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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma creates Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program exempting child care employee income from subsidy limits
Last action · April 28, 2025: Placed on General OrderSponsors: Cyndi Munson and 7 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Oklahoma establishes the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program, exempting licensed child care facility employee household income from consideration for the and waiving related copayments starting November 1, 2025.
Licensed child care facility employees gain access to subsidized child care without household income caps and have copayments waived, while employers face a thirty-day reporting requirement when workers leave.
- The Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness coordinates early childhood initiatives and programs across the state. context
- The Oklahoma Sunset Law mandates periodic review and termination dates for designated state boards, agencies, and programs. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Licensed child care facility employees
Their household income is exempted from consideration for the Child Care Subsidy Program and copayments are waived.
Licensed child care providers
They are required to provide written notice to the Department of Human Services within thirty days when an employee leaves employment.
Department of Human Services
The department administers the Child Care Subsidy Program, processes employment departure notices, and waives copayments for qualifying employees.
Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness
The entity is tasked with administering the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is eligible for the household income exemption for child care subsidies?
What must child care providers do when an employee leaves?
Are copayments required for qualifying employees?
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Procedural history
22 actions- Apr 28, 2025SenatePlaced on General Order
- Apr 23, 2025SenateFloorReported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed
- Apr 14, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Appropriations
- Apr 14, 2025SenateEnacting clause stricken
- Apr 14, 2025SenateFloorReported Do Pass as amended Health and Human Services committee; CR filed
- Apr 1, 2025SenateCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Health and Human Services Committee then to Appropriations Committee
Show 16 earlier actions
- Mar 26, 2025SenateCoauthored by Representative Pogemiller
- Mar 26, 2025SenateIntroducedFirst Reading
- Mar 26, 2025HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- Mar 26, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred for engrossment
- Mar 26, 2025HouseFloorThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 12
- Mar 26, 2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Ranson, Deck, Munson
- Mar 26, 2025HouseGeneral Order
- Mar 5, 2025HouseTitle stricken
- Mar 5, 2025HouseAuthored by Senator Gollihare (principal Senate author)
- Mar 5, 2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Tedford, Hefner, Lawson, Moore
- Mar 5, 2025HouseFloorCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee
- Feb 10, 2025HouseFloorRecommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Human Services Subcommittee
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Appropriations and Budget Human Services Subcommittee
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Schreiber
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
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Sunset provision set for 2028
The program is created under the Oklahoma Sunset Law with a scheduled expiration date of November 1, 2028.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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