To amend the Every Student Succeeds Act to provide grants for high-quality, local prekindergarten programs, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-2003House of Representatives
Updated: Apr 6, 2017

Summary

Pre-K for USA Act This bill requires the Departments of Health and Human Services and Education to jointly award high-quality prekindergarten (pre-K) program development grants on a competitive basis to local educational agencies. Grants are nonrenewable and must be awarded for a period of no more than three years. Unless granted a financial hardship waiver, a grant recipient must contribute matching funds equal to at least 20% of the grant amount.

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  1. Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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  2. Introduced in House

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