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Home > State Early Care and Education Public Policy Developments: Fiscal Year 2012

State Early Care and Education Public Policy Developments: Fiscal Year 2012


This NAEYC report is a highlight of state developments, categorized by issue areas. It highlights selected enacted legislation; new initiatives approved by the state executive branch; major funding increases, decreases, or level-funding; and additional significant fiscal or policy changes that impact early childhood education for Fiscal Year 2012.

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For more information about NAEYC's state policy efforts, visit the state trends page of the NAEYC website's public policy section.

NAEYC’s state policy efforts focus on researching and tracking national and state trends and informing NAEYC affiliates, policymakers, collaborating organizations, and other interested parties about NAEYC’s positions on state public policies and their impacts on children birth through eight and their families.

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