Council of the District of Columbia

Committee of the Whole

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

 

 

TO:                     Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council

               

FROM:             Phil Mendelson, Chairman

                                                         

DATE:               December 29, 2021

 

 

              I request that the following measures be placed on the agenda for the January 4, 2022 legislative meeting:

 

§  Early Childhood Educator Equitable Compensation Task Force Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2022

§  Early Childhood Educator Equitable Compensation Task Force Emergency Amendment Act of 2022

§  Early Childhood Educator Equitable Compensation Task Force Temporary Amendment Act of 2022

             

              As part of the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Act of 2021,  the Council established an Early Childhood Educator Equitable Compensation Task Force (“Task Force”) charged with submitting a report to the Mayor and Council proposing an employee compensation scale for early childhood development providers that accounts for employee roles, credentials, and experience.  The report is due by January 15, 2022.

 

Despite multiple meetings of the Task Force, the required report will not be ready by the deadline.  Thus, the Task Force has requested additional time to present recommendations for the permanent increased compensation scale. The underlying measures will allow for the Task Force to present a short-term solution, due January 15, 2022, but will require the full report on a permanent compensation scale by April 15, 2022.

 

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