Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas HB2689: Enacting the Kansas tri-share child care act for the sharing of child care costs among employers, employees and the state, establishing the Kansas tri-share child care matching program to be administered by the director of the Kansas office of early childhood and creating the Kansas tri-share child care matching program fund
Status: In committee, April 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning child care; enacting the Kansas tri-share child care act for the sharing of child care costs among employers, employees and the state; establishing the Kansas tri-share child care matching program within the Kansas office of early childhood and to be administered by the director of early childhood; creating the Kansas tri-share child care matching program fund; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-7703 and repealing the existing section.
From the introduced text, February 4, 2026:
AN ACT concerning child care; enacting the Kansas tri-share child care act for the sharing of child care costs among employers, employees and the state; establishing the Kansas tri-share child care matching program within the Kansas office of early childhood and to be administered by the director of early childhood; creating the Kansas tri-share child care matching program fund; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-7703 and repealing the existing section. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: New Section 1. (a) Sections 1 through 8, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas tri-share child care act. (b) For purposes of the Kansas tri-share child care act: (1) "Eligible child" means an individual: (A) Who has not attained the minimum age at which a child is eligible to enter kindergarten or elementary school pursuant to Kansas law; (B) who has a parent who is an eligible employee; (C) whose household income is not less than 325% of the federal poverty level; (D) who resides in this state; and (E) who has been approved for participation in the program by the director. (2) "Director" means the director of the Kansas office of early childhood or the director's agent or designee, including the deputy director of child care licensure and finance or an organization …