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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5766
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2279
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. COMEY, 102nd Dist.
REP. SIMMONS, 144th Dist.
REP. FARRAR, 20th Dist.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE
EXPANSION OF AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY CHILD CARE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to establish a task force to study 1
and make recommendations concerning issues relating to the expansion 2
of affordable, quality child care in the state, such as (1) lost labor market 3
participation due to the shortage of affordable child care, (2) the cost of 4
providing high-quality child care, (3) the salaries of providers of child 5
care and early childhood educators, (4) the cost of expanding or 6
increasing child care subsidies, (5) the causes and factors that limit the 7
supply of child care, (6) the types of child care that are most needed, (7) 8
how these issues have been addressed in other states and countries, and 9
(8) how child care systems have been financed in the state. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a task force to study and make recommendations
concerning the expansion of affordable and quality child care.