During Thursday’s voting session, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to pass an amended version of a bill aimed at easing requirements for home-based early education programs to open. House Bill 1195 is a two-part bill that addresses zoning issues affecting home-based care and small child care centers. The first part of the bill […]
No one likes to deal with or pay for insurance, and child care providers are no exception. Under state licensing rules, early care and education programs are required to have liability insurance or disclose to parents that they are uninsured. Having a liability policy protects high-risk businesses, but expensive and hard-to-find plans are hurting an […]
This week, the New Hampshire House of Representatives is expected to vote on at least 180 bills to meet the deadline for legislation that will not go to a second committee. The House will vote on a handful of child care-related bills, including those on the child care workforce grant program, child-to-teacher ratios, and zoning […]
In a busy day at the State House, the New Hampshire Senate and House of Representatives voted on a handful of critical child care bills Thursday, including funding for the child care workforce grant program, tax credits, and increasing state scholarship eligibility. After extended debate and communication with the state’s congressional delegation, the Senate voted […]
Renovations to the largest child care center in New Hampshire have caught the attention of local and national officials. The Merrimack YMCA Early Education Center, a branch of the YMCA of Greater Nashua, hosted U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan on Monday for a tour, a month after a visit from Gov. Kelly Ayotte for the ribbon-cutting […]
Ayotte pitched tax credits for businesses with child care. Here’s how it’s going in the Legislature.
In her State of the State speech, New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte called the rising cost of child care a “downward pressure” on families. Her solution: giving businesses tax credits so they can create their own. “I would like to see a tax credit for companies investing in child care for their workforce, to incentivize […]
The New Hampshire House of Representatives advanced a bill Thursday that would expand on federal child data protection laws, despite a representative’s protest that the hearing was inadequate. In a 214-145 Republican-led vote, the House passed House Bill 1460, which prohibits social media applications and websites from selling location and other sensitive data of underage […]
The New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would make it easier for New Hampshire providers and families to understand where they are in the child care scholarship process. While voting on the consent calendar — a group of bills considered noncontroversial and acted upon with a single vote — the House […]
Opening a home-based child care program is on the path to becoming easier for providers. The House Committee on Municipal and County Government heard testimony Tuesday for legislation that would tackle a small piece of New Hampshire’s child care availability issue. House Bill 1195 seeks to address local zoning issues affecting family child care and […]
Lawmakers in Concord were busy Thursday. Following Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s State of the State address, the New Hampshire State Senate voted on a slew of bills during its session, including Senate Bill 460. SB 460 would prohibit tier II and tier III sex offenders who are registered because of crimes against children under the age […]