North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota SB2306: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment of a child care workforce recruitment and retention program.
Status: Failed, February 10, 2025
Relating to the establishment of a child care workforce recruitment and retention program.
What the bill says
A bill for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment of a child care workforce recruitment and retention program.
From the introduced text, January 20, 2025:
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment of a child care workforce recruitment and retention program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 50-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows: Child care workforce recruitment and retention program - Incentive payment. 1. The department shall establish a child care workforce recruitment and retention program to address child care workforce shortages. The department shall remit a monthly incentive payment to each licensed early childhood services provider based on the number of children allowed to receive early childhood services on the premise under the license. The monthly payment is calculated b. Thirty dollars per number of toddlers; and c. Fifteen dollars per number of school-aged children. 2. Payments may be made when a provider submits information to the department on a quarterly basis regarding the average number of enrolled children for the previous three months. The department may suspend payments to a licensed early childhood services provider if the provider's average number of enrolled children decreases by twenty-five percent or more from the previous reporting period. 3. To be eligible to receive a payment under this section, a provider …
Sponsors
- Kathy Hogan (D, 21) · primary sponsor
- Ryan Braunberger (D, 10)
- Lisa Meier (R, 32)
- Alisa Mitskog (D, 25)
- Emily O'Brien (R, 42)
Latest actions
- : Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 11 nays 36
- : Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 4 0 1
- : Committee Hearing 09:45
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee
Votes
- Final Passage (February 10, 2025): 11 yea, 36 nay, failed
Common questions
- What is SB2306?
- SB2306 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly): A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment of a child care workforce recruitment and retention program.
- What does SB2306 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment of a child care workforce recruitment and retention program.
- What is the status of SB2306?
- Failed as of February 10, 2025. Latest action: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 11 nays 36 (February 10, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB2306?
- Kathy Hogan (D, 21), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB2306?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo2306.html
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