Kansas child care providers will have to pay licensing fees once again after President Donald Trump's administration cut funding to the state that had been authorized by Congress. Months after Gov.

Kansas will have new laws affecting child care, sex education, public health agencies and more that go into effect starting Tuesday, July 1, 2025. During the 2025 legislative session, elected ...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly will sign a bill to streamline early childhood services by consolidating programs into a new Office of Early Childhood. The bill eases some licensing requirements for childcare ...

The bill aims to improve access to child care. But some advocates are concerned about provisions related to vaccines and licensing. Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly says she will sign a bill aimed ...

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Sen. Beverly Gossage spoke this week about the importance of creating a new department, the Kansas Early Childhood Office, to get all child-care governance under one umbrella. (Sherman Smith/Kansas ...

Kansas child care providers will have to pay licensing fees again after a federal funding cut by the Trump administration. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reinstated the fees after the ...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly visits a child care center. Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly says she will sign a bill aimed at improving access to child care and other early childhood services. But some ...