Building the Foundation for Bright Futures – Final Report of the National Governor’s Association Task Force on School Readiness and companion piece, Building the Foundation for Bright Futures: A Governor’s Guide to School Readiness.

The NGA Center for Best Practices offers Building the Foundation for Bright Futures: Final Report of the NGA Task Force on School Readiness and companion piece, Building the Foundation for Bright Futures: A Governor’s Guide to School Readiness. Under the 2002-03 chairmanship of former Governor Paul E. Patton of Kentucky, NGA established a gubernatorial Task Force on School Readiness to identify actions that governors and states can take to support families, schools, and communities in their efforts to ensure that all children are ready for school. The task force continued under the leadership of the 2003-04 NGA chair, Governor Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho. Participating governors included Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan, former Governor Bob Holden of Missouri, Governor Bob Taft of Ohio, Governor Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania, and Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina.

Full Reports: http://preview.nga.org/Files/pdf/0501TASKFORCEREADINESS.pdf