STRAIGHT FROM THE LEGISLATOR Welcome Councilwoman Anna Broche Insiders Guide to Advocacy In this section we will briefly discuss ELC Legislative Priorities Organizations Advocating for Early Learning ID: 600412
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DELDN ADVOCACY TRAININGSlide2
STRAIGHT FROM THE LEGISLATOR!
Welcome
Councilwoman
Anna Broche!Slide3
Insider’s Guide to Advocacy
In this section, we will briefly discuss:
ELC Legislative Priorities
Organizations Advocating for Early Learning
Legislative Issues for 2017
Governor’s Budget
Bills of Interest
Messaging TipsSlide4
ELC Legislative Priorities
Increased Funding for School Readiness and VPK.
Support Ability for Local Decision Making.Slide5
Office of Early
Learning (OEL)
Lead administrator of federal & state child care funds.
Partners with 30 local early learning coalitions to deliver early learning services.
Oversight of VPK, School Readiness and Child Care Resource & Referral Services; Performance Funding.
Governs day-to-day operations of statewide early learning programs, allocating federal & state funds to coalitions and other statewide providers.Slide6
Office of Early
Learning (OEL)
Increase school readiness funding $25m (to serve approx. 4,500 more children)
Increase VPK funding $14.6m ($50 school-year; $43 summer)
Restore non-recurring funding $25.1m
Priorities:
TEACH
Performance Funding
HIPPY
Teacher Training
Help Me GrowSlide7
2017 Advocacy Organizations
Children Services Council (CSC)
FL Association of Child Care Management (FACCM)
FL Association for the Education of Young Children
United Way of Florida
Children’s Movement of Florida
Lutheran
Services FloridaSlide8
Governor Scott’s 2017-2018 Proposed Budget
$50 Per Child
VPK
$25 Million
School Readiness
$1.1 Billion
Budget
$36 MillionSlide9
$15 Million
CCEP
$15.5 Million
Performance Funding
Governor Scott’s 2017-2018 Proposed Budget
$10 Million
TEACH
$2.5 Million
Help Me Grow
$3 Million
Lastinger
TT
$3.9 Million
HIPPY
$2 Million
VPK Acct.Slide10
BILLS OF
INTERESTSlide11
Bills of Interest
Revises penalties on non-compliance with work requirements.
Limits child-only benefits with non-compliant recipients.
Prohibits ETB cards at certain locations.
HB 23/SB 570 - Public Assistance Bill
Gives tax exemption for diapers/baby wipes/feminine products
HB 71/SB 252 - Tax ExemptionSlide12
Bills of Interest
Requires OEL to approve VPK program assessments and
who administers them.
HB 79/SB 656 - Education
Requires teachers, reading coaches, and principals, in PreK-3, to gain specific training.
Requires VPK providers to give parents pre/post results in a specific time frame.
Assigns student identifier in VPK.
HB 757/SB 468 - VPK EducationSlide13
Bills of Interest
Creates committee within DOE to establish & implement a coordinated child assessment system for School Readiness and VPK.
Staffed by UF Lastinger Center with report due by Dec. 1, 2017.
HB 1229/SB 806 - Committee/Early Grade Success
Requires providers to submit proof of training and credentials to DCF provider registry.
Requires providers to submit staff names to registry.
Revises Pre-K requirements for instructors.
HB 1431 - Relating to Early LearningSlide14
Bills of Interest
Reinstates coalitions’ authority to set local enrollment priorities.
Allows board membership to include law enforcement and/or state universities.
Allows contract termination to be
up to 5-years.
HB 1359/SB 1714 - Relating to Early Learning
Revises instructors credential requirements for School Year VPK. Must have an Associates Degree or higher in child development by 2022.
SB 1214 - VPKSlide15
MESSAGING
TIPSSlide16
Messaging Tips
If the conversation is about families’ needs, you can win. If it is about the state’s budget, they win.
Talk About: Families’ Needs, not the State Budget
Say “Initiatives” if you must. Talking about families’ needs is even stronger.
Never Say: “Program” - People Don’t Care
About Programs, and Some Distrust ThemSlide17
Messaging Tips
Remind the legislator it is his/her job to balance the budget and take care of his/her constituents.
Reminder!
Beware when policymakers ask you to pit one kids’ or families’ programs against another… it is a trap. Don’t fall into it!
Beware!Slide18
DELDN Legislative Priorities
Increase Funding for School Readiness & VPK
Support a Statewide Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS)
Adopt one Statewide Assessment to Calculate the Readiness Rate.
Allow Coalitions Local Decision Making.Slide19
Children’s Day
RSVP to Pat Thompson by March 21, 2017.
Seats are limited!
Are you ready to lead and advocate for change in Jacksonville?
Join us as we travel to Tallahassee and advocate to our state legislators during Children’s Day at the Capitol.
DON’T DELAY… Become an Advocate Today!
March 28, 2017Slide20
2017 Session DatesSlide21