ELAA BILL TRACKER
This page contains details of the bills that the Early Learning Action Alliance (ELAA) is tracking in the 2025 legislative session which began on January 13.
| Bill Name & Number | Position & Analysis | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SB 5500: Cost of Quality Care | Support: Provides more accountability in future funding conversations by tranistioning how the Working Connections Child Care (WCCC) subsidy remimbursement rates are measured. Whereas the current system determines rates based on tuition for families who pay privately, the Cost of Quality Care measure would help to identify the gap between current rates and the actual cost of high quality child care. | Dead: Stalled in Senate Rules Committee |
| HB 1351: ECEAP Age Requirements | Support: Allows children who are eligible for the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) to enroll in an available slot after their third birthday, rather than waiting for the next school year. | Signed into law by the Governor |
| SB 5297: Early Learning Facilities Fund | Support: Improves accessibility to the Early Learning Facilities Fund to help providers access resources they need to provide safe spaces for children to learn and play | Companion bill was signed into law |
| HB 1314: Early Learning Facilities Fund | Support: Improves accessibility to the Early Learning Facilities Fund to help providers access resources they need to provide safe spaces for children to learn and play | Signed into law by the Governor |
| HB 1795: Isolation and Restraint | Support: Places restrictions on student isolation and restraint while also adding reporting and training requirements | Dead: Stalled in House Fiscal Committee |
| SB 5752: Timelines and Funding Status for Early Learning Programs | Delays timelines for Fair Start for Kids Act (FSKA) commitments, including ECEAP entitlement and Working Connections Child Care eligibility expansion. The current bill would position early ECEAP, along with all auxilliary FSKA components as subject to appropriations. | Signed into law by the Governor |
| HB 1648: Provider Education Requirements | Support: Pushes back the deadline for providers to meet formal education requirements, complete a community-based training pathway, or demonstrate experience-based competency to 2030. Also requires DCYF to conduct a stakeholder group to improve qualification requirements. | Signed into law by the Governor |
| SB 5263: Re-linking Early Support for Infants and Toddlers | Support: Broader K-12 special education bill that corrects an oversight by re-linking the Early Support for Infants & Toddlers (ESIT) special education multiplier to the Pre-K special education multiplier. Amendment in the Senate would also include efforts to prohibit isolation in pre-kindergarten through 5th grade by 2031. | Signed into law by the Governor |