Early Education News — Daily Digest

National & Trade

• Today on the Hill: More Approps – POLITICO
  • House Appropriations Committee OKs Fiscal 2016 Education Spending Plan – Education Week
  • Labor-HHS funding bill advances for the first time in six years – The Hill
• Senate Schedules Debate on Bipartisan ESEA Reauthorization – Education Week
  • Alexander takes Congress to task over stalled education laws – Education Dive
  • ESEA falls short on dropout prevention – Brookings
• Barack Obama, the Pragmatist Who Could Become Mayor of Us All – Nonprofit Quarterly
• White House Sees Pre-K and Free Community College as Bipartisan Issues With Potential – National Journal
• Report: For Successful Young Adulthood, the Early Years Matter – Education Week
• Report: Federal Education Funding Plummeting – U.S. News & World Report
  • Report: US education funding slashed by 20% in five years – Education Dive
• Opinion: Tearing Down the Confederate Flag Is Just a Start – The New York Times

 

Alabama

• For many Alabamians, child care costs more than the mortgage – AL.com

 

Alaska

• For Alaskans, data shows some child care costs rising to nearly $11K – KTVA CBS

 

California

• Governor signs California budget with anti-poverty efforts – The Associated Press
  • Educators laud spending plan: Budget signed by Gov. Brown offers billions more for California students – The Daily Journal
  • Jerry Brown signs $115.4 billion general fund budget – The Sacramento Bee
  • Education and Health Care Boosted in $167 Billion State Budget – KQED NPR
  • California Governor Signs Budget With Minimal Vetoes – Governing
  • Pan, Cooper back state’s 2015-16 budget – Elk Grover Citizen
  • 2015-16 state education budget by the numbers – EdSource
• School districts find ways to support low-income infants and toddlers – EdSource
• LA Unified expands transitional kindergarten for more 4-year-olds – EdSource

 

Connecticut

• As Special Session Looms, More Public Statements Against Corporate Greed – CT News Junkie

 

Illinois

• Rauner frees school funding from budget battle, but Dems warn ‘bigger fights are still on the table – Chicago Sun-Times
  • Rauner signs bill to fund education – Illinois News Network
  • Rauner signs education funding bill; Senators react; and more from INN Radio – Illinois News Network
  • Rauner OKs school spending plan amid Springfield budget fight – Chicago Tribune
  • Rauner moves to keep schools open during budget clash – The Associated Press
  • Rauner signs education funding bill to keep schools open – The State Journal-Register
  • The good news: Schools won’t shut down. The bad news… – Crain’s Chicago Business
  • Rauner signs bill increasing education spending in Illinois – WQAD ABC
  • Rauner signs education bill – KFVS CBS
  • Rauner Signs Education Budget Bill – Progress Illinois

 

Indiana

• Commentary: We run risk of becoming two Indianas – The Times

 

Minnesota

• Opinion: Rep. Peggy Bennett: Legislature achieved much with more set for next year – Post-Bulletin

 

New Hampshire

• NH Budget Bills Pass the House – Concord Patch

 

Ohio

• Conferees reach deal on Ohio budget – The Columbus Dispatch

 

Pennsylvania

• Column: First lady Frances Wolf: Investing in our public schools cannot wait – York Daily Record
• Hope is waning for productive budget talks, Wolf aide says – The Associated Press
• Bill designed to encourage transition from welfare to work passes Pa. House of Representatives – The Patriot-News
  • might ease earning restrictions on child care subsidies – Newsworks/WHYY

 

Rhode Island

• Column: Taking stock of this year’s legislative session in R.I. – Providence Journal

 

Texas

• The Q&A: Andrea Brauer, Texans Care for Children – The Texas Tribune

 

Washington state

• Without state budget, social services could be halted – Yakima Herald