Call your State Representative - Support the Early Childhood Policy Bill
Early Childhood Policy Bill Set for House Vote on May 5
From Ready 4 K
We’re heading into the final days of the 2010 Legislative Session, and your help is needed today!
Update:
We are tracking several key pieces of legislation, including an Omnibus Early Childhood Policy Bill and budget bills for Education and Health & Human Services. The House and Senate HHS budget bills “capture” $7.5 million of Basic Sliding Fee “unspent” funds from 2009 that were slated to be redistributed to counties with child care waiting lists. The Senate also adopts the governor’s 5% cut to the base funding of Basic Sliding Fee child care assistance. We are pleased, however, that neither of the bodies recommended a cut to child care provider reimbursement rates. Most of the provisions in the Early Childhood Policy Bill are also included in the budget bills.
To view more details about the bills, and to track their progress, check out our omnibus bill tracker. You can also track our activity by following Ready 4 K on Twitter. As the budget bills make their way through the conference committee process, we will fight to ensure that deeper cuts to early childhood are not made, and will be calling on you to contact the members of the conference committees. So stay tuned for another Action Alert on that issue.
Action Needed:
The Early Childhood Policy Bill will be up for a vote on Wednesday May 5 on the House floor, and your Representative needs to hear from you! Since the vote is coming up right away, please CALL your Representative. Click the Act Now button for more details and a sample message. Then, when you click on Send Message, your Representative’s phone number will appear. You can also find out who represents you here. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR YOUNGEST CITIZENS.
Deadline for responding: Please take action by Wednesday May 5th.