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In 2016's "Success Starts Early: Indiana's Roadmap for Pre-K Expansion," a path was outlined for stakeholders and policymakers to consider in expanding state-funded pre-K. We offered a series of recommendations to consider, including: - Broaden family eligibility criteria and consider risk factors - Increase teacher education requirements, skills and compensation - Develop meaningful family engagement strategies - Align care and education in the years before and after pre-K - Layer funding sources to provide high-quality, full-day services for children and maximize cost-effectiveness of state-funded pre-K In this year's follow-up report, "On the Road to Pre-K Expansion," we compared how Indiana's 2017 pre-K legislation addressed those recommendations as well as areas where progress is still needed. This issue brief takes a deeper look into the Roadmap's first recommendation: Broaden family eligibility criteria and consider risk factors. In the following pages, we examine the importance of access to high-quality state-funded pre-K, how research defines and supports expanded access, what states are doing in this area and steps Indiana must take to increase access to high-quality programs. (author abstract)
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