File #: File ID 12568    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Agenda Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/1/2021 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 2/16/2021 Final action:
Title: Early Childhood Program Scholarships Discussion/Action. A measure directing the County Administrator and County staff to include $10 million in the Pima County budget for Fiscal Year 2021-22 to fund scholarships to wholly or partly cover the cost incurred by parents who wish to enroll their three- or four-year-old child in a high-quality early childhood program. Eligible children will come from families whose income is under 200% of the federal poverty level. These scholarships would be payable only to high-quality early childhood education programs such as those run by public school districts, childcare centers and family home care providers. (District 1)
Attachments: 1. BOS_EarlyChildhoodPrgrmScholarships_Dist1Submittal, 2. BOS_EarlyChildhoodPrgrm_CommentLetters_Redacted, 3. BOS_EarlyChildhoodPrgrm_CommentLetters_2-9-21_Redacted, 4. BOS_EarlyChildhoodPrgrm_CommentLetters_2-10-21_Redacted, 5. BOS_EarlyChildhoodPrgrm_CommentLetters2_2-10-21_Redacted, 6. BOS_EarlyChildhoodPrgrm_CommentLetter_2-11-21_Redacted, 7. BOS_EarlyChildhoodPrgrm_CommentLetters_2-12-21_Redacted, 8. BOS_ThePreschoolPromiseCommentLetter__2-12-21, 9. BOS_EarlyChildhoodPrgrm_CommentLetters_2-16-21_Redacted

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Early Childhood Program Scholarships

Discussion/Action. A measure directing the County Administrator and County staff to include $10 million in the Pima County budget for Fiscal Year 2021-22 to fund scholarships to wholly or partly cover the cost incurred by parents who wish to enroll their three- or four-year-old child in a high-quality early childhood program. Eligible children will come from families whose income is under 200% of the federal poverty level. These scholarships would be payable only to high-quality early childhood education programs such as those run by public school districts, childcare centers and family home care providers. (District 1)