{"id":1695544,"date":"2022-10-14T12:19:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1695544"},"modified":"2022-10-16T12:24:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T16:24:27","slug":"oregon-spent-90-million-on-pre-k-programs-some-of-which-had-zero-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-spent-90-million-on-pre-k-programs-some-of-which-had-zero-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Spent $90 Million on Pre-K Programs, Some of Which Had Zero Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foregon-spent-90-million-on-pre-k-programs-some-of-which-had-zero-students%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1695544&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> This state spent $90m to fund Pre-K programs, some of which had 0 students &#8211; Based Politics                                                     <\/p>\n<p>Welcome!Register for an account<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.based-politics.com\/2022\/10\/14\/this-state-spent-90m-to-fund-pre-k-programs-some-of-which-had-0-students\/#\" aria-label=\"Back\" class=\"td-back-button\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Password recovery<\/p>\n<p>All Families Welcome was paid to fill 18 slots in 2020-2021, but had no students enrolled. Yet the center was paid over half a million dollars.<\/p>\n<p>     Image Credit: iStockPhoto   <a class=\"tdb-author-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.based-politics.com\/author\/realclearpolitics\/\" title=\"Real Clear Politics\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>October 14, 2022<\/p>\n<p>The Oregon Department of Education\u2019s Preschool Promise Program has given nearly $90 million in grants to early learning facilities. Many of these facilities are under-enrolled, including some with fewer than 10 students, one with a single student, and another with no students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/earlylearningwashingtoncounty.org\/preschool-promise\/\" class=\"stylish-link\">Oregon\u2019s Preschool Promise<\/a>\u00a0program was launched in 2016 to provide publicly-funded preschool for 3-4 year-olds for families at or below 200 percent of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aspe.hhs.gov\/topics\/poverty-economic-mobility\/poverty-guidelines\/prior-hhs-poverty-guidelines-federal-register-references\/2021-poverty-guidelines\" class=\"stylish-link\">federal poverty level<\/a>, or $53,000 for a family of four. It assigns \u201cslots\u201d to 268 select childcare providers \u2014 each one representing one student and being worth approximately $14,000 per year.\u00a0By comparison in-state\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tuition.uoregon.edu\/\" class=\"stylish-link\">tuition and fees to attend the University of Oregon is $14,420.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The program has suffered from well-below expected enrollment, but still spent the money: $90 million for school years through February 2021 and February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The overspending in under-enrolled schools has more than a few examples,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/oregon-department-of-education-doles-out-millions-in-under-enrolled-preschool-program\" class=\"stylish-link\">according to Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One such school, Village Childcare was paid $600,000 for 33 preschool slots in 2020-2021, and 20 preschoolers in 2021-2022. But the center reported fewer than ten students enrolled in the program during that time, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>All Families Welcome was paid to fill 18 slots in 2020-2021, but had no students enrolled. In 2021-2022, just one student was enrolled. Yet the center was paid over half a million dollars \u2014 $300,000 one year, and more than $220,000 the next year, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Neighborhood House was awarded 36 slots both years, but had fewer than 10 students enrolled. They were awarded $448,000 in the 2020-2021 school year, and $370,000 in the 2021-2022 school year.<\/p>\n<p>All awarded facilities were paid for expected, not actual, enrollment. Why no cutback to match attendees?<\/p>\n<p>An Oregon Department of Education spokesperson told Fox News that the Preschool Promise funding is mostly for fixed costs, including staffing, utilities and facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Centers \u201crequire that programs be ready to serve eligible families as soon as they are referred, which means programs must be prepared at all times to serve the full number of funded slots,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>In the midst of these lower-than-expected numbers, the Early Learning Division said it\u2019s \u201cexamining protocols to review enrollment and direct programs to reduce operations until enrollment increases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The #WasteOfTheDay is brought<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This state spent $90m to fund Pre-K programs, some of which had 0 students &#8211; Based Politics Welcome!Register for an account Password recovery All Families Welcome was paid to fill 18 slots in 2020-2021, but had no students enrolled. Yet the center was paid over half a million dollars. 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