{"id":2476613,"date":"2025-08-20T09:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-signs-bills-to-improve-childcare-early-learning-programs\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T09:12:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:12:02","slug":"abbott-signs-bills-to-improve-childcare-early-learning-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-signs-bills-to-improve-childcare-early-learning-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott signs bills to improve childcare, early learning programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fabbott-signs-bills-to-improve-childcare-early-learning-programs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2476613&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that Texas Governor Greg abbott has signed two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sens-cotton-hawley-to-work-on-bipartisan-bills-aimed-at-breaking-up-big-tech\/\" title=\"Sens. Cotton, Hawley\u00a0To Work On Bipartisan ...s Aimed At Breaking Up\u00a0Big Tech\">bipartisan bills aimed<\/a> at improving childcare adn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-battle-against-the-educational-establishment-reaching-a-tipping-point\/\" title=\"Is The Battle Against The ...al Establishment Reaching A Tipping Point?\">early learning programs<\/a> across the state.These laws focus on streamlining regulations to make childcare more accessible and enhance its quality by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-hudson-introduces-bill-to-streamline-ammo-donations-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"Rep. Hudson Introduces ... to Streamline Ammo Donations to Ukraine\">cutting bureaucratic red tape<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>One bill (HB 117), sponsored by Republican Rep. Alan Schoolcraft and Sen. Donna Campbell, establishes a new task force within the governor&#8217;s office to identify and eliminate inefficiencies in childcare and early education governance. The task force aims to create a more uniform pre-K program rather than a patchwork of inconsistent services. <\/p>\n<p>the other bill (HB 4903),filed by Republican Rep. Harris-Davila and Sen. Brian Birdwell, creates the Quad-Agency Childcare Initiative Commission. This commission coordinates efforts among four state agencies responsible for childcare regulations to integrate their decisions, preventing conflicting rules for childcare providers.<\/p>\n<p>both laws received bipartisan support and took effect on June 20. Governor Abbott emphasized the importance of affordable, quality childcare for working parents and employers, highlighting these measures as steps to expand access and improve care in Texas. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Abbott signs bills to improve childcare, early learning programs<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2208138\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Greg-Abbott\">Greg Abbott<\/a> continues to travel throughout the state or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >host bill signing events<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\">Austin<\/a> to ceremoniously sign bills to raise awareness about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-legislatures\">legislation<\/a> that passed during the regular legislative session.<\/p>\n<p>Two bills Abbott ceremonially signed will streamline childcare regulations to improve childcare and early learning programs, he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3501600\/fate-soros-empire-alex-george-soros\/\">The uncertain fate of the Soros empire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3760893\/republicans-use-democratic-threat-impeachment-motivate-trump-voters\/\">Republicans use Democratic threat of impeachment to motivate Trump voters&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3761054\/trump-risks-gop-backlash-ban-mail-in-voting\/\">Trump risks GOP backlash with &lsquo;movement&rsquo; to ban mail-in voting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Improving access to childcare is so essential for working parents as well as for employers,&rdquo; Abbott said. The new laws will make it easier to access childcare and improve quality of care, he said, by cutting regulatory red tape among other measures.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These bipartisan laws are our state&rsquo;s next step towards establishing affordable, quality childcare for Texans,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;By removing barriers and streamlining regulations, we will improve childcare availability and expand access for Texas parents.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>HB 117, filed by Republican state Rep. Alan Schoolcraft and Sen. Donna Campbell, creates another task force in the governor&rsquo;s office, &ldquo;the Governance of Early Childhood Education and Care.&rdquo; Task force members are tasked with identifying and eliminating inefficiencies in the administration of childcare and early learning programs across state agencies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A good foundation of education has got to be the best that it can be especially pre-K and the first few years,&rdquo; Campbell said. &ldquo;Well-educated children become well-educated adults and that keeps Texas strong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Aware of criticism of yet another task force created by the legislature, she said this one would ensure efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many people complain about expansive and inefficient government,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;But this task force will look across different silos of education to have a pre-K program that has uniformity rather than a patchwork of inefficient programs, which are always costly. This task force will be for efficiency to have the best pre-K for children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>HB 4903, filed by Republican state Rep. Harris-Davila and Sen. Brian Birdwell, creates another bureaucratic oversight commission: the Quad-Agency Childcare Initiative Commission. Its goal is to streamline childcare regulations statewide by coordinating efforts among several agencies: the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Education Agency, and Texas Workforce Commission.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3760382\/texas-redistricting-is-what-democracy-looks-like\/\">TEXAS REDISTRICTING IS &lsquo;WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bill requires the four state agencies that oversee childcare regulations &ldquo;integrate their decisions before they&rsquo;re sent down to the individual childcare facilities,&rdquo; Birdwell said. &ldquo;Instead of the childcare facility asking, &lsquo;how do I follow both of these regulations that are diametrically opposed?&rsquo; the bill creates a quad agency childcare initiative to make them coordinate before they send their regulations down through the respective chain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Both bills passed with bipartisan support and became effective June 20.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abbott signs bills to streamline childcare, early learning programs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2476614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25192792311945.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[3697,6624,61587,35136],"class_list":["post-2476613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-abbott","tag-childcare","tag-early-learning","tag-education-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25192792311945.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2476613"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2476617,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476613\/revisions\/2476617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2476614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2476613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2476613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2476613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}