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14 USC § 2924 - Child development center employees 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s2924"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 2924 - Child development center employees"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2924"
section_name: "Child development center employees"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD FAMILY SUPPORT, CHILD CARE, AND HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "COAST GUARD CHILD CARE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 214(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3032, § 554; renumbered § 2924, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 117(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4230.)"
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# § 2924. Child development center employees

**(a)** **Training.—**

**(1)** **In general.—** The Commandant shall establish a training program for Coast Guard child development center employees and satisfactory completion of the training program shall be a condition of employment for each employee of a Coast Guard child development center.

**(2)** **Timing for new hires.—** The Commandant shall require each employee of a Coast Guard child development center to complete the training program established under paragraph (1) not later than 6 months after the date on which the employee is hired.

**(3)** **Minimum requirements.—** The training program established under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, instruction with respect to—

**(A)** early childhood development;

**(B)** activities and disciplinary techniques appropriate to children of different ages;

**(C)** child abuse and neglect prevention and detection; and

**(D)** cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other emergency medical procedures.

**(4)** **Use of department of defense programs.—** The Commandant may use Department of Defense training programs, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, for purposes of this subsection.

**(b)** **Training and Curriculum Specialists.—**

**(1)** **Specialist required.—** The Commandant shall require that at least 1 employee at each Coast Guard child development center be a specialist in training and curriculum development with appropriate credentials and experience.

**(2)** **Duties.—** The duties of the specialist described in paragraph (1) shall include—

**(A)** special teaching activities;

**(B)** daily oversight and instruction of other child care employees;

**(C)** daily assistance in the preparation of lesson plans;

**(D)** assisting with child abuse and neglect prevention and detection; and

**(E)** advising the director of the center on the performance of the other child care employees.

**(3)** **Competitive service.—** Each specialist described in paragraph (1) shall be an employee in a competitive service position.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 214(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3032, § 554; renumbered § 2924, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 117(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4230.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.