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H.B. 525

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Child Care Pilot Program Amendments

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H.B. 525Failed

Child Care Pilot Program Amendments

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What This Bill Does

This bill creates the Child Care Employee Subsidy Pilot Program.

Key Provisions

This bill:

  • defines terms;
  • creates the Child Care Employee Subsidy Pilot Program within the Office of Child Care;
  • creates the Child Care Center Employee Subsidy Restricted Account;
  • makes technical and conforming changes; and
  • provides intent language that provides for funds appropriated to the Child Care Center Employee Subsidy Restricted Account be nonlapsing.

Plain-Language Summary

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Starting in July 2026, this bill creates a pilot program that provides state subsidies to licensed child care centers that offer their own employees at least a 50% tuition discount for enrolling their children at the same center where they work — covering children who earn too much to qualify for existing income-based child care assistance. The subsidy paid to the child care center cannot exceed 50% of the average monthly tuition cost, and the bill appropriates $3 million in state general funds to launch the program.