S 2323 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

HEADWAY Act

Introduced Jul 17, 2025 Originated Senate Sponsor Raphael G. Warnock D-GA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 19, 2026 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 17, 2025
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Head start Education And Development Workforce Advancement and Yield Act or the HEADWAY Act

This bill allows some teachers in Early Head Start programs to teach while in the process of earning their Child Development Associate (CDA) credential and completing training.

Currently, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must ensure that all teachers providing direct services to children and families in Early Head Start centers (1) have a minimum of a CDA credential and have been trained in early childhood development, and (2) have been trained in early childhood development with a focus on infant and toddler development.

The bill revises this requirement by requiring at least one teacher per classroom (instead of all teachers) to have a CDA credential and training. In particular, the bill requires HHS to ensure that (1) each additional teacher providing direct services to children and families is in the process of earning a CDA credential and completing training, and (2) the Early Head Start agency provides a mentor to oversee the progress and guide the work of a teacher who is in the process of earning a CDA credential and completing training.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2025 to Oct 27, 2025, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoOriginalJul 17, 2025
D-NMBen Ray LujánOct 27, 2025
R-AKDan SullivanOct 27, 2025

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 19, 2026Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
  2. Jul 17, 2025Introduced in Senate
  3. Jul 17, 2025Read 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.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 336HEADWAY ActIdentical billJan 13, 2025

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 17, 2025Introduced in Senate

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