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S2323Referred to Committee

HEADWAY Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-07-17
Introduced
3
Cosponsors
S
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Type

Sponsor

Raphael G. Warnock
Raphael G. Warnock
Democrat · GA · Senator
Votes with party: 81.7% (889 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/W000790

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (3)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)Original· 2025-07-17
  • Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)· 2025-10-27
  • Dan Sullivan (R-AK)· 2025-10-27

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

2026-03-19

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsHearings By (full committee) · 2026-03-19

Previously

  • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeHearings By (full committee) · 2026-03-19
  • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeReferred To · 2025-07-17
  • Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsReferred To · 2025-07-17

Plain-English 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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Education
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