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How We Are Working for You
Advocacy is an essential part of the Oklahoma Child Care Association mission. By partnering with legislators, we can improve the care for children and families in Oklahoma by creating common-sense solutions.
We sponsored these bills in 2025:
- HB 2895 by Townley: Directors shall have sixty (60) days to appoint a probationary master teacher. Also, in determining the number of master teachers required based on license capacity and desired Star level, after school care children shall not be counted toward the license capacity for master teacher ratio calculation.
- HB 1667 by Cantrell: Allows a grace period of fourteen (14) days shall be granted to all child care professionals to submit the required documentation for the completion of their annual professional development training hours. During this grace period, the child care professional shall remain in compliance with licensing and employment requirements. C. Employers and regulatory agencies shall not impose penalties, suspensions, or employment terminations solely based on the pending processing of professional development hours during the grace period.
In addition to our advocacy efforts with the State Legislature, much of our advocacy work is done directly with OKDHS and our partners through our involvement with various industry committees and policy makers. We aim to encourage common-sense rule making that serves providers interests while protecting the children of Oklahoma.
Bills we helped pass:
- House Bill 1118 (2015): Requires that Licensing and CECPD accept written verification of training credentials that are located onsite even if CECPD doesn’t have them verified on their website.
- Senate Bill 1554 (2016): Allows for required space for infant classrooms to be grandfathered in permanently at 35 square feet and allows persons with any bachelor degree to qualify immediately as a Director for child care programs.
- House Bill 1968 (2017 ): Allows programs to be sold with their Stars rating intact.
- House Bill 2692 (2018): Allows the director of a child care center to qualify as a master teacher for children of all ages. It also allows child care providers to appoint a probationary master teacher to replace a master teacher for a one-year period.
Oklahoma Child Care Program Resources
Below are resources for child care programs in the state of Oklahoma. If you have any questions, please reach out.