Boston Council Resolution Supports Common Start Legislation

Press release from the City of Boston:

April 2, 2021

During this week’s Council meeting, the Council adopted a resolution in support of the Common Start legislation, Bill HD.1960 and SD. 1307. The Common Start legislation would provide a framework to increase public investment in early education and childcare and significantly increase the affordability and quality of early education and child care.

If this legislation is passed, lower-income families would have access to high-quality care free of cost, children will experience increased education attainment and longer-term health benefits, including improvements to brain development.

Additionally, providers will have an increase in public investments to help meet the true cost of providing high-quality care, educator’s salaries will increase, and businesses will have critical support added to the labor pool benefiting recruitment, retention, and productivity.

The resolution offered by Councilor Essaibi-George, the Chair of the Committee on Education, states that COVID-19 has exposed deficiencies in our educational system, especially the early-education system, and this bill would be the beginning of addressing those concerns.

This press release was produced by the City of Boston. The views expressed here are the author’s own.