Committee moves HB 748 as amended to change career-ladder rules for private pre-K educators
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Summary
The subcommittee unanimously approved amendments to HB 748 that make certain teacher and teaching-assistant pathways permanent and add expedited credential requirements for newly hired teaching assistants.
The Childcare Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee unanimously moved HB 748 out of committee on March 5, 2026, after adopting amendments that alter career-ladder pathways for private prekindergarten providers. Alastair, presenting the amendments, said they "require that someone who's hired as an early childhood teaching assistant earn a CDA within 3 months or hold a bachelor's degree" and that the bill creates two teacher pathways tied to experience or an associate degree within six months of hire.
The amendments make several timing provisions permanent (previously set as three- and six-year timelines) while adding an immediate qualification path for teaching assistants. Committee discussion was procedural and brief; a motion to adopt the amendments was made and seconded and the chair declared the amendments approved unanimously. The chair then moved HB 748, as amended, out of the subcommittee.
Supporters noted the bill previously had bipartisan support in Appropriations, and members did not record dissent during the subcommittee vote. The bill will proceed to the next committee or floor process as the process requires.
