Pre-k Day at the Capitol

Pre-k Day on February 17, 2009 was a huge success!  Thank you to everyone who came out to support young learners on Pre-k Day at the Texas Capitol.  We are proud to announce that over 1,000 advocates, families, and children attended.

Check out this video from the day's events

The model pre-k classroom was a hit- when there weren’t children in the classroom, there were adults wandering through it, reading the books, and playing with the toys!  Several legislators stopped in to see the children in the classroom and there was a resolution passed in the House declaring February 17 to be Pre-k Day.

Advocates for early care and education made hundreds of visits to legislators, motivating a dozen legislators to sign on to our priority bills that day and even more in the weeks that followed.  By the end of the Legislative Session, 100 members of the House joined as a co-author of HB 130, TECEC's priority bill.  Pre-k Day was a major part of gaining such strong support in the Texas Legislature for early care and education.