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 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 103 STAT. 1591 SEC. 1503. CHILD CARE EMPLOYEES (a) REQUIRED TRAINING. — (1) The Secretary of Defense shall estab- Regulations. lish, and prescribe regulations to implement, a training program for child care employees. Those regulations shall apply uniformly among the military departments. Subject to paragraph (2), satisfac- tory completion of the training program shall be a condition of employment of any person as a child care employee. (2) Under those regulations, the Secretary shall require that each child care employee complete the training program not later than six months after the date on which the employee is employed as a child care employee (except that, in the case of a child care em- ployee hired before the date on which the training program is established, the Secretary shall require that the employee complete the program not later than six months after that date). (3) The training program established under this subsection shall cover, at a minimum, training in the following: (A) Early childhood development. (B) Activities and disciplinary techniques appropriate to chil- dren of different ages. (C) Child abuse prevention and detection. (D) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other emergency medical procedures. (b) TRAINING AND CURRICULUM SPECIAUSTS. — (1) The Secretary of Defense shall require that at least one employee at each military child development center be a specialist in training and curriculum development. The Secretary shall ensure that such employees have appropriate credentials and experience. (2) The duties of such employees shall include the following: (A) Special teaching activities at the center. (B) Daily oversight and instruction of other child care em- ployees at the center. (C) Daily assistance in the preparation of lesson plans. (D) Assistance in the center's child abuse prevention and detection program. (E) Advising the director of the center on the performance of other child care employees. (3) Each employee referred to in paragraph (1) shall be an em- ployee in a competitive service position. (c) PROGRAM TO TEST COMPETITIVE RATES OF PAY. —(1) For the purpose of improving the capability of the Department of Defense to provide military child development centers with a qualified and stable civilian workforce, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a program as provided in this subsection to increase the compensation of child care employees. The Secretary shall begin the program not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act. The program shall be in effect for a period of at least two years. (2) The program shall apply to all child care employees who— (A) are directly involved in providing child care; and (B) are paid from nonappropriated funds. (3) Under the program, child care employees at a military installa- tion who are described in paragraph (2) shall be paid— (A) in the case of entry-level employees, at rates of pay competitive with the rates of pay paid to other entry-level employees at that installation who are drawn from the same labor pool; and

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