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A resolution amending the eligibility criteria for the Senate Employee Child Care Center.
9/4/2022, 1:14 PM
Summary of Bill SRES 329
The resolution proposes to expand the eligibility criteria to include all Senate employees, regardless of their position or level within the Senate. This means that all Senate employees, from entry-level staff to senior officials, would be eligible to enroll their children in the child care center.
Additionally, the resolution aims to increase the number of available slots at the child care center in order to accommodate the potential increase in demand resulting from the expanded eligibility criteria. This would involve securing additional funding and resources to support the expansion of the center. Overall, Bill 117 S.Res. 329 seeks to make the Senate Employee Child Care Center more accessible and inclusive for all Senate employees, ensuring that they have the support they need to balance their work responsibilities with their family obligations.
Congressional Summary of SRES 329
This resolution revises the eligibility criteria for the Senate Employee Child Care Center.
For FY2022, and each fiscal year afterwards, the Senate shall reimburse the Senate Employee Child Care Center for the cost of the basic pay paid to the Executive Director and the Assistant Director of the center.
As a condition of receiving such reimbursement, the center must terminate the enrollment of a child at the center within 120 days of the date on which the child does not have a parent or guardian who is serving as an employee of the Senate, an employee of the center, a congressional employee, or a federal employee.
As a condition of receiving reimbursement under this resolution, the center shall provide enrollment
- first, to a child of an individual serving as a Senate employee or as an employee of the center;
- second, to a child of an individual serving as a congressional employee; and
- third, to a child of a federal employee if certain conditions are met.
Under the resolution, the center may provide enrollment to the child of a federal employee if
- there is an enrollment slot available;
- no child of an individual serving as an employee of the Senate, as an employee of the center, or as a congressional employee accepts the slot; and
- no currently enrolled child is ready to transition to the class in which the slot is available.

