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Committee approves voluntary option for licensed childcare workers to join teacher retirement system
Summary
Senate Bill 148, presented by Senator English, would allow licensed childcare providers who accept state or federal early childhood funds to voluntarily participate in the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS). The joint committee voted to pass the bill after testimony from ATRS staff and childcare advocates.
The joint Public Retirement & Social Security Programs committee passed Senate Bill 148, which would permit licensed early childhood providers that accept state or federal childcare funds to voluntarily participate in the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System.
Senator English presented the bill as a voluntary, optional program for both employers and workers intended to increase recruitment and retention of childcare workers by giving them access to ATRS…
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