{"id":37282,"date":"2019-06-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/stay-current-on-early-education-policy-news-3\/"},"modified":"2019-06-17T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T16:00:00","slug":"stay-current-on-early-education-policy-news-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/stay-current-on-early-education-policy-news-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Current on Early Education Policy News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p>For the Week of June 24 &#8211; 28, 2019<\/p>\n<h5>This Week<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Dispute over <b>special session location<\/b> continues. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adn.com\/politics\/alaska-legislature\/2019\/06\/26\/alaska-legislatures-top-lawyer-says-lawmakers-can-decide-special-session-location\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read ADN article here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h5>Previous News<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Funding child care strengthens Alaska<\/strong>: Abbe Hensley from Best Beginnings discusses how early care and learning benefits children,<br \/>\n        their families, and their communities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adn.com\/opinions\/2019\/05\/22\/funding-child-care-strengthens-alaska\/\">Read the ADN article<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>House Budget Moves<\/strong>: House Finance Committee recommended FY20 budget. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legfin.akleg.gov\/BudgetReports\/LY2019\/Operating\/House\/DOE-AgencyTotal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See the recommended budget here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Senate Bill 6 Testimony: <\/strong>Public testimony at last month&#8217;s Alaska&#8217;s Senate Education Committee meeting.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peninsulaclarion.com\/news\/pre-k-funding-bill-gives-them-something-to-talk-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more here<\/a>. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Senate Bill 6 Details:<\/strong>\u00a0This bill would create voluntary, universal early education statewide. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adn.com\/opinions\/2019\/03\/21\/alaska-must-invest-in-early-education\/\">Read Sen. Kawasaki and Sen. Begich\u2019s letter about SB 6.<\/a><br \/>\n         <\/li>\n<li><strong>Children\u2019s Caucus Meets<\/strong>: The <a href=\"https:\/\/akhouse.org\/?p=6422\">House Children\u2019s Caucus<\/a> met to discuss the implications legislation<br \/>\n        has on the health and development of children in Alaska.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.360north.org\/gavel\/video\/?clientID=2147483647&amp;eventID=2019041177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch the meeting here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alaskans Take Action: <\/strong>A recent petition drafted by the Alaska Early Childhood Advocacy Group (AECAG) collected more than 1,100 signatures<br \/>\n        and was submitted by Sen. Sara Rasmussen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.360north.org\/gavel\/video\/?clientID=2147483647&amp;eventID=2019041166&amp;startStreamAt=1329&amp;stopStreamAt=1438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch her present the petition here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Why Early Education is Important (Video)<\/h5>\n<h5>Take Action<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>Join thread&#8217;s Action Center.<\/strong> Stay up-to-date on legislative news affecting early childhood education and receive email alerts when<br \/>\n        it&#8217;s time to take action. <a href=\"\/thread\/policy-and-research\/take-action\/toolkit-intro\/\">Sign up here.<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Don&#8217;t Miss What&#8217;s Happening Nationally<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan has signed on to co-sponsor a new child care bill that supports working families. <strong>thread <\/strong>will be working<br \/>\n        with Sen. Sullivan\u2019s to provide support to help further advance this legislation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/opinion\/opinion-sullivan-showing-leadership-with-bill-to-address-child-care-deserts\/\">Read more about Sen. Sullivan\u2019s efforts here.<\/a>        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember to thank our legislators hard at work for early education!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_tags":[],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37282","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stay Current on Early Education Policy News - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/stay-current-on-early-education-policy-news-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stay Current on Early Education Policy News - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For the Week of June 24 &#8211; 28, 2019 This Week Dispute over special session location continues. 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