Sacramento, CA—Today the Senate Committee on Human Services voted unanimously SB 1307, authored by Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park). SB 1307 incentivizes employment in early childhood education by making early childhood education (ECE) workers eligible for state subsidized child care.
California is facing a shortage of ECE workers due to, in part, the high cost of childcare for ECE workers’ own children. Unaffordable childcare discourages many from joining or staying in the ECE workforce, further compounding its shortage.