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Committee reviews substitute easing timeline for child care staff qualifications and creating stakeholder group
Summary
Substitute House Bill 16-48 would extend timelines for childcare staff to meet qualification requirements and preserve an experience-based competency pathway; sponsors and providers said the extension removes a barrier that is keeping providers closed or understaffed and urged the committee to pass the substitute.
The House Appropriations Committee heard staff briefing and remote public testimony on substitute House Bill 16-48, which would alter licensing timelines and pathways for child-care staff qualifications.
Staff explained the substitute: instead of a fixed August 2026 deadline, the bill extends the timeline so that staff must meet educational credential requirements within five years of hire or by the August date if later, and preserves an experience-based competency demonstration pathway for providers who have at least five years of…
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