{"id":37070,"date":"2019-08-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/early-learning-funding-restored-3\/"},"modified":"2019-08-13T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T16:00:00","slug":"early-learning-funding-restored-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/early-learning-funding-restored-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Dunleavy to Fully Restore Early Learning Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"
Governor Dunleavy announced Tuesday that he has committed to fully restoring education-related funds within House Bill 2001 (HB 2001).<\/p>\n
The restored HB 2001 items include $6.8 million in Head Start grants, $1.2 million for Early Childhood grants, $474,000 to Parents as Teachers grants and
\n $320,000 in Best Beginning grants.
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Dunleavy says the above grants are in addition to $2 million enacted in the FY20 budget for Pre-Kindergarten Grants, as well as the $4.2 million unspent
\n grants carried forward from FY19.<\/p>\n