COBI 2015 - Upstart Early Childhood Education

Overview
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Financials

Sources Uses

FY 2016 Appropriation

Upstart is a pilot project that uses a home-based education technology approach to develop the school readiness of at-risk preschool children. The project's implementation contract, the Waterford Institute, enrolled 1,250 preschool children and provided them a game formatted program of early literacy instruction delivered by personal computers and the Internet, designed to academically prepare preschoolers for kindergarten.

Funding History

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $5,763,900 from all sources for Upstart Early Childhood Education. This is a 21 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $5,763,900 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 21 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time UPSTART Pre-Kindergarten Program$0$1,000,000

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$0$1,000,000Education Fund, One-time

(Adams)

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Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Education Fund	0	0	0	0	4,763,900	0	4,763,900	0	4,763,900
Education Fund, One-time	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,000,000	1,000,000
Beginning Nonlapsing	0	0	0	0	1,901,500	533,200	2,434,700	0	2,434,700
Closing Nonlapsing	0	0	0	0	(1,901,500)	(533,200)	(2,434,700)	0	(2,434,700)
Total	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,763,900	$0	$4,763,900	$1,000,000	$5,763,900

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Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Current Expense	0	0	0	0	0	4,763,900	4,763,900	1,000,000	5,763,900
Other Charges/Pass Thru	0	0	0	0	4,763,900	(4,763,900)	0	0	0
Total	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,763,900	$0	$4,763,900	$1,000,000	$5,763,900

COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.