PROSPECT Act
Latest action · Jan 8, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 8, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 8, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jan 8, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5475 | PROSPECT Act | Related bill | Dec 18, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- 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
- Families
- Family services
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Performance measurement
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- State and local finance
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- User charges and fees
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2020Introduced in Senate
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