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The programs created are designed to support school readiness opportunities for about 3,500 4-year-olds who would not be eligible for kindergarten due to a new birthdate cutoff of July 31, starting in 2014. Eventually, the goal is a statewide early childhood education program for more 4-year-olds in Hawaii.

He joined the entire Maui delegation earlier this week in Honolulu as all nine council members attended the joint money committee hearing for the state House and Senate. “We had a very strong showing,” said Arakawa during an exclusive interview earlier this week.

The ambitions for Early Childhood Education reform comes after word that the state was not selected as a recipient of the national “Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge” grant competition.

Governor Neil Abercrombie today selected former Maui Child Education Coordinator, Terry Lock as the new Coordinator for the state.