Posted on 05/21/2007 3:10:18 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is proposing a $10 billion federal program aimed at providing voluntary pre-kindergarten for all 4-year-old children in America. The Democratic presidential candidate planned to discuss the program in remarks Monday at North Beach Elementary School in Miami Beach, Fla.
Her campaign staff issued an outline of the plan in Washington.
It would provide federal funds to states that agree to establish a plan for making voluntary pre-kingergarten services universally available for all 4-year-olds.
They would be required to provide services at no cost to children from low-income families and those from "limited English homes."
The campaign said state spending on pre-kingergarten has increased by $1 billion in the last two years, yet the programs still serve less than 20 percent of 4-year-olds in the U.S.
Under the Clinton plan, states would match federal funds made available to them dollar-for-dollar and could use the assistance to expand their existing Head Start programs.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is proposing a $10 billion federal program aimed at providing voluntary pre-kindergarten for all 4-year-old children in America.
Isn’t that how it is now? Why throw money at it. We have all suffered the 400 monthly payments for day care school. So what. Pre-K is voluntary now and should stay that way.
Free baby sitting!!! Yea!!!! Free!!!!!
Hildebeast wants the indoctrination of the kiddies to start as early as possible.
HERE COMES THE GREAT AMERICAN SOCIALISM EXPERIMENT !
Also ...the liberals could start brainwashing us at a younger age..Control the unwashed masses .
It’s for the childre donchaknow.
The constitution does not guarantee free daycare.
pre-k....isn’ this headstart??? a lib/dem program that has spent billions and accomplished little .....
all for the children!!!!
Wasn’t it the Jesuits who said, “Give me the child until he is eight years old, and I will give you the man...”
I’m tired of paying for these socialists agenda.
The Soviets found merit in the political indoctrination of children at the earliest possible age. There’s little doubt that Hill’s Marxist doctrine will be targeted at the very young.
Puhleeze, another tax-payer sortie into public education - abort it.
Yet another reason to home school your kids.
More big government....at some point, it’s all going to collapse.
Many 4 year olds arent ready for Pre-K.
Pushing these kids too fast only harms them.
I went to school for 12 years, today kids some of them go for 14. has reading, riting an rithmetic gotten any better in the schools. IMO it has not.
Another thing why do schools have to get new books each year. When I went to school books were handed back and used the next year. The basics dont change. Reading is reading and mathematics are a basic.
Never too early for DNC or homosexual indoctrination.
Hows about we keep our 10 billion and let mom and the baby stay at home?
Another ploy to get mommies to vote for her.
Oh, I am sure they are going to be teaching these 4-year olds calculus.
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