This from the Prichard Committee: Governor Steve Beshear has demonstrated support for Kentucky's Preschool Program by recently appointing a Task Force on Early Childhood Development and Education. But his proposed budget in the current special session does not reflect that commitment. The FY 2010 budget proposal would include a 2.6% cut in the state's Preschool Program.
Take action today to tell Governor Beshear that pre-k should be exempt from budget cuts because a strong pre-kindergarten experience is vital to improving our children's chances for greater success in school and as adults....
Prichard cites student benefits accoridng to research: lower grade retention, lower dropout rates, lower arrest rates, less likely to need special education or welfare assistance and more likely to attend college and be employed as adults with higher lifetime earnings.
SOURCE: email alert
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