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Committee makes permanent a temporary childcare staffing flexibility
Summary
Senate File 91 would remove a sunset on a staffing flexibility put in place in 2023 that allows aides in licensed child care centers to supervise up to 25% of the day under specific guardrails. The committee adopted a divided A2 amendment and placed the bill on general orders (floor).
The Health and Human Services Committee voted to place Senate File 91, as amended, on general orders after adopting a divided author’s amendment. The bill would make permanent a staffing flexibility enacted in 2023 that allows aides to supervise children for up to 25% of the day under specified safeguards.
Why it matters: Child care providers and owners told the committee the temporary change reduced burnout, lowered overtime and stabilized…
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