The Appropriations Subcommittee on My LEAP voted 2–1 to adopt the S‑1 amendment and report Senate Bill 164 after reviewing budget changes that include a roughly $40 million one‑time state payment to meet federal maintenance‑of‑effort requirements and a shift from post‑pay to a prepay provider payment model, the committee heard at its meeting.

The action affects both the bill’s early‑childhood childcare funding and the higher‑education components of the My LEAP package. "It is a huge part of our economy," the chair said, describing My LEAP as covering "the higher education component and then ... the child's early childhood component" and stressing that childcare availability ties to workforce development.

The committee’s clerk presented the subcommittee recommendation, saying, "The Miley proposal for the full Appropriations Subcommittee includes a 14.3% gross increase from $643,000,000 to $736,000,000. Of that, general fund will be increased 66.2% from 136,500,000.0 to 226,900,000.0." The clerk also reported line‑item adjustments the subcommittee added to the governor’s baseline, including a $63,000,000 increase in general‑fund childcare gap‑fill and a $23,000,000 boost for childcare development and care programs to increase provider pay for infant and toddler care.

Committee members and staff discussed two maintenance‑of‑effort items required to preserve federal funding. According to the clerk, one requirement will shift provider payments from post‑pay to prepay, which the department estimates will cost roughly $38,500,000 to complete the transition within a single fiscal year. The clerk said a second requirement — demonstrating state contracts to provide childcare in underserved areas — accounts for about $1,500,000, and the two items together are intended to total about $40,000,000 one time.

The subcommittee also adjusted higher education line items discussed as part of My LEAP. The clerk said the subcommittee replaced a $15,000,000 governor’s recommendation for college success and wrap‑around services with a $16,000,000 appropriation that explicitly includes $1,000,000 for "hunger free campuses." The re‑enrollment pilot received $2,000,000 in the proposal. The clerk reported that a dual‑enrollment line item would be removed from the department’s base budget and replaced by a one‑time appropriation described in the record as "$10,000 for bridal enrollment task force." (The committee record uses the wording quoted above.)

The subcommittee also included nearly $4,000,000 in expansion grants intended to help Head Start providers expand into full‑service childcare if they choose to do so and noted a new private authorization at $750,000.

Senators Baker and Kleinfeld voted yes to adopt the S‑1 amendment and to report SB 164; Senator Albert voted no on both measures. The clerk recorded the S‑1 adoption as "2 yeas and 1 no" and the subsequent report of SB 164 with the same tally.

Committee members approved two sets of draft minutes without objection during the meeting: minutes from March 13 (approved earlier in the session) and a subsequent set from March 31.

Discussion in the meeting focused on the need to expand childcare slots by expanding the provider base and on the fiscal mechanics of meeting federal rules; the committee did not take additional policy directions beyond the budget motions recorded.