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Connecticut has landed federal funding to offer high-quality preschool to hundreds of additional children from low-income families, with an emphasis on those who are homeless or in foster care.
State leaders this fall asked the U.S. Department of Education for $47.6 million over the next four years to send 428 more students every year to preschool and to improve the quality of preschools that enroll 284 students.
On Tuesday, the state was informed it will receive $12.5 million for the first year. Funding for the remaining three years read story at http://ctmirror.org/state-lands-federal-funds-to-move-toward-universal-preschool/