| 结论 |
- The delivery of CERDEP requires expenditures related to personnel, classroom supplies and other instructional supports, food service, transportation, occupancy, and administrative costs.
- Differences in per-pupil costs arise because of variation in staff compensation, unit prices for other resources across geographic locales, lead teacher qualifications, and class size, among other factors.
- Based on our baseline cost model, the estimated all-inclusive annual per-pupil cost for the traditional CERDEP option (180-day school year at 6.5 hours per day, 20 pupils per classroom, state median salaries and benefits), when delivered at a site operated by a public school district, with transportation costs and rent, was about $11,000 in 2017 dollars (or just over $10,000 per pupil if there are no rental costs for the public site).
- The estimated per-pupil cost was almost identical for a private center-based program, with the same program features (including teacher qualifications) and parity with public school salaries and fringe benefits.
When the private program is assumed to pay the lower wages and benefits consistent with other private child care programs, the estimated per-pupil cost falls to about $7,000. The $4,000 per pupil difference is entirely attributable to the public-private compensation differential.
- The per-pupil reimbursement rate across the scenarios examined in this report falls short by as much as 50 percent of the estimated CERDEP per-pupil cost. The same is true for the hourly and daily reimbursement rates that apply for extended-day or extended-year options.
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