Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102

§1161i Purpose

Title 20 › CHAPTER 28 — HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER IX — ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS › Part I — Early Childhood Education Professional Development and Career Task Force › § 1161i

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Create a statewide task force to raise the quality of the early childhood education workforce, including staff, center directors, administrators, and faculty. Set up a clear system of core skills, training paths, credentials, degrees, quality checks, access, and outreach tied to pay that matches experience and qualifications. Make agreements so workers can move between degree programs easily and create pay plans that reflect workers’ credentials and experience.

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Title 20, §1161i

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The purposes of this part are—

(1)to improve the quality of the early childhood education workforce by creating a statewide early childhood education professional development and career task force for early childhood education program staff, directors, administrators, and faculty; and

(2)to create—

(A)a coherent system of core competencies, pathways to qualifications, credentials, degrees, quality assurances, access, and outreach, for early childhood education program staff, directors, administrators, and faculty that is linked to compensation commensurate with experience and qualifications;

(B)articulation agreements that enable early childhood education professionals to transition easily among degrees; and

(C)compensation initiatives for individuals working in an early childhood education program that reflect the individuals’ credentials, degrees, and experience.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 1161i

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102