Trends in Pre-K Education Funding in 2017-18

This Policy Brief begins by reviewing the educational and societal impacts of quality pre-K programs before revealing legislative changes to state pre-K funding in 2017-18. The brief highlights four states and breaks down total pre-K funding for all states, including year-over-year change.

KEY TAKEAWAY

The year-over-year increase from 2016-17 to 2017-18 is the smallest one-year increase since 2012, the year we began producing this annual report.