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Senators debate amendment to allow home child-care providers to operate on transitional credentials
Summary
A proposed amendment would let family child‑care homes open with ECE 1 credentials and use a renewable transitional license (up to six years in the draft) to reach ECE 2 education standards; committee members debated shortening the period to four years and added reporting requirements.
Senator Bongarts presented a floor amendment on March 19 to allow family child‑care homes to open with an ECE 1 credential and to be treated as ECE 2 for licensure while they complete additional education. The amendment would create a renewable transitional license — originally set as a two‑year period renewable twice for a total of six years — to expand home child‑care availability, especially in rural areas with workforce shortages.
Proponents said the change lowers the upfront barrier to opening a home center and could increase providers in locations where population density makes a brick‑and‑mortar center impractical. “It…
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