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Statement from Jane Dueker ("duke-er"), of Raise Your Hand for
Kids--which supports the Early Childhood Education Initiative--in:
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(33 seconds)
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(DUEKER):
"THE 'EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INITIATIVE' WILL BE ON THE
NOVEMBER-BALLOT--THANKS TO THE OVER-330-THOUSAND MISSOURIANS WHO HAVE SIGNED PETITIONS, IN SUPPORT OF THIS LONG-OVERDUE MEASURE.
IT WOULD FUND EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND COMES AT A CRITICAL TIME:
RIGHT NOW, ONLY THREE-PERCENT OF OUR FOUR-YEAR-OLDS ARE ENROLLED IN PUBLIC-SUPPORTED EARLY-CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
THAT COMPARES TO 60-PERCENT IN IOWA--AND 76-PERCENT IN OKLAHOMA. MISSOURI HAS FALLEN BEHIND NEIGHBORING STATES AND THE
NATION--WHICH IS WHY THIS AMENDMENT WOULD MEAN THE BEST START, FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS."
(Paid for by the Early Childhood Education Initiative; Marc Ellinger, treasurer.)
