Upcoming
Michigan House of Representative Meetings related to young children:
None scheduled at this time.
Michigan
Senate Committee Meetings related to young children:
None scheduled at this time.
Committee
meetings are often added or agendas changed after the update is sent.
Check the legislature's committee
calendar for additions and changes.
Current
Actions on Michigan Bills related to Young Children:
HB 5237 Education
Budget (Gillard) Provides zero budget for the Department of Education
(9/16/07).
HB
5238 School Aid Budget (Gillard) Provides for a zero budge for
School Aid (9/16/07).
SB
232 Human Services (Hardiman) Provides for 2007-08 budget for
Department of Human Services. Introduced and referred to Appropriations
(02/21/07). Reported with Substitute S-1 (6/7/07). Passed the senate
with Substitute S-1 adopted (8/22/07). Received by the House and
referred to Appropriations (8/22/07). Reported with recommendation
with substitute H-1. Referred to second reading. Substitute H-1 adopted.
Substitute H-6 adopted and amended. Placed on third reading. Placed
on immediate passage. Passed and returned to senate (9/6/07). House
substitute H-6 nonconcurred in (9/11/07). Roll call #318, yeas 0,
nays 37, excused 1, not voting 0 (9/11/07). Senate named conferees
9/11/07: Sens. Bill Hardiman, Roger Kahn, Martha Scott (9/12/07).
Re-received from Senate with notice of nonconcurrence in House substitute
H-6 (9/12/07). Senate conferees named 9/12/07: Sens. Bill Hardiman,
Roger Kahn, Martha Scott (9/12/07). House conferees named: Representatives
Dudley Spade George Cushingberry Rick Shaffer (9/14/07). Referred
to conference committee (9/17/07).
SB
803 School Aid (Jelinek) Creates a school aid budget for the
2006-2007 fiscal year. Introduced and referred to Appropriations
(9/24/07).
Bill abstracts
provided by Voices for Michigan’s Children. See the status of
other bills at Michigan's
Children.
Have
you Heard? – Weekly Additions
For Additional reports and findings please visit the MiAEYC web site:
www.miaeyc.org/News/Have_You_Heard.html
Submission
in Response to Senator Gordon Smith’s July 26, 2007 Call For
Papers to Examine the Needs of Grandparent and Other Relative Caregivers
CLASP details the reasons to support kinship care, recommends areas for additional
research, highlights current challenges states face, and addresses common myths.
CLASP encourages Congress to adopt the provisions of the Kinship Caregiver
Support Act. CLASP
Supporting Early
Literacy in Natural Environments: Activities for Caregivers and
Young Children in English and Spanish
These materials include forty-six home and community activities for adults
and children that encourage early language and literacy development in young
children. They are appropriate for children with disabilities as well as children
who are developing typically. Washington Learning Systems
Reducing
Disparities Beginning in Early Childhood
A report highlighting how ECCS initiatives could be used to reduce many of
the risk factors experienced in early childhood that disparately affect low-income
and minority children. National Center for Children in Poverty
Children
and Social Policy
Volume 1, Number 1 includes:
• Standards and Assessments for Young Children: Framing and Facing the
Challenges
• State Standards and Accountability in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin
• How Can Assessment and Quality Systems Support States' Learning Goals?
• Recommendations and Next Steps
HERR Research Center for Children and Social Policy: Erikson Institute
In
the News– Weekly Addition
For Additional reports and findings please visit the MiAEYC web site:
www.miaeyc.org/News/The_News.html
Kids
must run, not clop along in Crocs
National childhood obesity experts want to ban cookies, hamburger ads, soft
drinks and video games, but why not ban Crocs and wheelie shoes too? Fitness
experts say Crocs and wheelie shoes don't encourage children to run, but encourage
them to shuffle, slide or stomp around. If you take a group of Croc-wearing
kids and compare them to sneaker-wearing kids, you'll probably find that the
sneaker-wearing kids will be more fit and less prone to obesity. Chicago
Tribune
$30
Million Campaign to Create First Permanent Home for Erikson Institute
As the nation's only graduate school to focus exclusively on child development
from birth to age eight, Erikson Institute is an independent institution of
higher education that prepares child development professionals for leadership
through its academic programs, applied research and community involvement.
Now in its 41st year, Erikson Institute advances the ability of educators,
practitioners, researchers and decision-makers to improve the lives of children
and their families. Yahoo! News
1
million Graco, Simplicity cribs recalled in U.S.
About 1 million Simplicity and Graco cribs have been recalled
after three children became entrapped and suffocated. MSNBC
1st
Impressions - Lasting Impressions
This program is designed for, and targeted to, children of daycare and pre-kindergarten
age, an age when children are beginning to form those valuable first impressions,
not only on topics such as fire safety, but firefighters as a whole. Firehouse.com
Pricey
Pre-Schools Cost As Much As College
If you're like many new parents, nothing's too good for your little genius,
including $30,440 for preschool so your 4-year-old can occupy a few hours each
day playing with blocks and finger painting in an organized setting. Think
that's a typo? Think again. ABC News
State
budget crisis forces preschool to close
William Mears, 4, returned from the Michigan School Readiness preschool program...with
a letter informing parents that, because of the state's budget crisis, the
preschool program would cease beginning today and until lawmakers agree on
a 2008 fiscal budget. Having had no formal education himself, Sam Mears was
angered that the state's budget crisis is affecting his son's schooling. The
Morning Sun
Global
Reading Campaign Makes History While Raising Awareness and Funding
for Early Education in Low-Income Communities
The Pearson Foundation helped make history yesterday as hundreds of thousands
of children and adults read the classic The Story of Ferdinand across the U.S.
and in Latin America. The reading campaign raised more than $1 million for
the non-profit group Jumpstart's early education programs in low-income communities
while shining the spotlight on the growing disparities in early childhood literacy. Hispanic
Business
The
Garlanded Classroom
The school is inspired by an approach to teaching young children
that was developed in the municipal schools of a northern Italian
town called Reggio Emilia. This
approach emphasizes the use of art in children’s learning and encourages
a luxurious beauty in both their work and their surroundings. New York
Times
New
preschool combines nature, learning
It was a sunny, warm Monday afternoon, and on the road to the Chippewa Nature
Center's preschool were men tossing hay, a vast field of yellow flowers and
trees throughout the area. The afternoon students were trickling in, walking
up a short stone and dirt path to the preschool. Midland Daily News
Investing
in young children delivers valuable dividends
Early education not only benefits the children who participate but also the
entire community. Studies of the economic impact of high-quality preschools
consistently show positive returns on every dollar invested. Providing high-quality
preschool for every child in America would deliver savings and revenue increases
of eight times the cost of funding enrollment, according to an analysis by
the Economic Policy Institute. The Hill
Little
Huskies: A dream come true
Three-year-old Melica Zekavat of Houghton, plays with a popular molding
putty in the preschool room at Little Huskies Child Development Center
in Houghton
Friday afternoon. Licensed by the State of Michigan and accredited by the National
Association for the Education of Young Children, Gretchen’s House Child
Care Centers incorporate play-based programs where the children learn by doing. Daily
Mining Gazette
Will
your preschooler need a tutor?
The earlier-is-better approach is fueling (and is fueled by) a rapidly growing
storefront tutoring industry, which is reaching down toward younger and younger
kids. But why? Why are parents so anxious about their 3-year-old's school readiness?
One big reason for parents' anxiety is that the early elementary curriculum
has intensified since most of us were kids. Parenting.com
Putting
in a full day
In past years, kindergartners at Meyer Elementary School got ready to go home
after lunch. This year, students are just getting the second half of their
school day started after their lunch hour at school. Times Herald
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