INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana Senate panel is slashing a proposed funding increase for a program that provides state-funded preschool to poor children, jeopardizing a campaign promise made by Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb.
The GOP-dominated Senate Appropriations Committee endorsed the move this past week to sharply curtail the governor’s modest request for $10 million a year in additional funding.
An amendment brought by committee Chairman Luke Kenley cuts the increase to just $3 million a year. That would push total funding for the On My Way Pre-K program, which operates in five counties, to $13 million a year.
The move imperils efforts by Republican and Democratic education leaders to help Indiana catch up with more than 40 other states that offer full-fledged preschool programs for children from low-income families.
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What does low income have to do with pre-school? It is possible to have a low income and still teach a child. Who is this really helping? I am so tired of our government taking our money for programs like this. They know best, right? Not even close to right. Also, Holcomb is an absolute democrat that was elected as a republican. Holcomb is taking our money to redistribute the wealth to the poor as he sees fit. Wasn’t that an Obama and Hillary thing? I already know Holcomb won’t get my vote in the future.