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Commerce Committee amends and passes childcare regulatory bill, limits school re-inspections and narrows youth-program age definition
Summary
The House Commerce Committee voted to pass HB 2294 after approving two amendments that remove duplicate fire-inspection requirements for school-based youth programs and narrow the bill’s definition of child to exclude 18-year-olds with individualized programs.
The House Commerce Committee voted to pass House Bill 2294, a measure that overhauls childcare regulation and establishes a Kansas Office for Early Childhood, after approving two amendments that narrow the bill's scope on fire inspections and age definitions.
Representative Wasinger, the amendment sponsor, told the committee the first amendment “seeks to clarify that youth development programs and school age programs operating in schools that comply with the applicable fire code are not subject to additional fire inspection.” The amendment…
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