An Act establishing the Child-Care Workforce Commission; and providing for duties of the Child-Care Workforce Commission, for public portal and Internet website of the Child-Care Workforce Commission and for annual child-care workforce report.

PRINTER'S NO. 898
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 830
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY STEFANO, CULVER, J. WARD, FARRY, COSTA,
L. WILLIAMS, FONTANA, MILLER, ARGALL AND BROWN, JUNE 4, 2025
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, JUNE 4, 2025
AN ACT
Establishing the Child-Care Workforce Commission; and providing
for duties of the Child-Care Workforce Commission, for public
portal and Internet website of the Child-Care Workforce
Commission and for annual child-care workforce report.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Child-Care
Workforce Report and Commission Act.
Section 2. Declaration of purpose.
The General Assembly finds and declares that there is a need
to collect and analyze reliable, consistent and transparent data
about the child-care workforce in this Commonwealth, including
the size of the child-care workforce and the level of education
and credentials, race, ethnicity, gender, length of service and
compensation of the child-care workforce.
Section 3. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
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context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Child care." The supervision of children who are younger
than 16 years of age and who are away from the home that is
provided in lieu of parental supervision for part of the 24-hour
day. The term does not include the supervision of children
provided in a place of worship during religious services or by a
social service organization.
"Child-care center." A premises certified by the department
where care is provided at any one time for seven or more
children unrelated to the operator of the premises.
"Child-care employee." An individual who provides child care
in a child-care center, family child-care home or group child-
care home.
"Child-care workforce." Child-care employees and child-care
providers.
"Commission." The Child-Care Workforce Commission
established under section 4.
"Department." The Department of Human Services of the
Commonwealth.
"Family child-care home." A residential facility, certified
by the department, where child care is provided by the occupier
of the premises to no fewer than four children and no more than
six children at any one time who are not relatives of the
provider.
"Group child-care home." A premises, including a residential
facility, certified by the department, where care is provided at
any one time to no fewer than six children and no more than 16
older school-age-level children, or no fewer than six children
and no more than 13 children of another age level, who are
unrelated to the operator of the premises.
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"Institution of higher education." Any of the following:
(1) A community college operating under Article XIX-A of
the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the
Public School Code of 1949.
(2) A university within the State System of Higher
Education.
(3) The Pennsylvania State University, the University of
Pittsburgh, Temple University, Lincoln University or any
other institution designated as State-related by the
Commonwealth.
(4) A college established under Article XIX-G of the
Public School Code of 1949.
(5) An institution of higher education located in and
incorporated or chartered by the Commonwealth and entitled to
confer degrees as specified in 24 Pa.C.S. § 6505 (relating to
power to confer degrees) and as provided for by the standards
and qualifications prescribed by the State Board of Education
under 24 Pa.C.S. Ch. 65 (relating to private colleges,
universities and seminaries).
"Office." The Office of Child Development and Early Learning
within the department and the Department of Education.
"Registry." The Pennsylvania Professional Development
Registry maintained by the office.
"Secretary." The Secretary of Human Services of the
Commonwealth.
"STAR level." The numeric indicator assigned by the office
for each child-care center, family child-care home and group
child-care home in accordance with Pennsylvania's quality rating
improvement system.
Section 4. Establishment of commission.
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The Child-Care Workforce Commission is established within the
department. The department shall provide administrative support,
meeting space and any other administrative assistance required
by the commission in the conduct of the commission's work.
Section 5. Duties of commission.
(a) Review and analysis.--The commission shall review and
analyze child-care workforce data for the purpose of issuing
recommendations based on the data in a report under section 9.
(b) Additional duties.--For the purposes of this act, the
commission:
(1) Shall review, make findings and offer
recommendations related to the child-care workforce in this
Commonwealth.
(2) Shall conduct meetings in accordance with the
requirements under section 7.
(3) May solicit and collect written comments via the
publicly accessible Internet website under section 8(a).
(4) May share reports, meeting minutes, testimony and
other meeting-related documents and meeting schedules via the
publicly accessible Internet website under section 8(a).
Section 6. Composition of commission.
(a) Composition.--The commission shall consist of the
following members:
(1) The secretary or a designee.
(2) The deputy secretary of the office or a designee.
(3) The Secretary of Education or a designee.
(4) The Secretary of Labor and Industry or a designee.
(5) An individual appointed by the President pro tempore
of the Senate.
(6) An individual appointed by the Speaker of the House
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of Representatives.
(7) An individual appointed by the Minority Leader of
the Senate.
(8) An individual appointed by the Minority Leader of
the House of Representatives.
(9) Eleven individuals appointed by the Governor within
60 days of the effective date of this paragraph and confirmed
by the Senate, including all of the following:
(i) One individual representing an owner or operator
of a child-care center with multiple locations.
(ii) One individual representing an owner or
operator of a child-care center with a single location.
(iii) One individual representing a nonprofit
professional association of child-care employees.
(iv) One individual representing a nonprofit
organization experienced in the analysis of economic and
labor data.
(v) One individual who is a child-care employee in a
rural area.
(vi) One individual who is a child-care employee in
an urban area.
(vii) One individual who provides child care in a
family child-care home.
(viii) One individual who teaches early childhood
education in an institution of higher education.
(ix) One parent of a child who receives child care
in a rural area.
(x) One parent of a child who receives child care in
an urban area.
(xi) One individual representing an organization
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that represents child-care providers.
(b) Chairperson.--The Governor shall appoint a member to
serve as chairperson of the commission.
(c) Consideration of appointees.--In making the appointments
to the commission, the Governor shall consider individuals who
reflect the population of the Commonwealth pursuant to the most
recent American Community Survey conducted by the United States
Census Bureau.
(d) Terms of office.--Members of the commission shall serve
terms as follows:
(1) Members of the commission appointed under subsection
(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) shall serve a
term consistent with their offices or the offices of the
members of the General Assembly who appointed the members.
(2) Members of the commission appointed under subsection
(a)(9) shall serve terms as follows:
(i) For the initial appointment, six members shall
serve a four-year term and five members shall serve a
three-year term.
(ii) For subsequent appointments, members shall
serve a three-year term.
(iii) Members appointed under subsection (a)(9) may
not serve more than two terms.
Section 7. Meetings and compensation of commission.
(a) Conduct of meetings.--The commission shall conduct each
meeting of the commission in accordance with 65 Pa.C.S. § 704
(relating to open meetings). The commission shall live stream
each meeting or hearing of the commission.
(b) Initial meeting.--The commission shall conduct an
initial meeting no later than 60 days after the appointment of
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all members of the commission under section 6(a).
(c) Frequency of meetings.--
(1) The commission shall conduct at least four meetings
annually.
(2) In addition to regularly scheduled meetings under
paragraph (1), the commission may conduct additional meetings
as requested by a simple majority of the members of the
commission or subject to the call of the chairperson.
(d) Notice of meetings.--The commission shall provide notice
of each meeting of the commission in accordance with 65 Pa.C.S.
§ 709 (relating to public notice) and post the notice on the
publicly accessible Internet website under section 8(a).
(e) Public hearings.--
(1) The commission shall conduct three public hearings
no later than 180 days from the date of the initial meeting
under subsection (b).
(2) The commission and office shall develop a system for
receiving written comments from the public, including through
all electronic mail formats and on a public comment portal on
the publicly accessible Internet website under section 8(a).
The commission shall review comments submitted during each
meeting of the commission and give equal consideration to in-
person testimony.
(3) The commission may request data from the registry
and the Department of Labor and Industry for the purpose of
providing guidance, preparing reports and making
recommendations to the office, department, the General
Assembly and the Governor.
(f) Compensation and expenses.--Members of the commission
shall not receive a salary or per diem allowance for serving on
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the commission, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary
expenses, including the cost of travel, incurred in the
performance of their duties.
Section 8. Public portal and Internet website of commission.
(a) Establishment.--The office shall establish a publicly
accessible Internet website for use by the commission.
(b) Contents of website.--The website must include the
following:
(1) The annual child-care workforce report under section
9(a).
(2) A public comment portal that is able to facilitate
real-time written comments during each meeting or hearing of
the commission.
(3) A hyperlink to the registry.
(4) Access to each meeting or hearing of the commission.
(5) A video archive of each meeting or hearing of the
commission.
(6) The agendas, minutes, testimony, reports and any
other documentation of each meeting or hearing of the
commission that is not exempt from public access under
section 708 of the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3),
known as the Right-to-Know Law.
(7) Notice of each meeting or hearing of the commission.
(8) The names and affiliations of the members of the
commission.
Section 9. Data and annual child-care workforce report.
(a) Collection and compilation of data.--
(1) The office, in collaboration with the Department of
Labor and Industry, shall annually collect and compile a
sample of the following data from the child-care workforce
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via the registry:
(i) The demographic data of each child-care
employee, including age, ethnicity, race and gender.
(ii) The professional trainings completed by each
child-care employee.
(iii) The academic credentials held by each child-
care employee.
(iv) The compensation, including salary and
benefits, of each child-care employee.
(v) The job title of each child-care employee.
(vi) The age of children being served by each child-
care employee.
(vii) The name of each child-care provider or child-
care provider number.
(viii) Any other data the office deems necessary to
complete the report under subsection (b).
(2) The office, in collaboration with the Department of
Labor and Industry, shall collect and compile the following
data and organize the data by county, by labor market area
and by STAR level and the age of children receiving child
care:
(i) Descriptive child-care workforce data, including
gender, race, ethnicity, education and other professional
credentials.
(ii) The minimum, maximum and average yearly salary
for child-care employees by gender, race, ethnicity,
education and other professional credentials as
delineated by job title.
(iii) The minimum, maximum and average length of
employment for child-care employees with a specific
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child-care provider.
(iv) Benefits data, including the percentage of the
child-care employees that receive employer-provided
health insurance, retirement benefits, sign-on bonuses,
retention bonuses and performance-related bonuses to the
extent that this data is available and as delineated by
job title.
(v) Any observed changes or trends in the data in
the report over a period of time, if data for the prior
year is available.
(vi) A summary of the generalized findings of the
report, including the sample size obtained in the data in
the report.
(b) Issuance and contents of report.--No later than six
months following the effective date of this subsection, the
office shall issue an initial report that includes the data
compiled under subsection (a) and any recommendations.
(c) Updates.--No later than October 31 following the initial
report under subsection (b) and each October 31 thereafter, the
office shall update the data and recommendations and issue an
annual report containing the updated data.
(d) Public accessibility.--The office shall ensure that each
report under this section is posted on the publicly accessible
Internet websites for the commission under section 8(a), the
office, the department and the Department of Education.
(e) Recipients of report.--The office shall provide copies
of each report under this section to the following:
(1) The Governor.
(2) The Aging and Youth Committee of the Senate.
(3) The Children and Youth Committee of the House of
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Representatives.
(4) The Education Committee of the Senate.
(5) The Education Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(6) The Health and Human Services Committee of the
Senate.
(7) The Human Services Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(8) The Labor and Industry Committee of the Senate.
(9) The Labor and Industry Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(10) Any other standing committee of the General
Assembly deemed necessary to implement the commission's
recommendations made in a report under this section.
Section 10. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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