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Legislators in favor of the bill said the linkage clause will not resolve the entire child care problem, but will address the major crisis facing parents right now--the space crunch for daycare centers...
...bill, co-sponsored by State Sen. John W. Olver (D-Amherst) and state Rep. Saundra Graham (D-Cambridge), boasts to be the first state-wide effort in the nation to use linkage to increase the number of child care centers...
...proposed bill requires developers of community property over 50,000 sq. ft. to allocate proportional space for a child care fund that will find alternative solutions to the what has been labeled a daycare-problem...
...state bill was modeled from an ordinance adopted in San Francisco in 1985 which linked development of city buildings with the creation of child care centers. Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to enforce state-wide development of such facilities...
...bill was passed with a favorable rating out of committee last summer, and is now in the House Ways and Means Committee awaiting further approval before debate on the House floor. Supporters of the legislation are hopeful the bill will be heard in the statehouse this year, but concede that it will be a "hard, uphill battle," for the proposal to pass...