Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
This bill reauthorizes and revises the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program under the Higher Education Act. It authorizes $500 million per year for FY2026–2031 for grants (minimum $75,000, maximum $2,000,000 annually) to eligible institutions to provide subsidized campus-based or contracted child care and related supports for student parents, establishes application, reporting, quality, and nondiscrimination requirements, and gives funding priority to programs leveraging local resources and serving single parents.
Budget size and federal spending magnitude
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-specified substantive reauthorization and amendment of an existing federal grant program.
This bill reauthorizes and revises the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program under the Higher Education Act.
It authorizes $500 million per year for FY2026–2031 for grants (minimum $75,000, maximum $2,000,000 annually) to eligible institutions to provide subsidized campus-based or contracted child care and related supports for student parents, establishes application, reporting, quality, and nondiscrimination requirements, and gives funding priority to programs leveraging local resources and serving single parents.
Technocratic reauthorization with popular objectives but heavy authorization totals and some policy flashpoints lower probability absent appropriation clearances and bipartisan buy-in.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-specified substantive reauthorization and amendment of an existing federal grant program. It provides clear purpose language, concrete grant mechanics (amounts, duration, permissible uses), detailed application and reporting requirements, priorities, and an explicit funding authorization.
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Likely strongly supportive.
The bill targets low-income student parents (Pell focus), expands funded childcare access on campuses, sets quality standards, and mandates outreach and nondiscrimination.
It aligns with priorities to improve college completion and equity for parents.
Generally supportive but pragmatic and cautious.
The program is a targeted federal investment with measurable reporting and quality goals, though implementation costs, administrative burden, and overlap with existing child care funding deserve scrutiny.
Skeptical and likely opposed or only conditionally supportive.
Concerns focus on expanded federal spending, ongoing bureaucracy, federal involvement in campus services, and potential crowding out of private childcare markets.
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Technocratic reauthorization with popular objectives but heavy authorization totals and some policy flashpoints lower probability absent appropriation clearances and bipartisan buy-in.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Budget size and federal spending magnitude
Technocratic reauthorization with popular objectives but heavy authorization totals and some policy flashpoints lower probability absent ap…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-specified substantive reauthorization and amendment of an existing federal grant program. It provides clear purpose language, concrete grant mechanics (amou…
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