child care
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Colorado House approves scaled-back effort to eliminate lead in water at schools, daycares
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A bill to crack down on lead-contaminated drinking water in Colorado schools and daycares passed the state House Wednesday, but only after significant revisions narrowed the scope of the legislation. As drafted, House Bill 1358 would have required schools and child care facilities to install filters on all drinking water sources, provide bottle filling stations…
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Panel unanimously advances bill to invest $100 million in Colorado’s child care industry
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A state Senate panel unanimously advanced legislation to invest around $100 million into the child care industry as Colorado struggles through an unprecedented child care shortage. If enacted, Senate Bill 213 would use $50 million of economic recovery and relief money and another possible $50 million in federal funds to pay for staffing, training and…
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Bipartisan bill seeks to invest $100 million in Colorado’s child care industry
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As Colorado struggles through an unprecedented child care shortage, state lawmakers seek to invest $100 million into the industry with a new bipartisan bill. Introduced on Tuesday, Senate Bill 213 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…
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Democrats advance regulations to eliminate lead in drinking water in schools, daycares
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Democrats advanced regulations Tuesday to crack down on lead-contaminated drinking water in schools and daycares, passing the proposed bill out of its first committee. If enacted, House Bill 1358 would require schools and child care facilities to install filters on drinking water sources, provide bottle filling stations and annually test drinking water for lead. The…
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House committee approves bill exempting nonprofit child care centers from property tax
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Nonprofit child care centers in Colorado wouldn’t have to pay property taxes under legislation a state House committee advanced on Tuesday in the hopes of reducing costs and improving access. House Bill 1006 aims to modify current law that allows property owned and operated by nonprofit child care centers to be exempt from property taxes. The bill…
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Truth Test: So about Polis’ push for universal kindergarten …
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis cut an ad featuring his son arguing that child care is really expensive. If you aren’t sure how true that is, find a parent and ask. Polis is trying to sell you on the idea that he’s the guy to fix that. CLAIM: “I’m running on a platform of bringing…
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This Week at the Capitol: March 12-16
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Here are the legislative committee hearings of note for the week ahead at the Colorado Capitol. Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website. Click here and scroll down to committee hearings to listen online. Some of the hottest bills of the session (civil rights, PERA reform) are up this week.…
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With promise of federal money, more low-income Coloradans could get help with child care
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Thousands of additional Colorado families might be able to pay for child care if a federal spending bill due in March fulfills the pledge of a recently approved budget deal. That’s because the deal, passed by Congress and signed by President Trump earlier this month, promised new money for a subsidy program that helps low-income…
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A giant leap: How one Colorado community plans to double its child care spots in three years
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It sounds a little like a car race, but it’s more like a care race. Child Care 8,000 is one Colorado county’s ambitious new effort to create thousands of new licensed child care slots and significantly improve the quality of its child care programs over the next three years. The initiative in Mesa County has…
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A caucus at the Capitol for Colorado’s kids
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The 2018 Colorado Children’s Caucus – a series of seminars briefing state lawmakers on issues likes child abuse and neglect and children’s homelessness – comes to the Capitol starting Monday, Feb. 12. Hosted by the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center and sponsored by Noble Energy, the caucus bills itself as, “a forum for all members of the Colorado…
