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Big win for Kansas kids!

Sign our thank you card to the Kansas legislators who voted YES!

Did you catch the great news from the Kansas legislature last week?

Thanks to your hard work and the hard work of people like you all over the state, the legislature passed a budget for next year that includes $14.4 million in funding for expanded access to proven, successful early learning programs for Kansas kids.

Take the Early Learning Message with You!

For anyone who wants to help educate parents, community leaders, or elected officials about the benefits of voluntary, high-quality early learning, we've prepared a comprehensive, easy-to-follow PDF document that summarizes all of the best arguments.

From the significant return on investment to the improved K-12 outcomes, this document presents all of the sensible reasons for expanding access to early learning.

Notable Wisdom

When science can be brought to bear on critical issues involving child development, it can give us the unbiased information we need to develop the best policies for our state.

- Kansas House Speaker Melvin Neufeld, August 7, 2007

News

Kansas leads push to expand pre-K education

By Jim Sullinger

April 30, 2008

Kansas City Star

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius wants more children from low-income families to have a chance at preschool and, based on the statistics, a better life.

This year, she asked the Kansas Legislature to spend a lot more money — $27 million extra — on early childhood learning.

Investing in Early Childhood Can Lower Crime

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids released a new report showing that investing in early childhood education programs will cut crime and save lives and money in Kansas.
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Statistics

A study conducted in multiple sites in Connecticut revealed that because participation in quality early care and education programming reduced the likelihood that a child would be held back in first grade, school readiness was estimated to save over $500,000 for the students in the study.

For more information, please visit Ready or Not, a project of Kansas Action for Children.