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r JAN 311994 <br />Costs Per Student <br />Preschool Student <br />Kindergarten to Grade Three <br />Grade Three to Grade Five <br />Children Experiencing Difficulty <br />After Grade Five Who Receive <br />Intervention Services <br />Cost of Incarceration Per Year <br />Cost of Yale <br />4.5 to 7.6 Preschoolers vs. 1 Prisoner <br />1 Prisoner vs. 1 College Student <br />$2,870 TO $4000 <br />$4,154 <br />$4,058 <br />$7,000 <br />$22,000 <br />$22,000 <br />—7 BOOK 91 PnF 6:34 <br />The importance of preschool child care is demonstrated in the <br />fact that for every dollar spent for preschool child care we get a <br />return of seven dollars. The Perry Preschool Project in Michigan, <br />which was begun 27 years ago, has followed a group of people at <br />intervals and compared them to a control group. The study showed <br />that of the children who were in a preschool intervention program: <br />more had completed high school, either went on to attend college or <br />had job training after high school; there were fewer teenage <br />pregnancies; more of them held jobs; more of them supported <br />themselves and fewer needed public assistance; there were <br />significantly fewer arrests and fewer arrests for crimes involving <br />drug sales. Ms. Marshall pointed out that the Perry Study cautions <br />that a quality preschool program is an inoculation against poverty, <br />not a cure. We must provide our citizens with good job training, <br />good housing and access to medical care. <br />Sandy Kahle, executive director of Maitland Farm Preschool, <br />has been in the child care business for 16 years and is committed <br />to the idea that all children who need child care need good <br />quality, comprehensive child care. She found that quality child <br />care cannot be financed by parent fees alone. She considered it <br />favorable that the State regulates the standards of quality at <br />18 <br />