North Carolina House bill in Session 2025.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: May 4, 2026.
Increase Market Rate/Rate Floor/Child Subsidy.
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (Division) to increase the child care subsidy market rates to the 75th percentile for children in three-, four-, and five-star-rated child care centers and homes beginning July 1, 2026 as recommended by the 2023 Child Care Market Rate Study (2023 Study). Mandates Division automatically increase the rates to the 75th percentile of those recommended rates whenever new rates are recommended in subsequent studies to begin July 1 of the next fiscal year. Appropriates $60 million in recurring funds for 2026-27 from the General Fund and $20 million in recurring funds for 2026-27 from the Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant to the Division, to be used to implement these market rate increases.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-05-04 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-05-04 | Latest Action | Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House |