In a July 24th piece, Bryce Covert writes on the recently passed child care legislation in Kentucky, capturing consensus solutions from the Kentucky Collaborative on Child Care, a partnership initiative with Convegrence, the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, and Lift a Life Novak Family Foundation. Covert highlights the process to consensus, the political implications, and the experiences of the Collaborative members, who represent a wide spectrum of ideologies and sectors, highlighting that,

“The group’s recommendations deeply informed House Bill 6, which became law in April…That it was numbered six is significant, because the House saves its priorities for bills one through ten every year, Aull noted. “Even two years ago, if we had brought up the possibility of a House majority making childcare one of its top ten priority bills, you would have been laughed out of the room,” he said. The bill passed “with overwhelming bipartisan support,” Levison noted.”

The article includes several quotes from participants, including the following,

“Marler, who has worked as a lobbyist on childcare for nearly a decade, said of the report, ‘I have never in all my years working on any policy had that kind of endorsement.'”