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Child-care records, audits and reporter door-knocking prompt debate over privacy and oversight
Summary
Reporters and lawmakers sparred over door-to-door checks of taxpayer-subsidized child-care centers, Senate Bill 5926’s proposed records exemption, and an allegation of deleted state records; leaders urged reporting to DCYF and said audits and oversight mechanisms exist but some questioned follow-up on past audit findings.
A sustained exchange at the media availability focused on child-care oversight, proposed public-records exemptions and recent reporting that alleged missing or unverified taxpayer-subsidized childcare operations.
Speaker 11 raised Senate Bill 5926, described in the availability as a proposed public-records exemption intended to protect privacy and safety for childcare providers in nonresidential settings. Speaker 4 said she had not tracked the bill and that it had not been referred to her committee; she offered to…
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