KOLD News 13All-day kindergarten on chopping block in Arizona
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Written by Paul Davenport, AP Writer
PHOENIX (AP) - The budget-balancing plan unveiled Monday by Arizona legislators includes abolishing the state's funding for full-day kindergarten.
Funding would revert to half-day under the plan formally proposed Monday by Republican legislative leaders who used Gov. Jan Brewer's budget proposal as a foundation. Brewer included the reduction in her proposal.
Full-day kindergarten was a major policy initiative of former Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat who left office last year to U.S. Homeland Security secretary.
Republican legislators aim to save $218 million in the next fiscal year by eliminating full-day kindergarten funding. It's the single largest education cutback included in the plan.
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