Preschool Bill Defeated

SB 115, the bill that would have authorized preschool standards in South Dakota, was voted down in an 8-7 committee vote this morning.

Apparently the majority recognized we don't need to be taking young children out of the home, we don't need the extra expense of this, or that there's no bang for the buck with preschool...or a combination of these.

As Senator Napoli said at the cracker barrel Saturday, it was 12 years from the implementation of "voluntary" head start to mandatory head start. We don't need mandatory preschool, which is certainly what we'd have in time.