Support passage of the Child Care for Working Families Act to raise child care workers' pay to a living wage and achieve parity with elementary school teachers with similar credentials and experience.

This bill is the comprehensive reform we need to... make sure we better support the workers who go above and beyond to deliver this high-quality care... The legislation would: Support higher wages for child care workers. Child care workers would be paid a living wage and achieve parity with elementary school teachers who have similar credentials and experience.

Kim backed legislation that would raise child care worker wages and align pay with similarly credentialed elementary school teachers.

Senator Kim Joins Colleagues to Reintroduce Bill to Expand Access to Affordable Child Care Nationwide - Senator Andy Kim
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Congress.gov identifies Andy Kim as a Democratic senator from New Jersey, in Congress since 2019, with Senate service beginning in the 118th Congress and House service from the 116th through 118th Congresses.

This establishes the relevant federal-service timeline: Kim served in the House through 2024 and then in the Senate from 2024 onward.

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Senator Andy Kim - Congress.gov Member Profile
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The bill text includes requirements for child care and preschool staff pay, including living-wage standards and salaries comparable to elementary educators with similar credentials and experience.

The bill’s text matches the promise’s substance: raising child care worker pay to at least a living wage and toward parity with similarly qualified elementary educators.

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Text - H.R.2976 - 118th Congress: Child Care for Working Families Act
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The Congress.gov cosponsor list records Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ-3] as a cosponsor of H.R.2976 on January 9, 2024.

Kim took concrete supportive legislative action by cosponsoring the House version of the Child Care for Working Families Act.

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Cosponsors - H.R.2976 - 118th Congress: Child Care for Working Families Act
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Congress.gov lists H.R.2976 as introduced, with latest House action on April 27, 2023: referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

The House bill Kim cosponsored did not advance beyond introduction/referral in the 118th Congress, so it did not pass.

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H.R.2976 - 118th Congress: Child Care for Working Families Act
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Congress.gov lists the Senate companion, S.1354, as introduced and referred to the Senate HELP Committee on April 27, 2023, with status only at introduction.

The Senate companion also failed to pass, confirming the Child Care for Working Families Act was not enacted in the relevant Congress.

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S.1354 - 118th Congress: Child Care for Working Families Act
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