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for the school day. Another 44 four year olds attend More at Four classrooms in 3 child care programs in Orange County. Therefore, 161 four year olds are currently enrolled in sites that already meet the NC Pre-kindergarten Program Standards. About another 50-60 four year olds are enrolled in the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Head Start sites that are not More at Four children but are in classrooms that meet the More at Four Standards. Beginning in 2008-09 and. continuing for 5 years, new classrooms that meet the NC Pre-kindergarten Program Standards would be identified to provide spaces for 175 eligible each year for five years, gradually increasing the enrollment to reach 775 children per year. Child Care Services Association, through its technical assistance department, would help child care programs create pre-kindergarten classrooms that meet the state standards. All new classrooms that have met the standards by July I of each year would be put in a lottery to provide the additional 175 new slots needed. During the first year Orange County funds would be used to pay the match for the existing 44 More at Four slots in child.care settings and to add 56 new MAF slots in child care programs that meet the North Carolina Pre-kindergarten Program Standards. In subsequent years new classrooms would be randomly selected from the pool until 175 slots have been filled. Selection of classrooms would be proportional to the geographic distribution of children in the county. Once a classroom is funded, Orange County families in those classrooms and sites are eligible to participate if they individually meet the eligibility criteria and the site maintains the North Carolina Pre-kindergarten Program Standards. The Office of School Readiness and the Division of Child Development will monitor those classrooms for compliance with the standards. If additional federal or state dollars become available as match funding, county costs could be reduced. Funding would be recurring. Because of the voluntary nature of this program, it is expected that 30% of 4 year olds will not attend,because their parents will want them to either attend private part-day preschools or to remain at home. Cost: FY 2009: $400,000 to provide the match to fund 100 MAF slots in 5 star classrooms meeting the NC Pre-kindergarten Program.and MAF standards. FY 2010: $800,000 to provide the match for 100 MAF slot-, in 5 star classrooms and to fund 75 additional slots in child care classrooms meeting the NC Pre-kindergarten Program Standards. FY 2011: $1,850,000 to fund the 175 slots funded in FY 2010 and an additional 175 new slots in child care classrooms meeting the NC Pre-kindergarten Program Standards. FY 2012: $3,300,000 to fund the 350 slots funded in FY 2011 and an additional 175 new slots in child care classrooms meeting the NC Pre-kindergarten Program Standards. FY 2013: $4,450,000 to fund the 600 slots funded in FY 2012 and an additional 175 new slots in child care classrooms meeting the NC Pre-kindergarten.Program Standards.