Gutiérrez presents Intro 579A: outreach campaign for early childhood education enrollment
Chair Gutiérrez describes her sponsored bill requiring DOE to run an annual outreach and education campaign about early childhood education programs, covering benefits, options, application processes, and available seats to boost enrollment.
I'm proud to be the lead sponsor of one of the bills the subcommittee will be considering, proposed Intro 579A,
in relation to an education and outreach campaign to enroll students in early childhood education programs would require the Department of Education to develop and implement an annual outreach and education campaign regarding early childhood education programs.
The outreach would include information on the benefits of participating in early childhood education, the options for early childhood education, the application process, and the resources to find programs that may have available seats.
This year, roughly the same number of New York City parents applied to preschool programs as they did last year.
We need to ensure that we're reaching all families about the early childhood education options available to them.
This bill aims to engage more families about those options and boost enrollment in early childhood education programs.