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As private equity invests in child care, Colorado lawmakers seek guardrails
Other groups, ranging from the National Women’s Law Center to the Open Markets Institute, have sounded the alarm about the growing role of private equity in child care. A 2024 National Women’s Law Center report notes that center directors in private equity-owned companies report being “pressured to prioritize raising enrollment rates above all other considerations.” Melissa Boteach, vice president of income security and child care at the law center, said the private equity footprint could expand further as more states pump public dollars into child care and preschool. “We want those dollars invested in children and the teachers… not going to Wall Street,” she said.
