"The framework is intended to provide a research-based model for states to use as they develop, implement or expand prekindergarten programs. The following sections are included: Impetus - Why do states fund prekindergarten programs and who takes the lead? Finance - How much do prekindergarten programs cost and how do states fund them? Governance - How are prekindergarten programs managed? Service Delivery Models - Who provides the services? Children Served - Are programs available to all children or only some?
Program Standards - What standards define high-quality programs? Infrastructure - What policy mechanisms are in place to ensure programs attain and maintain high quality?"
-- "What's New", the Alliance on Early Childhood Finance
National Prekindergarten Center (NPC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
See this resource at
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http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~npc/framework/index.cfm
Topics
[1]: http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~npc/framework/index.cfm
[2]: http://www.readysetgrowctkids.org/finance.html
[3]: http://www.readysetgrowctkids.org/finance_category_30.html
[4]: http://www.readysetgrowctkids.org/finance_category_31.html