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Committee backs plan to retrofit state building into child‑care center, reserving half the slots for state employees
Summary
Senator Escamilla’s SB 248 would retrofit the Tax Commission warehouse on 1950 West into a public–private child‑care center; the state would fund retrofits and reserve 50% of approximately 200 slots for state employees, military and local residents. The committee favorably recommended the bill 5–3.
Senator Escamilla presented SB 248 as a targeted public–private partnership to expand child‑care capacity by retrofitting a state‑owned building. The sponsor said the state will pay for retrofitting and lease the space while a private employer contracts with a licensed Utah child‑care provider to operate the center.
“We already own the building and [will] create this public private partnership to expand childcare capacity by retrofitting an existing state owned building,” Escamilla said. He said the project is intended to ease…
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