Full-time 4-year-old preschool students in Dayton and Kettering could receive from $1,800 to $9,000 in tuition assistance next school year.

Voters in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, have approved tax increases that would expand income-based subsidies for early childhood education.

The quarter percent earnings income tax increase was voted for, making it the first income tax increase in 32 years.

Montgomery County commissioners are expected to vote in the coming weeks on a $2.6 million expansion of their Preschool Promise program.