Proposed Legislative Reforms Would Loosen Regulations on Child Care Staffing and Capacity

Currently, licensed child care centers are rated from one to five stars using a point system based on program and education standards.

Centers that get five stars receive more state and federal dollars than those rated four or three stars.

North Carolina House lawmakers floated the idea of separating quality from payment levels in the chamber's proposed budget last year, but the bill died in the Senate.

House's proposed reforms originally included a directive to decouple the payments from the ratings.

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