Alarm raised on early education

Date: Nov 7, 2009
Source: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, MA
By: Antoinette Pizzi

Sherri Killins, commissioner of the Department of Early Education and Care, told a group of legislators at the Statehouse Thursday only 15 percent of children who apply for subsidies for early education or after-school programs receive state aid. There are 22,774 children on the waiting list, according to Killins, who estimated the cost for subsidizing tuition for all of the children at $214 million.

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