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Local View: Early childhood learning closes disparity gap

By Joel Ryan and Rekah Strong
Published: January 10, 2021, 6:01am

Gov. Jay Inslee released his budget proposal for 2021-23 and it includes important investments in early education and child care –specifically our state’s preschool program, ECEAP. His continued commitment to early learning fits nicely with the package of diversity and equity initiatives he also rolled out at the beginning of December.

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