(AP) — U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said Wednesday she is “disappointed and concerned” that Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration refused to apply for a federal grant that could have brought $60 million in early childhood education funding to Louisiana.
Landrieu, a Democrat, said education experts across the state spent months working on a grant application to the Obama administration for the money earmarked to help low-income and disadvantaged children. She noted that one-third of children in Louisiana under the age of 5 live in poverty.
 
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