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Hollywood director Rob Reiner has united California's forces of compassion behind a June 6 ballot initiative seeking to create a state universal-preschool program.(The Week)(Brief article)

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* Hollywood director Rob Reiner has united California's forces of compassion behind a June 6 ballot initiative seeking to create a state universal-preschool program. Proposition 82 proposes that California provide free preschool for any four-year-old whose parents request it. This generosity is expected to cost over $2 billion per year, to be funded by an income-tax hike on individuals making over $400,000 annually. Around 65 percent of California's four-year-olds already attend preschool, and the new program would boost that number by only 10 or 15 percent, at best. A study by an independent consulting firm shows that around 75 percent ...

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