This is why California is going bankrupt......does CA provide this same type of private in-home pre-school tutoring, language instruction and books to ALL American pre-schoolers residing in CA.....? I think not. CA taxpayers however, get the pleasure of subsidizing this special, private in-home tutoring to IA migrant families...to prepare their kids in Spanish for the free K-12 public education they will also receive. Makes my blood boil.

MEES gives migrant kids a start
By Natalie Ragus/Staff Writer

Alejandro Islas, 4, sits on the couch at his home next to Ruth Castro, a teacher with the Migrant Education Even Start Program.

Digging into the large wheeled crate she brought with her, Castro - who is also an aide at Ontiveros Elementary School - eventually selects a Spanish-language book titled “Bombon.â€