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The Kansas Early Childhood Transition Task Force met on Wednesday, Oct. 18, to review and adopt its recommendations regarding how the state of Kansas administers early childhood programs.
Executive Order 23-01 established the Task Force and charged it with developing a framework for consolidating the administration of early childhood initiatives and funding.
The Task Force previously reviewed the current landscape of Kansas' early childhood programming and collected information about how other states have reorganized early childhood program administration in recent years. In June, the Task Force conducted a community engagement tour to gather feedback from Kansans.
During the past several months, three workgroups have developed recommendations addressing which early childhood programs should be included in an effort to consolidate programming, the logistics of how a transition should occur, data and metrics to track progress, and other potential actions that could strengthen the Kansas early childhood system.
Recommendations of the programmatic movements work group included:
Recommendations of the transition logistics work group included:
Recommendations of the metrics and data workgroup included:
Visit the Early Childhood Transition Task Force webpage for meeting materials and the Kansas Legislature YouTube page for the meeting recording. The task force will meet again on Dec. 11 to adopt and present its final report of recommendations to Gov. Laura Kelly. Members will receive the final report by email prior to the meeting.
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