Relating to education; modifying early childhood family education (ECFE) program provisions; stating the purpose of ECFE to provide parenting education; prohibiting districts from limiting ECFE participation to residents and modifying program requirements; requiring ECFE programs to submit biennial plans to the commissioner of education; modifying the ECFE levy, revenue use and the home visiting levy provisions; providing for targeted training of early childhood professionals to improve school readiness; providing for improvement of educational offerings in school readiness, head start and child care programs; providing for early childhood scholarships; appropriating money to the department of education for school readiness, ECFE and health and developmental screening aids, head start program, educate parents partnership, kindergarten entrance assessment initiative and intervention program, early childhood part C, ECFE program accountability initiative, targeted training of early childhood professionals, improve educational components in school readiness, head start and child care programs and early childhood scholarship program
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