Sec. 1107. Child development program staffing and compensation model
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The Secretary of Defense, in collaboration with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall carry out a redesign of the Department of Defense child development program compensation model and modernization of the child development program staffing model. The Secretary of Defense, in collaboration with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall— redesign child development program staff compensation for non-entry level, mid-to-senior level classroom staff by modernizing the duties and responsibilities captured in position descriptions to more accurately reflect performance and expectations of the positions; adjust compensation for higher-level program management positions by modernizing the duties and responsibilities captured in position descriptions to more accurately reflect performance and expectations of the positions; direct the Department’s personnel office to make necessary adjustments to modernize the pay plan to accommodate any compensation and wage increases driven by the updated position descriptions for child development program staff; and begin implementation of the revised position descriptions and accompanying compensation adjustments no later than April 1, 2025, subject to the availability of appropriations.
The Secretary of Defense, in collaboration with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall— add key positions to facilitate classroom operations and provide direct support to child development program staff; add key positions to coordinate support for the needs of children with specials needs and provide direct support to the child development program staff working with these children; and develop and implement a 5-year phased plan to ensure responsible funding execution, successful implementation allowing for adjustments as necessary, and long-term sustainable impact.
The Secretary of Defense, in collaboration with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall submit reports to detail progress, accomplishments, and demonstrate the impact of the redesigned compensation and modernized staffing models. Not later than 180 days after the end of fiscal year 2025, an initial baseline report shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees. Not later than 180 days after the end of each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029, a progress report shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees.
Any report submitted under paragraph
(2)or
(3)shall include the following: Percentage of child development program staff that are also military spouses. Turnover or retention rate of child development program staff. Utilization rate of child development program child care spaces. Number of newly hired child development program employees. Percentage of newly hired child development program employees who resign within their first 6 months of employment. Information on the ability to staff newly constructed facilities. Impacts of adding key positions to the child development program staffing model. In this section, the term child development program means child care services under subchapter II of chapter 88 of title 10, United States Code.