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3860
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
A House Joint Resolution concerning
Pre—School Education in [[Baltimore City]] Maryland
FOR the purpose of requesting the [[Baltimore City
Department of Education to study the feasibility and
desirability of developing and implementing a
pre—school educational system for children between
the ages of 2 and 5.]] State Board of Education and
the State Superintendent of Schools to report on the
status of pre-school education and early childhood
programs in Maryland.
Educators and social scientists have long told us
that the most important ages in the learning process are
the ages before a child begins school. [[Currently, the
public educational system does not provide adequate
facilities for children between the ages of 2 and 5 in
order that they receive the full benefit of the
opportunities that will be later presented to them.
Although there are many private facilities offering
pre—school education, a great majority of the citizens of
Baltimore City cannot financially afford to send their
children to these places of learning. This causes a
basic inequity between those children hose parents have
the financial resources to begin their education at a
most formative stage, and those parents who do not.
Therefore, it is necessary that the Baltimore City
Department of Education study this problem and report to
the 1976 General Assembly on their recommendation on
whether a pre—school educational system for children
between the ages of 2 and 5 years old can be established;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That
the Baltimore City Department of Education be requested
to study the feasibility and desirability of developing
and implementing the pre—school educational system for
children between the ages of 2 and 5 years old and report
their findings to the 1976 General Assembly; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be sent to
the Baltimore City Department of Education, E. 25th
Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218.]]
Although some pre—school education and early
childhood programs are being offered in Maryland, there
is a question whether the public educational system
provides adequate programs so that all children are able
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