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Gov Pritzker 2023 state of the state

Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrives with first lady M.K. Pritzker to deliver his his combined budget and State of the State address to a joint session of the General Assembly on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023 at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

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Gov Pritzker 2023 state of the state

Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrives with first lady M.K. Pritzker to deliver his his combined budget and State of the State address to a joint session of the General Assembly on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023 at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

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Free preschool could be coming to Illinois by 2027

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing a four-year plan to make preschool available to every 3- and 4-year-old in the state.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrives with first lady M.K. Pritzker to deliver his his combined budget and State of the State address to a joint session of the General Assembly on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023 at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

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By Sarah Stark
   

The governor renewed his push for universal preschool in his State of the State address Wednesday. The Smart Start Illinois plan underscores the importance of training educators, and would rework contracts with early childhood education facilities.

Reset breaks it down with a state senator and two experts in early childhood education.

GUESTS: Illinois State Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas (D-Chicago), 20th District

Catherine Main, senior lecturer and program coordinator at the UIC College of Education

James Heckman, Nobel Prize-winning economist at the University of Chicago who studies early childhood education

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