Rhode Island S2369 establishes the Rhode Island Early Educator Workforce Act to improve compensation and retention of early childhood educators.
Rhode Island S2369, the Rhode Island Early Educator Workforce Act, aims to stabilize and strengthen the early childhood education workforce by directing the departments of human services and elementary and secondary education to collaborate on managing existing workforce development and compensation programs. The act allocates at least $1,000,000 annually to continue the Child Care WAGE$ model, which provides education-based salary supplements to lower-paid center-based educators and family childcare providers.
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