OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sHB-5002
AN ACT CONCERNING EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND
EDUCATION.
AMENDMENT
LCO No.: 5440
File Copy No.: 594
House Calendar No.: 407
Primary Analyst: LD 5/3/24
Contributing Analyst(s): ME, EMG (FN)
Reviewer: RW
OFA Fiscal Note
See Fiscal Note Details
The amendment strikes the language of the underlying bill and its
associated fiscal impact, replacing it with language anticipated to result
in the following fiscal impacts described below. Other provisions of the
amendment do not result in a fiscal impact to the state or municipalities.
Section 1 establishes the Early Childhood Care and Education Fund
and requires the Office of the State Treasurer to administer it. A one-
time cost of up to $75,000 is associated with establishing the fund in
accordance with the bill's requirements.
Section 2 establishes the Early Childhood Care and Education Fund
Advisory Commission within the Office of Legislative Management
(OLM) resulting in a potential cost to OLM. This section allows
Commission members to seek travel expense reimbursements or
stipends resulting in a potential minimal cost to OLM to the extent these
are approved and issued by the agency.
Section 3 results in a cost to the Office of Early Childhood (OEC)
beginning in FY 25 to establish the Tri-Share Pilot Matching Program
serving New London County. The bill requires OEC to enter into an
agreement with an administrator, which would receive up to ten
percent of the funds allocated for the program to support administrative 2024HB-05002-R00LCO05440-FNA.docx Page 2 of 2
costs. The extent of the costs to establish and operate the program is
dependent on the scope of the program and the funding available.
Section 4 results in a cost to OEC beginning in FY 25 associated with
establishing and administering a wage supplement and childcare
program enhancement grant. OEC will incur annual staffing costs of
approximately $165,000, with associated fringe benefit costs of
approximately $68,000, to support the administration of the program.
The amendment directs $9 million of the FY 25 Early Care and
Education appropriation within the Office of Early Childhood for this
purpose.
The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely
for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General
Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of
informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is
consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any
specific department.