Grants For Pre-K Expansion To Be Announced

PERRY HALL, Md. (AP) -- The recipients of grants to expand pre-kindergarten in Maryland are being announced.

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown will be joined on Monday by Charlene Dukes, the president of the Maryland Board of Education. They also will be joined by Dallas Dance, the Baltimore County superintendent of schools and other state and local officials at the announcement in Perry Hall.

The $4.3 million in grants will be distributed to recipients statewide.

Lawmakers approved the grants in this year's legislative session.

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