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Committee advances bill to make temporary childcare aide supervision flexibility permanent
Summary
The Committee of Children and Families Finance and Policy adopted a DE1 amendment and voted to refer House File 1247 to the General Register. The bill would remove a July 2025 sunset and allow classroom aides to supervise children independently for up to 25% of the day under existing guardrails.
House File 1247, carried by Representative Nadeau, was amended and advanced out of the Committee of Children and Families Finance and Policy Wednesday, sending the bill to the General Register.
The bill would make permanent a temporary change enacted in 2023 that allows classroom aides to supervise children independently for up to 25 percent of the day. Representative Nadeau said the language ‘‘removes that sunset’’ that otherwise would have ended the flexibility in July 2025 and that the Department of Human Services ‘‘was asked if this flexibility had created any data related to negative health or safety impacts in the 18 months…
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