Votes Count: Legislative Action on Pre-K Fiscal Year 2010

States like Alabama and New Jersey realize that even in times of economic crisis, investing in high-quality early care and education is important. Alaska and Rhode Island made first-time investments in state pre-k programs and still other states, like Louisiana, Florida and New York have been side-tracked in terms of funding in the 2010 budget. Ohio decimated its two-program pre-k system derailing a turnaround that had barely begun and setting themselves and their state’s young children even further behind their peers across the country. Connecticut is one of ten states to decrease its pre-k investment.