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Children’s committee raises broad child-care support proposal, moves it out on roll call
Summary
The Connecticut General Assembly Committee on Children voted to raise a bill proposing a workforce child-care fund, a 7% cap on child-care costs, wage requirements, capital grants and a centralized enrollment center; the measure passed on a roll-call vote after members requested a recorded tally.
Hartford — The Connecticut General Assembly Committee on Children voted on Tuesday to raise an act concerning child-care support for Connecticut’s workforce, sending the concept forward after a roll-call vote.
The measure, described to the committee as a package assembled from public- and private-sector advocates, would create a workforce child-care fund, cap child-care costs at 7% of annual household income, set wage requirements, fund workforce development initiatives and capital improvement grants,…
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