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HR 7092 117th Congress House Education

Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2022

Introduced: March 15, 2022 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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Mar 15, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 15, 2022
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E255)
Mar 15, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2022

This bill authorizes through FY2027 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 March 15, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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