State budget crisis threatens pre-K programs
Hundreds of 3- and 4-year-olds could be affected locally

Date: Oct 30, 2009
Source: The Register-Mail, Galesburg, IL
By: Chris Mouzakitis

If Illinois pre-K administrators and educators are given the same budget they received last year -- which amounted to a 10 percent reduction from the previous year -- cuts would have to be made across the state. More than 9,500 3- and 4-year olds could go without pre-kindergarten.

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