Guest opinion: Legislature should support early childhood education, health care. Please see related education budget stories
By E. Liane Hernandez and Erin Lyons • Special to the Arizona Daily Star
As the Arizona state Legislature begins establishing funding priorities to build a prosperous community, a solution exists that is both research proven and provides high return on investment: funding for early childhood education, health and development.
In Arizona, more than one in four children lives in poverty, our Department of Child Safety is in crisis, and 160,000 children do not have health insurance. It is time for our state to do something different. We urge our lawmakers to invest in strategies that will prevent problems from happening in the first place!
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Please see related education budget stories:
- Children’s Action Alliance Priority Bills for the 2016 Legislative Session
- KTAR News — Veto-proof majority supports repeal of Arizona tech education cuts
- Expect More Arizona — Proposed FY17 Budget and Impacts to Education
- STAND for Children Arizona — Ducey Proposes Education Budget ‘On the Rise’
- STAND for Children Arizona — State of the State Review
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