April 2007

 

Join advocates from across the state in Albany to address effective ways to assure high quality Pre-K for New York's children, particularly through a highly-qualified early childhood work force.

Opportunity to Advocate for High Quality

Pre-K in New York (4/23/07)

Docs For Tots New York commends Governor Spitzer’s Establishment of a Children’s Cabinet and calls for loan forgiveness for early educators

Governor Spitzer's Speech (4/20/07)

Press release (4/20/07)

Governor Spitzer lauded as Pre-K leader: New York's initiatives in early childhood education receive national recognition.

Press release (Pre-K Now, 4/18/2007)

Report - Leadership Matters: Governors' Pre-K Proposals, Fiscal Year 2008 (Pre-K Now, April 2007)

Overall educators pleased with the final budget, which includes $438 million for universal pre-K.

Educators pleased with final budget deal
Universal Pre-K, math and science initiative part of $19.64 billion package(legislativegazette.com, 4/9/07)

New York Docs should remind their patients' families about available tax credits

Press release ( New York State Child Care Coordinating Council , 4/5/07)

State budget passed, enacting a spending plan with many victories

State passes $121 billion budget just 11 hours late (Ithaca Journal, 4/2/07)

The Legislature agreed to Governor Spitzer’s plan to set the nation’s highest income ceiling for state-financed health care for children, making it, more than ever, a middle-class entitlement.

A budget with a breakthrough in child health care (New York Times, 4/2/07)