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Ready4K Throughout the 2008 Legislative Session, the early care and education community was given repeated assurance by legislative leaders that funding for early childhood education—which includes child care—would not be cut. Recently, the conference committee for the Supplemental Appropriations Bill voted to accept the Senate's proposal to transfer $9 million out of the Basic Sliding Fee child care appropriation to help solve the budget deficit. (In a typical year, funds unspent by counties due to projections are redistributed to counties with families on child care waiting lists. This $9 million would provide child care to many of the approximately 3,700 families currently on the waiting list.) This approach is a missed opportunity to help families access quality early care and education, and legislators need to hear from you today. Please contact the leaders of the House and Senate: Rep. Margaret Anderson Kelliher (Minneapolis) at 651-296-0171 and Sen. Larry Pogemiller (Minneapolis) at 651-296-7809 and tell them You are disappointed that they have not lived up to their promise not to cut early care and education. Please restore the funding to Basic Sliding Fee child care that was adopted by the budget conference committee. If you are able to make additional calls, contact other legislative leaders:
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