Rhode Island H7317 directs the management of workforce development and compensation programs for early educators.
Rhode Island H7317 directs the Department of Human Services and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to manage existing workforce development and compensation programs for early educators. This includes managing the Rhode Island T.E.A.C.H. early childhood program and registered apprenticeships for early educators. The bill allocates at least $1,000,000 annually to continue the Child Care WAGE$ program, which provides education-based salary supplements to lower-paid center-based educators and family childcare providers.
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