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Committee hears bill to extend experience pathway for child‑care staff qualifications to 2028
Summary
House Bill 1082 would give child‑care staff more time to meet experience‑based competency pathways for licensing by extending the deadline to August 1, 2028, allow continuous employment since August 1, 2021 to count toward experience, and require DCYF to convene stakeholders and report back by Dec. 1, 2026.
The Early Learning and Human Services Committee heard House Bill 1082, which would change staff‑qualification timelines and expand experience‑based pathways for licensed child‑care providers, Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) staff told lawmakers.
O’Meara Harrington, a committee staff member, explained that current licensing rules generally require staff to earn early childhood education (ECE) credentials by Aug. 1, 2026, with alternative pathways such as the PACE community equivalent program and an experience‑based competency pathway for those with seven cumulative years of experience. "Under House Bill 1082, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families must allow childcare providers until at least August 1, 2028 to demonstrate experience based competency as an alternative to an early childhood education certificate," Harrington told the committee.
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