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What $6M Of Rejected Federal Funding For Early Childhood Education Would Support

Published: March 9, 2021, 9:12 p.m.

Last week the Idaho House killed a bill that would allow the State Board of Education to receive nearly $6 million in federal grants for early childhood education and child care. A group of mostly women protested this rejection and are trying to pressure the legislature to change their mind and accept the grant funding. But what kind of programs are dependent on this money? And how do these programs contribute to improving education in Idaho?