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Senate committee restores statutory child-care staff-to-child ratios and expands older-age ratios
Summary
A committee amendment to House Bill 243 restored statutory staff-to-child ratios, tightened operational counting rules and increased maximum class sizes by one child for several age groups; the committee returned the bill to the Senate floor as amended without recommendation.
The Senate Committee of the Whole amended provisions in House Bill 2 43 to restore statutory staff-to-child ratios, clarify counting rules for staff and attendance, and adjust maximum group sizes for several age groups.
The committee’s amendment keeps the existing ratio for infants under 2 at 6-to-1, raises the ratio for 2-to-3 year-olds from 8-to-1 to 9-to-1, increases the 3-to-5 age group from 12-to-1 to 13-to-1, and raises the 5-and-up group from 24-to-1 to 25-to-1 while explicitly allowing…
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