WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Brian Schatz issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) secured $1.3 million in congressionally directed spending, also known as an earmark, in this year's appropriations (https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/amid-national-cuts-schatz-secures-nearly-75-million-in-new-earmark-funding-for-native-hawaiian-health-education-housing-infrastructure-projects) deal for ?Aha Punana Leo. The funding will be used to train teachers, support families, and develop new early childhood education Hawaiian language materials, such as books and videos, to help young children build literacy and math skills.
"Learning language early matters because it shapes how kids think and learn for the...