posted 03/19/10 06:21 PM | updated 03/19/10 06:25 PM

Early Learning Challenge Fund dropped from healthcare reform

Billions of dollars for the Early Learning Challenge Fund will not be in the final health care reform bill, Politics K-12 is reporting.

“By the time the bill made it to legislative prime time, there just wasn't enough money left over to pay for those programs, in part because of the high demand for Pell Grants, and in part because so many schools had already switched to Direct Lending.” – Early Ed., Community College, Facilities Aid Out of Student Loan Bill.

In other news:

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Washington state gives Pre-K to 3rd grade movement a financial boost

 

 

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