Expanding Student Work-Study Jobs to Support Head Start and Early Childhood Education.
This law expands the Federal Work-Study program to include child development and early learning services, specifically Head Start programs. This creates new paid job opportunities for college students interested in early education. Crucially, it mandates strict safety rules: student workers must be supervised at all times and serve as extra staff, ensuring mandated staff-to-child ratios remain high.
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Federal Work-Study funds can now be used for student employment in Head Start and Early Head Start programs, increasing student earning opportunities.
Increases the number of paid adults assisting in early learning classrooms without altering the required staff-to-child safety ratios.
Student workers are strictly prohibited from being left alone with children and must always be supervised by a permanent, paid staff member.
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