Program costs rose under the PEF's facility payment model, but the size and economic value of benefits also increased¶
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q2 i? Although total program costs increased under the facility payment model adopted in FY 2024, the size and economic value of the program's benefits also increased. → Owen Schochet 2026
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Owen Schochet 2026¶
Owen Schochet, Katie Gonzalez. (2026). Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund (PEF): Do Economic Returns Change Over Time?. Mathematica. none in text. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/early-childhood-educator-pef-do-economic-returns-change-over-time
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Comparison of program economics before and after the FY 2024 shift to a facility payroll model designed to align educator pay with a newly established public school-based salary scale. Both costs and benefit values rose year over year.
"Although total program costs increased under the facility payment model, primarily due to the size of the educator wage payments as well as increased administrative expenditure, the size and economic value of the program's benefits also increased."
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Related Claims¶
- A benefit-cost analysis of DC's Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund finds the initiative to address educator pay gaps has economic value — related
- The PEF's total FY 2024 economic value of benefits was $93 million, up from $67 million in FY 2023, with benefits to families the largest share — related
- The PEF's total FY 2024 cost was $76 million, up from $54 million in FY 2023, reflecting larger educator payments and new facility administrative costs — related
- Washington, DC's PEF sustained a positive social return on investment of 21 percent in FY 2024, similar to 23 percent in FY 2023 — related
- Per-pupil costs for TLTS averaged $242 per year — related
- Early education investments generate $2 to $17 in returns for every dollar invested, with greater returns as children are followed further in life — a broader claim this one bears on
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Program costs rose under the PEF's facility payment model, but the size and economic value of benefits also increased |
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Program costs rose under the PEF's facility payment model, but the size and economic value of benefits also increased |
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