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of a pandemic and speaking ofthe mental ones just to mentiona zone and this is whatconsists of the budget and mycompanion Carmen Vargas continuedclosely the signature ofbudget and we know what it isvery important topic ofeducation, so I greet youwith pleasure.presenter: it’s regardingmillions and millions of dollarsfrom preschoolas well as childcare.[aplausos]presenter: the governor ofillinois firó this wednesdaythe budget of 50,600million for the fiscal year2024, which includes apackage of funds forhealth, child care andeducation and the vice governorapplauded the actions taken.>> here we are today signing thebalanced budget red andI mention this because we rememberwhen in our state notI had a budget for almost twoyears how devastating it waswhen we might not provideour children whose severalthey had resources to prosperand they can barely survive and thegrantee said they are going toinvest $250 million inadditionally, allocates$75,000,000 with what they expectadd more than 20,000 spacesfor preschool children,plus $30 million in fundingfederal in ancud in contractsfor care workerschildren, 30 million in programsof early intervention, therelike 5 million to expandservice departmenthumans.>> i was pleased with itmoney we are investingto further education in astate.350 million hours will beinvested in the education ofpreschool to twelfth grade, 45millions are focused oncreate vacant positionsteachers invest in scholarships foryour future and this will go toschools with problemsattract and retain teachersas part of a program>> we are investing moremoney in neighborhoodsour communities and this isin the state, but alsowe are doing one wayvery responsible, so it does not golives in the state of illinois.public universitiesthey will receive in millions of mondayfor a total of 80.5 millionand community colleges>> they had the opportunity todo to college and havea good education and create afuture was pacific for themand their families.reporter: the budgetalso includes $750,000 forEnglish programs are
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