Child Care Modernization Act of 2025
Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 8
- Latest action
- Mar 19, 2026
What it does
The Child Care Modernization Act of 2025 would reauthorize and update the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to expand access to high-quality, flexible child care for low-income families. It broadens the definition of eligible activities for parents to include job training, education, health treatment, and leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, while increasing the income eligibility threshold to 85% of state median income (with waivers allowed) and raising the asset limit to $1,000,000. The bill emphasizes parental choice, mixed delivery systems, workforce development for child care providers, and improved coordination with health and safety standards, while…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.