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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Transcript Highlights:
- But we have transition to kindergarten, working connections child care, Head Start, home child care.
- The YMCA is the largest nonprofit provider of licensed child care in Washington State.
- care capacity is a shortage of qualified child care professionals.
- The Olympic Peninsula is a child care desert, as is pretty much everywhere in the state.
- But we need to do everything we can to eliminate barriers for people to enroll.
Bills:
HB2438 , HB2422 , HB2525 , HB2586 , HB2337 , HB2311 , HB2286 , HB2324 , HB2363 , HB2098 , HB2088
Committee:
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Keywords:
education, scholarship, early childhood, funding, higher education, early education, support, degree seekers, private security, security guard, armed security guard, security company, licensing fees, license renewal, endorsement fee, fingerprints, background check, workforce retention, low-wage workers, public safety
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Latina Inequities Dec 9th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- , or another child.
- , or another child.
- If there's no child care, then how can women get to, you know, a job when their child is sick?
- According to the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 39% of child care providers are immigrants
- Our child care centers and our child care workers are essentially the backbone, not only of our child
Summary:
The hearing opened the Select Committee on Latina Inequities, hosted in Assembly District 43 at Los Angeles Mission College. Chair Celeste Rodriguez and Assembly Member Mia Bonta framed the committee’s purpose as examining Latina economic status and policy barriers, with this hearing focused on the federal administration’s effects on Latinas, the economy, immigration enforcement, and the social safety net. The chair also highlighted California’s equal pay efforts, including SB 642, and described the hearing as a forum to identify legislative solutions.
The first panel, led by HOPE, presented findings from its National Economic Status of Latinas report. Speakers said Latinas are a major economic force in California but face persistent inequities, including the state’s largest wage gap, higher unemployment, high uninsured rates, student debt, and affordability pressures around child care, housing, and education. Testimony emphasized that many Latinas are weighing whether degrees or certificates are worth the cost, that entrepreneurship can be a path to mobility but is limited by lack of capital and technical support, and that policy changes such as SB 642, dual enrollment, financial literacy, mentorship, and access to retirement tools could help.
The second panel focused on immigration enforcement and Latina safety in the workforce. Advocates and researchers described ICE raids, racial profiling, detention conditions, and the chilling effect on work, school attendance, health care access, and daily life. Speakers from the ACLU, UCLA LPPI, SEIU Local 99, worker centers, Inclusive Action, and CHIRLA said Latinas and immigrant workers are concentrated in essential sectors such as child care, agriculture, construction, domestic work, and street vending, and that enforcement is causing lost wages, family separation, and trauma. They urged stronger state oversight of detention, more legal services, protections for worker centers and street vendors, cash assistance and rental relief, and continued support for rapid response networks and community-based organizing.
MI
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair, House Bill 4517 is a bill to amend the Child Abduction Broadcast Act.
- House Bill 4517 is the bill to manage Child Abduction Broadcast Act.
- To the Secretary for enrollment, printing, and presentation to the Governor. Mr.
- Senate Bill 418, this bill to amend the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Act, the House is...
- We refer to the Secretary for enrollment, printing, and presentation to the Governor.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- enrollment across this state.<00:20:29.120><c> Mr.
- And again, we're talking about an enrollment that has been decreasing for well over 10 years now, and
- ,</c> asking with the decreased enrollment, asking with the decreased enrollment, why<00:26:16.960><c
- and everybody will know that it's your child who is causing their property taxes to go up."
- </c><00:31:35.200><c> with</c> "It's okay unless you have a child with "It's okay unless you have a child
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Education Pre-K - 12 Mar 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And it's already in there her child.
- Currently when parents choose to enroll their child in a private school to school choice, they must waive
- Prior to enrollment, we give parents the power to choose the best school for their child.
- And their child needs help.
- But this rolling their child from public schools, a child may lose these accommodations that they have
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and access records accordingly in support of that enrollment. ...enrollment and access records accordingly
- in support of that enrollment and student support process.
- Tarr, best interest of child case work standard. Amendment number 33 by Mr.
- , and most importantly, our child... ...operations of the Office of the Child Advocate, and most importantly
- best interest of the child.
Summary:
The Senate took up House No. 4646, an act enhancing child welfare protections, and considered a series of amendments focused on child welfare, school discipline, truancy, foster care transparency, and related services. Several amendments were withdrawn, including Senator DiDomenico’s proposal to create a Massachusetts children’s cabinet and Senator Tarr’s amendments on timeout and isolation standards, the best-interest-of-the-child standard, and mandated reporter definitions. Other amendments were adopted, including Senator Rauch’s amendments on student transfers and reasonableness, Senator Tarr’s amendment on information management integrity and youth engagement in the Office of the Child Advocate, and the Senate Ways and Means amendment. Amendments on school compliance before CRA filings, probation certification before accepting a child requiring assistance petition, and statewide truancy and engagement standards were rejected.
After the amendments were resolved, the Senate ordered the bill to a third reading and then passed it to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 39 in the affirmative and none in the negative. The chamber also adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of John Edwards and Hadley Boucher, with moments of silence held for each. Later, the Senate also adjourned in memory of former U.S. Representative Barney Frank, with remarks highlighting his civil rights work, his role in financial reform, and his historic service as the first openly gay member of Congress.
Before adjournment, the Senate took up a House amendment to the Senate bill establishing the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act, voted not to concur, and requested a committee of conference. The chair appointed Senators Creem, Finegold, and O’Connor to the conference committee. The Senate then adopted an order to reconvene on Monday at 11:00 a.m. and dispense with printing a calendar, and finally adjourned.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I send my a child. I live in Missouri.
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- </c> issues in this committee if enrollment issues in this committee if enrollment is<00:37:31.040><c
- for whatever reason, whether they want to have the child or not have the child.
- > could</c> their family. their their child could their family. their their child could get<00:46:27.119
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- conduct with a minor child 12 and under, and sexual exploitation of a child, producing or making sexually
- This bill clarifies and codifies that a school cannot count a child as enrolled if that child has not
- to say what is best for the child.
- It's not what the child wants, but what they feel like is best for the child.
- or loves a child more than their parents.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HSH Public Hearing - Tue Feb 4, 2025 @ 9:30 AM HST
Human Services & Homelessness
Transcript Highlights:
- /c><00:34:51.000><c> Protective</c> child services uh a Child Protective child services uh a Child Protective
- and group child care homes.
- and group child care homes.
- and group child care homes.
- The program is utilized by group child care centers and group child care homes.
Committee:
House Human Services & Homelessness
Summary:
The committee heard several Human Services measures focused on Medicaid access, long-term care benefits, home health reimbursement, SNAP administration, trauma-informed child welfare, and child abuse reporting. HP 702 would increase funding for Medicaid in-home services if federal matching funds are secured, and testimony from disability advocates supported the measure as needed to help people with disabilities cover medical expenses. HB 1477, described as a correction to a prior session’s mistake, would clarify that the monthly needs allowance for certain long-term care residents does not replace state supplemental payments and would raise the ceiling by $25 to fix the prior issue and by an additional $20 as a new benefit; DHS supported it with amendments, and the committee indicated it would amend accordingly. HB 713 would fund a DHS rate study for home health services, with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii strongly supporting it and describing rising labor costs, losses on Medicaid patients, and access concerns if agencies cannot keep serving Medicaid clients. HB 1099 would appropriate emergency funds to DHS after a USDA penalty tied to SNAP response times, with supporters including Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Public Health Institute, and others arguing the money should be reinvested in staffing and systems to improve access and avoid further penalties. HB 1079 would direct the Office of Wellness and Resilience and DHS to create trauma-informed assessments and training for Child Welfare Services staff; testimony from state offices and advocacy groups supported it, citing the Mālama ʻOhana Working Group, staff burnout, and the need for a sustainable train-the-trainer model. Finally, HB 239 would narrow when failure to provide a child’s needs constitutes abuse or neglect, but DHS raised concerns that the current wording could broaden abuse findings and leave families in poverty without a clear safety net, while the Honolulu prosecutor’s office opposed it, warning it could weaken mandatory reporting and hinder investigations of child abuse. No formal votes were taken in the portion provided, though the chair said HB 1477 would be amended and several measures were left open for further questions and testimony.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill increases participation in California's child support program by automatically enrolling custodial
- the California Child Support Association is supporting AB 1643 because child poverty in California is
- This bill will make it easier for parents to enroll in child support services.
- It's 89% of child support payments on pass-through child support, not overall child support orders.
- It's 89% of child support payments on pass-through child support, not overall child support orders.
Committee:
House Judiciary
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> even if there is no child present. even if there is no child present.
- </c> open enrollment. open enrollment.
- New Hampshire is far behind enrollment. enrollment.
- ><c> enroll</c><02:13:03.080><c> their</c> authorizes parents to enroll their authorizes parents to enroll
- </c> child out of their local school? child out of their local school?
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, SSD wanted my child to enroll in a remedial math class because that is the ...services.
- For example, SSD wanted my child to enroll in a remedial math class because that is the only math class
- Another is enrolled in the gifted program there.
- Our child is nonverbal, and she has... Our child is nonverbal, and she has thrived at Southview.
- So all for open enrollment. It would be great if we could pass that.
Committee:
House General Laws
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- child needs.
- that that child needs.
- We have Cindy Bishop with the Child Care Association, and we have Jonathan Pierce with the Child Care
- It's about child safety.
- is enrolled, including differences in supervision and classroom ratios, which directly impact child
Committee:
House Education
Summary:
The committee first heard HB 1079 by Rep. Boudreaux, which would allow charter schools to give enrollment preference to children who attended a licensed early learning center operated by the charter school or under an articulation agreement. An amendment expanded the preference to include children of active-duty military members, foster children, and children in court-ordered custody situations, and a second amendment clarified that the preference is permissive. Supporters said the bill would improve continuity from preschool to kindergarten and encourage more early learning centers. The committee adopted the amendments and reported HB 1079 as amended.
The committee then took up HB 737 by Vice Chair Amedee, which would remove the state requirement that students show proof of meningococcal vaccination for school or post-secondary entry. The author argued the bill aligns state law with updated CDC guidance and preserves parental choice and physician consultation, while opponents, including pediatricians, public health advocates, and meningitis survivors, warned that removing the requirement would lower vaccination rates and increase the risk of severe illness or death. After extensive testimony and questions, the committee voted 4-8 against the motion to report the bill, so HB 737 failed.
Next, the committee considered HB 628 by Rep. Landry, as substituted, to allow school boards and the Department of Education to work with licensed early learning centers to operate micro centers at schools, including dual licensing at one location. Supporters said it would expand access for three-year-olds, improve school readiness, and help families and the workforce. The substitute was adopted, and the bill was reported by substitute without objection.
Finally, the committee heard HB 1008 by Rep. Owen, which would prohibit public post-secondary institutions from retaliating against faculty for disclosing certain violations or exercising academic freedom and free speech. The author and a professor witness said the bill would protect open inquiry and reduce self-censorship in higher education. The committee adopted two amendments to clarify academic freedom and tighten remedies; the transcript cuts off before any final vote on the bill.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Child Care Costs Oct 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- At the time, school enrollment was back in the school districts, in the centers, and in family child
- Enrollment and participation also tend to decrease in child care settings, perfectly aligned with targeted
- couldn't find child care.
- We also know that child care... Child care access directly impacts the economy.
- Child care is essential. Child care is what got California the fourth spot.
Summary:
The hearing focused first on how wildfires and other disasters affect child care providers, families, and early education infrastructure. State officials from the Department of Social Services and Department of Education described disaster response and preparedness efforts, including shelter coordination, licensing outreach, emergency waivers, distribution of supplies, and the statewide child care disaster plan. Testimony from providers and advocates emphasized major gaps in recovery funding, insurance coverage, rebuilding support, mental health services, and coordination with local rebuild plans. Several witnesses urged more dedicated disaster-recovery funding for child care facilities and suggested statutory changes, including allowing greater flexibility for rebuilding costs and requiring early childhood programs to be included in local disaster planning.
The second panel addressed immigration enforcement and its impact on child care. Advocates from the Children's Partnership, Every Child California, and CHIRLA said enforcement activity is causing families to keep children home, disrupting continuity of care, reducing enrollment, and creating fear and trauma for children and providers. They argued that immigrant and mixed-status families need clearer protections, privacy safeguards, legal support, trauma-informed guidance, and safe-haven policies for child care settings. Speakers also stressed that the child care workforce is heavily immigrant and that recent state laws such as AB 49 and AB 495 will require funding, training, and technical assistance to implement effectively.
Public commenters, including child care providers, described personal experiences with fire damage, displacement, permit delays, lost income, and the emotional toll of serving families during crises. Others described how immigration enforcement has made parents afraid to attend events, drop off children, or remain connected to providers. Committee members repeatedly noted that child care is often overlooked in emergencies and asked state officials how child care systems are being integrated into disaster planning and how local and state agencies can better coordinate. No formal votes were taken during the hearing.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- How much damage can an administration do to a child in 48 hours?
- child abuse.
- No parent wants to hear that their child is being harassed, and no child should have to endure this.
- that child is no longer there.
- Just hearing things that a child should not hear. And these are...
Bills:
SB604 , SB843 , SB1636 , SB2395 , SB571 , SB1224 , SB1832 , SB2392 , SB747 , SB2623 , SB2624 , SB2185
Committees:
Senate Education , Senate Education K-16
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> bills I just had a bill heard in child bills I just had a bill heard in child and<00:20:29.080><
- What is your open enrollment percentage? What is your open enrollment percentage?
- A hungry child is a hungry child no matter their zip code.
- A hungry child is a hungry child no matter their zip code.
- 01:34:41.639><c> Child</c><01:34:41.960><c> Protection</c><01:34:42.360><c> to</c> cause cause Child
Committee:
House Education Finance
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight Jan 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Lastly, we will note that there are other federal funds that go towards child care programs or child
- Child care is a smart investment.
- First child care providers go.
- I’ve seen that the work we do, from the minute the child and the parent walks into our office to enroll
- I worked in child care while I was a child care worker while I was in law school.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Accountability and Oversight held a hearing on the Trump administration’s freeze of federal child care and social services funding and its potential impact on California. The chair opened by emphasizing that child care is economic infrastructure and warning that the freeze could destabilize California’s $10 billion child care system. The Legislative Analyst’s Office and the Department of Social Services explained that California child care programs rely on roughly $1.4 billion in federal CCDF and TANF funds, which are blended with state dollars and support hundreds of thousands of children and families. CDSS said the state and four other Democratic-led states quickly sued, obtaining a temporary restraining order that has kept the funds flowing for now.
Witnesses including Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, child care provider Amisha Griffin, and parent advocate Mara Linda Bustamante described the practical consequences of a funding interruption: providers could lose reimbursement, close centers, cut enrollment, or lay off staff; parents could lose child care, jobs, or school opportunities; and counties could not backfill the lost federal dollars. Several speakers stressed that child care centers also provide wraparound supports such as nutrition, developmental screening, and referrals, especially in rural and low-income communities. Mitchell and others argued that the freeze would worsen child care deserts and disproportionately harm women, single parents, and communities of color.
Members repeatedly challenged the federal rationale of “waste, fraud, and abuse,” asking for oversight details. CDSS said providers face extensive audits, fraud policies, monitoring, and recoupment procedures, and that identified fraud amounts to about $7 million over two years compared with roughly $6.5 billion in annual child care spending. Several members said the fraud rate is under 1 percent and criticized the freeze as politically motivated and illegal. They also discussed the need for a state “bridge plan” to protect families if federal funds remain disrupted, and some members referenced prior legislation to modernize CalWORKs and child care eligibility.
During public comment, parents, providers, county representatives, and advocacy groups echoed the same concerns, citing waiting lists, workforce losses, and the risk of families falling back into homelessness or poverty. No formal vote was taken; the hearing concluded with broad bipartisan expressions of support for child care funding and a commitment to continue working on state protections and federal advocacy.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight Jan 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Child care is a smart investment.
- Being a child care provider is my... Being a child care provider is my life's work.
- But a freeze on child care funding will affect more than just me and fellow child care providers.
- I've seen that the work we do from the minute the child and the parent walks into our office to enroll
- I worked in child care while I was a child care worker while I was in law school.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm Red Lake enrolled.
- , or find... enroll um so I I want to shift a little enroll um so I I want to shift a little bit<00:44
- </c> our students face challenges with child our students face challenges with child care<00:46:42.160
- She is enrolled there.
- </c> this initiative itive our enrollment this initiative itive our enrollment went<01:22:27.120><c>
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Jan 27th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- But we have transition to kindergarten, we have Working Connections Child Care, Head Start, home child
- The YMCA is the largest nonprofit provider of licensed child care in Washington State.
- We know that increasing access to child care The YMCA is the largest nonprofit provider of licensed child
- care capacity is a shortage of qualified child care professionals.
- But we need to do everything we can to eliminate barriers for people to enroll.
Summary:
The Postsecondary Education and Workforce Committee met on January 27 and first took executive action on three bills. House Bill 2311, which makes administrative changes to the Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board, was reported out with a do pass recommendation after the Leavitt amendment was withdrawn; supporters emphasized transparency, accountability, and student success metrics, while one member opposed moving it forward and urged more interim work. House Bill 2324, which extends tuition waiver access for children of eligible veterans when a disability determination occurs after age 18, passed unanimously. House Bill 288, the Dietitian Licensure Compact, was amended to delay implementation until July 1, 2028 and then passed unanimously as a substitute bill; members cited workforce shortages and the value of broader licensure portability.
The committee then held public hearings on several bills. House Bill 2422 would shift private security guard licensing fees from individual guards to their employers, eliminate transfer fees, and penalize companies that require reimbursement; the sponsor and workers testified that the current system burdens low-wage guards and contributes to high turnover, while some members asked about whether fees could instead be lowered or eliminated. House Bill 2438 would create the SEEDS scholarship for early childhood education students using up to $10 million from the GET account if it remains sufficiently funded; the sponsor described it as a targeted test of surplus GET funds to address early learning workforce shortages, and testimony from educators, providers, and advocacy groups strongly supported it, while WASAC said the bill may need technical changes to avoid conflicts with existing 529 rules.
The committee also heard House Bill 2525, which would create a WSU heritage orchard program and registry for old or rare apple varieties; the sponsor and industry witnesses said it would preserve agricultural history, support research, and aid future breeding and education. Finally, House Bill 2586 would align Passport to Careers with federal financial aid formulas and automatically deem Passport-eligible youth financially needy for the Washington College Grant; the sponsor and WASAC said it would help foster youth and homeless students access aid earlier and more predictably, and multiple students and advocates testified in strong support. No final action was taken on the bills heard in public testimony during this portion of the meeting.