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Funding Chart 208k PDF UPDATED MARCH 17
Federal Head Start, Child Care, IDEA, Title 1, and USDA Dollars For Direct Services 2009

Financing Community Approaches to 4-Year-Old-kindergarten, (715k PDF) POSTED MARCH 17
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, revised 2009 – A funding guide collaboratively developed to address the fiscal roles and responsibility for school districts and partnering child care or Head Start programs. The guide includes sections on understanding the funding sources categories to consider, funding implications for each program, sample interagency agreements, and other resources.

Financing for community Approaches to Four-Year-Old Kindergarten, Linsmeier, 2008 – A funding guide to assist in determining the costs allocated to child care programs partnering to deliver 4K community approaches. The Questionnaire and Budget Worksheets were first developed by David Linsmeier, Executive Director, Mary Linsmeier Schools, Inc, while working on a Community Based Committee formed by the Fond du Lac School. This information has been used by in consultation with several school districts including the Union Grove, Whitewater, and Hartland Lakeside School Districts. The sample data is a compilation of data from those school districts. The revenue and expenses change from year to year and from community to community. There are two parts to the material:
1The questionnaire lists information that school districts and community agencies need to collect to compile the budgets. They are both in PDF format.4K Finances Questionnaire
53k PDF

Sample of 4K Finances Questionnaire 56k PDF

2The Budget spreadsheet is an Excel document. There are three sheets in the Excel document. The first is School District Revenue and Expenses, the second is Community Agency Revenue and Expenses and the third is the 4K Operating Budget. The spreadsheet has sample data and uses formulas to calculate the budget. The cells highlighted in yellow can be changed so they reflect the revenue and expenses in a particular community. Budget spreadsheet
59k Excel doc

School District Revenue and Expense Calculations
13k PDF

Community Agency Revenue and Expense Calculations
14k PDF

3 A blank PDF document for each of the sheets in the spreadsheet.Community Based 4 Year Old Program
22k PDF

Link to WI Day Care Regulations for Collaborative Programs UPDATED OCT 9

Link to An Economic Analysis of Four-Year-Old Kindergarten in Wisconsin:
Returns to the Education System 440k