2025 House Bill 300: AN ACT relating to preschool and kindergarten education

This bill would require school districts to provide a free and full-day preschool education program for eligible three and four-year-olds and to provide transportation. It also removes language allowing kindergarten to operate for less than six hours on a school day. Eligible school districts will receive funding based on the average number of three-year-olds enrolled, and the number of four-year-olds enrolled will be included in attendance of the elementary school offering preschool education for funding purposes. 

KSVT is in support of HB 300 because of the various benefits that children receive from attending preschool. This would also be a great support to families by reducing their payments for childcare.