Nev. awarded share of federal preschool grant
By Trevon Milliard, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Nevada is one of 18 states splitting $226 million in federal grants to develop public preschool programs in 2014, according to an announcement by the U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in a press call Tuesday.
Half of the 36 states that applied were named grant recipients.
“This investment in young children is a game-changer for the next generation of Nevada’s students,” state Superintendent of Public Instruction Dale Erquiaga said.
But Nevada will be given a relatively small piece of the pie. At $6.4 million, its Preschool Development Grant for the first year is about half the $12.6 million average.