Gov. Edwards announces plan for childhood education funding

BATON ROUGE, La. (LSU Manship School News Service) - Gov. John Bel Edwards, who has touted education as one of his priorities this legislative session, announced his plan on Tuesday to raise early childhood education funding to $18 million.

“We wouldn’t be here today talking about increasing our investment in early childhood education had we not fixed our budget problems,” Edwards told early childhood education advocates at a Capitol lunch event. “We’re just in a much better place today,” he added.

“And I guess you always want to strike while the iron is hot. The iron is hot,” Edwards said, referring to the state’s stabilized budget. After much wrangling, the Louisiana Legislature voted to extend a portion of the sales tax to avoid the fiscal cliff in 2018.

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