Join the First FIve Nebraska policy team for a closer look at early childhood legislation in the 2025 session of the Nebraska Unicameral. Each month, First Five Nebraska's Deputy Director and Public Policy Manager Elizabeth Everett will lead an overview of early...
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2021 Nebraska Legislature: Early childhood policy highlights
The first session of the 107th Nebraska Legislature adjourned sine die May 27. During the scheduled 90-day session, state senators debated and passed critical pieces of legislation, including a biennium budget, a Social Security tax cut and a bill to temporarily...
Investing Early in Children Is Sound Strategy for Cutting Corrections Costs
Nebraska would save $25,419 in victim, court and incarceration costs for every child enrolled in full-day, center-based early childhood education programs, says the University of Nebraska‒Lincoln’s Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools (CYFS).