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<title>Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2013</title>
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<action-date>2013-02-27</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-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>]]></summary-text>
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