Jean authored the law that provided the first state funds for class size reduction.

Jean authored the first law to provide state funds for an all-day kindergarten option designed to ensure that children will be ready to read by the time they reach first grade.

Jean authored legislation that provided initial funding for programs that have been successfully implemented in other urban areas to improve reading instruction so all children can read by the end of second grade.

Jean will continue to press for expansion of all-day kindergarten and intensive reading programs.