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How is the Seattle Preschool Program doing?

On 02/15/2018 By Kevin Schofield In education, preschool, tax

This year two major education-related levies expire and will likely be put up for renewal: the Families and Education Levy, and the Seattle Preschool Levy. The preschool levy was passed in 2014 to fund a four-year “demonstration program” to offer preschool to 3 and 4 year old children in Seattle, hopefully proving its viability and discovering what it would take to scale it up. This morning, the City Council started its process of looking at the two levies in anticipation of crafting renewals for the fall ballots. It may choose to combine them into a single levy, or opt to …

Preschool program off to a good start

On 12/10/2015 By Kevin Schofield In committee, education

The Seattle Preschool Program is doing well in its first year, according to a report presented to the Education and Governance Committee this morning.