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Eugene

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Tue Jan 7, 2014, 11:51 AM Jan 2014

California Democrats to push for free preschool

Source: Reuters

California Democrats to push for free preschool

BY SHARON BERNSTEIN
SACRAMENTO, California Tue Jan 7, 2014 8:32am EST

(Reuters) - A top California lawmaker on Tuesday is expected to unveil a proposal to fund free public preschool for all children in the most populous U.S. state.

The plan by Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, a Democrat, to offer a pre-kindergarten program to four-year-olds in the western state comes as he and other Democratic legislators try to push California Governor Jerry Brown to increase spending on social services, including education, in next year's budget.

Steinberg and senate Democrats who support his plan expect to introduce legislation establishing the pre-kindergarten program this week, said the senator's spokesman, Mark Hedlund.

The proposal is expected to involve expanding an existing program aimed at children who turn five years old too late in the year to attend regular kindergarten. Details such as the cost of the plan would be released on Tuesday, Hedlund said.

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California Democrats to push for free preschool (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2014 OP
I went to free preschool as a kid, it was called Headstart. justiceischeap Jan 2014 #1

justiceischeap

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1. I went to free preschool as a kid, it was called Headstart.
Tue Jan 7, 2014, 12:36 PM
Jan 2014

That's where my love of fresh veggies came about... that's what we were served for snack time.

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