“EXPAND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE STATE.”

Legislation that Senator Bill Ferguson and I introduced had that purpose.

It would be one of the permitted uses of money in the Education Trust Fund.

No action has been taken on either of our bills.

However, that language was amended onto the slots bill that just passed the Senate. (Amendments are in ALL CAPS.)

Now it’s our job to try to strengthen that amendment in the House so that a certain amount of the money in the Education Trust Fund must be used for this purpose.

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Before another of my bills was heard in the House, a representative of an affected interest group shared with me some concerns.

No amendment was proposed by this group, and my bill has passed the House.

I don’t want an amendment to be offered at the Senate hearing on my legislation without knowing about it in advance.

So I called the representative. I was promised language to discuss by day’s end.

It’s better to be informed than surprised.