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CT lawmakers want $100 million for child care 'trust fund'

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Bipartisan group of Connecticut lawmakers want to use state money to seed and sustain a trust fund. The fund would be designated solely to cover early childhood education. Private donations, local and federal grants and other public and private contributions could augment the fund. State Comptroller Sean Scanlon, whose office oversees the trust fund, said there is currently no money in that fund.

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CT lawmakers want $100 million for child care 'trust fund'

A bipartisan group of Connecticut lawmakers wants to use state money to seed and sustain a trust fund designated solely to cover early childhood education. The proposal, House Bill 5002, would direct an initial $50 million in bond funding and up to $50 million more from the state’s projected budget surplus this fiscal year into the Early Childhood Care and Education Fund. Private donations, local and federal grants and other public and private …

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