Kelly joins with Republican, Democratic lawmakers to back bill centralizing child care programs

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Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and a bipartisan group of Kansas legislators announced Friday  they were working to pass a bill that would centralize child care licensing  and consolidate about 20 existing early childhood programs into one office.

Kelly and the lawmakers - Republican Rep. Laura Williams of Lenexa, Republican Sen. Tory Marie Blew of Great Bend and Democratic Sen. Pat Pettey of Kansas City - are getting behind a bill that would create the Office of Early Childhood.

“By consolidating services, we can better support our youngest Kansans and provide communities . . .

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