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Senate passes bill expanding child-care tax credits and employer childcare incentives
Summary
Senate Bill 89 passed the Georgia Senate to expand tax credits that offset child care costs for families and employers; sponsor framed the measure as a step to help working parents amid sharply rising child-care costs.
ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate on Feb. 19 passed Senate Bill 89, a measure that expands state tax credits aimed at reducing child-care costs for families and increasing incentives for employers who provide childcare for employees.
Sponsor Senator Strickland (40th/2nd) told the chamber the bill grew from a Senate study committee on access to affordable childcare and that it aims to ease the financial burden on working parents. "Families shouldn't have to choose between having a career and being a parent," Strickland said on the floor.
Strickland and committee…
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