New York needs to support high quality pre-kindergarten education by ensuring high needs districts that were early adopters of universal pre-kindergarten receive state funding at levels that keep up with inflation and rising costs.

The Children’s Agenda proposes that New York index universal pre-kindergarten funding to the K-12 Foundation Aid per-pupil amount for all enrolled students.

This will ensure that the funding a district receives for universal pre-kindergarten will automatically change in line with changes to the Foundation Aid per-pupil amount. This will allow districts to keep up with inflation and rising costs and preserve quality early childhood education.

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