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Child‑care providers press for peer‑review appeals and a worker‑childcare program in budget talks
Summary
Providers from the CEO Project and small centers urged senators to restore a peer‑review appeal process for licensing decisions and to add Senate Bill 177 (free childcare for child‑care workers) to the budget to address staff shortages and protect small providers.
Several child‑care owners and advocates testified that regulatory due process and worker supports are needed to prevent closures and expand capacity.
Why it matters: Providers said ambiguous licensing enforcement and lack of an appeal mechanism risk closure of small centers; they also argued that allowing child‑care workers to access free childcare for their own children (Senate Bill 177) would stabilize…
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