SB 20: Child Care Subsidy Program; income-based eligibility for assistance.

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Early childhood care and education; Child Care Subsidy Program; income-based eligibility for assistance; development and implementation of phased reduction model; report. Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a phased reduction model for the Child Care Subsidy Program (the Program) that provides for an assistance phase-out period during which the assistance for which a given family is eligible is reduced in proportion to increases in such family's income for the purpose of ensuring that no family receiving child care assistance under the Program experiences a sudden loss in eligibility for assistance as a result of an increase in family income. The bill requires the phased reduction model developed and implemented by the Department to consist of incremental income tiers, with each increase in income tier corresponding to a proportional reduction in the percentage of assistance for which a given family is eligible under the Program. The bill directs the Board of Education to (i) promulgate regulations for the development and implementation of the phased reduction model in accordance with the provisions of the bill and (ii) submit to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services any amendments to the current Child Care and Development Fund Plan for Virginia as are necessary to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill requires the Department of Education to provide an interim report to the General Assembly by October 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, and a summative report to the General Assembly by April 1, 2027.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. March 14, 2026Left in Education
2. March 11, 2026Rereferred to Education
3. March 11, 2026Motion to rerefer to Education agreed to
4. March 10, 2026Passed by for the day
5. March 9, 2026Passed by for the day
6. March 6, 2026Read second time
7. March 4, 2026Reported from Education with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N)
8. March 4, 2026House committee offered
9. March 3, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB20)
10. February 18, 2026Referred to Committee on Education
11. February 18, 2026Read first time
12. February 18, 2026Placed on Calendar

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