Michigan to offer preschool to more poor children, By David Eggert (AP), June 1, 2013, Detroit Free Press: “As many as 16,000 more 4-year-olds will go to preschool in Michigan next school year, a significant enrollment boost that Gov. Rick Snyder hopes to increase even more the following year. An influx of up to $65 million — a nearly 60% bump over current funding — will help pay the full cost of preschool for disadvantaged kids whose families make up to 250% of the poverty line. The income cutoff is roughly $39,000 for a parent with one child, $59,000 for a family of four. The Republican governor, who is expected to sign the 2013-14 school spending plan soon, kicked off a conference of business and political leaders on Mackinac Island last week by saying he was ‘really proud’ of the agreement to emphasize early learning in the budget…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty