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Montana Senate Republicans: Finance roads with pre-school education dollars

Montana Senate Republicans want to cut Gov. Steve Bullock’s funding for early childhood education and divert the money to the Department of Transportation to help the department leverage federal dollars for road construction projects.

Lee Newspapers reported last week that the department is looking at delaying $144.5 million in road projects across the state. About $130 million of the money that would have paid for those projects comes from federal sources that would have matched $14.5 million in state funding.

Bullock’s budget director on Friday pushed back, saying the fix won’t work, and even if it did, it’s a temporary solution to a long-term problem.

Holly Michels [email protected]

({Please be sure to read the comments made to this article as an example of why education is so important to our future)

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/government-and-politics/senate-republicans-finance-roads-with-pre-school-education-dollars/article_f35ccdf1-104a-5b79-8d17-aabda8c11b49.html

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Do the effects of early education programs last past the third grade? http://www.matr.net/article-74679.html

More about early education and Montana’s Early Edge: http://www.matr.net/news.phtml?showall=1&catlabel=Early+Edge+Montana&cat_id=174

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How Investing In Preschool Beats The Stock Market, Hands Down

There’s a growing body of research on the value and importance of high-quality early education programs — especially for disadvantaged kids.

http://www.matr.net/article-74751.html

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