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The Taunton School Committee voted to make pre-K free starting next school year. By eliminating tuition, the district expects to receive more state aid than it currently collects from families and ...

The Beshear-Coleman administration in Kentucky has prioritized public education funding and teacher support. Kentucky voters rejected charter schools and voucher programs in 2024, affirming support ...

Texas child care providers are pushing to be more included in the state's new private school voucher program, arguing the subsidies will help stabilize an industry in freefall. Under rules proposed ...

The push to expand pre-kindergarten programs is on. Last school year, public pre-K programs received their biggest-ever boost in state funding. Enrollment in state pre-K programs nationwide increased ...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, has long supported implementing universal pre-K statewide.(Alabama Reflector photo by Stew Milne) A committee established by Gov. Andy Beshear, tasked with ...

Final rules for Texas’ private school voucher program recently clarified that families interested in sending their children to private pre-K could receive an estimated $10,800 per year, the same ...

Only families who already qualify to receive free public pre-K services will be able to apply for state funds under Texas’ voucher program. Final rules for Texas' private school voucher program ...