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During the pandemic, Congress passed legislation that helped childcare providers keep their centers open and pay their teachers more. That funding expires on June 30.
If the North Carolina General Assembly doesn’t step in to replace that funding, many childcare centers will have to close.
Keisha Sanders, the director of the childcare center Raleigh Nursery, said at a recent roundtable discussion that businesses like Apple, Google, and Amazon, which are spending millions to expand their presence in the state, should also invest in early childhood education.
