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Committee opens interim work group after ERDC bill stalls; advocates urge study of wait list and student access
Summary
The committee received an update on the Employment‑Related Day Care (ERDC) program and a plan to form an interim work group after House Bill 2593 stalled; advocates said students remain underrepresented on ERDC and the name change generated an unexpected systems fiscal estimate.
Chair Hartman opened an informational update on the ERDC program at the close of the Senate Bill 20 discussion and invited Family Forward and AFT Oregon to summarize next steps on House Bill 2593. Delina Binyam, advocacy manager for Family Forward, and Andrea Havercamp, political and legislative organizer for AFT Oregon, briefed the committee on a planned interim work group.
Binyam and Havercamp said House Bill 2593 — which included a name change for Employment‑Related Day Care and a study of program access — did not advance because of a larger fiscal cost that surfaced. They described a…
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