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Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2019

Introduced: August 27, 2019 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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Aug 27, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Aug 27, 2019
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1078-1079)
Aug 27, 2019
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Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2019

This bill authorizes through FY2025 a grant program for states to establish or expand full-day prekindergarten programs that (1) permit each three- or four-year old child in the state to be voluntarily enrolled by the child's parent, regardless of income, in the program at the public school in which the child would be enrolled for kindergarten; (2) run the length of the regular school year; and (3) are taught by teachers who possess equivalent or similar qualifications to those of teachers of other grades in the school.

The federal share of such a grant shall not exceed 80% of the costs of carrying out these activities. Grant funds received under the program shall be used to supplement and not supplant other federal early childhood education funds in the state.

What's happening now August 27, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
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Carson, André
Indiana · Aug 27, 2019
McNerney, Jerry
· Aug 27, 2019
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Soto, Darren
Florida · Aug 27, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4213: Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4213/
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