Early childhood education

“Expand access to affordable child care and early learning”

“From his first day in office, Roy has fought for better teacher pay and funding for our classrooms. He has pushed the Republican legislature to go much farther than it wanted to go resulting in a 9.5% teacher raise since he took office and an improvement in the national rankings. Under his leadership, North Carolina has expanded pre-kindergarten programs and re-established the Teaching Fellows Program to recruit and support highly qualified teachers in North Carolina.”

“She will take these results to Washington to fight for resources for early learning, special education, and career education to level the playing field for children across the state.”

“By investing in early childhood programs like Head Start and Smart Start, increasing funding for public schools, and addressing teacher shortages, Juliana has helped support Illinois families while securing our state’s future.”

“Authored legislation to legalize regulated marijuana for adults in Texas and use the new tax revenue to fund child care and early childhood education.”

“Increased access to early childhood education by expanding Pre-K partnerships with quality child care providers and lowering costs by providing property tax relief for child care centers.”

“I believe in the right to literacy. That starts with universal childcare, universal pre-K, and public K-12 education that is comprehensive, empowering, and tailored to kids’ unique needs.”

“The biggest raise many families get is when their kids start kindergarten, and childcare costs come off their budget–that was the case for Peggy. Peggy supports expanding publicly financed universal Pre-K to get kids into high quality learning environments, and improve family budgets.”

“He’ll keep public money in public schools, hire more teachers, raise teacher pay, and bring universal Pre-K to every Texas family.”

“Secure universal early childhood education and affordable childcare: Establish universal Pre-K for every 3- and 4-year-old, make strong investments in childcare for children under 3, and protect Head Start.”

“The Head Start program is an essential part of our childcare infrastructure in Minnesota, serving 12,500 kids each year. Peggy supports not only reversing the cuts made by the Trump Administration, but expanding Head Start for more families so parents can go to work knowing their kids are learning and taken care of in high quality environments.”

“By investing in early childhood programs like Head Start and Smart Start, increasing funding for public schools, and addressing teacher shortages, Juliana has helped support Illinois families while securing our state’s future.”

“Secure universal early childhood education and affordable childcare: Establish universal Pre-K for every 3- and 4-year-old, make strong investments in childcare for children under 3, and protect Head Start.”

“Expand access to affordable child care and early learning”

“The biggest raise many families get is when their kids start kindergarten, and childcare costs come off their budget–that was the case for Peggy. Peggy supports expanding publicly financed universal Pre-K to get kids into high quality learning environments, and improve family budgets.”

“Increased access to early childhood education by expanding Pre-K partnerships with quality child care providers and lowering costs by providing property tax relief for child care centers.”

“In each of my four terms in the Texas House of Representatives, I served on the Public Education Committee — partnering with parents, teachers, and students to increase teacher pay, improve early childhood education, expand career and technical education, and more.”

“Passed the first-ever cap on Pre-K class sizes to reduce student-to-teacher ratios and give our youngest students more individualized attention.”