Lesson 8 Quiz

Harbor Oak loses four private-pay preschoolers for a full year. Revenue falls by about: *

$17,000

$67,000

$120,000

$5,000

The Tuition Calculator puts Harbor Oak's cost-based infant rate at about $594 a week at 75% enrollment, but the center charges $455. What is the most accurate conclusion? *

The calculator is wrong

The infant room depends on full enrollment, CCS/EXCELS payments, and the preschool rooms to cover its full cost

The infant room should close

Infant tuition should be lowered

The State pays $511.34 a week for a CCS infant (rate plus EXCELS), compared with $455 for a private-pay infant. What does this suggest? *

CCS infants should be avoided

Keeping the EXCELS rating matters, and the private infant rate may be too low

EXCELS payments should be returned

Private tuition should be lowered further

Pre-K enrollment drops from 15 to 12 children in August. Do Pre-K staffing costs fall? *

Yes, by 20%

No; the room still needs the same two teachers

Yes, by one teacher

Only substitute costs fall

A center charges $295 a week for Pre-K while the CCS rate is $305. What happens to its CCS payments? *

The State pays $305

The State pays only $295

The family pays the $10 difference

The State pays $305 plus EXCELS