Child Care for Every Community Act

This bill would create a federal child care and early learning program that every child not yet old enough for required school attendance would be entitled to join. The Secretary of Health and Human Services would fund local, state, and Tribal "prime sponsors" to run programs, paying at least 90 percent of costs, and 100 percent for children of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and Native American children. Fees charged to families could not exceed 7 percent of family income. Programs would have to offer full-working-day (at least 10 hours), year-round services, including center-based and family child care home options. The bill also includes rules on staff pay, collective bargaining with labor unions, parent advisory councils, and limits on suspending or expelling children for behavior.

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Sponsors

• Elizabeth Warren Democrat sponsor
• 9 cosponsors