The bill creates free and reduced cost CT child care slots, while also providing funding for special education programming.
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Will Lamont’s universal pre-K plan prevail?
A bill could allow children to attend preschool for free or at a radically reduced cost. But many elements of the program are still unclear.
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The wheels on the omnibus preschool bill go round and round
Update: The state House of Representatives narrowly approved a bill early Saturday that sets up a system to drastically expand enrollment in public preschools over the next decade. The Senate passed it Saturday night.
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Universal preschool initiative faces pushback in House
Democratic leadership is now reaching out to their 90 Democratic legislators to determine if they have the 76 votes needed for final passage of the plan for universal pre-K.
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Democrats unveil plan, and funding, for step toward universal pre-K
Thousands of Connecticut students start kindergarten each year already trailing their peers academically because they didn’t attend preschool. Democratic legislative leaders announced Wednesday they intend to pass legislation that will pay for thousands more children to enroll in public schools’ preschool programs.
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Malloy proposes universal preschool access
The governor is proposing that every child in Connecticut have access to preschool by 2018.