Table 3 State requires parity (with K-3) for lead and assistant teacher (2020–2021 school year)
From: Qualifications and supports for teaching teams in state-funded preschool in the United States
State and preschool program(s) | Lead teacher requirements: same starting salary | Assistant teacher requirements: same starting salary | Lead teacher requirements: same salary schedule | Assistant teacher requirements: same salary schedule | Lead teacher requirements: health care | Assistant teacher requirements: health care | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public | Nonpublic | Public | Nonpublic | Public | Nonpublic | Public | Nonpublic | Public | Nonpublic | Public | Nonpublic | |
Alabama First Class Pre-K | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Alaska Pre-Elementary Programs | ||||||||||||
Arizona Quality First Scholarships | ||||||||||||
Arkansas Arkansas Better Chance/Arkansas Better Chance for School Success | ||||||||||||
California* | ||||||||||||
CA State Preschool Program (CSPP) | ||||||||||||
CA Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Program | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA |
Colorado Colorado Preschool Program | ||||||||||||
Connecticut* | ||||||||||||
CT Child Day Care Contracts (CDCC) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
CT School Readiness (SR) | ||||||||||||
CT Smart Start | ✓ | NA | NA | ✓ | NA | NA | ✓ | NA | NA | |||
Delaware DE Early Childhood Assistance Program (ECAP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
District of Columbia DC Universal Pre-K | ✓(DCPS only) | ✓ | ✓(DCPS only) | ✓ | ✓(DCPS only) | ✓ | ✓(DCPS only) | ✓(DCPS only) | ✓(DCPS only) | |||
Florida** FL Voluntary Prekindergarten Program | ||||||||||||
Georgia GA’s Pre-K Program | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
Hawaii* | ||||||||||||
HI’s Executive Office on Early Learning Public Prekindergarten Program (EOEL) | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA |
HI State Public Charter School Early Learning Program (SPCSP) | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA | ✓ | NA |
Illinois IL Preschool for All and Preschool Expansion | ||||||||||||
Iowa* | ||||||||||||
IA Shared Visions (SV) | ✓(some) | ✓(some) | ✓(some) | |||||||||
IA Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program (SWVPP) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
Kansas Preschool Offered by Public School Districts | ||||||||||||
Kentucky KY Preschool Program | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Louisiana* | ||||||||||||
LA 8(g) Student Enhancement Block Grant Program | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
LA Cecil J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Program (LA 4) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
LA Nonpublic School Early Childhood Development Program (NSECD) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
Maine ME Public Preschool Program | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
Maryland MD Prekindergarten Program | ✓ | ✓ (some) | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
Massachusetts* | ||||||||||||
MA Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
MA Chapter 70 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
Michigan* | ||||||||||||
MI Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) | ||||||||||||
MI Developmental Kindergarten (DK) | ✓ | NA | NA | NA | ✓ | NA | NA | NA | ✓ | NA | NA | NA |
Minnesota* | ||||||||||||
MN Head Start | ||||||||||||
MN Voluntary Prekindergarten and School Readiness Plus (VPK/SRP) | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
Mississippi MS Early Learning Collaborative | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Missouri* | ||||||||||||
MO Preschool Program | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
MO Pre-K Foundation Formula (Pre-K FF) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
Nebraska NE Early Childhood Education Program | ||||||||||||
Nevada NV Ready! State Pre-K | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
New Jersey* | ||||||||||||
NJ Preschool Expansion Program (Former Abbott Preschool Program) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
NJ Former Non-Abbott Early Childhood Program Aid (ECPA) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
NJ Former Early Launch to Learning Initiative (ELLI) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
New Mexico NM PreK (4 s) and NM Early PreK (3 s) and NM Mixed Age PreK (3 s & 4 s) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
New York NY State Administered Prekindergarten Program | ||||||||||||
North Carolina NC Pre-Kindergarten Program | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
North Dakota ND Early Childhood Education Grant Program | ||||||||||||
Ohio OH Early Childhood Education | ||||||||||||
Oklahoma OK Early Childhood Four-Year-Old Program | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | ||||||
Oregon* | ||||||||||||
OR Pre-Kindergarten (OPK) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
OR Preschool Promise (PP) | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania* | ||||||||||||
PA Ready to Learn Block Grant (RTL) | ||||||||||||
PA Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program (HSSAP) | ||||||||||||
PA Kindergarten for Four-Year-Olds and School-Based Pre-K (K4/SBPK) | ||||||||||||
PA Pre-K Counts (PKC) | ||||||||||||
Rhode Island RI State Prekindergarten Program | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
South Carolina SC Child Early Reading Development and Education Program and EIA/4K | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Tennessee TN Voluntary Pre-K (VPK) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Texas TX Public School Prekindergarten | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
Utah Expanded Student Access to High Quality School Readiness Programs (ESA) | ||||||||||||
Vermont VT Universal Prekindergarten Education (Act 166) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Virginia VA Preschool Initiative | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
Washington* | ||||||||||||
Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) | ||||||||||||
Washington Transitional Kindergarten (TK) | ✓ | NA | NA | ✓ | NA | NA | ✓ | NA | NA | |||
West Virginia WV Universal Pre-K | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Wisconsin WI Four-Year-Old Kindergarten (4K) | ||||||||||||