More and More States Offer Bigger Budgets for Preschool

Finn Laursen, Executive Director of the Christian Educators Association International in Ohio, says studies show 3 and 4 year olds who get good quality preschool grow up to have reduced fewer children out of wedlock and more well-adjusted parents. He says that, in turn, saves taxpayers money. Laursen says studies show right now, thats something Ohio needs.
"Ohio is ranked the 4th highest of taxpayer burden for divorce and unwed childbearing of all states in the nation," says Laursen. "We have California at the top, New York second, Texas third and Ohio is fourth. Thats not a good distinction. Thats costing 2.7 billion dollars to taxpayers in Ohio each and every year for unwed childbearing and divorce."
There are currently 130 thousand children in Ohio who are eligible for state subsidized preschool, and currently around six thousand children are being served by public preschools. Those who support this plan say its imperative to get as many of those children as possible into quality preschool programs as soon as possible.