House Committee of Reference Report

Committee on Education

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April 23, 2026

After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:

SB26-020     be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee on Finance with favorable recommendation:

Page 1, Line 1Amend reengrossed bill, page 6, line 15, strike "center;" and substitute

Page 1, Line 2"center serving a rural area; and".

Page 1, Line 3Page 6, strike lines 16 and 17.

Page 1, Line 4Reletter succeeding sub-subparagraph accordingly.

Page 1, Line 5Page 6, strike lines 22 and 23 and substitute:

Page 1, Line 6"(A)  A child care provider from a licensed family child

Page 1, Line 7care home;".

Page 1, Line 8Page 7, line 2, before "representative" insert "multilingual".

Page 1, Line 9Page 7, line 4, after "providers;" insert "and".

Page 1, Line 10Page 7, strike lines 5 through 7 and substitute:

Page 1, Line 11"(C)  A representative of a licensed child care center;".

Page 1, Line 12Page 7, strike lines 10 through 12.

Page 1, Line 13Reletter succeeding sub-subparagraphs accordingly.

Page 1, Line 14Page 7, strike lines 20 and 21 and substitute "environment.".

Page 1, Line 15Page 9, lines 9 and 10, strike "education committees of the house of

Page 1, Line 16representatives and the senate," and substitute "health and human

Page 2, Line 1services and education committees of the house of

Page 2, Line 2representatives, the health and human services and education

Page 2, Line 3committees of the senate,".