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The Pennsylvania FY 2008-2009 budget increases funding for Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts by $11.4 million to $86.413 million. As a result of the new funding, an additional 800 slots will be created and some Pre-K Counts programs will expand from half-day to full-day programs. In the 2007-2008 school year, 11,000 children were served in Pre-K Counts classrooms across the Commonwealth. Nearly 70% of the children showed age-appropriate skills and behavior after attending the Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts program.
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Pre-K Today is a statewide non-partisan campaign supported by a broad-based coalition from around the Commonwealth committed to efforts to advance dedicated state financing for voluntary high-quality pre-kindergarten programs designed to assure that Pennsylvania's children enter school ready to learn and prepared to succeed.
