Abundance is the Solution for Affordability

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In childcare, the State Child Care Regulations Index recently published by the Archbridge Institute ranked Minnesota as the 10th most restrictive state for center-based care, which restricts supply and drives up prices. Changes passed in the last legislative session to loosen center staff hiring requirements and raise capacity limits for family childcare help but are only a partial fix.

To meaningfully lower costs, state policymakers should pursue more comprehensive reform and further ease college education requirements for center staff; relax staff-child ratios and group size limits; and enhance flexibility for family childcare. If our regulatory burden matched that of 27th-ranked New Hampshire, do we really think our kids would be in greater danger?

Read the full article at Alpha News.

Read the State Childcare Regulations Index report here.