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Ways & Means members press for clearer questions on pre-kindergarten design and financing
Summary
At a Ways & Means Committee meeting members wrestled with what the committee should decide about pre-kindergarten policy: age eligibility, program weighting, administrative capacity and the financing mix, and asked other committees (Education, Human Services) to resolve program-design questions outside Ways & Means’ fiscal remit.
The Ways & Means Committee spent its early session focusing on what precise questions it should answer about a possible pre-kindergarten program, with members stressing the need to separate program design (education and human-services questions) from financing decisions the committee will need to make.
An unidentified committee member leading the discussion framed the task as a triage: "What questions do we need answered in order to move forward with pre-kindergarten so that it fits into the future state?" That member asked the group to identify which issues belong to other committees and which belong to Ways & Means.
Committee members raised several discrete issues they want resolved before any finance decision: whether the program should target a 3–4…
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