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Public Pre-K Access and Enrollment: Assessing Take-up of Missouri’s Early Childhood Education Funding Expansion
Public Pre-K Access and Enrollment: Assessing Take-up of Missouri’s Early Childhood Education Funding Expansion

In this brief, I describe the take-up of early childhood education funding from Missouri House Bill 1689. While public pre-K enrollment expanded in Missouri prior to the pandemic, many school districts have not leveraged this newly available state funding to support pre-K growth

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ECE, COVID, FinanceEvan RhinesmithSchool of Education at Saint Louis UniversityJ. Cameron AnglumComment
Recessionary School Funding in Missouri: Lessons from the Great Recession
Recessionary School Funding in Missouri: Lessons from the Great Recession

In this brief, we discuss the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic recession, as well as how federal fiscal aid from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act helped mitigate similar budget cuts following the Great Recession. We note that districts with varying local wealth experienced heterogeneous school funding recoveries and discuss other policy implications in education.

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COVID, FinanceSLU PRiMESchool of Education at Saint Louis UniversityAaron Seungyoon Park, J. Cameron Anglum, Evan RhinesmithComment