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HR 866 113th Congress House Education Education programs funding Preschool education Teaching, teachers, curricula

Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2013

Introduced: February 27, 2013 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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Became law
Apr 23, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Feb 27, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 27, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E207)
Feb 27, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states to establish full-day prekindergarten programs at public schools.

Requires those programs to: (1) permit parents, regardless of income, to enroll their four-year old children at a school in which their children may be enrolled for kindergarten; (2) run for the length of the regular school year; and (3) be taught by teachers who possess qualifications similar to the qualifications of other teachers at the applicable school.

Prohibits the federal share of a prekindergarten program grant from exceeding 80% of the prekindergarten program's costs.

What's happening now April 23, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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