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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 567
Sponsored by Senator ANDERSON (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act would create an incentive program for child care. (Flesch Readability Score:
86.7).
Directs the Department of Early Learning and Care to establish and implement a child care
provider incentive program.
Establishes the Child Care Provider Incentive Fund.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to child care provider incentive program; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Sections 2 and 3 of this 2025 Act are added to and made a part of ORS
chapter329A.
SECTION 2. (1) The Department of Early Learning and Care shall establish and imple-
ment a child care provider incentive program for the purpose of assisting child care provid-
ers, including micro centers, as defined in section 1, chapter 374, Oregon Laws 2023, that
commit to providing child care to the children of this state.
(2) The Early Learning Council shall prescribe by rule:
(a) Participant eligibility criteria, including the types of child care providers who may
participate in the program;
(b) The terms and conditions of participation in the program, including the duration of
the term of any service agreement, which must be at least 12 months;
(c) The types of incentives that may be provided, which may include:
(A) Loan repayment subsidies;
(B) Stipends;
(C) Scholarships for students in early childhood professional development; and
(D) Child care and housing assistance;
(d) The priority for the distribution of funds, if the funds allocated to the program from
the Child Care Provider Incentive Fund established under section 3 of this 2025 Act are in-
sufficient to provide assistance to all of the applicants who are eligible to participate in the
program; and
(e) The financial penalties imposed on an individual who fails to comply with the terms
and conditions of participation.
(3) The eligibility requirements adopted for the program by the council:
(a) Must allow providers to qualify for multiple child care provider incentives; and
(b) Must allow providers to qualify for an incentive for multiyear periods.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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(4) The department may enter into contracts with one or more public or private entities
to administer the child care provider incentive program or parts of the program.
(5) The department shall decide no later than September 1 of each academic year the
distribution of funds for scholarships that will be provided in the next academic year.
(6) The department may receive gifts, grants or contributions from any source, whether
public or private, to carry out the provisions of this section. Moneys received under this
subsection shall be deposited in the Child Care Provider Incentive Fund established under
section 3 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 3. The Child Care Provider Incentive Fund is established in the State Treasury,
separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Child Care Provider
Incentive Fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund consists of moneys appropriated to
the fund by the Legislative Assembly and gifts, grants or other moneys contributed to the
fund by any source, whether public or private. Moneys in the fund are continuously appro-
priated to the Department of Early Learning and Care to carry out section 2 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 4.This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
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