Lawmakers back study to fix mixed‑delivery pre‑K implementation challenges
House Bill 14 75 would charge the Office of Child Care advisory council with studying barriers to private‑provider participation in the Blueprint’s mixed‑delivery pre‑K model and recommending solutions, sponsors and witnesses told the Ways and Means Committee.
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Delegate Jessica Feldmark presented House Bill 14 75 to direct the Office of Child Care (OCC) advisory council to analyze the mixed‑delivery pre‑K model and recommend changes to improve private‑provider participation. Feldmark and a coalition of providers, associations and county nonprofits said the mixed‑delivery model is essential to reach universal pre‑K but that current grant timing, reimbursement practices, regulatory inconsistencies and administrative burdens limit private providers’ ability to participate.
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