1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Universal Preschool in the “Build Back Better Act” Updated November 10, 2021 On November 3, 2021, the House Committee on Rules released a modified version of the “Build Back Better Act” (H.R. 5376) in Rules Committee Print
2、 117-18. This version would establish a Universal Preschool (UPK) program in Section 23002. A White House fact sheet indicates the combined costs of the UPK and Birth Through Five child care programs are expected to total $400 billion. This is $50 billion less than estimated in a September fact shee
3、t from the House Committee on Education and Labor, based on earlier versions of these proposals. Appropriations Section 23002 would appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS would administer the program in collaboration with the Department of Education (ED). Appropr
4、iations would support preschool programs in states, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, territories, and entities serving families engaged in migrant or seasonal agricultural labor. Funds would be available for grants to localities and Head Start expansions in states that opt not to participate in
