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House adopts resolution ordering study of early childhood education, adds amendment to include private equity in review
Summary
The House adopted House Resolution 363 directing the Joint State Government Commission to study Pennsylvania's early childhood education system, explicitly including public and private equity providers after an amendment from Representative McNeil was agreed to.
The House of Representatives on June 23 adopted House Resolution 363, directing the Joint State Government Commission to study Pennsylvania's early childhood education system and to examine the role of public and private equity in child care.
Representative McNeil offered amendment A03758 to ensure that public-sector providers, private-sector childcare providers and private-equity sector providers are all included in the study. "This is an agreed to amendment. I encourage a yes vote," McNeil said. The amendment was adopted by recorded vote (ayes 191, nays 11). The resolution then passed as amended (ayes 186, nays 16).
Sponsors described the study as a vehicle to make recommendations to increase access to affordable, high-quality care statewide. The resolution does not itself appropriate funds or change regulations; it directs the commission to report findings and recommendations for possible legislative or administrative action.
