The lack of available, qualified staff is reducing the overall supply of child care. When a child care program is understaffed, the program must serve fewer children, which means more parents are scrambling to find the care they need to go to work. A key barrier for child care educators is securing child care for their own children.
SB 462 by Sen. Kolkhorst and HB 3807 by Rep. Harris Davila would address that challenge by adding child care workers to the priority list for child care scholarships.
Fourteen Texas groups have released a one-pager explaining and endorsing the legislation:
