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Committee backs allowing school‑age childcare grants to pay for transportation
Summary
The Family, Children and Human Affairs committee unanimously advanced House Bill 10 18, which would let programs awarded Indiana’s school‑age childcare (SAC) grants use funds for transportation. Supporters said the change would expand access without creating a new program or appropriation.
Chair Dale Devon opened the committee’s consideration of House Bill 10 18 and invited testimony from providers and nonprofits.
Sam Barnett, with the Indiana After School Network, told the committee the bill is a targeted update to the state’s school‑age childcare grant that would permit programs awarded the grant to use funds for transportation expenses. “This bill modernizes how the school aged childcare project fund may be used by removing outdated transportation limitations,” Barnett…
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