In the wee hours of Friday, March 29th, GEEARS’ Executive Director Mindy Binderman emailed the GEEARS board and staff. The subject line: “We DID it!!!!!”
What did Mindy mean with this jubilant message? That the dogged advocacy of the GEEARS staff, along with that of our partners, resulted in some major 11th-hour wins for Georgia’s children, their families, and their educators.
To fill you in, thank our legislators, and celebrate, we filmed a recap featuring our staffers and Lucy, our adorable kid correspondent. Stay tuned until the end to glimpse a tiny surprise guest making her GEEARS debut!
Click below to watch this brief, and very charming, video.
And click here to read more triumphant news from this session, including a detailed bill-by-bill breakdown and these very big budget wins:
Almost $100 million was budgeted to make critical improvements to our state’s Lottery-funded Pre-K program. This figure is almost double what was in the original budget proposal and essentially the entire amount requested by the House Working Group on Early Childhood Education.
More than $9 million was budgeted for Georgia’s Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS), which is less than the $20 million proposed by GEEARS but twice the amount proposed in the Governor’s original budget.
Our blog has all this and more. Check it out here.
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