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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Mon Jan 27, 2014, 12:17 PM Jan 2014

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to push for pre-K plan in Albany

AP

ALBANY -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has released an interagency report detailing his proposal for free full-day prekindergarten for every 4 year old.

The report says the program would reach 53,000 children who need it by September. By the 2015-16 school year, it would be available to all 73,000 eligible children.

The mayor is scheduled to talk about the report's findings in Albany on Monday.

The report provides the mayor's most detailed analysis for implementing a universal pre-K system in New York City. He's proposed a tax on the rich to pay for it. The tax would need state approval.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/politics&id=9408548

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