A bill to repeal portions of a regulation issued by the State Superintendent of Education of the District of Columbia that require child care workers to have a degree, a certificate, or a minimum number of credit hours from an institution of higher education.

Bill: 117-s-538
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-03-02
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Child care and development

Congressional oversight

District of Columbia

Higher education

School administration

State and local government operations

Teaching, teachers, curricula
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill invalidates certain provisions of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations as added by the final rulemaking of the State Superintendent of Education of the District of Columbia issued on December 7, 2016, that require a staff member of a child development facility to have a degree, a certificate, or a minimum number of credit hours from an institution of higher education. The requirements of this rulemaking apply to personnel including</p> <ul> <li>child development center directors, teachers, and assistant teachers;</li> <li>expanded child development home caregivers; and </li> <li>out-of-school time program directors and group leaders.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 538 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 2 (legislative day, March 1), 2021 Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Braun ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To repeal portions of a regulation issued by the State Superintendent of Education of the District of Columbia that require child care workers to have a degree, a certificate, or a minimum number of credit hours from an institution of higher education.

1. Repeal of DC regulations regarding higher education qualifications of child care workers Any provision of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of Title 5 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, as added by the final rulemaking of the State Superintendent of Education of the District of Columbia issued on December 7, 2016, that requires a staff member of a child development facility to have a degree, a certificate, or a minimum number of credit hours from an institution of higher education, including sections 164.1, 165.1, 166.1(a), 170.2(a), 173.3, 174.2(a), and 174.2(b), shall have no force or effect.