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Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2024

Child care and development · Employee benefits and pensions · Income tax credits
Sponsor
Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
D · NH
Key facts
Introduced: Feb 8, 2024
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 3
Congress: 118th
Latest action · Apr 10, 2024
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-384.

Summary

Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2024

This bill increases or allows new child care tax credits and increases the tax exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance. 

Specifically, the bill doubles the rate and the maximum allowable amount of the employer-provided child care credit. It also allows an additional increase for certain small businesses. 

The bill allows a new three-year tax credit for individuals who hold child care-related educational degrees and who work in licensed child care facilities. 

The bill increases the tax exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance. 

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. Apr 10, 2024
    Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-384.
  2. Feb 8, 2024
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  3. Feb 8, 2024
    Introduced in Senate

Cosponsors

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