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Appropriations committee strips positions from early‑childhood licensure bill, ties implementation to FY27 funding
Summary
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment removing appropriation language and new positions from the early‑childhood educator licensure bill and made the licensure’s effective date contingent on a fiscal‑year 2027 appropriation.
The Vermont Senate Committee on Appropriations approved an amendment to the early‑childhood educator licensure portion of a bill on May 21 that removes section 18 — which included fiscal year 2026–27 appropriations and new position authorizations — and makes the licensure provisions effective only if the Legislature provides an appropriation for fiscal year 2027.
Katie McLennan, Office of Legislative Council, told the committee that the amendment “deletes section 18 of the bill, which had appropriations in the bill for fiscal…
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