Requesting the establishment of a legislative interim study committee to create a plan to provide universal learning and child care centers and programs

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2019
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2019
3. ✕
   Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill requests that the legislative council establish an interim study committee to create a plan to provide universal comprehensive learning and child care centers and programs for children from zero to age five. The study committee shall address the optimal group sizes and adult-to-child ratios, quality of physical environment, primary caregiving assignments and preparation, continuity and seamless transition to next levels, cultural and familial continuity and optimal levels of participation, and measures for meeting the needs of the individual within the group context; examine the feasibility of combining center-based care and home-based care arrangements; develop and make recommendations for sharing and other arrangements when the local school district lacks capacity; identify and make recommendations for resolution of related transportation issues; examine the feasibility of providing regional incentives to increase collaborative efforts; and review and recommend best practices for outreach.

Full bill text¹

House subcommittee

Named February 18, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Rep. Mary Ann Hanusa R
• Rep. Joel Fry R
• Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines DEmail

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part