initiative_type: Prior Programs | initiative_name: Texas Early Learning Council | initiative_about:
CLI housed the Texas Early Learning Council from 2010-2013. The Texas Early Learning Council is an advisory council established by Governor Rick Perry in late 2009. In 2010, the Council was awarded a three-year grant from the federal government to achieve a series of goals towards improving school readiness in Texas through targeted strategies stemming from the Council’s four priority areas: Parental Outreach and Communications, Early Childhood Workforce and Professional Development, Collaborations and Standards, and Data Systems and Quality Rating and Improvement Systems.