Thread by @RaiseColorado

Starting with hearing from some of our sponsors including @AlecGarnett and @EmilyForCO - she is talking about HB22-1295 “this particular stakeholder process has been going on for years, and concludes decades of process”

#EarlyChildhoodEducation #copolitics

https://twitter.com/KaylaQFrawley/status/1504555867445907458

“We are now building and strengthening a mixed delivery and preschool opportunities if trampolines want it” says @EmilyForCO “there is no better time then to get this right” #EarlyChildhoodEducation #HB221295 #betterbeginnings #copolitics

“This is the biggest bill I will ever carry - figuratively and literally” says @EmilyForCO

The bill is near hundreds of pages long.

Can’t wait for all these testimonies from parents and providers! #copolitics #coleg #EarlyChildhoodEducation

Rep Geitner asks about the definition of a ‘community based Preschool Provider’

“A community provider that is not in school districts” says @EmilyForCO

@Bill_Jaeger Anna Joe Haynes & George Davis up next.

“ can this be real? Finally here we are - giving us a chance to establish so much for children and families.” Says Anna Joe Haynes. #EarlyChildhoodEducation

@Bill_Jaeger - says “this reflects a willingness to do big things for children”
#EarlyChildhoodEducation #copolitics #coleg

George Davis, the best testimony, every time #copolitics #coleg #EarlyChildhoodEducation

George Davis stays saying everything important about #earlychildhood at #coleg #copolitics

Amber Bilby is next - home child care provider, and talks about CCAP and yet, community providers aren’t supported - but HB22-1295 will make changes that are substantial beneficial for community providers. #EarlyChildhoodEducation #earlychildcare #copolitics

Diana Herrera - provider tells Committee members that parents have to visit child care providers - when they are pregnant. And even then, there is no guarantee they will find childcare.

On the issues in finding childcare in CO
#EarlyChildhoodEducation
#copolitics

Committee chair gives Anna Joe Haynes credit for working on ECE issues in the state. #EarlyChildhoodEducation 👑 #copolitics

Pamela Harris is next! #EarlyChildhoodEducation #copolitics speaks about the whole process of gathering this data from providers - each county has different eligibility for childcare and different reimbursement rates. Each county pays based on daily attendance #HB221295

“We don’t have an early childhood system” - and “this legislation offers the opportunity to streamline programs and providers” says another testifier. #EarlyChildhoodEducation

Our friends at @DeltaDentalCO are testifying on behalf of HB221295 at #coleg #copolitics - on behalf of a father, and being a community member. COVID has maximized the issues in accessing child care they say! 👏🏾👌🏼🙌🏿

Testifier - answers the questions about what it was like to be on the ECLC.

There were over 600 applications - ended with 56 members.

This was a part of lg process to gather feedback on issues in the #EarlyChildhoodEducation sector

#copolitics #betterbeginnings

Missed this persons name, who is testifying but they have a weather news voice, I can’t explain it, this is a compliment. Sounds so familiar.

Rep Geitner has a lot of questions. What is really cool is the answers are mostly in what’s called SB63 report on the website for the Office of Early Childhood. #copolitics #EarlyChildhoodEducation #coleg

@htritten is next! From @Parent_Possible testifying on behalf of Hb221295 the #EarlyChildhoodEducation department. She calls for the holistic approach - to lessen the burdens on programs, and families. #copolitics

Oh look at this here panel 💕🙌🏼👏🏾

We see you Patty Hernandez!

Patty Hernandez said it!

“Families are choosing between rent and child care”

“Providing everyday early accessible and affordable childcare will provide a better life for any child”

👏🏾👏🏽👏🏼 #copolitics #EarlyChildhoodEducation