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Committee hears bill to create rural childcare stabilization and support payments
Summary
Representative Purcell introduced House File 27‑32 to create a rural childcare stabilization and support payments program modeled on existing compensation supports; rural providers and owners testified that additional, flexible funding would help keep small‑town programs open.
Representative Kelly Purcell presented House File 27‑32, a proposal to establish a rural childcare stabilization and support payments program modeled on the Great Start Compensation Support Program, with funding uses expanded to include rent, equipment, training, compensation and benefits for providers in small cities.
Purcell told the committee the program structure mirrors the compensation support program already in place and that subdivision 7 would expand eligible uses to help rural programs cover operating costs. She said the bill does not include a fixed…
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