Committee Hears Plan to Create Pre-K Promise Account to Scale ECAP Slots
A Senate Ways and Means public hearing heard support for Senate Bill 5,872, which would create a state ‘pre-k promise account’ to accept philanthropic funds to expand the ECAP preschool program; testimony highlighted a 10-year Ballmer Group commitment to add seats gradually.
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Senators heard testimony Jan. 19 on Senate Bill 5,872, which would establish a “pre-k promise account” in the state treasury to receive gifts, grants and donations for the state’s ECAP preschool program and allow the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to authorize expenditures under state allotment procedures. Committee staff said a fiscal note was not yet available but creation of the account was expected to have little fiscal impact.
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