HI HB2574

Explicitly includes foster children as eligible participants in Hawaii's Preschool Open Doors Program, which provides subsidies to help families pay preschool tuition for up to two years before kindergarten.

Adds "foster parent" alongside parent and guardian throughout the statute, authorizing foster parents to enroll their foster children in the program and choose child care programs.

Requires foster children to meet the same age and income eligibility requirements as other children in the program.

Adds statutory definitions for "foster care" and "foster parent" by reference to existing Hawaii Revised Statutes section 587A-4.

Aims to expand the pool of potential foster parents for young children by reducing childcare expenses as a barrier to fostering.