SB 68 Summary

• Establishes 188 regular full-time employees for the Department of Human Services - Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education for fiscal year 2020-2021, including 1 Director, 3 Assistant Directors, and various specialists and coordinators across multiple grade levels.

• Authorizes 13 temporary or part-time employees ("Extra Help") at rates not exceeding the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act for the same fiscal year.

• Appropriates $22,820,823 for operations including $7,674,117 for regular salaries, $2,765,944 for personal services matching, $5,124,240 for operating expenses, and $6,946,304 for professional fees.

• Appropriates $104,450,954 in federal funds for child care development discretionary grants ($33,445,681) and child care food program ($71,005,273).

• Appropriates additional state and cash funds totaling $39,342,827 for child care grants ($39,306,047), loan guarantees and grants ($36,786), commodity distribution ($139,676), and a $2,000,000 grant to Save the Children for statewide after school and early childhood programs.