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Advocates worry about day-care worker fund as D.C. budget tensions loom [1]

['Lauren Lumpkin']

Date: 2024-03-28

As D.C. waits to see the mayor’s proposed budget, some parents and child-care advocates are worried about the fate of a first-of-its-kind fund that pays stipends to teachers, caregivers, and other adults who work with babies and toddlers.

The Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund has paid more than $80 million to 4,000 day-care teachers to bring their salaries in line with their peers in public schools, according to D.C.’s state superintendent of education. It also supports health benefits for workers, advocates say.

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[1] Url: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/03/28/dc-budget-early-childhood-pay-equity-fund/

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