HB1959
Child Care Subsidy Program waiting list; target timeline for assigning slots to priority groups.
Summary
As Introduced. Department of Education; Child Care Subsidy Program waiting list; additional priority group; target timeline for assigning slots to priority groups.
Requires the Department of Education to amend its Child Care Subsidy Program Guidance Manual to add a seventh priority group to the Child Care Subsidy Program waiting list that consists of any family that meets all other Program eligibility criteria and includes a parent who is employed for at least ... (More) 30 hours per week by a publicly funded child care provider in the Commonwealth that serves children from birth to age five, excluding employment by a local school division but including employment by a Head Start program that is located within a public school building. The bill also directs the Department of Education to require local departments of social services to target a maximum of 30 days for moving priority group families from the waiting list into services; regularly assess, in coordination with the Department of Social Services, the length of time it takes for priority groups to be assigned slots; and provide quarterly updates, beginning October 1, 2025, to the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education on such timeline and any other barriers experienced by families in priority groups on the waiting list in accessing services. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104417D
- 01/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/21/2025 - House: Assigned Educ sub: Early Childhood
- 01/21/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/21/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1959)
- 01/22/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/29/2025 - House: Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N)
- 01/31/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (85-Y 12-N)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (12-Y 2-N)
