DC Council Should Restore Funding for the Pay Equity Fund, Early Learning Programs
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On Mother’s Day, the DC Council should honor moms and the commitments it made to families by restoring funding for the PEF and the child care subsidy program to ensure accessible, affordable, and high-quality child care for all District parents.
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As DC local fund revenue growth slows, lawmakers must protect the PEF from another funding raid and anticipate the natural growth in cost that accompanies its successful implementation and outcomes in future years.
More early educators, most of whom are Black and brown, are poised to see salary increases under a change to the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund (PEF) that the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) announced last week.