House Lawmakers Champion Early Childhood Funding
Time might be running out for advocates of early childhood programs to see some sort of new investment in a fund to help states improve their programs, a priority for the Democratic administration and members of both parties in the Democratic-For-Now Congress.
A group of House lawmakers, including both Democrats and Republicans, has sent a letter to Rep. David Obey, the chairman of the House Appropriations panel that oversees K-12 spending, and Rep. Todd Tiahart of Kansas, the top Republican, asking them to pretty please support a $300 million investment in early childhood programs already approved by Senate lawmakers.
The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill last summer that would provide the money for a new Early Learning Challenge Fund. It's unclear if the House version includes the language because the House