MA H2874

Bill

Ensuring high quality early education

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
06/27/2018

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

By Ms. Peisch of Wellesley, a petition of Alice Hanlon Peisch and others that the Department of Early Education and Care be authorized to establish pre-kindergarten grant programs for children between the ages of 2 years and 9 months and the age a child becomes eligible for kindergarten. Education.

AI Summary

This bill aims to establish the High Quality Pre-Kindergarten Education grant program, which would provide funding to school districts and collaborations of school districts to implement 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 would be used to invest in a mixed-delivery early education system to reduce the achievement gap and improve third-grade reading scores. The bill sets out various requirements for grant applicants, such as having a tracking system for preschool students, a child-to-instructor ratio of no more than 10 to 1, and inclusion of children with disabilities. The grants would be awarded based on the community's readiness and the percentage of high-need students in the district.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Education

Sponsors (32)

Christine Barber (D), Paul Brodeur (D), Gailanne Cariddi (D), Evandro Carvalho (D), Daniel Cullinane (D), Marjorie Decker (D), Diana Dizoglio (D), Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D), Kim Ferguson (R), Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D), Ken Gordon (D), Sheila Harrington (R), Jonathan Hecht (D), Dan Hunt (D), Louis Kafka (D), Hannah Kane (R), James Kelcourse (R), Kay Khan (D), David Linsky (D), Jay Livingstone (D), Paul McMurtry (D), Rady Mom (D), Alice Peisch (D), Smitty Pignatelli (D), Denise Provost (D), Jeff Roy (D), Tom Stanley (D), Chynah Tyler (D), Steve Ultrino (D), Dave Vieira (R), Timothy Whelan (R), Bud Williams (D),

Last Action

New draft substituted, see H4665 (on 06/27/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2874

(13 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2874
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2874.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2013	To implement full-day kindergarten	Accompanied H2874	Replaces
H2060	Relative to rates of payment for early childhood education and care programs	Accompanied H2874	Replaces
H2061	Establishing universal early education and full-day kindergarten	Accompanied H2874	Replaces
H2838	To expand universal pre-kindergarten	Accompanied H2874	Replaces
H2843	Relative to universal full-day kindergarten	Accompanied H2874	Replaces
H2862	Creating assignment levels in the Department of Early Education and Care	No further action taken	Similar To
H320	To provide targeted pre-k education to all four year old children meeting specific requirements in all gateway cities (26)	Accompanied H2874	Similar To
H3551	Establishing preschool partnerships with local school districts	Accompanied H2874	Replaces
H3765	Establishing an online system to process background checks by the department of early education and care	Accompanied a study order, see H4641	Similar To
H3926	Relative to early literacy education	Accompanied a study order, see H4707	Similar To
H4310	To enhance the department of early education and care’s background record check procedures	Accompanied a new draft, see H4594	Similar To
H4665	Ensuring high quality early education	Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Replaced by
H4815	Relative to the background record check procedures of the department of early education and care.	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 202 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To

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