Read MA's Special Legislative Early Education and Care Economic Review Commission Final Report

Last year, the Massachusetts Special Legislative Early Education and Care Economic Review Commission was formed. This week they released their final report which you can read here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-SjLTTCJ6WTbCMHhgLuVV3WkmVh1DZas/view?usp=sharing (thanks to Strategies for Children )

Here is a key takeaway from Page 3 of the report that shows how much all their recomendations would cost:

“the Commission developed immediate, short term, and longer-term recommendations by focal area (see Exhibit E-2). Many of the Commission’s recommendations are interdependent. Action is needed across focal areas to build a sustainable, high-quality, and well-functioning early education and care system that is equitable and responsive to family needs. Fully implementing all these recommendations will require upwards of $1.5 billion annually over time. Although the Commission did not address or identify new revenue sources, substantial additional resources will be necessary and will likely require a combination of increased federal funding -- since the federal government currently provides more than 60% of the public funding to the early education and care sector in Massachusetts --as well as increased state funding and/or consideration of other alternative measures, such as requiring businesses of a certain size to provide an employee benefit for early education and care similar to current healthcare requirements.”"