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Committee advances childcare bill to allow multi-site licensing, expand school-based care
Summary
Lawmakers advanced House Bill 1253 to permit multi-site childcare licensing, allow school-based childcare for nonemployee children and extend waiver durations from two to three years; the committee voted to recommit the bill to appropriations.
Lawmakers advanced House Bill 1253, a measure aimed at increasing childcare capacity by reducing regulatory burden on providers. The committee voted to move the bill with a recommendation to recommit to the appropriations committee.
Representative Heiney, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee the proposal responds to a shortage of childcare across the state: of roughly 326,000 children needing care, only 62% can access a facility, and average annual costs are high, about $12,600 for…
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