MA S265

Bill

Ensuring high quality pre-kindergarten education

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to ensure high quality pre-kindergarten education. Education.

AI Summary

This bill aims to establish a High Quality Pre-Kindergarten Education grant program to support the implementation of high-quality pre-kindergarten programs for children between the ages of 2 years and 9 months and the age a child becomes eligible for kindergarten. The grants will be used to invest in a high-quality, mixed-delivery early education system to reduce the achievement gap and improve third-grade reading scores. Eligible grantees include individual school districts and collaborations of multiple school districts in a region, and proposals must include partnerships with licensed community-based early learning programs. The bill sets out various requirements for grant applicants, including a tracking system, child-to-instructor ratio, family engagement tactics, teacher qualifications, and program evaluation. Grants will be awarded based on readiness (having an EEC-approved plan for preschool expansion) and need (percentage of high-need students enrolled in the district). The Department of Early Education and Care will oversee the program and provide technical assistance to school districts.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (6)

Sal DiDomenico (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Kay Khan (D), Mike Moore (D), Bruce Tarr (R), Dean Tran (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2538 (on 02/18/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S265

(11 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S265
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S265.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1196	Relative to the primary care workforce development and loan repayment grant program at community health centers	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1211	To establish a finish line grant program to encourage college completion	Accompanied a study order, see H5209	Similar To
H425	Relative to early literacy education	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
S208	Establishing the Western Massachusetts remote worker relocation incentive program	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2324	Establishing a hate crimes grant program	Accompanied a new draft, see S2581	Similar To
S234	Relative to early literacy education	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S2538	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Education to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to education issues	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S328	Creating a grant program on alternative assessment models	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S346	Relative to increased access to safe swimming	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S664	Relative to the primary care workforce development and loan repayment grant program at community health centers	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S92	Establishing the Community Non-Profit Investment and Grant Program	Accompanied a study order, see S2533	Similar To

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