Washington, D.C.’s daycare market is about as tight as any place in the country. It costs $24,000/yr per child, that is, children between 0 and 4-5 years old.
This year, a new regulation–one that was passed eight years ago but delayed by challenges to the law–has gone into effect that requires daycare workers to have a college degree–slashing the number of people eligible to work at daycares.
D.C.’s new degree requirement for day care teachers will make child care more expensive and harder to find. https://t.co/poFDUBank0
— reason (@reason) May 14, 2024
The result? First, the obvious: higher costs (this was an intended result, actually) and fewer slots. And, of course, a much more indoctrinated workforce.
The stated goal is to professionalize the industry, give workers more bargaining power (by restricting the applicant…
