---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 U.S.C. § 2924"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
number: "2924"
heading: "Child development center employees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/2924"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 29 — Coast Guard Family Support, Child Care, and Housing"
  - "Subchapter II — Coast Guard Child Care"
---

# §2924. Child development center employees

- (a) **Training.—**
  - (1) **In general.—** The Commandant shall establish a training program for [Coast Guard child development center](/usc/14/2921.md?p=3) employees and satisfactory completion of the training program shall be a condition of employment for each employee of a [Coast Guard child development center](/usc/14/2921.md?p=3).
  - (2) **Timing for new hires.—** The Commandant shall require each employee of a [Coast Guard child development center](/usc/14/2921.md?p=3) to complete the training program established under [paragraph (1)](#a-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)](#a-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](/usc/14/2921.md?p=1) 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](/usc/14/2921.md?p=3) be a specialist in training and curriculum development with appropriate credentials and experience.
  - (2) **Duties.—** The duties of the specialist described in [paragraph (1)](#b-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](/usc/14/2921.md?p=1) 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)](#b-1) shall be an employee in a [competitive service position](/usc/14/2921.md?p=4).

## 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.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 554 of this title as this section.