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Committee flags data gaps on UPK and schedules follow-up testimony
Summary
Committee members pressed for enrollment and cost data, requested Emily Byrne provide slides on public-provider costs and UPK enrollment, and agreed to resume statutory-language work next week after receiving supplemental materials.
Members of the Ways & Means committee used the fiscal presentation to identify specific data gaps—most notably exact counts of children enrolled in UPK and state childcare subsidy participation—and requested follow-up testimony and materials.
During questions, Speaker 2 and others asked for up-to-date enrollment figures; the presenter estimated roughly 7,600 children in UPK (about half in private settings) and approximately 11,600 children in the childcare subsidy program but asked to confirm and supply the exact numbers by email. Members also requested slides and evidence from education staff and referenced prior reports from the pre-K implementation committee and outside groups including Building Bright Futures and First Children's Finance.
The committee agreed to pause for the morning and to schedule Emily Byrne for the next series of testimony focused on public-provider cost estimates and statutory language. No votes or formal directives (beyond scheduling and data requests) were recorded.
The next procedural step is a follow-up hearing in which committee staff and education presenters will provide the requested data to inform statutory drafting.
