PROSPECT Act

12/15/2023, 4:06 PM
Congress
118
Number
S - 848
Introduced on
2023-03-16
# Amendments
0
Sponsors
+5
Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

3/16/2023
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PROSPECT Act

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Preparing and Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Childhood Teachers Act or the PROSPECT Act

This bill establishes various grant programs to increase the supply of, and access to, high-quality, early-childhood care. Specifically, grants are established for

  • planning and developing expanded access to free infant and toddler child care for student parents attending community college or minority-serving institutions;
  • providing free infant and toddler child care to such student parents, including developing on-campus child care centers that meet specified requirements;
  • training, mentorships, and technical support to community child care agencies and the professional development of licensed and unlicensed child care professionals; and
  • increasing the workforce pipeline of high-quality infant and toddler child care providers, particularly in locations with a low supply of affordable care.

The bill also revises the formula for providing federal matching funds to states providing child care assistance.

Further, the bill requires the Department of Education’s college cost calculator to include information about the dependent care allowance with respect to the cost of attendance and financial aid.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedA bill to establish competitive Federal grants that will empower community colleges and minority-serving institutions to become incubators for infant and toddler child care talent, training, and access on their campuses and in their communities, and for other purposes.
Policy Areas
Families
Potential Impact
Adult education and literacy•
Child care and development•
Congressional oversight•
Disability and health-based discrimination•
Disability and paralysis•
Educational facilities and institutions•
Elementary and secondary education•
Employee hiring•
Family services•
Foreign language and bilingual programs•
Government information and archives•
Higher education•
Performance measurement•
Racial and ethnic relations•
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination•
State and local finance•
Student aid and college costs•
Teaching, teachers, curricula•
User charges and fees•
Wages and earnings

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Recent Activity

Latest Summary4/14/2023

Preparing and Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Childhood Teachers Act or the PROSPECT Act

This bill establishes various grant programs to increase the supply of, and access to, high-quality, early-childhood care. Specificall...

Latest Action3/16/2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.