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.”"