Free Pre-K and Community College Included in Budget Blueprint
WASHINGTON What was once considered a progressive dream for the nations education system could be headed toward reality as Democrats push forward to broker a deal on a new spending plan containing President Bidens most ambitious domestic policy goals.
Included in the list of programs Democrats agreed this week to include in their $3.5 trillion budget blueprint are Mr. Bidens campaign proposals to offer prekindergarten enrollment for every 3- and 4-year-old in the country, and tuition-free community college to every young adult. So far, both proposals are drawing widespread support from the Democratic coalition and are expected to remain priorities as the partys top leaders seek to deliver on bedrocks of Mr. Bidens $4 trillion economic plan.
Infrastructures about roads and bridges, but its about the other things we need to have a fully engaged and active work force, said Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusets. That means child care for parents. It means early childhood education, giving our kids the right start. And that means post-high school education or training. Thats what its going to take in the 21st century.
The deal reflects a watershed moment in a movement that for at least a decade has called for expanding the public education system to level the playing field for students from cradle to career.
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