North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S1015: Child Care Omnibus.
Status: Introduced, May 5, 2026
What the bill says
An act to make various changes under the laws pertaining to child care and to appropriate funds for those purposes.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES UNDER THE LAWS PERTAINING TO CHILD CARE AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THOSE PURPOSES. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: PART I. INCREASE CHILD CARE SUBSIDY RATES/ESTABLISH RATE FLOOR SECTION 1.1. Beginning October 1, 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education, shall increase the child care subsidy market rates to the seventy-fifth percentile as recommended by the 2023 Child Care Market Rate Study for children in three-, four-, and five-star-rated child care centers and homes. SECTION 1.2. Beginning October 1, 2026, provisions of payment rates for child care providers in counties that have a county rate below the State rate for center-based and home-based care are as follows: (1) Except as applicable in subdivision (2) of this section, payment rates shall be set at the seventy-fifth percentile statewide market rate as recommended by the 2023 Child Care Market Rate Study for children birth through 5 years of age for licensed child care centers and homes. (2) If it can be demonstrated that the application of the statewide rate to a county with fewer than 50 children in each age group is lower than the county market rate and would inhibit the ability of the county to purchase child care for …
Sponsors
- Chitlik, Sophia (D, 22) · primary sponsor
- Chaudhuri, Jay J. (D, 15) · primary sponsor
- Garson, Jonah (D, 23)
- Grafstein, Lisa (D, 13)
- Murdock, Natalie S. (D, 20)
- Salvador, DeAndrea (D, 39)
- Smith, Kandie D. (D, 5)
- Theodros, Caleb (D, 41)
- Waddell, Joyce (D, 40)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: COMMUNITY COLLEGES, PROPERTY, PILOT PROGRAMS, COUNCIL OF STATE, BUDGETING, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, EDUCATION
Common questions
- What is S1015?
- S1015 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Child Care Omnibus.
- What does S1015 do?
- In its own words: An act to make various changes under the laws pertaining to child care and to appropriate funds for those purposes.
- What is the status of S1015?
- Introduced as of May 5, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget (May 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored S1015?
- Chitlik, Sophia (D, 22), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S1015?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S1015
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