Montana Governor Bullock seeks to keep early childhood education

Gov. Steve Bullock has been an outspoken advocate for investing in early childhood education, arguing that Montana has been one of only a handful of states not to do so.

In 2015 he proposed the $37 million Early Edge preschool program, which would have provided money to educate 4-year-olds whose families signed up for it, but the Republican Legislature rejected the bill.

In 2017 Bullock tried again, proposing $12 million. In the end the 2017 Legislature approved $6 million over two years for the STARS pilot program. It marked the first time the state has invested in what the governor called "high-quality early childhood education."

By Gail Schontzler Chronicle Staff Writer

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