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Jianjun Wang – Online Submission, 2024
A 50-cent-per-pack tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products has been endorsed by California voters to fund early childhood services under Proposition 10, California Children and Families First Act of 1998. In compliance with the legislative requirement of Result-Based Accountability (RBA) on revenue spending, this report delineates evaluation…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Child Health, Well Being, Early Childhood Education
Wang, Jianjun – Online Submission, 2023
California voters decided to collect a 50 cent-per-pack tax on cigarette and other tobacco products and use the money to fund early childhood services under Proposition 10, California Children and Families First Act of 1998. In compliance to the legislative requirement of Result-Based Accountability (RBA) on the revenue spending, this report…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Taxes, Early Childhood Education, State Legislation
Wang, Jianjun – Online Submission, 2022
For more than two decades, California has been charging a 50 cent-per-pack tax on cigarette and other tobacco products and using the money to fund early childhood services under Proposition 10, California Children and Families First Act of 1998. In response to the legislative requirement of Result-Based Accountability (RBA), this report delineates…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Early Childhood Education, State Aid, Accountability
Wang, Jianjun – Online Submission, 2021
California ranks on top of the nation for supporting health and wellbeing of young children with statewide comprehensive programs. As part of the backbone support, voters passed Proposition 10 in 1998 to fund early childhood services with a 50 cent-per-pack tax on cigarette and other tobacco products. This report delineates evaluation findings…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Health, State Legislation, Program Evaluation
Wang, Jianjun – Online Submission, 2016
The California Children and Families Act of 1998 led to creation of the Kern County Children and Families Commission (First 5 Kern) to support early childhood service programs in Kern County, the third largest county in California that spread a land area as large as the state of New Jersey. In Fiscal Year 2014-15, First 5 Kern administered more…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Young Children, Partnerships in Education
Wang, Jianjun – Online Submission, 2015
Proposition 10, also known as the California Children and Families Act of 1998, is the legislation for creating Kern County Children and Families Commission (First 5 Kern). Over the past 15 years, First 5 Kern administered a trust fund from a $.50 per pack tax on cigarettes or equivalent tobacco products to support children ages 0-5 and their…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Development, Child Health, Early Childhood Education
Wang, Jianjun – Online Submission, 2014
Scientific discoveries indicated the importance of brain growth during the first 5 years of child life. To support early childhood development, California voter passed Proposition 10 in 1998 to collect a 50 cent per pack tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. Kern County Children and Families Commission (First 5 Kern) receives funding from…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Development, Counties, Child Health
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2011
Although more than a third of tested pre-K students (37%) entered AISD one standard deviation below the national average in receptive vocabulary, the AISD pre-K program accelerated these students' growth by nearly twice the national average by the end of the 2010-2011 school year.
Descriptors: School Districts, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Program Evaluation
Wang, Jianjun – Online Submission, 2012
Kern County Children and Families Commission (First 5 Kern) is funded by the Proposition 10 ballot initiative to support services for children prenatal to age five in California. The state revenue comes from an extra 50-cent tax on tobacco products, and is distributed according to the proportion of live births in each county. Following a…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Advisory Committees, Counties, Program Evaluation
Brunner, Josie – Online Submission, 2010
A separate full report also was published. Austin Independent School District served 5,450 pre-K students in 2009-2010. Approximately 70% of sampled English-speaking pre-K students and 74% of sampled Spanish-speaking pre-K students had faster than the expected growth rate on an assessment of receptive vocabulary.
Descriptors: School Districts, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, School Demography
Hobbs, Beverly B.; Sawer, Barbara – Online Submission, 2009
Community-based educational programs play a significant role in the education and positive development of youth. Over the last decade, the Oregon 4-H Youth Development program has made special efforts to reach and engage Latino youth and families in non-formal educational programs. Latino families most often do not access community-based…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Outreach Programs, Volunteers, Hispanic Americans