IPS: Some Families Must Pay for Pre-K After Budget Cuts

State slashes number of children in state preschool program

Indiana will limit available seats in its state-funded preschool program to 2,500 children next school year — less than half the current enrollment. The state will also reduce reimbursement rates for preschools.

Some families will see their childcare fees reduced from September

Not all families will benefit from the reduction in costs announced today.

IPS will no longer offer free pre-K to all families

Indianapolis Public Schools to implement a sliding scale for pre-K fees amid financial concerns and reduced state funding.

IPS: Some families must pay for pre-K after budget cuts

Some IPS families will have to pay for pre-K in 2025–26 as COVID relief funds run out and the state budget fails to boost child care subsidies.

IPS to begin charging for Pre-K programming in 2025-26 school year

Starting in the 2025-26 school year, Indianapolis Public Schools will no longer offer free Pre-K to Indianapolis families.

Cracking open child care budgets at Gov. Stein's early childhood task force

Members of Gov. Josh Stein’s Task Force on Child Care and Early Education got a peek inside child care programs’ budgets at the group’s third meeting Monday. The task force’s first report, with recommendations on how the state should expand access to high-quality, affordable child care, is due to the governor’s office at the end of June.… The post Cracking open child care budgets at Gov. Stein’s early childhood task force appeared first on EdNC.