In this case the idea was to tax the "rich" more so that every kid can have access to pre-K, as Comrade DeBlasio constantly reiterated during his campaign last year. And like most leftist programs, it is riddled with consequences that its proponents didn't have the foresight to predict. Here we have the delicious irony of a new leftist concept running afoul of a standard leftist precept (the unshakable barrier between church and state) in its "infancy."
Aside from the inevitable church-state issues, attending pre-K has not been statistically shown to have a positive impact on a child's long-term academic success. But the left doesn't have any aversion to pushing pre-K for that reason. Rather it staunchly pushes the idea because it enables them to start the statist indoctrination process on kids' minds at a younger age.
Government religion.
DiBlahblah also wants to use “kids getting an earlier start on education” to disguise feeding ILLEGALS and getting them into the system. Future dumbocrap voters, dontcha know.
Thanks justiceseeker93.