HB 1692 -- Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program

Sponsor:  Zweifel

This bill establishes the Missouri Preschool Plus Grant Program,
administered by the Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education, as a pilot program to serve up to 10,000 students with
high quality early childhood education services for four years.
School districts applying for grants must have at least 30% of
their students eligible for the federal free or reduced-price
school lunch program.  A sliding fee scale based on parental
income will provide services free of charge to children with a
family income less than 200% of the poverty level.  School
districts must make a commitment for capital expenses and collect
data for evaluation on the children through their completion of
high school.  Programs must coordinate with their local Parents
as Teachers Program site and may contract with community-based
organizations to manage the programs.  Any grantee that is
selected will receive full funding.

The provisions of the bill will expire six years from the
effective date.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:10 pm