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Bill to allow high school juniors and seniors to earn credit for caregiving and child-care work draws broad support
Summary
House Bill 381 would let juniors and seniors earn high school credit for working or volunteering in child care, congregate care and related programs. Proponents from business, health care, early-childhood, and school boards endorsed the proposal as a workforce pipeline measure; informational witnesses answered technical questions.
Representative Ed Butchery introduced House Bill 381, saying the bill recognizes workforce shortages in child care and congregate-care facilities and would let high-school juniors and seniors work or volunteer in those settings while receiving high-school credit.
"This bill puts us all together to allow these juniors and seniors the ability to work or volunteer at these facilities and at the same time receive high school credits for graduation," Representative Ed Butchery said in his opening.
Proponents urged the…
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