The 2013-2014 school year offered hope of a recovery for state-funded pre-K after the dismal effects of the recession. State funding for pre-K increased by nearly $120 million in 2013-2014, adjusted for inflation. This is the second year in a row that state pre-K has seen a real funding increase, though programs have yet to fully recover from the impacts of half a billion dollars in cuts in 2011-2012. Enrollment growth also resumed in 2013-2014, albeit modestly. Total enrollment increased by 8,535, and nearly half this increase was required to recoup the loss of 4,000 seats in 2012-2013. State pre-K quality standards improved notably in 2013-2014. Three programs--Oregon, Pennsylvania Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program (HSSAP), and Wisconsin Head Start--now meet the requirement that assistant teachers have at least a Child Development Associate credential thanks to the increased requirements of the Head Start program, which apply to these programs. Two Pennsylvania programs that had previously lost benchmarks regained them this year as temporary moratoria on professional development were lifted. In two additional changes, West Virginia met the benchmark for lead teacher Bachelor degree after a gradual phase in of increased requirements, and Michigan met the benchmark for site visits. Recent updates include: (1) Total state funding for pre-K programs increased by more than $116 million across the 40 states plus D.C. that offered pre-K for the full 2013-2014 year, a 1 percent increase in real dollars; (2) State pre-K funding per child increased by $61 (inflation-adjusted) from the previous year to $4,125; (3) In January 2014, Mississippi became the first state in four years not yet funding pre-K statewide to create a new program; (4) State funding per child for pre-K increased by at least one percent in 19 of the 41 states with programs, when adjusted for inflation; (5) Only 15 states could be verified as providing enough per-child funding to meet all 10 benchmarks for quality standards; (6) More than 1.3 million children attended state-funded pre-K, 1.1 million at age 4; (7) Enrollment increased by 8,535 children. Four percent of 3-year-olds and 29 percent of 4-year-olds were served in statefunded pre-K, representing a slight increase in percent of 4-year-olds served; (8) Combining general and special education enrollments, 32.4 percent of 4-year-olds and 7.4 percent of 3-year-olds are served by public pre-K; (9) Seventeen states increased enrollment, with increases ranging from 1 percent in Nevada to 63 percent in Rhode Island. Sixteen states reduced enrollment, from 1 percent in Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas, to 16 percent in Alaska; (10) An unprecedented seven programs improved their quality standards and gained against NIEER's Quality Standards Benchmarks checklist; (11) Five states (now including Mississippi) plus one of Louisiana's three programs continue to meet all 10 benchmarks for state pre-K quality standards. Seventeen states met eight or more; and (12) More than half a million children, or 40 percent of nationwide enrollment, were served in programs that met fewer than half of the quality standards benchmarks.