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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs there any documentation on how universal prek will be implemented?
My kids are 2.5 years old right now and would benefit greatly from this if it gets implemented right away but I have a feeling by the time it gets implemented my kids will probably be in high school lol
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Is there any documentation on how universal prek will be implemented? (Original Post)
dsp3000
Nov 2021
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. Wait until when (and if) the final bill passes...
It'll be up to the states to implement it, so it would be ultimately on a state by state basis.
You can read this for now:
https://www.ffyf.org/faq-on-preschool-and-the-expansion-proposal-in-the-build-back-better-act/
Scrivener7
(50,934 posts)2. Nyc did it pretty seamlessly, and their school system is bigger
than most states' school systems.
msfiddlestix
(7,272 posts)3. What does "prek" stand for?
Guess I haven't kept up.
dsp3000
(482 posts)4. Universal pre k for kids 3 and 4 years old
Big part of the bbb plan
msfiddlestix
(7,272 posts)7. That's great. So glad to know. I didn't read prek in the way it was meant.
Pre kindergarten
Thanks! Guess it's still early in the morning for me..
Fiendish Thingy
(15,568 posts)8. It won't be implemented- now that BIF has passed, BBB is dead. NT
ananda
(28,854 posts)9. The safety net package will have to be passed separately...
as will the climate package.