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House Human Services narrows pre-K working group, votes to include two paid lived-experience participants
Summary
The House Human Services panel agreed to limit the core working group on child-reporting and pre-K policy to about 13 members, remove one listed office and add two paid participants with lived experience funded by DCF; members also set consultative roles for Parent Child Centers and the Child Development Division.
The House Human Services chair opened the session with an update on pre-K and said the panel wants its work reflected in the pending education bill as it moves through Ways and Means and appropriations. The chair said the panel will seek to ensure the bill preserves the committee’s prior policy decisions and emphasized representation for mandated reporters and education staff.
Committee members agreed to structure the effort in two tiers: a core working group of roughly 13 people who will meet and a broader consultative list. The chair said DCF indicated it would fund stipends for two people with…
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