Amendment #652 to H3400

Child Rate Reserve Amendment

Representatives Forry of Boston, Binienda of Worcester, Chan of Quincy, Fox of Boston, Gregoire of Marlborough, Dwyer of Woburn, Cusack of Braintree, Kocot of Northampton, Cariddi of North Adams, Gobi of Spencer, Sannicandro of Ashland, Fresolo of Worcester, Peake of Provincetown, Brady of Brockton, Brodeur of Melrose, Canavan of Brockton, Garballey of Arlington, Keefe of Worcester, Walsh of Boston, Cronin of Easton, Decker of Cambridge, DiNatale of Fitchburg, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Madden of Nantucket, Collins of Boston, Ferguson of Holden, Fernandes of Milford, Garry of Dracut, Hecht of Watertown, Keenan of Salem, Lawn of Watertown, Miceli of Wilmington, Moran of Lawrence, Stanley of Waltham, Pignatelli of Lenox, Schmid of Westport, Toomey of Cambridge, Walsh of Framingham, Ayers of Quincy, Ashe of Longmeadow, Balser of Newton, Benson of Lunenburg, Timilty of Milton, Cutler of Duxbury, Mahoney of Worcester, O'Day of West Boylston, Henriquez of Boston, Swan of Springfield, Nangle of Lowell, Puppolo of Springfield, Rosa of Leominster, Sciortino of Medford, Andrews of Orange, Cantwell of Marshfield, Golden of Lowell, Humason of Westfield, Khan of Newton, Kaufman of Lexington, Basile of Boston, Barrows of Mansfield, Cabral of New Bedford, Michlewitz of Boston, Murphy of Weymouth, Coppinger of Boston, Donato of Medford, Finn of West Springfield, Frost of Auburn, Lewis of Winchester, Parisella of Beverly, Conroy of Wayland and Mark of Peru move to amend the bill in section 2 by inserting after item 1599-0026 the following item:

"1599-0042 For a reserve to further improve the quality, infrastructure and capacity of the early education and care system in the commonwealth; provided further that these funds shall be used to ensure stability in programs funded in items 3000-3050, 3000-4050 and 3000-4060; provided  further, that the increase shall be directed to expenditures for salaries for staff, employee and employer benefit costs; provided further that, payments from this reserve shall be distributed by the department of early education and care to increase reimbursement rates for subsidized early education and school age care; provided further that funds appropriated herein shall be used to  increase such rates by an equal percentage for all said providers………………………….$25,000,000”