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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. NORTON:H.R. 866.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.[Page H702]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states to establish full-day prekindergarten programs at public schools.</p> <p>Requires those programs to: (1) permit parents, regardless of income, to enroll their four-year old children at a school in which their children may be enrolled for kindergarten; (2) run for the length of the regular school year; and (3) be taught by teachers who possess qualifications similar to the qualifications of other teachers at the applicable school.</p> <p>Prohibits the federal share of a prekindergarten program grant from exceeding 80% of the prekindergarten program's costs.</p>]]></text>
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