Kentucky House Bill 550

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-14 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 199.894 to define "Child Care and Development Fund" and "Child Care Assistance Program"; create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.896 to define additional eligibility requirements in the Child Care Assistance Program; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate regulations for implementation; amend KRS 157.3175 to define "at risk of educational failure" to include three and four-year old children experiencing any of the listed circumstances; require that children will be identified for preschool based on their risk of educational failure rather than free lunch eligibility; specify that eligible school districts shall receive funding for three and four-year old children identified as at risk of educational failure.

AN ACT relating to early childhood programs.

Rep. Josie Raymond [D]

Rep. Pamela Stevenson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-14	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-02-14	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb550.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb550/orig_bill.pdf