Colorado Senate unanimously approves $100 million boost for child care
The Colorado Senate on Friday unanimously passed a bill seeking to invest around $100 million into the child care industry as the state struggles with an acute child care shortage.
Senate Bill 213, which Sens. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, and Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, introduced, would use $50 million of economic recovery and relief money and another possible $50 million in federal funds to pay for staffing, training and expansion of child care facilities.
The measure was on the Senate’s consent calendar – a list on noncontroversial bills that pass with little-to-no debate – and passed without opposition.
The legislation now heads to the House for consideration.
Colorado Politics reporter Hannah Metzger contributed to this report.
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