Editor's Note: It is important for us to know about the
need for collaborative arrangements and conditions necessary to
make them work. This is information that will guide federal,
state, and local policy. For this issue of Policy Briefs,
NCREL's state contacts in early childhood education responded to
a questionnaire on early childhood state policy. Answers in each
state's report also pertain to programs that serve children who
are at-risk, have disabilities, receive services through welfare,
Chapter 1, and so forth. The information received from the
questionnaire has been significantly edited to keep this report
brief. Much more is "going on" then could be reported here. For
more extensive information on each state, NCREL will be happy to
provide you with the complete unedited text upon your request.
Included at the end of each state's information, is a brief
description of a collaborative effort in that state which is
being examined in NCREL's Early Childhood Collaboration Study.
A report of these seven communities' initiatives will be
forthcoming.
Posted on March 23, 1995
URL: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/93-3agen.htm