But even with these investments, Pennsylvania is nowhere near the level of funding that NIEER recommends. The report calls for $12,000 per student, compared to the $6,850 per student the state spends now.
And while Pennsylvania has increased overall spending on early childhood, it has not increased the basic rate of reimbursement for child care services since 2007.
Quality or access?
Maintaining quality and standards is a tall order in the state’s complex public-private system of child care and early childhood education. The state measures quality through its Keystone Stars rating system, established in 2003, which sets standards for teacher training and credentials, classroom practices, and financial soundness, among other benchmarks. Child care centers are rated from one star through four, and the lower quality centers are helped to improve.
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March 02, 2021
Governor Tom Wolf today announced allocation plans for more than $303 million in federal funds received to support child care providers. The funds come from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 (CRRSAA), signed into law in December and continue support for an industry that is both a cornerstone of Pennsy
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Tracy O’Connell says 11 of the staff members at the child care center she directs went back to school this year to earn additional certificates and qualify
Fourteen state legislators â namely members of the legislative Womenâs Health Caucus â joined Public Citizens for Children and Youth to call on the Wolf administration to restore funding to child care providers.
âWe encourage Gov. Wolf to immediately utilize the $302 million allocated to Pennsylvania for child care in Decemberâs federal relief package to ensure that working families have access to affordable high-quality child care and help the early childhood education providers survive the immediate challenges they are facing during COVID,â state Rep. Mary Jo Daley, D-148th Dist., co-chair of the Womenâs Health Caucus, said during a recent press conference.