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The House Education Committee advanced a technical cleanup of the Department of Early Childhood over four Republican no votes, then unanimously moved a bipartisan bill trimming data-reporting burdens on schools after its sponsor stripped a contested educator-evaluation section.
Key Actions
·Department of Early Childhood Clean-UpPassed
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Notable Quotes
“What specific safeguards ensure that taxpayers are not funding care for individuals who ultimately prove ineligible and how often will the department audit those payments?”
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Votes
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (7)Lori Garcia Sander, Lindsay Gilchrist, Eliza Hamrick, Jacque Phillips, Katie Stewart, Tammy Story, Meghan Lukens
No (4)Mary Bradfield, Ava Flanell, Anthony Hartsook, Dusty Johnson
Excused (2)Jennifer Bacon, Matthew Martinez
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (12)Jennifer Bacon, Mary Bradfield, Ava Flanell, Lori Garcia Sander, Lindsay Gilchrist, Eliza Hamrick, Anthony Hartsook, Dusty Johnson, Jacque Phillips, Katie Stewart, Tammy Story, Matthew Martinez
Excused (1)Meghan Lukens
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Representatives Bacon. Excused. Bradfield. Here. Flannel. Here. Garcia. Sander. Present. Gilchrist. Here. Hamrick. Here. Hartsuk. Here. Johnson. Here. Phillips. Yes. Stuart. Kristen? Here. Story. Here. Martinez. Here. Madam Chair. Here. Okay, our first bill sponsor is here. We are starting with House Bill 1259. Rep. Serota, please tell us about your bill. Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, today I bring you House Bill 1259, which is a cleanup bill for the Department of early childhood. In 2022, I sponsored House Bill 221295 which implemented the universal Pre K program and established the Department of Early Childhood in that endeavor. In addition to starting those two new things, we also moved hundreds of pages of statute. And so within that time and since that bill has been implemented, the department's had the opportunity to identify a number of places in statute that need a little cleanup and improvements to enable better service. So that is what this bill is doing. Within the CCAP program, we are making just a few clarifications, not really changing any policy within the sections that address the universal preschool program. We are ensuring existing licensing, data privacy protections extend across all children…
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