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119-s-4190119th CongressWALLET

Creating Early Childhood Leaders Act

Sponsored By: Senator Kim, Andy [D-NJ]

Introduced

Summary

Early childhood leadership would be strengthened by expanding principal and school leader training under the Higher Education Act to cover child development from birth through age 8 and to require broader community and family engagement.

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  • Families and children: Principals and school leaders would need to understand child development, social and emotional growth, developmentally appropriate behavioral supports, and instructional leadership for children birth through age 8 to better support prekindergarten learning.
  • School leaders: The bill would require explicit engagement with parents, community members, the local educational agency, businesses, early childhood program providers, and other community leaders to leverage resources and improve student achievement.
  • Higher education and training programs: Programs that prepare principals would have to include these new competencies and stakeholder engagement expectations in their leadership training under Section 202(f)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act.
  • Early childhood providers and community partners: Local early childhood programs and community stakeholders would be named required partners in leadership planning and training to coordinate supports for young children.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

New early-childhood training for school leaders

If enacted, this bill would change leadership-training requirements for principals and the colleges that train them. It would require training on child development from birth through age 8, social and emotional development, developmentally appropriate behavioral interventions and supports, and instructional leadership for young children. It would also require school leaders to engage parents, community members, local educational agencies, businesses, early childhood program providers, and other community leaders to leverage resources and improve student achievement. The changes would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Kim, Andy [D-NJ]

NJ • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 3/25/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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