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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 336 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Head Start Act to permit some teachers in Early Head |
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| 6 | 6 | | Start programs to teach while earning a child development associate |
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| 7 | 7 | | credential. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY13, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | ISCOMANI(for himself and Ms. SHERRILL) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Head Start Act to permit some teachers |
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| 15 | 15 | | in Early Head Start programs to teach while earning |
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| 16 | 16 | | a child development associate credential. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Head start Education 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | And Development Workforce Advancement and Yield Act’’ 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | or the ‘‘HEADWAY Act’’. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. TEACHERS IN EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 645A(h) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 9840a(h)) is amended— 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 336 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) in paragraph (1)— 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (A) by striking ‘‘, not later than Sep-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | tember 30, 2010, all teachers’’ and inserting 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘at least one teacher per classroom who is’’; 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (B) by striking ‘‘Early Head Start pro-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | grams located in Early Head Start centers, 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | have a minimum’’ and inserting ‘‘an Early 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Head Start program located in an Early Head 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Start center, has a minimum’’; 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (C) by striking ‘‘have been trained (or 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | have’’ and inserting ‘‘has been trained (or has’’; 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (D) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | graph (3); 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | lowing: 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(2) ensure that— 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(A) each additional teacher providing di-19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | rect services to children and families described 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | in paragraph (1) is working towards earning a 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | credential that is, at a minimum, a child devel-22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | opment associate credential and towards com-23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | pleting training (or equivalent coursework in 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | early childhood development); and 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | •HR 336 IH |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(B) during the period in which such a 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | teacher is working towards earning that creden-2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | tial and completing that training or coursework, 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | the Early Head Start agency employing the 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | teacher shall provide a mentor to oversee the 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | progress and guide the work of the teacher to-6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | wards earning that credential and completing 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | that training or coursework; and’’; and 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (4) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (A) by striking ‘‘not later than September 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | 30, 2012, all such teachers’’ and inserting ‘‘at 11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | least one teacher per classroom providing direct 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | services to children and families described in 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | paragraph (1) has’’; 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (B) by striking ‘‘(or have’’ and inserting 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(or has’’; and 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (C) by striking the period at the end and 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | inserting ‘‘, and that each additional teacher 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | providing direct services to such children and 19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | families is working towards completing that 20 |
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| 77 | 77 | | training or coursework.’’. 21 |
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