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Senate passes overhaul of Working Connections Child Care, tying payments to attendance
Summary
The Washington State Senate adopted committee amendments and passed substitute House Bill 2689 to change provider payment to attendance-based rates, require subsidy rates reach at least the 70th market-rate percentile, and remove scheduled income-eligibility expansions in 2029 and 2031. The bill passed 33-16.
The Washington State Senate on March 11 passed substitute House Bill 2689, a package of changes to the Working Connections Child Care program that ties provider payments to attendance, sets a minimum subsidy-rate target and rolls back planned eligibility expansions.
Senator Tess Robinson, sponsor of the striking committee amendment adopted on the floor, said the measure will pay providers "by attendance, the number of days that a child is in their care" and that subsidy rates are calibrated to achieve "at least the 70th percentile of a market rate." Robinson urged colleagues to support the amended bill.
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