Childcare Worker Opportunity Act

Bill: 118-s-4653
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2024-07-10
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2024-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4653 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 10, 2024 Mr. Lee (for himself and Mrs. Britt ) 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Childcare Worker Opportunity Act . 2. 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.