In 1997, New York State lawmakers passed the Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) legislation, a bold new approach to early childhood education. It established new part-day Pre-K programs that were free and open to all four-year-olds. Today, the state invests $414 million annually in Pre-K, which serves more than 100,000 children in public schools and community settings. The state of New York's Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) initiative represented a bold departure from previous early childhood policies, calling for universal access and new funding. As the state's largest single investment of its own revenues in early learning and development, the time has come to build on this success. The Center for Children's Initiatives prepared this report on behalf of the Winning Beginning NY coalition. The report includes data and lessons learned in the first 12 years of Pre-K implementation. Eleven recommendations are summarized in this report which are intended to help state officials revise UPK legislation so that the state's investment is better coordinated with other funding to make more efficient use of community resources and thereby produce better outcoes for children. They are also intended to fulfill the original promise of universal access. [This report was produced by Winning Beginning NY, which is co-convened by the Center for Children's Initiatives, the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy, the Early Care & Learning Council, and the New York State Association for the Education of Young Children.]