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Montana Sen. Baucus unveils education proposals to improve Montana’s education opportunities. "The State with the Best Education Wins!"

Montana Sen. Max Baucus Thursday unveiled education proposals that he said would establish an early education program in Montana, improve kindergarten through 12th-grade education, help make higher education more affordable and help boost Montana’s economy.

The Baucus Education Competitiveness Act of 2006 is expected to be referred to the Finance Committee for initial consideration.

The Montana Democrat said Thursday his bill would send thousands more Americans to college to obtain science, math, and teaching degrees, and help prepare millions more American children to learn early in life.

The legislation would offer scholarships and even free tuition to many American college students plus create a universal prekindergarten program. It also would increase Pell Grants for college students, enhance tax incentives to support schools and launch other initiatives to improve American education.

Baucus said the latest legislation is the fifth in a series of competitiveness bills he’s introduced so far this year.

Major provisions in the bill would:

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/articles/2006/09/15/bnews/br39.txt

Please try to attend this upcoming Montana education focused event:

Montana Early Childhood Business Summit, 10/4, Missoula http://www.matr.net/events.phtml?showdetail=1642

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