Editorial: Investment in early childhood good use of stimulus dollars

Date: Nov 4, 2009
Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, TX

Gov. Rick Perry recently named his appointees to the newly formed Texas State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care, a new council mandated by the federal Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007. The council will direct spending on a pending $11.3 million federal stimulus grant and work towards developing a comprehensive system of early childhood education and care that ensures coordination and collaboration among early childhood programs throughout Texas.

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