Carlos Contreras, Assistant City Manager April 9, 2020
Dr. Sarah Baray, Pre-K 4 SA CEO 2 REAUTHORIZATION PROCESS
• February 13, 2020 – City Council ordered Sales and Use Tax Election May 2020
• March 18, 2020 - Governor issued proclamation allowing May
municipal elections to be moved to November 3, 2020
• March 26, 2020 - Pre-K 4 SA Board of Directors voted to request
postponement of election to November 3, 2020
3 A PROVEN PROGRAM
4 PRE-K 4 SA COST BENEFIT STUDY
PRE-K 4 SA RETURNS $59 MILLION IN BENEFITS TO SA IN FIRST 8 YEARS
Source: “Benefit-Cost Analysis of Pre-K 4 SA” by University of Pennsylvania, Teachers College at Columbia University, and Westat
5 Program Updates
6 OPERATIONS UPDATE KEY DATES
• Center-closure announced • Online instruction launched • Online professional learning launched
• Staff deployed to SAFB • Staff deployed to SAFB mega distributions • Food distributions began at • Families receive distributions at mega sites Centers • Family check-in calls/visits continue • Emergency supplies delivered to • All staff continue working families • Grants reconfigured to support ISD and CDC COVID-19 response
7 OPERATIONS UPDATE KEY PILLARS RECONFIGURED
8 OPERATIONS UPDATE COVID-19 SPECIFIC RESPONSE
Food Distribution • 2,500 families served at Pre-K 4 SA Centers in Weeks 1-2
• 500 Pre-K 4 SA families served by Food
Bank in Week 3
Delivery of Essential Items
• Critical supplies provided to 25 families and 25 CDC’s
9 OPERATIONS UPDATE COVID-19 SPECIFIC RESPONSE Facilitating Services • 600+ calls to families from Parent Liaisons
• Parent support/training for children that
receive high level of SEL support
• Grants Team conducted needs
assessment with Grant Awardees
• PLI team has moved to online course
delivery
• Instructional Specialists provided 5 ½
hours of live professional learning and 3 ½ hours of “on your own” professional learning to 175+ educators
10 OPERATIONS UPDATE COVID-19 SPECIFIC RESPONSE
Staff support to SAFB (March 16-April 3)
• On average, 90 employees on-site daily and 1,500+ staff hours weekly
• Sorted 68,995 lbs of food
• Packed 14,222 boxes of food
• Assembled 2,320 snack packs, 5,704 produce bags
and 12,960 soaps
11 Budget Considerations
12 SALES TAX REDUCTION
Projected Loss
FY 20 ($3,545,382) -9.3%
FY 21 ($2,959,140) -8.6%
Fiscal Year: July 1 – June 30
13 PROGRAMMATIC ADJUSTMENTS FY 20 1. Cost savings related to Education Center closure • Food Service • Transportation
2. Cost savings related to Professional Learning
3. Hiring freeze for all vacant positions
14 PROGRAMMATIC CONSIDERATIONS FY 21 1. Assess the landscape • More children likely to qualify • ISDs may not ramp up as quickly
2. Prioritize services for children and families
3. Review capacity for Professional Learning and Grants
15 Reauthorization Service Model
16 OPPORTUNITY: AS PRESENTED IN JANUARY 2020
6% • 1,500 eligible served at Pre-K 4 SA
• 13,000 served at public schools
25,000 • 7,500 served in private sector 52% 4-year-olds 30% served Expansion:
• 500 middle class served at Pre-K 4 SA
• 2,500 middle class served at Pre-K 4 SA partners program
10% 2%
17 IMPLEMENTATION: EXPANSION TIMELINE BASED ON EVOLVING LANDSCAPE
• Continue to serve most vulnerable, in
partnership with ISDs
• Continue to serve 2,000 children in Pre-K 4 SA
25,000 Education Centers 52% 4-year-olds 30% served • Shifts in eligible-population will drive speed and scale of expansion
• Ramp-up to serve 3,000 middle class families may
?% be slower
• served at public schools • eligible served at Pre-K 4 SA • served in private sector • middle class served at Pre-K 4 SA • middle class served at partners program
18 RECOMMENDATION
Pre-K 4 SA Board recommends Council reschedule the
