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OCR Page 1 of 63Copyright 1998 The Kansas City Star Co.
THE KANSAS CITY STAR
January 24, 1998 Saturday METROPOLITAN EDITION
SECTION: METROPOLITAN; Pg. C2; Q QUESTIONS
LENGTH: 602 words
HEADLINE: Child-care proposal analyzed
BYLINE: DONALD BRADLEY, Staff Writer
BODY:
Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan last week announced a $ 56 million
initiative to overhaul the state's child-care system. Sending 3- and
4-year-olds to prekindergarten in public schools topped the wish
list. The plan also called for developmental screening for toddlers
and intense background checks for child-care providers and teachers.
Many of the proposals came from recommendations of the Governor's
Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education, led by Joe Moseley,
a former state senator from Columbia. Moseley discussed the
commission's effort.
Q: Missouri has long been criticized for its seemingly lax
child-care policies. Where does this initiative put Missouri
nationally in terms of how society deals with children?
A: We looked at a lot of other states to see what they were doing
with child care. We found some good things to consider and some
things that just didn't seem to be working. But if the bulk of this
plan becomes law and policy, it would put Missouri in the top five or
six states in the country.
Q: What did the governor talk about when he asked you to head
this commission?
A: He told me about this new brain research that proves the
importance of the first five years of life how those years affect
what a person becomes as he or she grows.
The governor is very big on education, but he was worried about
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