and the number of at-risk four-year-olds served in a publicly funded program using available information; 3. Analyzes the results of the 2013 administration of the Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) and the academic achievement of students who had previously participated in CDEPP; and 4. Proposes a framework for a longitudinal evaluation of the program. (author abstract)
Resource Type:
Reports & Papers
Country:
United States
State(s)/Territories/Tribal Nation(s):
South Carolina

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