Childcare Worker Opportunity Act

Bill: 118-hr-8983
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2024-07-10
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2024-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8983 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 2024 Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 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.