Committee review

[CrazyEight]

It's not just 2 under 2. Do you have any young children of your own?? If they are under age 6, they will take up one of your 5 spots. Do you have any daycare children who are 10 or over, just come after school? Right now they don't count in your numbers, but this will make them count until the age of 13. So pretty much all B/A school older kids, who's parents put them in daycare because they're not ready to be home alone, will now be forced to.
Also, the majority of people looking for care are parents of one-year-olds, as that's when mat leave ends. I know multiple caregivers in my city alone that have 3 or 4 under 2 right now. I had 3 under 2 at this time last year. All of those providers will have to terminate 1, 2, or more infants. Those kids will have NOWHERE to go. There was no provision made for parents of multiples. If people have twins, they will have to find a daycare with A) 2 spots currently open, and B) both of those will have to be the 2 infant spots. That will be almost impossible. Those parents will have to split up their babies. Heaven forbid someone has 2 kids close in age, like I did with my older 2, or triplets. It would actually be illegal to have your triplets in the same home daycare.

To use me as an example, my own kids are 6, 5, and 2. If they were these ages next year when the Bill comes in, I would have to terminate 2 dckids because of my 2 younger kids. My husband and I want one more baby. If we do that, I'm looking at at least 3 years of only running on 3 dckids instead of 5, because of the age of my youngest. Those 3 spots will have to be filled by full-time kids, because I can't make a living otherwise, so both of my B/A dckids (ages 6 and 4) will have to go. There is no room in the B/A school program at their schools. There are no other providers that do B/A school in this district. They will have nowhere to go.

As much as this screws over providers trying to make a living, it screws over parents so much more. They won't be able to keep siblings together, they'll have to coordinate schedules with 2 different daycares, and parents that need part-time care or B/A school care will not be able to find it. The fees of the spaces that are available will go through the roof, as providers scramble to afford their bills on less kids. Anyone who thinks this Bill won't create a childcare crisis here just has their head in the sand.