S 1673 · 113th Congress · Education
Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce Improvement Act
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EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2013-11-07)
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Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) (Secretaries) to award competitive matching grants to states to support services for early childhood educators and early childhood care and education programs across all early childhood age groups. Requires grant applicants to demonstrate that they have a comprehensive early childhood educator professional development system or a plan for developing one. Requires the grants to be used to: provide scholarships to current or prospective early childhood educators to earn a child development associate credential or an associate or baccalaureate degree in early childhood education or a closely related field; enhance or expand professional development to help early childhood care and education programs improve by at least one level on the state's quality rating and improvement system, if the state has one; provide ongoing professional development opportunities for early childhood educators; encourage cross-sector training opportunities for teachers and staff working in Head Start programs, Early Head Start programs, child care programs,…
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