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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat">Maine DOE Newsroom Link:
<a href="https://mainedoenews.net/2023/10/19/funding-survey-estimated-pre-k-enrollment-counts-for-new-or-expanding-programs-in-2024-2025/">
https://mainedoenews.net/2023/10/19/funding-survey-estimated-pre-k-enrollment-counts-for-new-or-expanding-programs-in-2024-2025/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Montserrat">Funding Survey: Estimated Pre-K Enrollment Counts for New or Expanding Programs in 2024-2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E">If your School Administrative Unit (SAU) is opening or expanding a Pre-K program in the 2024-2025 school year, you are
eligible to receive funding on your FY25 ED279 for children you enroll in these new or expanded Pre-K programs in 2024. This means you will receive the funding for enrollment in the same year that you enroll the Pre-K children, without a year delay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E">If you are planning to start and/or expand public Pre-K in the 2024-25 school year and would like to receive an FY25
estimate Pre-K allocation, please notify the Maine DOE by completing the <a href="https://mainedoe.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0DJJVT7Yia5FxTU"><b><span style="color:#0074D9;text-decoration:none">FY25 Estimate Pre-K Count Data Form </span></b></a>before
November 8, 2023. There are 3 questions to be answered on the funding survey:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E">What is your SAU? Choose your SAU from a drop-down list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E">Do you have an existing Pre-K program (FY24)? – Yes/No<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E">What is your SAU’s Pre-K Estimated Increase Count (new slots available in new or expanding program)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E">SAUs completing the form must also complete the Pre-K Program Application with <a href="https://mainedoe.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6JTWpAxWZKqLKDj"><b><span style="color:#0074D9;text-decoration:none">DOE’s
Early Learning Team</span></b></a> by April 30, 2024 and obtain program approval.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E">The FY25 Estimate Pre-K Count Data Collection form is meant to capture the FY25 <i>estimate</i> for new and expanding
Pre-K program enrollment. The estimated student count data, in addition to the current (FY24) enrollment in an existing Pre-K program, will be used to provide funding on the FY25 ED279. An SAU’s Pre-K total enrollment number, as reported and verified October
1, 2024, should match the combined existing and estimated increase total that was used to calculate funds in the ED279. After October 1, 2024, an audit adjustment, based on <i>actual</i> enrollment reported in NEO on October 1, 2024, will be made to the Pre-K
allocation assigned on the FY25 ED279. Please note that this may increase or decrease funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E">For more information about establishing or expanding a Pre-K program, please check out the <a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/learning/earlychildhood/publicpreschool/establishaprogram"><b><span style="color:#0074D9;text-decoration:none">webpage
on the topic, </span></b></a>or contact Nicole Madore at <a href="mailto:nicole.madore@maine.gov"><b><span style="color:#0074D9;text-decoration:none">nicole.madore@maine.gov</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E">For questions specific FY25 ED279 estimates, please contact Paula Gravelle at 624-6792 or <a href="mailto:Paula.B.Gravelle@maine.gov"><b><span style="color:#0074D9;text-decoration:none">Paula.B.Gravelle@maine.gov.</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Paula Gravelle</span></b><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Director of School Finance </span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Maine Department of Education</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">23 State House Station</span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Augusta, Maine 04333-0023</span><br>
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Email: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:paula.b.gravelle@maine.gov"><span style="color:#0070C0">paula.b.gravelle@maine.gov</span></a>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Phone</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: 207-624-6792<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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