HB 1027 passed the house by a vote of 57-41. It delays the expiration Prekindergarten Grant Pilot Program from 2014 to 2016 and takes $0.65 from current riverboat admissions currently destined for the general fund and allocates that money to the prekindergarten grant pilot program fund. It appropriates $8 million for 2009 and $16 million for 2010.
Why are we doing this when we still aren’t funding full day kindergarten?