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Footnotes for Table 2 (above)

1. Responses do not apply to Head Start unless Head Start is the only program provided at the state level. Head Start enrollment priority is based on low income; however, 10 percent of the Head Start slots must be reserved for children with disabilities.

2. State program only covers 4-year-olds.

3. State only contributes to Head Start.

4. This figure includes additional children covered by the state's Head Start supplementary funds.

5. In Iowa, low-income children have enrollment priority in the Shared Visions program. The other two state-funded programs use local and special eligibility guidelines.

6. In Iowa, children with other risk factors have enrollment priority in the Shared Visions program. The other two state-funded programs use local and special education eligibility guidelines.

7. This figure does not include the Iowa Community Empowerment Initiative. The total number of children served under this program is not available.

8. In New Jersey, children in all low-income districts have enrollment priority, regardless of individual family income.

9. In New York, low-income children have enrollment priority only in the Experimental Prekindergarten program.

10. In North Carolina, low-income children have enrollment priority only in the More at Four program.

11. In North Carolina, children with other risk factors have enrollment priority only in the More at Four program.

12. The number of children served in North Carolina only includes those in the More at Four program. Data for an exact number of children served by the larger Smart Start initiative are imprecise, since the initiative covers a wide range of services, including prekindergarten, child care subsidies, and health screenings; and children with multiple services may be counted more than once. During 2000-01, the state estimates of children served by Smart Start ranged from 8,000 to 100,000.

13. In West Virginia, enrollment priority for low-income children and children with other risk factors is decided locally.

14. In Wyoming, children with other risk factors have enrollment priority only in the Developmental Preschool program.

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Footnotes for Table 3 (above)

1. Responses do not apply to Head Start unless Head Start is the only program provided at the state level.

2. Not applicable because state's main program is Head Start, and implementation of standards is required by the federal government, not by the state.

3. Arkansas requires its programs to meet other accreditation standards, but NAEYC accreditation is accepted.

4. Connecticut requires NAEYC accreditation only for the School Readiness program.

5. Delaware has not yet developed its own school readiness standards for children, but requires providers of the Early Childhood Assistance program to implement the federal Head Start Performance Standards for general program guidance.

6. Iowa requires NAEYC accreditation only for the Shared Visions Preschool program.

7. Standards are under development.

8. In Minnesota, programs may use standards developed by the school district.

9. Nebraska has not yet developed its own school readiness standards for children, but requires providers of the Early Childhood programs to implement NAEYC standards for general program guidance.

10. In North Carolina, only the More at Four program has state school readiness standards.

11. Virginia's standards will be required beginning in the fall of 2003.

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