direct the Department of Social Services to amend administrative rules allowing graduate students to be eligible for child care assistance.

This bill directs the South Dakota Department of Social Services to update its administrative rules to allow graduate students to qualify for child care assistance. Currently, the program may have restrictions that exclude graduate students, but this legislation would expand eligibility to include them. The change would enable graduate students who need child care support to access the same assistance available to other eligible families. The Department of Social Services would be responsible for implementing these updated eligibility criteria through its administrative rulemaking process.