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Early‑childhood advocates ask Senate to expand childcare eligibility and protect kindergarten-readiness tools
Summary
Advocates from Pre for CLE, FutureReady5, Children's Defense Fund and other early-childhood groups urged the Senate to restore House or governor proposals expanding publicly funded childcare eligibility (to 160% or 300% FPL in different requests), preserve child-care vouchers and keep Kindergarten Readiness Assessment requirements.
Representatives of early-childhood initiatives, school-district partners and child-advocacy groups testified in favor of expanding eligibility for publicly funded childcare, restoring child-care voucher funding, and keeping the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment in districts.
Pre for CLE leaders said their citywide initiative has increased access to high-quality preschool and yields…
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