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- Sun, 04/21/2013 - 21:23
President Barack Obama wants to put real money behind his Plan for Early Education for All Americans. His proposed budget for federal fiscal year 2014 opts for smart new investments in a comprehensive birth-to-5 education plan.
His multi-pronged strategy will expand access to and improve the quality of early childhood education by:
- Tue, 04/16/2013 - 21:13
A week after the state Senate, the state House of Representatives passed its budget on Friday, April 5. Negotiations between budget leaders in the House, the Senate and the Governor’s office have begun.
What are the key ingredients of a good state budget for kids?
- Fri, 03/22/2013 - 08:35
Hungry children gained the unprecedented support of a majority of the State Senate this week. As the News Tribune's Politics blog reported on Tuesday, 25 of 49 Senators co-signed a letter asking budget leaders to fully fund State Food Assistance.
As the Senators wrote:
Washington State Legislators are faced with a choice: Kids, or outdated tax breaks.