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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tina Sfondeles

Pritzker’s budget to provide preschool for 5,000 children ‘to cover all of those early childhood deserts’

Gov. J.B. Pritzker answers reporters’ questions during a news conference at Chicago State University in April. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file)

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget proposal for next year will include a $250 million investment in early education, including a $75 million block grant that will create 5,000 preschool spots for Illinois children.

But lawmakers will likely be listening to some other key details in his plan, including how the state will continue to fund its unfunded pension liabilities — and how it can prepare for a potential recession.

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