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2021-22 State Budget: Growth for Pre-k; Ignores Recommendations Prioritizing Child Care and Fails to Expand Evidence-based Home Visiting Services

Posted on June 25, 2021

The principal partners of Early Learning Pennsylvania (ELPA), a statewide coalition of advocates focused on supporting young Pennsylvanians from birth to age five, released reaction statements regarding the FY 2021-22 state budget.

How the pandemic is upending pre-K

Posted on September 14, 2020September 24, 2020

It’s a tragic, tired fact of the pandemic by now — a largely lost year of learning that will set back millions of U.S. students, from kindergarten to college and hurt already at-risk kids the most. What about the children even younger than that?

PA Stimulus Deal Saves Early Learning as Working Families Prepare to Get Back to Work

Posted on May 28, 2020June 3, 2020

The economic stimulus bill that authorizes the spending of most of the $3.9 billion in federal CARES Act funding includes $125 million in economic relief for the Commonwealth’s early learning sector, which will be critical in supporting Pennsylvania families returning to work.

DA joins call for more pre-K in Bucks County

Posted on January 15, 2019

Bucks County needs 174 more pre-kindergarten classrooms to meet demand, according to an educational group.

Kids win big in 2017-18 state budget

Posted on June 30, 2017March 15, 2018

The 2017-18 state budget passed by the Senate this morning and headed to the House demonstrates a bi-partisan compromise that prioritizes children. Following the governor’s lead set in his budget request, Democrats and Republicans came together and prioritized the state’s 2.8 million children by increasing state investments in child welfare, early learning and K-12 education.