HEADWAY Act

Bill: 119-hr-336
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2025-01-13
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Preschool education

Teaching, teachers, curricula

Vocational and technical education
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Head start Education And Development Workforce Advancement and Yield Act or the HEADWAY Act</strong></p><p>This bill allows some teachers in Early Head Start programs to teach while in the process of earning their Child Development Associate (CDA) credential and completing training.</p><p>Currently, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must ensure that all teachers providing direct services to children and families in Early Head Start centers (1) have a minimum of a CDA credential and have been trained in early childhood development, and (2) have been trained in early childhood development with a focus on infant and toddler development.</p><p>The bill revises this requirement by requiring at least one teacher per classroom (instead of all teachers) to have a CDA credential and training. In particular, the bill requires HHS to ensure that (1) each additional teacher providing direct services to children and families is in the process of earning a CDA credential and completing training, and (2) the Early Head Start agency provides a mentor to oversee the progress and guide the work of a teacher who is in the process of earning a CDA credential and completing training.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 336 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 13, 2025 Mr. Ciscomani (for himself and Ms. Sherrill ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce A BILL To amend the Head Start Act to permit some teachers in Early Head Start programs to teach while earning a child development associate credential.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Head start Education And Development Workforce Advancement and Yield Act or the HEADWAY Act . 2. Teachers in Early Head Start programs Section 645A(h) of the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9840a(h) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking , not later than September 30, 2010, all teachers and inserting at least one teacher per classroom who is ; (B) by striking Early Head Start programs located in Early Head Start centers, have a minimum and inserting an Early Head Start program located in an Early Head Start center, has a minimum ; (C) by striking have been trained (or have and inserting has been trained (or has ; and (D) by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) ensure that— (A) each additional teacher providing direct services to children and families described in paragraph (1) is working towards earning a credential that is, at a minimum, a child development associate credential and towards completing training (or equivalent coursework in early childhood development); and (B) during the period in which such a teacher is working towards earning that credential and completing that training or coursework, the Early Head Start agency employing the teacher shall provide a mentor to oversee the progress and guide the work of the teacher towards earning that credential and completing that training or coursework; and ; and (4) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— (A) by striking not later than September 30, 2012, all such teachers and inserting at least one teacher per classroom providing direct services to children and families described in paragraph (1) has ; (B) by striking (or have and inserting (or has ; and (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting , and that each additional teacher providing direct services to such children and families is working towards completing that training or coursework. .