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Watch my recent interview with Boston 25 News' Ted Daniel RE: my proposed amendment #718 to the Senate FY26 Budget. 

“The most recent reporting makes me even more concerned. Ted, that we are not doing an appropriate job of monitoring who is in these facilities into which the care for our children is being entrusted,” State Senator Tarr said in an interview with Ted Daniel. “Clearly we have to do better and we need to expand the background checks and we also need to increase the penalties for providing false information as it’s being gathered by the Department of Early Education and Care.”

EEC follows federal and state laws and regulations regarding background record checks, which does not include screening for immigration status or international criminal history, an agency spokesperson said.

“My assumption is that every one of my colleagues wants to make sure that daycare facilities are safe, and wants to make sure that we have appropriate monitoring, appropriate background checks. And I think it’s hard to argue with the proposition that those background checks need to be effective and comprehensive as possible,” State Sen. Tarr said. “My hope is that we’ll be able to move forward and make this very simple in many ways, but very powerful change soon.

You can read the language of amendment #718 and the full Senate version of the FY26 budget here: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3/Amendments/Senate