About half of America’s 3 to-4-year-olds are enrolled in a public or private preschool according to 2019 Census data.
The Biden administration’s American Families Plan aims to make preschool free for any 3–4-year-old whose family chooses to enroll them. The program could provide early childhood education for 4.2 million 3–4-year-olds who are not already enrolled in preschool. It could also create no-cost options for families using private preschools, or 1.6 million 3–4-year-olds as of 2019.
