This morning’s informational hearing on the benefits of early childhood education and preschool, featuring an array of speakers, has been moved up to 8 a.m., instead of the planned 9 a.m., in the House Education Committee. The speakers will present again this afternoon in the Senate Education Committee, which meets at 3 p.m. Beth Oppenheimer of the Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children told the House panel that Idaho is one of just a few states that provides no funding for pre-K education, but said she hopes that after today’s presentations, the state won’t be the last.