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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1390
To establish a child care provider scholarship program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 4, 2001
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To establish a child care provider scholarship program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Care Worker
Incentive Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Section 658G
of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of
1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858e) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before
‘‘A State’’; and
salary increase or bonus, when the indi-
vidual completes the education or training.
‘‘(3) 
QUALIFYING
EDUCATIONAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—The State plan shall specify the types of
educational and training programs for which schol-
arships granted under the State program may be
used, which shall be limited to (but may include any
or all) programs that—
‘‘(A) are administered by institutions of
higher education that are eligible to participate
in student financial assistance programs under
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965;
and
‘‘(B) lead to a State or national credential
in child care or early childhood or early child-
hood special education, or to an associate or
bachelor’s degree in child development or early
childhood education.
‘‘(4) ANNUAL MAXIMUM SCHOLARSHIP GRANT
AMOUNT.—The maximum amount of a scholarship
awarded to an eligible individual under this section
may not exceed $1,500 per year.
‘‘(5) SUPPLEMENTATION
OF
OTHER
FUND-
ING.—The State plan shall contain assurances that
Federal funds provided to the State under this sub-
section will not be used to supplant Federal or non-
Federal funds for existing services and activities
that promote the purposes of this subsection.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
658B of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before
‘‘There’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PRO-
GRAM.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out section 658G(b) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2002 through 2006.’’.
(c) ALLOTMENT.—Section 658O of the Child Care
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
9858m) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘this sub-
chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘each subsection of sec-
tion 658B’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘section
658B’’ and inserting ‘‘section 658B(a)’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(1) in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘each subsection of’’
before ‘‘section 658B’’; and
(3) in subsection (e)(1) by striking ‘‘the allot-
ment under subsection (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘an allot-
ment under subsection (b)’’.
(d) PAYMENTS.—Section 658J(a) of the Child Care
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
9858h) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Subject’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) A State described in paragraph (1) whose plan
under section 658E provides for a child care scholarship
program under section 658G(b) shall be entitled to pay-
ment under this section in an amount equal to the lesser
of its allotment under section 658O or 80 percent of ex-
penditures by the State for such program.’’.
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 658K(a)(2) of the
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 9858i) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(2) in subparagraph (E) by adding ‘‘and’’ at
the end; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(F) the child care scholarship program,
including—
‘‘(i) the number of child care workers
receiving scholarship grants;
‘‘(ii) the amount of each scholarship
grant;
‘‘(iii) the number of course credits or
credentials completed by individuals receiv-
ing scholarships;
‘‘(iv) the number and percentage of
child care workers receiving scholarship
grants in the previous year who fulfilled
their 1-year commitment; and
‘‘(v) such other data as the Secretary
may require.’’.
SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.
The amendments made by this Act shall not apply
with respect to fiscal years beginning before the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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