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Massachusetts Senate passes $189 million supplemental to pay childcare providers
Summary
The Senate voted to pass S.2521, a supplemental appropriations bill including about $189 million to cover shortfalls in early education and care provider payments; the measure passed by a recorded roll call with 39 affirmative votes and will be sent to the governor.
The Massachusetts Senate voted Thursday to pass S.2521, a supplemental appropriations bill that includes approximately $189 million intended to cover a shortfall in payments to early education and childcare providers.
The supplemental bill passed on a roll-call vote with 39 senators recorded in the affirmative and none opposed after the Senate adopted the bill's emergency preamble. The Senate clerk recorded multiple members voting "yes," and the measure was described on the floor as time-sensitive to ensure providers receive scheduled June payments.
Why it matters: Senate leaders said the supplemental is needed to make providers whole before the end of the fiscal year on June 30. The chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means described the measure as a time-sensitive appropriation and urged members to approve…
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