BOSTON (WWLP) – This year, the state’s budget includes funding to make sure all Massachusetts children can go to preschool.
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Last week, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced grants for 30 school districts to partner with local community-based preschool programs.
These grants are meant to make preschool and pre-kindergarten affordable and accessible for all families as part of Governor Healey’s “Gateway to Pre-K” program. Some districts received funding to continue planning early education and care programs, including Chicopee and the Gateway Regional School District in western Massachusetts.
Other districts were given funding to implement preschool plans and maintain them, including Holyoke, Northampton, Springfield, and Westfield in western Massachusetts. The lieutenant governor explained this program, which is a priority for the administration, in a statement…