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Committee hears plan to move Children’s Cabinet into governor’s office; Armstrong budget and Senate Bill 2176 propose different funding levels
Summary
The Appropriations — Education and Environment Committee heard from Maria Nesit about plans to move the Children’s Cabinet into the governor’s office and the differing funding levels in the Armstrong budget and Senate Bill 2176.
The Appropriations — Education and Environment Committee heard from Maria Nesit, chief of staff to Lieutenant Governor Strinden and senior adviser to Governor Armstrong, about administrative changes and funding for the Children’s Cabinet.
Nesit told the committee the Children’s Cabinet was created by Senate Bill 2313 in 2019 to coordinate cross‑system work affecting children and families (juvenile justice, mental-health services, child welfare, education and other systems). She said the Armstrong administration proposes shifting administration of the cabinet into the governor’s office to increase focus, accelerate…
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