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Early childhood advocates push Senate to expand childcare eligibility and preserve preschool supports in HB96
Summary
Advocates from Pre for CLE, Future Ready 5 and the Children's Defense Fund urged the Senate to restore childcare eligibility expansions, preserve Child Care Choice vouchers and retain mandatory use of the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment for districts.
Representatives of Pre for CLE, Future Ready 5 and the Children's Defense Fund told the Senate Health Committee that Ohio must expand publicly funded child care eligibility and sustain investments in high‑quality preschool to improve kindergarten readiness and long‑term outcomes.
Katie Kelly of Pre for CLE outlined a decade of local work in Cleveland that increased access to high‑quality preschool from about 25% to over 50% of preschool‑aged children in the city…
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