HONOLULU (AP) – State officials are trying to figure out how to best teach Hawaii’s preschool aged residents.
On Thursday, the Senate Ways and Means Committee will decide whether to give the administration $500,000 to establish an executive office on early learning.
The Senate Education Committee has already approved the measure, noting that the office would help the state achieve its goal of offering its families a viable early education system.
The funding request comes from Gov. Neil Abercrombie, whose State of the State address identified early education as one of his top priorities for the year.
The early education office proposal is included in Senate Bill 2545, which also would repeal all junior kindergarten programs and require entering kindergarteners to be 5-years-old by July 31 of the school year.
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