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.
Adult education and literacyChild care and developmentCongressional oversightDisability and health-based discriminationDisability and paralysisEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary educationEmployee hiringFamily servicesForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment information and archivesHigher educationPerformance measurementRacial and ethnic relationsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationState and local financeStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curriculaUser charges and feesWages and earnings
PROSPECT Act
USA118th CongressS-848| Senate
| Updated: 3/16/2023
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.
Adult education and literacyChild care and developmentCongressional oversightDisability and health-based discriminationDisability and paralysisEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary educationEmployee hiringFamily servicesForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment information and archivesHigher educationPerformance measurementRacial and ethnic relationsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationState and local financeStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curriculaUser charges and feesWages and earnings