Do I need to stop the car and come back there?
by jonpelto
Let’s just say it wasn’t one of Connecticut Legislature’s finest moments.
As two news stories today make pretty clear, a “he said/he said” situation has put $127 million in early childhood funding in jeopardy.
The CT Mirror’s article is entitled Childcare providers worry their money held hostage by politics, while CTNewsjunkie’ s story is called Did Early Childhood Bill Fall Victim To Sunday Bow Hunting?
Here’s the PROBLEM (as reported by CTMirror):
“The state budget shifts $127 million in funding from various state agencies into a new Office of Early Childhood Education… But the office was never statutorily created because the bill that did so was never approved by the state House of Representatives or Senate.”
According to the CT Mirror, “Early childcare providers are concerned the money they
