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Lawmakers pass bill loosening child care regulations in effort to expand access — but without adding new funding.

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Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law a bill to deregulate child care centers in hopes of addressing Idaho’s child care shortage crisis.

House Bill 243loosens state-set minimum child-to-staff ratio standards. The bill also preempts local governments from having more stringent child care regulations than issued by the state.

The Idaho House on Wednesday widely passed a bill on a party-line vote to deregulate child care centers in hopes of addressing Idaho’s child care shortage crisis.

How the bill would change Idaho’s child-to-staff child care ratio standards If passed into law, the bill would retain the state’s points-based ratio that only allows up to 12-points ...

The Hechinger Report covers the different ways U.S. states are loosening their child care rules to cut costs and how this could harm young children.

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