FY2015CompetitiveSchoolReadinessSummaryExpansion

368TotalSpacesApprovedforExpansionFunds

BelowarethehighpointsindeterminingtheCompetitiveSchoolReadiness(CSR)expansionspaces:

Ofthe48currentlyfundedCSRtowns,thefollowing28townsappliedforatotalof442
expansionspacesofwhich368wereapprovedtoreceiveexpansionfunds:

Town
Approved
Spaces
Town
Approved
Spaces
Chaplin 2 Naugatuck 8
Colchester 1 NorthCanaan 3
Coventry 3 Plainville 10
EastHaven 12 Shelton 20
Enfield 3 Sprague 6
Greenwich 5 Thomaston 2
Griswold 26 Torrington 23
Groton 13 Vernon 30
Hamden 29 Voluntown 15
Killingly 35 WestHartford 12
Lebanon 4 Winchester 7
Ledyard 3 Windsor 10
Manchester 26 WindsorLocks 24
Milford 29 Wolcott 7

Thefollowing20CSRtownsdidnotapplyforexpansionspaces:

Andover Lisbon
Ashford Mansfield
BeaconFalls Plainfield
Brooklyn Plymouth
Canterbury Scotland
Derby Seymour
Eastford Stafford
Ellington Sterling
Hampton Stratford
Hebron Thompson

Therewere44programswithinthe28CSRtownsthatappliedforexpansionspaces.

Ofthe44CSRprogramsthatappliedforexpansionspaces,38programswererankedasTierI
andallwereapprovedforexpansionfunds.

Ofthe44CSRprogramsthatapplied,1programwasrankedasTierIIandwasnotapprovedfor
expansionfunds.

Ofthe44CSRprogramsthatapplied,5programswererankedasTierIIIandnonewere
approvedforexpansionfunds.

FY2015PrioritySchoolReadinessSummaryExpansion
652TotalSpacesApprovedforExpansionFunds

BelowarethehighpointsindeterminingthePrioritySchoolReadiness(PSR)expansionspaces:

Ofthe19currentlyfundedPSRtowns,thefollowing18townsappliedforatotalof1,192
expansionspacesofwhich652spaceswereapprovedtoreceiveexpansionfunds:

Town
Approved
Spaces
Town
Approved
Spaces
Ansonia 3 NewBritain 101
Bloomfield 8 NewHaven 8
Bridgeport 126 NewLondon 12
Bristol 73 Norwalk 70
Danbury 7 Norwich 36
EastHartford 39 Stamford 37
Hartford 40 Waterbury 15
Meriden 35 WestHaven 5
Middletown 6 Windham 31

Ofthe19currentlyfundedPSRtowns,onlyPutnamdidnotapplyforexpansionspaces.

Therewere60programswithinthe18PSRtownsthatappliedforexpansionspaces.

Ofthe60PSRprogramsthatappliedforexpansionspaces,44programswererankedasTierI
and35wereapprovedforexpansionfunds.

Ofthe60PSRprogramsthatappliedforexpansionspaces,9programswererankedasTierIIof
which3wereapprovedforexpansionfunds.

RationalefornotapprovingtheotherTierIandTierIIrankedprograms:

noapprovalforextendeddayspaces
noapprovalfortheconversionofspaces(privatepaytoSchoolReadiness)
lowpriorityrankingfromSchoolReadinessCouncil
highprioritytothoseprogramsusingspacestoroundoutclassrooms

Ofthe60PSRprogramsthatappliedforexpansionspaces,6programswererankedasTierIII
andnonewereapprovedforexpansionfunds.

TiersforSchoolReadinessExpansionDecisionMaking

TierIwasdeterminedbythefollowingcriteria:
NAEYCaccreditedorHeadStartapproved
CurrentlySchoolReadinessfundedandapprovedbySchoolReadinessCouncil
Over90%utilizationratepertown
Staffqualificationsmetorexceededcurrentstaterequirements
Stablestaffing
Possibleminorrepairsorrenovationwithatimelineofsummercompletion
CouldbeanewprogramnotinSchoolReadinessnetworkbutisNAEYCorHeadStart
approved

TierIIwasdeterminedbythefollowingcriteria:
NAEYCaccreditedorclosetoachievingaccreditation
Possiblerenovationsneeded
SchoolReadinessCouncilreviewed

TierIIIwasdeterminedbythefollowingcriteria:
NotNAEYCaccreditedorHeadStartapproved
Majorrenovations/constructionneeded
Nosite
Nostaffingorstaffqualificationsbelowstaterequirements
SchoolReadinessCouncilreviewedbutmaynothavebeenapproved