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Quinn Announces $80M Grant For Early Childhood Ed.

Flickr user / Lee Ruk "2013 Dec.19, Pre-School 3" (CC BY 2.0)

Illinois won an $80 million federal grant to increase access to early childhood education. 

Gov. Pat Quinn announced the award Wednesday. The state will receive a maximum of $20 million per year for four years.

The program is intended to help four-year-olds from low-income families attend preschool. 

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