“Childcare is not an issue, it is a solution to our education and economic issues in this state,” said Collier Tynes, CEO of VOICES for Alabama Children.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Historic funding for the state’s education budget, will have a big impact on your little students. Money allocated for the department of early childhood education will be used to expand the state’s first-class Pre-K and childcare programs.That’s the message advocates wanted lawmakers to know and what resulted in $40 million for those first-class Pre-K and child care programs.
“It ensures that students are able to walk into kindergarten ready for the demands of the kindergarten through 12th-grade years,” said Barbara Copper, secretary of the Department of Early Childhood Education.“Economists estimate that every dollar invested in quality early childhood education saves $7 down the line,” said Allison Muhlendorf, executive director of Alabama School Readiness Alliance.
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