So I was reading a little bit about what other bloggers had to say about the Early Learning Challenge Fund, (my post from last week). They found an article in the New York Times stating just how early childhood programs would be granted the money for funding.

I wonder though...

It says, "To qualify for grants, states would have to demonstrate that they have established or improved what the bill calls a “governance structure” for their networks of child care centers and prekindergarten programs.

The structure would include quality standards; a curriculum of sorts, appropriate for young children; a mechanism for reviewing programs and assigning quality ratings; minimum training requirements for providers; a plan for reaching out to parents; and a system for collecting data on children and families. The Departments of Education and Health and Human Services would jointly administer the Challenge Fund."

-New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/education/20child.html?hp