（Boston Orange 摘譯）麻州教育廳5月13日在Somerville宣佈，今年春秋2季將深入地方，展開一系列的「普及學前教育路演 （Universal Pre-K Access Road Show）」，和地方上的教育工作者座談，闡述州政府刻正推動的「麻州學前教育合作計劃（Commonwealth Preschool Partnership Initiative，簡稱CPPI）」。
麻州教育廳廳長Patrick Tutwiler博士和早期教育和護理局局長Amy Kershaw，以及麻州和地方市鎮的教育長官，13日一起到「尚莫維爾為幼兒合作 （Somerville Partnership for Young Children）」參訪，踏上路演第一站。
Patrick Tutwiler博士強調，高質量的學前教育對家庭和縮小學習差距來說很重要，麻州政府正致力擴大辦理可負擔的高質量學前教育，竭力讓更多麻州居民享有這樣的教育。路演活動旨在探訪各社區內在辦理學前教育上，都有些什麼樣的創新做法，可以合作推廣，同時也從地方人士那兒學習如何使學前教育更為公平、有效。
CCPI是麻州政府「學前教育議程門戶 （Gateway to Pre-K Agenda）」的關鍵組成部分，以資金支持公立學校和社區合作夥伴互相合作支援模式來辦理學前教育，以增加可負擔學前教育的覆蓋範圍，確保家庭在可負擔狀況下，持續不間斷的讓年幼子女得到高品質學前教育。
去年以來，麻州經由103個早期教育提供者，在30個社區內為3249名幼童，提供了可負擔的學前教育。麻州州長奚莉(Maura healey)的2026會計年度預算，以及相關的公平份額（Fair Share）補充預算，為CPPI提撥了2500萬美元，還計劃在未來3年內繼續擴大辦理。
Healey-Driscoll Administration Kicks Off Universal Pre-K
Road Show in Somerville
SOMERVILLE — The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced a series of community visits across Massachusetts throughout the spring and summer to spotlight innovative preschool programs supported by the Commonwealth Preschool Partnership Initiative (CPPI) and celebrate communities expanding access to high-quality early education for children and families.
Early Education and Care Commissioner Amy Kershaw and other state and local education leaders began the Universal Pre-K Access Road Show with a stop at Somerville Partnership for Young Children. The Commissioner’s visits will include classroom tours and roundtable discussions with local educators and administrators who are creating strong early learning foundations in their communities.
“As a former superintendent, I know how important access to high-quality preschool is for families and for closing the learning gap before kids enter kindergarten. That’s why we have been focused on expanding access to affordable, high-quality preschool, especially in Gateway Cities and rural communities across the state,” said Secretary of Education Dr. Patrick Tutwiler. “We want to lift up how local communities are working together to provide access to preschool across public and community-based programs, lowering costs for families and helping parents stay in or return to the workforce.”
“These visits are about recognizing the incredible and innovative partnerships in our communities that are enabling increased access to preschool and learning directly from local leaders who are helping to make preschool more equitable and effective for all,” said Early Education and Care Commissioner Amy Kershaw. “Somerville has been a leader in aligning preschool experiences with public education, and we're excited to start here and take these stories across the state.”
CPPI is a key component of the administration’s Gateway to Pre-K Agenda and focuses on expanding access to affordable, high-quality preschool across Massachusetts, with a particular focus on the state's 26 Gateway Cities and rural communities. The CPPI grant program enables preschool experiences for three- and four-year-olds by funding locally driven partnerships between school districts and community-based early education providers. Currently, CPPI supports 30 communities statewide, reaching 3,249 children in 217 classrooms across 103 early education providers. CPPI classrooms are primarily located in community-based settings, with 80% of children enrolled in center-based or family child care programs.
In Somerville, CPPI funding has supported a mixed-delivery preschool model that leverages both public schools and community partners to increase access and ensure program continuity for families. Somerville Partnership for Young Children leads a network of licensed early education and care providers through the CPPI grant program to increase access to early childhood education programs for Somerville families and improve the quality of Somerville’s local early childhood education system.
“We rely on the Somerville Partnership for Young Children to provide high-quality early childhood experiences that set the foundation for long-term academic and social-emotional success,” said Somerville Public Schools Superintendent Rubén Carmona. “Thanks to the consistent and generous CPPI grant funding from the Department of Early Education and Care, Somerville is able to invest in innovative and collaborative early learning opportunities that benefit our entire community.”
Governor Healey’s FY26 budget and related Fair Share supplemental budget funds CPPI at $25 million for FY26, with additional funding to expand access over 3 years. The expansion would allow CPPI to reach the remaining 7 Gateway Cities not currently funded, as well as enable 12 current grantees move to full implementation. In total, funding would be available for 37 districts to continue efforts to create systemic alignment and coordination, strategic expansion, and efficient investments to make on-the-ground progress towards the goal of universal access to preschool in the Commonwealth.
EEC intends to release opportunities to apply for CPPI grants in FY26 through a staged process subject to the availability of funding. Learn more about CPPI at Mass.gov/CPPI.
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