[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8983 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8983

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2024

   Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Childcare Worker Opportunity Act''.

SEC. 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.
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