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Committee hears bipartisan support to expand preschool access for military families
Summary
Senate Bill 5907 would allow military families to enroll children in ECAP as allowable slots and add prioritization for deployed or single‑parent military families; sponsors and military‑adjacent districts said the change would ease childcare access without creating entitlement slot impacts.
Olympia — The Senate Early Learning and K–12 Education Committee heard strong support on Jan. 20 for Senate Bill 5907, which would expand allowable enrollment in the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECAP) to include some military families and add prioritization factors for deployments and single custodial military parents.
Committee staff outlined the bill and said a fiscal note indicates no fiscal impact to the state’s entitlement slots because the enrollments are allowable (space‑available) rather than…
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