Native Language Educators in Classrooms Act

This bill changes the Head Start Act's rules for teacher qualifications in Indian (including Alaska Native) Head Start and Early Head Start programs. It removes Indian Head Start programs from the nationwide calculation of how many Head Start teachers hold college degrees. Instead, Indian Head Start teachers and teaching assistants in center-based programs would need, at the time of hire, either a child development associate credential or a qualifying early childhood education certificate, or proof that they are enrolled in a program leading to one. Those hired while still enrolled would have to earn the credential or certificate within 2 years of being hired. Similar hiring rules would apply to teachers in Indian Early Head Start centers, and the bill adds a definition of an Indian Early Head Start program.

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Sponsors

• Martin Heinrich Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors