Amendment ID: S2973-36

Amendment 36

Subsidy Eligibility

Ms. Chang-Diaz, Ms. Rausch and Mr. Eldridge move that the proposed new draft be amended in section 14, by striking lines 237 to 262 and inserting in place thereof, the following words:- “Subject to appropriation, the department shall by fiscal year 2030 subsidize the cost of early education and child care services to all families in need of these services, whose income does not exceed 125 per cent of the state median income. In the intervening period, the department shall raise eligibility for income eligible subsidies, in phases and based on available funding in the following manner: first priority shall be provided to those children whose family’s household income is not more than 50 per cent of the state median income or children with a documented disability whose family’s household income is not more than 85 per cent of the state median income and to all children in families who are experiencing homelessness or who are headed by a parent under the age of 20; and provided further, that second priority shall be given to children whose family’s household income is greater than 50 per cent but not more than 85 per cent of the state median income; provided, however, that the department may consider length of time families wait to receive a subsidy; and provided further, that third priority shall be given to children whose family’s household income is above 85 per cent, but not exceeding 100 per cent, of the state median income; and provided further, that fourth priority shall be given to children whose family’s household income is above 100 per cent, but not exceeding 110 per cent, of the state median income; and provided further, that fifth priority shall be given to children whose family’s household income is above 110 per cent, but not exceeding 125 per cent, of the state median income.”