PreK and federal funding

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know how much of DC PreK is federally funded and if the programs are at risk if the department of education is cut or eliminated?

[Anonymous]

DC already lost all federal Head Start funds a couple of years ago. So not sure how much federal funding is left. Anyway the funds are supposed to go directly to the states if the DOE is eliminated so OSSE would be distributing it

[Anonymous]

Doesn't DC get 1/4 of its funding from the Federal Govt?

[Anonymous]

For FY 23 it was 11%

[Anonymous]

Why did DC (DCPS?) lose all of its Head Start funds??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why did DC (DCPS?) lose all of its Head Start funds??

This is easily Google-able.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/dcps-loses-federal-head-start-funds/65-0f17ec7b-4dc5-4656-91fe-131b38805a25

[Anonymous]

Also even if we had Head Start money that’s HHS not DOE

[Anonymous]

Generally speaking, US ED "entitlement" funding is about 10%. These funds usually don't directly support teacher/principal salaries (due to supplement, not supplant laws)...so initially the impact will be central office staff related to teacher training/PD, services for English language leaners, and supports for students/families identified as low income across a number of individual schools. All bad things, because schools don't have the budgets for this important work. DC also gets additional appropriations from Congress that are managed by US ED (SOAR Funding) which provides ~15M (?) of support annually for education in the city and this money supports schools, but also things like tutoring and outside support entities that work on school improvement efforts. And, there is the DC TAG (again, congressional appropriation managed by US ED) that lowers the cost of public universities and HBCUs for DC students. Not an exhaustive list, point is that the potential impact is well beyond school budgets. Though not managed by US ED, there is also significant funding for National School Lunch Program.

[Anonymous]

What about after schools programs ? Ho much they will be hit by the imminent budget cuts ?

[Anonymous]

Actually I have a general question, where do PreK get their funding from? Especially these learning centers which are not park of any ES?

[Anonymous]

Here's an incredibly handy tool for evaluating impacts of the dismantling of DoE

https://edlawcenter.org/research/trump-2-0-federal-revenue-tool/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually I have a general question, where do PreK get their funding from? Especially these learning centers which are not park of any ES?

Your best bet would be to look at their annual reports. That should tell you where their funding comes from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually I have a general question, where do PreK get their funding from? Especially these learning centers which are not park of any ES?

DC has a local law that provides for expanded Pre-K using local funding from DC resident taxes. You can find a report at: https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/OSSE%20Annual%20Pre-K%20Report%202022.pdf

Pages 4-6 have some details about different funding sources available. However, the funding sources are not the same for every program-- some schools can use federal entitlement funds, but not all schools with PK programs are even eligible for Title I. So, if you are looking for how a specific program is funded you will need to look at the 990 or annual report. For more general questions, you should be able to find the answer via the link above.