The Los Angeles Unified School District is growing its free pre-K program.
Calling All 4-Year-Olds: LAUSD’s Pre-K Classes Are Ready
Every child who turns 4 by or on September 1 can enroll in transitional kindergarten at the district’s elementary schools next school year.
LAUSD is expanding its program well ahead of a state mandate to open public school preschool to every 4-year-old by the 2025-26 school
Kindergarten will be free in Queensland from next year as part of a budget measure the state government says will save some families about $4,600.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk hopes it will “give every little Queenslander the best start in life” and support parents returning to the workforce.
It will cost the state budget $645 million in total,
Lansing — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has created a new state department focused on promoting pre-kindergarten access and higher education in Michigan, shaking up the existing state education department that she does not control.
Whitmer’s office said Wednesday the new Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Achievement and Potential, or MiLEAP, will feature offices governing early childhood education, higher education and “education partnerships.”
The new department will lead statewide efforts to ensure that all young children “enter kindergarten with the tools and ability to succeed in school” and that “every Michigander has the skill certificate or degree they need to advance,” according