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Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2019

USA116th CongressHR-4213| House 
| Updated: 8/27/2019
Eleanor Holmes Norton

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Democratic Representative

District of Columbia

Cosponsors (5)
Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Elaine G. Luria (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2019 This bill authorizes through FY2025 a grant program for states to establish or expand full-day prekindergarten programs that (1) permit each three- or four-year old child in the state to be voluntarily enrolled by the child's parent, regardless of income, in the program at the public school in which the child would be enrolled for kindergarten; (2) run the length of the regular school year; and (3) are taught by teachers who possess equivalent or similar qualifications to those of teachers of other grades in the school. The federal share of such a grant shall not exceed 80% of the costs of carrying out these activities. Grant funds received under the program shall be used to supplement and not supplant other federal early childhood education funds in the state.
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Timeline
Aug 27, 2019
Introduced in House
Aug 27, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Aug 27, 2019
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1078-1079)
  • August 27, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • August 27, 2019
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.


  • August 27, 2019
    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1078-1079)

Education

Education programs fundingPreschool educationTeaching, teachers, curricula

Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2019

USA116th CongressHR-4213| House 
| Updated: 8/27/2019
Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2019 This bill authorizes through FY2025 a grant program for states to establish or expand full-day prekindergarten programs that (1) permit each three- or four-year old child in the state to be voluntarily enrolled by the child's parent, regardless of income, in the program at the public school in which the child would be enrolled for kindergarten; (2) run the length of the regular school year; and (3) are taught by teachers who possess equivalent or similar qualifications to those of teachers of other grades in the school. The federal share of such a grant shall not exceed 80% of the costs of carrying out these activities. Grant funds received under the program shall be used to supplement and not supplant other federal early childhood education funds in the state.
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Timeline
Aug 27, 2019
Introduced in House
Aug 27, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Aug 27, 2019
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1078-1079)
  • August 27, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • August 27, 2019
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.


  • August 27, 2019
    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1078-1079)
Eleanor Holmes Norton

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Democratic Representative

District of Columbia

Cosponsors (5)
Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Elaine G. Luria (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

Education

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Education programs fundingPreschool educationTeaching, teachers, curricula