PROSPECT Act

Summary

Preparing and Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Childhood Teachers Act or the PROSPECT Act This bill establishes various grant programs to increase the supply of, and access to, high-quality, early-childhood care. Specifically, grants are established for planning and developing expanded access to free infant and toddler child care for student parents attending community college or minority-serving institutions; providing free infant and toddler child care to such student parents, including developing on-campus child care centers that meet specified requirements; training, mentorships, and technical support to community child care agencies and the professional development of licensed and unlicensed child care professionals; and increasing the workforce pipeline of high-quality infant and toddler child care providers, particularly in locations with a low supply of affordable care. The bill also revises the formula for providing federal matching funds to states providing child care assistance. Further, the bill requires the Department of Education’s college cost calculator to include information about the dependent care allowance with respect to the cost of attendance and financial aid.

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Timeline

1. 18 December 2019

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 December 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 December 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 18 December 2019 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 December 2019

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 December 2019

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 December 2019

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Sponsors

• Jahana Hayes · D · Sponsor
• Donald Norcross · D · Sponsor
• ELIOT ENGEL · D · Cosponsor
• · hswm00 · Standing
• · hsed00 · Standing

Related records

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