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• First Five Nebraska Legislative Testimony

  LR390

  Interim study to assess the fiscal and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nebraska's early childhood workforce and the early childhood care and education system

  LB1185

  Change provisions relating to criminal history record information checks for child care staff members

  LB901

  Appropriate funds for the Nebraska Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative

  Title 392

  Child care subsidy regulations hearing

  LB867

  Allows cities to increase their local option sales, property or general tax to pay for early childhood infrastructure as part of an economic development plan

  LB1206

  Requires child care professionals to report their educational degrees, professional credentials, training & work history to the Nebraska Early Childhood Professional Record System

  LB837

  Requires NDHHS to seek the maximum amount of federal funding to help child care providers with costs of federal back ground checks

  LB1185

  Requires license-exempt child care providers seeking to accept the child care subsidy to undergo federal background checks

  LB1049

  Expands eligibility for the child care subsidy program using TANF funds to offset expanses

  LB935

  Allow public officials to use campaign funds to pay for child care services incurred while carrying out the duties of the office

  LB1051

  Create a fund to award one-time startup grants to nursing facilities to provide child care in their facilities

  LB1160

  Requires the Dept. of Labor and others to develop a plan to establish the Nebraska Educational Reporting System, a learning and workforce longitudinal data system

  LB1061

  Provides guidance for the types of child welfare cases that can utilize alternative response

  NDE Budget

  Letter of support for the Nebraska Department of Education's budget request

  LB720

  Adopt the ImagiNE Nebraska Act and provide tax incentives

  LB341

  Changes provisions relating to a determination of ongoing eligibility for a child care subsidy (graduated phaseout compliance)

  LB590

  Provides for reporting of staff training for early childhood education using NECPRS

  LB459

  Changes criminal background check provisions under the Child Care Licensing Act

  LB160

  Redefines terms under the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act to include early childhood infrastructure development and quality early childhood care and education programs for certain cities and villages

  LB66

  Provides for an early childhood element in a comprehensive plan developed by a city

  LB266

  Cleanup language to fix eligibility issues in the School Readiness Tax Credit

  LB1135

  Adopt the Alternative Certification for Quality Teachers Act

  LB1108

  Authorize certain tax credits, change the sales tax rate, and provide for school foundation aid and certain grant programs

  LR270CA

  Constitutional amendment to reduce the minimum age in the Constitutional requirement to provide free instruction

  LB877

  Change provisions related to early childhood education in the Tax Equity and Educations Opportunities Act

  LB803

  Change provisions related to kindergarten, early childhood education and the Step Up to Quality Child Care Act

  LB327

  Appropriations Committee's preliminary biennial budget

  LB521

  Change provisions related to early childhood education in the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act

  LB428

  With amendment, encourages schools to refer pregnant & parenting students to child care providers participating in Step Up to Quality

  LB335

  Change provisions relating to a child care market rate survey

  LB22

  Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to appropriations and reduce appropriations for current biennium

  LB284

  Change criminal history record information checks under the Child Care Licensing Act

  NHHS

  Proposed changes to regulations related to the Child Care Subsidy Program

  LB773

  Early Childhood Workforce Development Task Force

  LB889

  School Readiness Tax Credit Act

  LB547

  Encourages school-child care provider partnerships

  LB81

  Eliminates the cliff effect for child care assistance

  LB322

  Increases percentage allows for child and dependent care Tax Credits

  LB489

  Funds early childhood grants to school/child care partnerships

  LB645

  Adopt the Early Childhood Workforce Development Opportunity Act and provide tax credits

• Publications

  Reports

  2019 Nebraska Legislative Highlights
  2018 Nebraska Legislative Highlights
  2017 Nebraska Legislative Highlights
  Step Up to Quality - Perspectives on the Year One Evaluation (2016)
  2016 Nebraska Legislative Highlights
  2015 Nebraska Legislative Highlights

  Briefs

  Nebraska's Prenatal-to-Age-3 Plan
  Nebraska's School Readiness Tax Credit
  What the 'Fadeout' Effect Really Means for Quality Early Learning
  Streamlining Professional Record Keeping in Child Care Licensing
  How Do We Know When Nebraska's Children Are Kindergarten-Ready?
  Early Childhood 101

  Press Releases

  Statewide Messaging Campaign Highights Relationship Between Quality Child Care and Economic Development
  Nebraska Wins Nationwide Planning Grant to Expand Services to Infants and Toddlers
  First Five Nebraska Launches Early Childhood Policy Leadership Academy
  First Five Nebraska Internship Application
  Early childhood policy initiative educates, trains Nebraska community leaders

  Brochures & Infographics

  Early Childhood Professionals Refundable School Readiness Tax Credit
  Early Childhood Professionals Nonrefundable School Readiness Tax Credit
  Synapses & Skills: The Science of Lifelong Success