PRESCHOOL EDUCATION (1988; updated 2010) 1. Make public
preschool available free or at a nominal charge to all at-risk
four-year olds. 2. Provide preschool for all four-year olds as
space becomes available. Absent state or federal funds, a
sliding scale based on family ability to pay should exist to
assist enrollment of children in a public program for 4-year-
olds. 3. Allow at-risk four-year olds' participation in the
existing Extended Day Program. 4. Provide transportation for
those at-risk four-year olds who would be excluded from
preschool because of a lack of transportation. 5. Expand public
preschools with attention paid to low-income and minority-
dominated areas as well as Metro stops and other locations
accessible to the working 6. Expand public preschool beyond
existing models, using pilot projects to test different early
childhood education curricula. Teachers for such programs should
have specific training and/or experience in meeting the
particular needs of young children. The League of Women Voter