The Legislature has temporarily repealed the cap on annual child care tuition increases it established in Act 76 of 2023 (33 V.S.A. § 3517):
“A regulated child care provider shall not impose an increase on annual child care tuition that exceeds 1.5 times the most recent annual increase in the NAICS code 611, Educational Services. This amount shall be posted on the department’s website annually.”
This new statute was temporarily repealed on May 22, 2024 in Act 113 of 2024.
This requirement is now scheduled to be effective on July 1, 2025. This means that there is no annual tuition rate increase cap in effect from May 22, 2023 to June 30, 2025. Any communications or notices related to the tuition rate increase caps from the Child Development Division from 2023 are no longer in effect. Next spring, CDD will calculate the new tuition increase rate cap as directed by the law and notify programs of that change.
More information can be found in this updated memo on tuition rates and allowability of additional fees.
Information on all aspects of Act 76 implementation can found on the Division’s Act 76 webpage. The Act 76 Status report has been updated as of August 1, 2024.