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Lawmakers told preschool quality grant buying power has fallen; registry funding and QRIS redesign flagged as priorities
Summary
CDE and CDSS told a legislative hearing that the State Preschool QRS block grant has not increased since 2014 and the workforce registry funding is expiring. Agencies proposed extensions of local grants, continued investment in coaching and CLASS assessments, and technical investments to support implementation of broader reforms.
Assembly members pressed state education and social services officials about sustaining preschool quality and strengthening the early childhood workforce as the state expands transitional kindergarten and revises childcare reimbursement.
Stephen Propheter of the California Department of Education described the California State Preschool Program Quality Rating and Improvement System (CSPP QRS) block grant: $50 million annually in Proposition 98 funding that has not been increased since 2014. "With funding remaining at $50,000,000 annually since 2014, the purchasing power for local grantees has decreased," Propheter said, and the department is reimagining how to target those dollars…
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