VirginiaChild Care Subsidy Program waiting list; target timeline for assigning slots to priority groups.
What it does
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 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.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Feb 17Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (12-Y 2-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (12-Y 2-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (85-Y 12-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (85-Y 12-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Jan 31Read first timeMinor
- Jan 29Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 22Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1959)
- Jan 21Assigned Educ sub: Early ChildhoodMinor
- Jan 6Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 6Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104417DIntroduced
- Feb 17Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (12-Y 2-N)Latest