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.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1509 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 2, 2021 Ms. MACE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To repeal portions of a regulation issued by the State Super- intendent 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. REPEAL OF DC REGULATIONS REGARDING 3 HIGHER EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS OF 4 CHILD CARE WORKERS. 5 Any provision of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of Title 5 6 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, as 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:36 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1509.IH H1509 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1509 IH added by the final rulemaking of the State Superintendent 1 of Education of the District of Columbia issued on Decem- 2 ber 7, 2016, that requires a staff member of a child devel- 3 opment facility to have a degree, a certificate, or a min- 4 imum number of credit hours from an institution of higher 5 education, including sections 164.1, 165.1, 166.1(a), 6 170.2(a), 173.3, 174.2(a), and 174.2(b), shall have no 7 force or effect. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:36 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1509.IH H1509 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS