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Council introduces bills to expand child-care property tax credit and clarify coordinating entity roles
Summary
The council introduced a bill to increase the child-care property tax credit and a companion measure to reauthorize and clarify the early care and education coordinating entity’s responsibilities, citing a decline in licensed providers and the need to strengthen child-care infrastructure.
Montgomery County Council members introduced two measures on June 17 to bolster child-care capacity: an expansion of a property tax credit for child-care providers and a reauthorization and role-clarification for the county’s Early Care and Education Coordinating Entity.
Council President Kate Stewart, the lead sponsor of expedited bill 21‑25, said the proposal would increase the maximum property tax credit for child-care facilities from $3,000 to $10,000, remove an outdated post‑1987 eligibility restriction, and…
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