The Children’s Funding Project recently reported on wins for kids in several communities across the country, as voters established, expanded, and reauthorized voter-approved children’s funds in places including Seattle, WA and Cincinnati, OH.
In Seattle, nearly 78% of voters approved the Every Child Ready Levy, agreeing to raise their taxes by $0.245 per $1,000 of assessed property value to reauthorize, and greatly expand the (previously named) Families, Education, and Preschool Promise Levy. This renewal and increase, which achieved record high support for voter-approved children’s funds in Seattle (dating back to 1990), will double the number of affordable and accessible child care slots provided by the previous levy.
In Cincinnati, 73% of voters reauthorized the Cincinnati Public Schools property tax levy that directs $15 million per year to Cincinnati Preschool Promise. This second reauthorization demonstrates growing support for the fund, which was authorized in 2016 with 62% approval and renewed in 2020 with nearly 70% approval. This win will allow Cincinnati Preschool Promise to continue funding early education for 3- and 4-year-olds at over 100 preschools for at least the next four years.
Click here to read the full coverage from The Children’s Funding Project on these and other election wins this month.