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Free preschool? 50,000 Washington children could qualify under proposed bill | Education Lab Blog | Seattle Times

Free preschool? 50,000 Washington children could qualify under proposed bill | Education Lab Blog | Seattle Times:

Free preschool? 50,000 Washington children could qualify under proposed bill

Sen. Patty Murray. Photo by Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times
Photo by Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), along with 11 other lawmakers, today proposed a bill that would help carry out President Obama’s pledge to offer every child in the country a chance to attend a high-quality preschool.
The bill, as explained in a story by Seattle Times reporter Kyung Song, would help states provide free preschool to all 3- and 4-year-olds from low- and moderate-income families.
See Song’s story for more details, but here are a few headlines: Some 50,000 Washington students could