He was in a special education program from kindergarten to his senior year, and he felt stigmatized and overlooked.

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Ms. MEYERS: Our long-range goal is to encourage law firms, to encourage administrators, to encourage politicians and educators to join the pipeline concept, develop a program, to encourage kids starting at the early age of kindergarten to continue their education, to continue to become professionals and to join us as professionals in the legal profession to assist the community.

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Funds under this program may also be used to expand full-day kindergarten once states have provided preschool education to their low- and moderate-income students.

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