A legislative committee has removed $15 million from the governor's proposed budget that would have gone toward grants for child care providers that struggled financially emerging from the pandemic.
The money - a one-time appropriation proposed by the governor - would have replaced federal funds that the state received during the pandemic to help offset the operating costs of providing care during the pandemic.
The state money was intended to help act as a bridge as millions of dollars in federal funding for child care providers came to an end.
The money was included in the governor's recommended $923 . . .
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