Support passage of the Child Care for Working Families Act to expand access to high-quality pre-K for 3- and 4-year-olds and prioritize universal local preschool programs in high-need communities.

The legislation would: Dramatically expand access to high-quality pre-K. States would receive funding to establish and expand a mixed-delivery system of high-quality preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-olds. States must prioritize establishing and expanding universal local preschool programs within and across high-need communities.

Kim backed legislation that would fund expanded high-quality preschool programs and prioritize universal local pre-K in high-need communities.

Senator Kim Joins Colleagues to Reintroduce Bill to Expand Access to Affordable Child Care Nationwide - Senator Andy Kim
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Congress.gov lists Andy Kim as in Congress from 2019-present, Senate New Jersey 118th-119th (2024-Present), and House New Jersey District 3 116th-118th (2019-2024).

Establishes the relevant federal service window for assessing the pledge: Kim could act on it in the House starting in the 116th Congress and later in the Senate.

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Senator Andy Kim - Congress.gov Member Profile
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The cosponsor list includes Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3] with date cosponsored 03/21/2019.

Kim took concrete same-term action by cosponsoring the Child Care for Working Families Act in his first House term.

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Cosponsors - H.R.1364 - 116th Congress: Child Care for Working Families Act
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Latest Action: House - 02/26/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. This bill has the status Introduced.

The same-term House bill Kim cosponsored did not advance beyond introduction/referral and did not pass.

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Cosponsors - H.R.1364 - 116th Congress: Child Care for Working Families Act
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Latest Action: House - 04/22/2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. This bill has the status Introduced.

The 117th Congress House version also remained introduced only, so the promised Act still was not passed in a later House term.

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H.R.2817 - Child Care for Working Families Act 117th Congress
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The cosponsor list includes Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3] with date cosponsored 01/09/2024.

Kim again took concrete action in a later House term by cosponsoring the 118th Congress version.

partial later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.2976 - 118th Congress: Child Care for Working Families Act
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Latest Action: House - 04/27/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. This bill has the status Introduced.

Despite Kim's later cosponsorship, the House bill did not pass and remained at introduced/referral status.

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Actions - H.R.2976 - 118th Congress: Child Care for Working Families Act
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Latest Action: Senate - 04/27/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. This bill has the status Introduced.

The Senate companion in the 118th Congress also did not pass, confirming no bicameral passage of the Act before that Congress ended.

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Actions - S.1354 - 118th Congress: Child Care for Working Families Act
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The bill text includes Section 302, Universal preschool, and a state plan for universal, high-quality, free, inclusive preschool services.

The bill text matches the promise's substance on universal high-quality preschool, but the text was proposed legislation rather than enacted law.

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Text - H.R.2976 - 118th Congress: Child Care for Working Families Act
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The bill directs states to first prioritize establishing and expanding universal local preschool programs within and across high-need communities.

This confirms the high-need-community priority described in the promise, but it remained unenacted because the bill did not pass.

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Text - H.R.2976 - 118th Congress: Child Care for Working Families Act
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