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Panel considers creating child-care land trust on state trust lands to fund childcare access
Summary
The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee heard testimony on House Bill 1593, which would create a child‑care social equity land trust allowing the Department of Natural Resources to hold and manage lands to generate revenue for childcare grants in childcare deserts and overburdened communities.
The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee heard testimony on House Bill 1593, a proposal to create a child‑care social equity land trust that would authorize the Department of Natural Resources to acquire and manage lands in trust for the benefit of families in childcare deserts and overburdened communities and direct revenues into a new account to support childcare access.
Lily Smith, staff to the committee, told members the bill is substantially similar to a prior proposal and explained key mechanics: DNR would be authorized to acquire and hold lands meeting specified criteria (for example, lands at risk of conversion to non-forested uses), revenues from activities on those lands would be deposited into a new account after a DNR management fee, and the Department of Commerce would—subject to…
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