Committee removes proposed ‘deeming’ language for school-based pre-K background checks, asks agencies to continue work
Lawmakers paused a change that would have allowed school-district background checks to be treated as meeting Child Development Division (CDD) requirements for pre-K pre-qualification, citing timing, liability and multi-agency coordination; members will document the issue in the bill cover memo and continue interagency work.
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During a committee meeting on pre-kindergarten policy, lawmakers agreed to remove proposed language that would have deemed school-district background checks sufficient to meet Vermont Child Development Division background-check requirements for pre-qualification of public pre-K programs.
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