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Panel keeps school-based childcare changes, removes multi-site licensing from deregulation bill
Summary
The committee amended and advanced House Bill 1253, removing the bill’s multi-site licensing provision while retaining other changes that allow schools to provide childcare to nonemployee children; the amended bill passed unanimously in committee.
The Appropriations Committee advanced an amended House Bill 1253 after the sponsor agreed to remove a provision that would have allowed a single license to cover multiple childcare sites. Representative Heiney, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure’s primary goals are to allow schools to offer childcare to nonemployee children and to streamline administrative burden where possible.
The committee adopted Amendment No. 2, which removes the multi-site licensing language. Supporters argued the change would preserve public health…
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