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National Study: Pre-K Investment in Texas Could Save Billions

  

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Don Baylor /(512) 320-0222 x 108

July 11, 2007

National Study: Pre-K Investment in Texas Could Save Billions >>  
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According to new state data released by the national Economic Policy Institute, Texas could save billions of public dollars over the upcoming decades by immediately investing in pre-kindergarten programs. In Texas, high-quality pre-K programs would begin paying for themselves within eight years, according to a state-level analysis of the Enriching Children, Enriching the Nation study.