House Education Early Childhood Subcommittee Thursday, Mar 19, 2026

House Early Childhood Committee · March 19, 2026

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Call to order and committee purpose

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Committee chair called the meeting to order and framed the committee's purpose: get regular updates on early childhood (licensing, access, quality, workforce and funding) rather than detailed adequacy hearings. Chair cited two new reports (US Chamber; Women's Foundation) highlighting a childcare crisis and large estimated economic losses ($865 million annually and about $200 million in lost tax revenue) attributed to lack of childcare capacity.

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The House early childhood committee heard an update from the Office of Early Childhood and the Department of Education on childcare programs, funding, a planned market-rate survey and cost analysis, program slots and wait lists, and communication and workforce issues.

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