| Early Care and Education Variables | |||||||||||||||
| Sets the income eligibility limit for child care subsidies at or above 200% FPL (2019) | Uses payment rate at or above the 75th percentile of current market rate for center-based care at the highest quality QRIS tier (2019) | Provides families with at least 12 months of continuous eligibility for child care subsidies (FY 2018) | Funds a pre-kindergarten program (2019) | Supplements Head Start (2019) | Requires districts to offer full day kindergarten (2018) | Requires one adult for every four 18-month-olds in child care centers (2020) | Requires one adult for every ten 4-year-olds in child care centers (2020) | Requires one teacher for every 12 students in kindergarten classrooms (2020) | Has early learning standards or developmental guidelines for infants and toddlers (2019) | Has an infant/toddler credential or certificate (2018) | Requires that infants and toddlers in child care centers be assigned a consistent primary caregiver (2020) | Has implemented a statewide Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) (2020) | Has comprehensive, free-standing standards for social emotional learning at the K-12 level (2020) | Requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree for lead teachers in public pre-K programs and licensed child care centers (2018)▼ | |
| Alabama | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Alaska | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Arizona | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Arkansas | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| California | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Colorado | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Connecticut | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Delaware | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| District of Columbia | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Florida | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Georgia | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Hawaii | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Idaho | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Illinois | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Indiana | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Iowa | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Kansas | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Kentucky | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Louisiana | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Maine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Maryland | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Massachusetts | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Michigan | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Minnesota | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Mississippi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Missouri | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Montana | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Nebraska | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Nevada | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| New Hampshire | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| New Jersey | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| New Mexico | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| New York | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| North Carolina | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| North Dakota | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Ohio | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Oklahoma | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Oregon | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Pennsylvania | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Rhode Island | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| South Carolina | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| South Dakota | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Tennessee | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Texas | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Utah | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Vermont | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Virginia | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Washington | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| West Virginia | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Wisconsin | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Wyoming | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
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