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Department of Early Learning and Care details IT projects, staffing requests and transparency work during SB 5514 hearing
Summary
The Department of Early Learning and Care told the Senate Ways and Means subcommittee on education that it is continuing agency stand-up work, seeking staffing and maintenance-and-operations funding for IT systems and proposing literacy and mental-health investments tied to Senate Bill 5514.
The Department of Early Learning and Care told the Joint Committee on Ways and Means - Subcommittee on Education on March 6 that it is continuing foundational work after agency launch and is seeking staff and maintenance funding to support new IT systems and expanded programs tied to Senate Bill 5514.
The agency presented its transparency and communications work and a slate of IT investments it says are critical to operations. "We've been very intentional about being iterative, being thoughtful and methodical as we grow our agency," said Alyssa Chatterjee, Director of the Department of Early Learning and Care.
Chatterjee and Cooper Brown, deputy director of operations, described a recent website and data dashboards that provide accounting-level views of programs including OPK (Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten), Preschool Promise and ERDC (Employment Related Day Care), plus a safety portal that allows families to…
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