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Committee recommends approval of Christie Smith as inaugural director of Kansas Office of Early Childhood
Summary
After a presentation and questions about implementation, staffing and vaccine-exemption language in HB 2045, the committee voted to recommend approval and consent for Christie Smith’s nomination; the nomination moves to the full Senate.
A Senate committee recommended approval of Christie Smith to serve as the inaugural director of the Office of Early Childhood after a presentation of her background and a round of questions from committee members.
Christie Smith told the committee she has more than 20 years of experience strengthening early childhood systems in Kansas, including serving as executive director of Child Care Aware Kansas and as a family preservation director. Referring to House Bill 2045, which creates a consolidated Office of Early Childhood, Smith said her priorities would be to reduce fragmentation across programs, improve data-informed decision making, reduce…
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