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HB255

Public Preschool Fund and Grant Program; established.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Elizabeth Guzman (D)

Session:
2018 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Public Preschool Fund and Grant Program.

Establishes the Public Preschool Fund and Grant Program for the purpose of funding and providing on a competitive basis grants to local school boards to establish and maintain public preschool programs for children who reside in the local school division and who will have reached their fourth birthday on or before September 30 of the relevant school year. The bill requires the Department of Education to administer the Public Preschool Grant Program and establish (i) guidelines and procedures for grant applications, awards, and renewals; (ii) standards for preschool programs established and maintained by grant recipients, including standards for curriculum, student achievement, attendance, instruction, personnel, and length of school day and school year; and (iii) data collection and reporting requirements for grant recipients. The bill requires the Department of Education to give priority to grant applicants who propose a plan for the innovative use of facilities in the local school division to house the proposed public preschool program, including community centers and recreation centers. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/02/2018 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103673D
  • 01/02/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Rules
  • 01/16/2018 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB255)
  • 02/06/2018 - House: Referred from Rules
  • 02/06/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  • 02/06/2018 - House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
  • 02/07/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
  • 02/13/2018 - House: Left in Appropriations

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