Reduces license fees and training requirements for child care facilities; allows a temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements; authorizes pilot programs to increase child care facility availability and capacity; establishes the Kansas Office of Early Childhood and the Director of Early Childhood; transfers administration of day care licensing, parent education programs, and the child care subsidy program to the state Office of Early Childhood; creates the Day Care Facilities and Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies Licensing Fee Fund and the Day Care Criminal Background and Fingerprinting Fund; defines youth development programs; allows school districts to contract with nonprofits and other entities to provide parent education programs to expectant parents and parents of infants and toddlers.
State Name
Kansas
Bill #
H.B.2045
Year Enacted
Enacted
Status
Enacted
Category
3. Workforce
Subcategory
Employee Benefits
Status Text
Enacted
Resource
https://kansasreflector.com/2025/04/24/kansas-governor-signs-legislation-to-expand-child-care-access-create-office-of-early-childhood/
Year Proposed
2025
State Taxonomy
Bill Page
http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2025_26/measures/hb2045/