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Senators debate S.206 tweak to ease licensing for home child-care centers and committee jurisdiction

Senate Education Committee · March 19, 2026
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Summary

Committee members discussed an amendment to S.206 to allow home child-care operators to open with a level-1 certificate and ramp up to full licensing, and they debated whether early-childhood regulation belongs in the Education Committee or Health & Human Services.

Senate Education Committee members debated a proposed amendment to S.206 that, according to the chair, would let someone open a home child-care center with a level-1 certification and then gain higher certification over time.

"I basically wanna tweak a little bit... allows somebody to open a home center with just the level 1 certification," the committee chair said, describing an…

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