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  "path": "/2026/03/12/house-approves-slew-of-child-care-bills/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-12T04:52:55.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "Education",
    "Gov & Politics",
    "child care scholarship",
    "Del. Aletheia McCaskill",
    "Del. Ben Barnes",
    "Del. Jason Buckel",
    "Del. Julie Palakovich Carr",
    "early childhood education",
    "Sen. Nancy King"
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  "textContent": "The House approved three child care bills Wednesday, including measures to lift a yearlong freeze on enrollment in a state child care scholarship program for as many as 3,700 families on a 5,000-family waitlist.",
  "title": "House approves trio of child care bills, as new scholarship enrollments remain frozen"
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