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EEC staff brief board on FY26 budget variations; fair-share funds and C3 remain central

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EEC CFO and staff reviewed differences among the governor’s, House and Senate FY26 budget proposals, highlighted the role of fair-share supplemental funds and noted that Commonwealth Cares for Children (C3) is level-funded across proposals; staff flagged areas the agency will monitor in conference committee negotiations.

Department of Early Education and Care finance staff briefed the board on FY26 budget proposals from the governor, the House and the Senate and the supplemental fair-share allocations that will affect the department’s line items.

Eric Hansen, EEC chief financial officer, summarized that the governor’s FY26 package proposed continued investments in CPPI planning grants, maintaining CCFA caseload funding and sustaining C3 at $475 million. The Senate largely mirrored…

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