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Early Childhood Education

Expanding Access, Quality, Capacity, and Kindergarten Readiness

Policy Principles

  • Early childhood education must be affordable and accessible, particularly for low-income working families.

  • Child care should be more than babysitting; it must provide strong developmental and educational foundations to prepare children for kindergarten success.

  • Quality standards and transparency are essential to ensure programs deliver real learning outcomes.

  • Expanding system capacity is critical to meet the growing demand for early childhood education and to support Ohio’s workforce.

Advocacy Priority

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

Protect the statewide administration of the KRA from efforts to eliminate it or make it optional so that Ohio’s teachers, families, and policymakers continue to have consistent, comparable data on students’ school readiness.

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2026 Policy Principles and Priorities

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Download our full policy principles and priorities

Learn about the enduring policy principles guiding all of Ohio Excels’ efforts and the advocacy priorities we are actively pursuing in 2026.

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