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Latest Headlines for Hawaii
Jul 16, 2010 (Pacific Business News)
State delays making cuts to program for at-risk children
Health Department first must hold hearings on administrative rules
Planned cuts to a program that helps special-needs children assimilate into early childhood education have been delayed because a state department failed to draft the necessary administrative rules to legally make the changes. The cuts to the state Department of Health's early intervention program, also known as the Part C program, were scheduled to take effect July 1.
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| Number of Four-year-olds in the state1 | 16,256 |
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| Number enrolled in state-funded Pre-K program2 | NA |
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| Number enrolled in Head Start3 | 3,073 |
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Ratio of adults to children in room required by state for:
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| Kindergarten4 | 1:20 |
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| Pre-Kindergarten5 | |
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| Head Start6 | 2:20 |
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| Child Care at 3 years7 | 1:12 |
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| Child Care at 4 years8 | 1:16 |
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| Child Care at 5 years9 | 1:20 |
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Maximum group sizes allowed in classrooms by state for:
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| Kindergarten10 | 20 | |
| Pre-Kindergarten11 | | |
| Head Start for 4-year-olds12 | 20 |
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| Child care centers for 3 year-olds13 | NR |
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| Child care centers for 4 year-olds14 | NR |
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| Child care centers for 5 year-olds15 | NR | |
Average and Median Salaries by Job Type
2000 Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Survey
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| Job Type | Average
Salary | Median
Salary |
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| Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education | $20,770 | $19,660 | |
| Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education | $32,520 | $28,890 | |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | $38,660 | $37,350 | |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Vocational Education | $41,730 | $40,690 | |
| Child Care Workers | $14,930 | $13,770 | |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | $21,990 | $22,300 | |
| Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | $29,090 | $28,680 | |
Footnotes
1 US Census Bureau, Census 2000
2 Education Week, 2002
3 Head Start Bureau, 2002 website
4 Data is from Education Week, 2001 (annual state policy survey)
5 Data is from Clifford, R.M. (2001). Public school pre-K programs: national survey of states. National Center for Early Learning and Development, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For Missouri: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
6 Data from Head Start Bureau, 2001 Health and Human Services web site
7 Data from Children's Foundation, 2001, as reported in Quality Counts, 2001
8 Data from Children's Foundation, 2001, as reported in Quality Counts, 2001
9 Data from Children's Foundation, 2001, as reported in Quality Counts, 2001
10 Data is from Education Week, 2001 (annual state policy survey)
11 Data from Schulman, K., Blank, H., & Ewen, D. (1999). Seeds of success: State pre-kindergarten initiatives. Washington, DC: Children's Defense Fund.
12 Data from Head Start Bureau, 2001 Health and Human Services web site
13 Data from National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (2001).
14 Data from National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (2001).
15 Data from National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (2001).
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