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Where Is Pre-K Today in Louisiana? Louisiana provides pre-k for 4 year olds through a number of pre-k programs. Some type of pre-k is operating in almost every parish in the state, but all the public pre-k’s target low-income children. |
What Do We Want for the Future? High quality pre-k increases a child’s chances for success in school and in life. This campaign seeks high quality, voluntary, pre-k for all 4 year olds in Louisiana through a diverse delivery system, including child care and Head Start. |
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What Role Can You Play? The Louisiana Legislative Session has begun. Bills have been filed that seek pre-k for all 4 year olds and provide for a diverse delivery system. Your help is needed to ensure that this becomes law! |
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In the News Pre-K Programs Deserve Support from Senate May 7, 2008. Shreveport, LA - Louisiana Senate Bill 286 and its twin in the House (HB 722) would make pre-kindergarten programs available to every Pre-K Program Should Be Expanded April 28, 2008. Lafayette, LA - Until now, Louisiana has trailed other states in education advances. The early childhood program changed that. Other states are following our lead. The true measurement, however, is not whether other states follow us, but whether the program has a positive impact on the future of Louisiana children. We are confident it does. Read More> Louisianans Support Pre-K for All April 17, 2008. Baton Rouge, LA - When asked what should be a greater priority cutting spending and reducing taxes or making sure there is sufficient funding for the needs of young children, two-thirds of Louisianans (67 percent) opt for making sure there is adequate funding for the needs of young children. There is even broader support for expanding funding of Pre-K programs: 70 percent of Louisianans strongly favor expanding funding of Pre-K programs and an additional 17 percent somewhat favor expanding funding. While there are differences in support across partisan affiliation and political ideology, there is strong support among Republicans and Conservatives for expanded funding. Fifty-nine percent of Republicans strongly favor expanding funding of Pre-K programs and an additional 17 percent of Republicans somewhat favor expanding Pre-K programs. Similarly, 61 percent of self-described conservatives strongly favor expanding Pre-K programs and an additional 18 percent somewhat favor expanding these programs. Read More> |
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