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S 839 111th Congress Senate

Prepare All Kids Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to assist States in making voluntary high quality universal prekindergarten programs available to 3- to 5-year olds for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten.

Introduced: April 21, 2009 See on congress.gov
Education Child care and developmentEducation programs fundingGovernment trust fundsPreschool education
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Apr 21, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4517-4519)
Apr 21, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4516-4517)
Apr 21, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action April 21, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4517-4519)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prepare All Kids Act of 2009 - Creates a part I (High Quality Prekindergarten Programs) under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Implements such part by requiring the Secretary of Education to establish a Prekindergarten Incentive Fund from which matching grants shall be awarded to states and, through them, subgrants to qualified prekindergarten providers to establish, expand, or enhance voluntary high quality full-day prekindergarten programs serving children ages three through five.

Directs state grantees to set aside: (1) at least 15% of their grant for quality early childhood development programs for children ages zero through three; and (2) at least 10% of their grant to extend the hours of early childhood programs to create extended day and year programs.

Requires prekindergarten subgrantees to: (1) maintain a maximum class size of 20 children, with at least 1 prekindergarten teacher per classroom; and (2) ensure that the ratio of children to prekindergarten teachers and teacher aides does not exceed 10 to 1.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2184 Identical bill Prepare All Kids Act of 2009
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 21, 2009
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Apr 21, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 839: Prepare All Kids Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-839/
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