§ 1792. Child care employees
(a)
Required Training.—
(1)
The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations implementing a training program for child care employees. Those regulations shall apply uniformly among the military departments. Subject to paragraph (2), satisfactory completion of the training program shall be a condition of employment of any person as a child care employee.
(2)
Under those regulations, the Secretary shall require that each child care employee complete the training program not later than six months after the date on which the employee is employed as a child care employee.
(b)
Training and Curriculum Specialists.—
(1)
The Secretary of Defense shall require that at least one employee at each military child development center be a specialist in training and curriculum development. The Secretary shall ensure that such employees have appropriate credentials and experience.
(c)
Competitive Rates of Pay.—
For the purpose of providing military child development centers with a qualified and stable civilian workforce, employees at a military installation who are directly involved in providing child care and are paid from nonappropriated funds—
(d)
Competitive Service Position Defined.—
In this section, the term “competitive service position” means a position in the competitive service, as defined in section
2102
(a)(1) of title
5.