Public preschool to expand in more Montana communities under federal grant

As a Head Start graduate herself, Denise Juneau knows first-hand how a high quality education for preschoolers can change a life.

As Office of Public Instruction superintendent, she and her staff have taken a lead role in bringing in $40 million in federal grant money to expand free preschool options to more Montana children.

Montana is one of 18 states that received a federal grant to develop high quality public preschool programs, and is now in its second year of the four-year federal grant.

MARGA LINCOLN Independent Record

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