- HB 1021 had its first committee stop today in the Education & Employment Committee. There is a companion bill in the Senate, SB 990. These similar bills revise provisions relating to taxes for preschools & childcare providers, licensing, training requirements, screenings, timeframes, insurance, & regulation. Provides an exemption for public and private preschools from specified special assessments levied by a municipality, a tax credit for specific contributions made to a child care facility, authorizes specified tax credits for corporations establishing and operating or making payments to child care facilities for their employees under certain conditions, requires the Department of Children and Families to conduct specified screening of child care personnel within a specified timeframe and issue provisional approval of such personnel, and provide that an insurer may not deny, cancel, or refuse to renew a policy on the basis that the policyholder operates a large family child care home. Please let FHSA know if you have any concerns with these bills.
- Poverty Guidelines and Determining Eligibility for Participation in Head Start Programs: these guidelines are issued each year in the Federal Register by the Department of Health and Human Services. ECKLC, updated March 10, 2023
- 5 Tips to Help Kids Be Kind and Compassionate from our friends at PBS
Please visit our WYNTK resource webpage, which is updated regularly, and the FHSA events list for more information. If there is something else you need guidance on, let us know - we will continue to work with state agencies and partners to answer your questions.
Sincerely,
Wanda Minick
Executive Director
FHSA
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