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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1068

To provide for the health, education, and welfare of children under 6 years

of age.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 18 (legislative day, MAY 14), 1999

Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. BOND, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr. WELLSTONE, Mr.

TORRICELLI, Mr. MOYNIHAN, Mr. JOHNSON, Ms. LANDRIEU, and Mr.

LEVIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To provide for the health, education, and welfare of children

under 6 years of age.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘Early Childhood Development Act of 1999’’.

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of

7 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings.

TITLE I—ASSISTANCE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
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Sec. 101. Definitions.

Sec. 102. Allotments to States.

Sec. 103. Grants to local collaboratives.

Sec. 104. Supplement not supplant.

Sec. 105. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE II—CHILD CARE FOR FAMILIES

Sec. 201. Amendment to Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of

1990.

TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO THE HEAD START ACT

Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 302. Effective date.

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 Congress makes the following findings—

3 (1) The Nation’s highest priority should be to

4 ensure that children begin school ready to learn.

5 (2) New scientific research shows that the elec6 trical activity of brain cells actually changes the

7 physical structure of the brain itself and that with8 out a stimulating environment, a baby’s brain will

9 suffer. At birth, a baby’s brain contains

10 100,000,000,000 neurons, roughly as many nerve

11 cells as there are stars in the Milky Way, but the

12 wiring pattern between these neurons develops over

13 time. Children who play very little or are rarely

14 touched develop brains that are 20 to 30 percent

15 smaller than normal for their age.

16 (3) This scientific research also conclusively

17 demonstrates that enhancing children’s physical, so18 cial, emotional, and intellectual development will re-
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1 sult in tremendous benefits for children, families,

2 and the Nation.

3 (4) Since more than 50 percent of the mothers

4 of children under the age of 3 now work outside of

5 the home, society must change to provide new sup6 ports so young children receive the attention and

7 care that they need.

8 (5) There are 12,000,000 children under the

9 age of 3 in the United States today and 1 in 4 lives

10 in poverty.

11 (6) Compared with most other industrialized

12 countries, the United States has a higher infant

13 mortality rate, a higher proportion of low-birth

14 weight babies, and a smaller proportion of babies

15 immunized against childhood diseases.

16 (7) National and local studies have found a

17 strong link between—

18 (A) lack of early intervention for children;

19 and

20 (B) increased violence and crime among

21 youth.

22 (8) The United States will spend more than

23 $35,000,000,000 over the next 5 years on Federal

24 programs for at-risk or delinquent youth and child

25 welfare programs, which address crisis situations
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1 that frequently could have been avoided or made

2 much less severe through good early intervention for

3 children.

4 (9) Many local communities across the country

5 have developed successful early childhood efforts and

6 with additional resources could expand and enhance

7 opportunities for young children.

8 TITLE I—ASSISTANCE FOR

9 YOUNG CHILDREN

10 SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

11 In this subtitle:

12 (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term

13 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given

14 the term in section 14101 of the Elementary and

15 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).

16 (2) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’

17 means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of

18 Management and Budget, and revised annually in

19 accordance with section 673(2) of the Community

20 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) appli21 cable to a family of the size involved.

22 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

23 the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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1 (4) STATE BOARD.—The term ‘‘State board’’

2 means a State Early Learning Coordinating Board

3 established under section 102(c).

4 (5) YOUNG CHILD.—The term ‘‘young child’’

5 means an individual from birth through age 5.

6 (6) YOUNG CHILD ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES.—

7 The term ‘‘young child assistance activities’’ means

8 the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2)(A)

9 of section 103(b).

10 SEC. 102. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make allot12 ments under subsection (b) to eligible States to pay for

13 the Federal share of the cost of enabling the States to

14 make grants to local collaboratives under section 103 for

15 young child assistance activities.

16 (b) ALLOTMENT.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the funds appro18 priated under section 105 for each fiscal year and

19 not reserved under subsection (i), the Secretary shall

20 allot to each eligible State an amount that bears the

21 same relationship to such funds as the total number

22 of young children in poverty in the State bears to

23 the total number of young children in poverty in all

24 eligible States.
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1 (2) YOUNG CHILD IN POVERTY.—In this sub2 section, the term ‘‘young child in poverty’’ means an

3 individual who—

4 (A) is a young child; and

5 (B) is a member of a family with an in6 come below the poverty line.

7 (c) STATE BOARDS.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order for a State to be el9 igible to obtain an allotment under this subtitle, the

10 Governor of the State shall establish, or designate

11 an entity to serve as, a State Early Learning Co12 ordinating Board, which shall receive the allotment

13 and make the grants described in section 103.

14 (2) ESTABLISHED BOARD.—A State board es15 tablished under paragraph (1) shall consist of the

16 Governor and members appointed by the Governor,

17 including—

18 (A) representatives of all State agencies

19 primarily providing services to young children

20 in the State;

21 (B) representatives of business in the

22 State;

23 (C) chief executive officers of political sub24 divisions in the State;

25 (D) parents of young children in the State;
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1 (E) officers of community organizations

2 serving low-income individuals, as defined by

3 the Secretary, in the State;

4 (F) representatives of State nonprofit or5 ganizations that represent the interests of

6 young children in poverty, as defined in sub7 section (b)(2), in the State;

8 (G) representatives of organizations pro9 viding services to young children and the par10 ents of young children, such as organizations

11 providing child care, carrying out Head Start

12 programs under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.

13 9831 et seq.), providing services through a fam14 ily resource center, providing home visits, or

15 providing health care services, in the State; and

16 (H) representatives of local educational

17 agencies.

18 (3) DESIGNATED BOARD.—The Governor may

19 designate an entity to serve as the State board

20 under paragraph (1) if the entity includes the Gov21 ernor and the members described in subparagraphs

22 (A) through (G) of paragraph (2).

23 (4) DESIGNATED STATE AGENCY.—The Gov24 ernor shall designate a State agency that has a rep25 resentative on the State board to provide adminis-
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1 trative oversight concerning the use of funds made

2 available under this subtitle and ensure account3 ability for the funds.

4 (d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive an allot5 ment under this subtitle, a State board shall annually sub6 mit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such

7 manner, and containing such information as the Secretary

8 may require. At a minimum, the application shall

9 contain—

10 (1) sufficient information about the entity es11 tablished or designated under subsection (c) to serve

12 as the State board to enable the Secretary to deter13 mine whether the entity complies with the require14 ments of such subsection;

15 (2) a comprehensive State plan for carrying out

16 young child assistance activities;

17 (3) an assurance that the State board will pro18 vide such information as the Secretary shall by regu19 lation require on the amount of State and local pub20 lic funds expended in the State to provide services

21 for young children; and

22 (4) an assurance that the State board shall an23 nually compile and submit to the Secretary informa24 tion from the reports referred to in section
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1 103(e)(2)(F)(iii) that describes the results referred

2 to in section 103(e)(2)(F)(i).

3 (e) FEDERAL SHARE.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the

5 cost described in subsection (a) shall be—

6 (A) 85 percent, in the case of a State for

7 which the Federal medical assistance percent8 age (as defined in section 1905(b) of the Social

9 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b))) is not less

10 than 50 percent, but is less than 60 percent;

11 (B) 87.5 percent, in the case of a State for

12 which such percentage is not less than 60 per13 cent, but is less than 70 percent; and

14 (C) 90 percent, in the case of any State

15 not described in subparagraph (A) or (B).

16 (2) STATE SHARE.—

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—The State shall con18 tribute the remaining share (referred to in this

19 paragraph as the ‘‘State share’’) of the cost de20 scribed in subsection (a).

21 (B) FORM.—The State share of the cost

22 shall be in cash.

23 (C) SOURCES.—The State may provide for

24 the State share of the cost from State or local
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1 sources, or through donations from private enti2 ties.

3 (f) STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—A State may use not more

5 than 5 percent of the funds made available through

6 an allotment made under this subtitle to pay for a

7 portion, not to exceed 50 percent, of State adminis8 trative costs related to carrying out this subtitle.

9 (2) WAIVER.—A State may apply to the Sec10 retary for a waiver of paragraph (1). The Secretary

11 may grant the waiver if the Secretary finds that un12 usual circumstances prevent the State from com13 plying with paragraph (1). A State that receives

14 such a waiver may use not more than 7.5 percent of

15 the funds made available through the allotment to

16 pay for the State administrative costs.

17 (g) MONITORING.—The Secretary shall monitor the

18 activities of States that receive allotments under this sub19 title to ensure compliance with the requirements of this

20 subtitle, including compliance with the State plans.

21 (h) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Secretary determines

22 that a State that has received an allotment under this sub23 title is not complying with a requirement of this subtitle,

24 the Secretary may—
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1 (1) provide technical assistance to the State to

2 improve the ability of the State to comply with the

3 requirement;

4 (2) reduce, by not less than 5 percent, an allot5 ment made to the State under this section, for the

6 second determination of noncompliance;

7 (3) reduce, by not less than 25 percent, an al8 lotment made to the State under this section, for the

9 third determination of noncompliance; or

10 (4) revoke the eligibility of the State to receive

11 allotments under this section, for the fourth or sub12 sequent determination of noncompliance.

13 (i) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—From the funds ap14 propriated under section 105 for each fiscal year, the Sec15 retary shall reserve not more than 1 percent of the funds

16 to pay for the costs of providing technical assistance. The

17 Secretary shall use the reserved funds to enter into con18 tracts with eligible entities to provide technical assistance,

19 to local collaboratives that receive grants under section

20 103, relating to the functions of the local collaboratives

21 under this subtitle.

22 SEC. 103. GRANTS TO LOCAL COLLABORATIVES.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—A State board that receives an al24 lotment under section 102 shall use the funds made avail25 able through the allotment, and the State contribution
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1 made under section 102(e)(2), to pay for the Federal and

2 State shares of the cost of making grants, on a competitive

3 basis, to local collaboratives to carry out young child as4 sistance activities.

5 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—A local collaborative that re6 ceives a grant made under subsection (a)—

7 (1) shall use funds made available through the

8 grant to provide, in a community, activities that con9 sist of education and supportive services, such as—

10 (A) home visits for parents of young chil11 dren;

12 (B) services provided through community13 based family resource centers for such parents;

14 and

15 (C) collaborative pre-school efforts that

16 link parenting education for such parents to

17 early childhood learning services for young chil18 dren; and

19 (2) may use funds made available through the

20 grant—

21 (A) to provide, in the community, activities

22 that consist of—

23 (i) activities designed to strengthen

24 the quality of child care for young children
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1 and expand the supply of high quality child

2 care services for young children;

3 (ii) health care services for young chil4 dren, including increasing the level of im5 munization for young children in the com6 munity, providing preventive health care

7 screening and education, and expanding

8 health care services in schools, child care

9 facilities, clinics in public housing (as de10 fined in section 3(b) of the United States

11 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.

12 1437a(b))), and mobile dental and vision

13 clinics;

14 (iii) services for children with disabil15 ities who are young children; and

16 (iv) activities designed to assist

17 schools in providing educational and other

18 support services to young children, and

19 parents of young children, in the commu20 nity, to be carried out during extended

21 hours when appropriate; and

22 (B) to pay for the salary and expenses of

23 the administrator described in subsection (e)(4),

24 in accordance with such regulations as the Sec25 retary shall prescribe.
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1 (c) MULTI-YEAR FUNDING.—In making grants

2 under this section, a State board may make grants for

3 grant periods of more than 1 year to local collaboratives

4 with demonstrated success in carrying out young child as5 sistance activities.

6 (d) LOCAL COLLABORATIVES.—To be eligible to re7 ceive a grant under this section for a community, a local

8 collaborative shall demonstrate that the collaborative—

9 (1) is able to provide, through a coordinated ef10 fort, young child assistance activities to young chil11 dren, and parents of young children, in the commu12 nity; and

13 (2) includes—

14 (A) all public agencies primarily providing

15 services to young children in the community;

16 (B) businesses in the community;

17 (C) representatives of the local government

18 for the county or other political subdivision in

19 which the community is located;

20 (D) parents of young children in the com21 munity;

22 (E) officers of community organizations

23 serving low-income individuals, as defined by

24 the Secretary, in the community;
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1 (F) community-based organizations pro2 viding services to young children and the par3 ents of young children, such as organizations

4 providing child care, carrying out Head Start

5 programs, or providing pre-kindergarten edu6 cation, mental health, or family support serv7 ices; and

8 (G) nonprofit organizations that serve the

9 community and that are described in section

10 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

11 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a)

12 of such Code.

13 (e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant

14 under this section, a local collaborative shall submit an

15 application to the State board at such time, in such man16 ner, and containing such information as the State board

17 may require. At a minimum, the application shall

18 contain—

19 (1) sufficient information about the entity de20 scribed in subsection (d)(2) to enable the State

21 board to determine whether the entity complies with

22 the requirements of such subsection; and

23 (2) a comprehensive plan for carrying out

24 young child assistance activities in the community,

25 including information indicating—
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1 (A) the young child assistance activities

2 available in the community, as of the date of

3 submission of the plan, including information

4 on efforts to coordinate the activities;

5 (B) the unmet needs of young children,

6 and parents of young children, in the commu7 nity for young child assistance activities;

8 (C) the manner in which funds made avail9 able through the grant will be used—

10 (i) to meet the needs, including ex11 panding and strengthening the activities

12 described in subparagraph (A) and estab13 lishing additional young child assistance

14 activities; and

15 (ii) to improve results for young chil16 dren in the community;

17 (D) how the local cooperative will use at

18 least 60 percent of the funds made available

19 through the grant to provide young child assist20 ance activities to young children and parents

21 described in subsection (f);

22 (E) the comprehensive methods that the

23 collaborative will use to ensure that—

24 (i) each entity carrying out young

25 child assistance activities through the col-
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1 laborative will coordinate the activities with

2 such activities carried out by other entities

3 through the collaborative; and

4 (ii) the local collaborative will coordi5 nate the activities of the local collaborative

6 with—

7 (I) other services provided to

8 young children, and the parents of

9 young children, in the community;

10 and

11 (II) the activities of other local

12 collaboratives serving young children

13 and families in the community, if any;

14 and

15 (F) the manner in which the collaborative

16 will, at such intervals as the State board may

17 require, submit information to the State board

18 to enable the State board to carry out moni19 toring under section 102(g), including the man20 ner in which the collaborative will—

21 (i) evaluate the results achieved by

22 the collaborative for young children and

23 parents of young children through activi24 ties carried out through the grant;
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1 (ii) evaluate how services can be more

2 effectively delivered to young children and

3 the parents of young children; and

4 (iii) prepare and submit to the State

5 board annual reports describing the re6 sults;

7 (3) an assurance that the local collaborative will

8 comply with the requirements of subparagraphs (D),

9 (E), and (F) of paragraph (2), and subsection (g);

10 and

11 (4) an assurance that the local collaborative will

12 hire an administrator to oversee the provision of the

13 activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of

14 subsection (b).

15 (f) DISTRIBUTION.—In making grants under this sec16 tion, the State board shall ensure that at least 60 percent

17 of the funds made available through each grant are used

18 to provide the young child assistance activities to young

19 children (and parents of young children) who reside in

20 school districts in which half or more of the students re21 ceive free or reduced price lunches under the National

22 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).

23 (g) LOCAL SHARE.—

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The local collaborative shall

25 contribute a percentage (referred to in this sub-
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1 section as the ‘‘local share’’) of the cost of carrying

2 out the young child assistance activities.

3 (2) PERCENTAGE.—The Secretary shall by reg4 ulation specify the percentage referred to in para5 graph (1).

6 (3) FORM.—The local share of the cost shall be

7 in cash.

8 (4) SOURCE.—The local collaborative shall pro9 vide for the local share of the cost through donations

10 from private entities.

11 (5) WAIVER.—The State board shall waive the

12 requirement of paragraph (1) for poor rural and

13 urban areas, as defined by the Secretary.

14 (h) MONITORING.—The State board shall monitor

15 the activities of local collaboratives that receive grants

16 under this subtitle to ensure compliance with the require17 ments of this subtitle.

18 SEC. 104. SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.

19 Funds appropriated under this subtitle shall be used

20 to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and

21 local public funds expended to provide services for young

22 children.

23 SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

24 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

25 this title $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $500,000,000
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1 for fiscal year 2001, $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal

2 years 2002 through 2004, and such sums as may be nec3 essary for fiscal year 2005 and each subsequent fiscal

4 year.

5 TITLE II—CHILD CARE FOR

6 FAMILIES

7 SEC. 201. AMENDMENT TO CHILD CARE AND DEVELOP8 MENT BLOCK GRANT ACT OF 1990.

9 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act

10 of 1990 is amended by inserting after section 658C (42

11 U.S.C. 9858a) the following:

12 ‘‘SEC. 658C–1. ESTABLISHMENT OF ZERO TO SIX PROGRAM.

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

14 ‘‘(1) ALLOTMENTS.—Subject to the amount ap15 propriated under subsection (f), each State shall, for

16 the purpose of providing child care assistance on be17 half of children under 6 years of age, receive an al18 lotment under this section for each fiscal year in ac19 cordance with the formula described in section

20 658O.

21 ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—The Secretary shall re22 serve 2 percent of the amount appropriated to carry

23 out this section for each fiscal year for grants to In24 dian tribes and tribal organizations.
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1 ‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—Any amount appropriated

2 for a fiscal year under subsection (f), and remaining

3 after the Secretary makes grants to eligible States

4 from allotments made under paragraph (1) and

5 makes the reservation described in paragraph (2),

6 shall be used by the Secretary to make additional al7 lotments to eligible States based on the formula re8 ferred to in paragraph (1).

9 ‘‘(4) REALLOTMENT.—

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any portion of the al11 lotment made under paragraph (1) or (3) to a

12 State that the Secretary determines is not re13 quired by the State to carry out the activities

14 described in subsection (b), in the period for

15 which the allotment is made available, shall be

16 reallotted by the Secretary to other States in

17 proportion to the original allotments to the

18 other States.

19 ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.—

20 ‘‘(i) REDUCTION.—The amount of any

21 reallotment to which a State is entitled to

22 under subparagraph (A) shall be reduced

23 to the extent that the amount exceeds the

24 amount that the Secretary estimates will
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1 be used in the State to carry out the ac2 tivities described in subsection (b).

3 ‘‘(ii) REALLOTMENTS OF REDUC4 TIONS.—The amount of such reduction

5 shall be similarly reallotted among States

6 for which no reduction in an allotment or

7 reallotment is required by this paragraph.

8 ‘‘(C) INDIAN TRIBES OR TRIBAL ORGANI9 ZATIONS.—Any portion of a grant made to an

10 Indian tribe or tribal organization under para11 graph (2) that the Secretary determines is not

12 being used in a manner consistent with sub13 section (b), in the period for which the grant is

14 made available, shall be allotted by the Sec15 retary to other Indian tribes or tribal organiza16 tions in accordance with their respective needs.

17 ‘‘(5) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts received by a

18 State under a grant made under this section shall be

19 available for use by the State during the fiscal year

20 for which the amounts are provided and for the fol21 lowing 2 fiscal years.

22 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts received by a

24 State under this section shall be used to provide

25 child care assistance, on a sliding fee scale basis, on
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1 behalf of eligible children (as determined under

2 paragraph (2)) to enable the parents of such chil3 dren to secure high quality care for such children.

4 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive

5 child care assistance from a State under this section,

6 a child shall—

7 ‘‘(A) be under 6 years of age;

8 ‘‘(B) be residing with at least 1 parent

9 who is employed or enrolled in a school or

10 training program or otherwise requires child

11 care as a preventive or protective service (as de12 termined under rules established by the Sec13 retary); and

14 ‘‘(C) be a member of a family with a fam15 ily income that is less than 85 percent of the

16 State median income for a family of the size in17 volved.

18 ‘‘(3) INFANT CARE SET-ASIDE.—A State shall

19 set aside 10 percent of the amounts received by the

20 State under a grant made under subsection (a) for

21 a fiscal year for the establishment of a program to

22 establish innovations in infant and toddler care, in23 cluding models for—

24 ‘‘(A) the development of family child care

25 networks;
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1 ‘‘(B) the training of child care providers

2 for infant and toddler care; and

3 ‘‘(C) the support, renovation, and mod4 ernization of facilities used for child care pro5 grams serving infants.

6 ‘‘(4) POVERTY LINE.—As used in this sub7 section, the term ‘poverty line’ means the income of8 ficial poverty line (as defined by the Office of Man9 agement and Budget, and revised annually in ac10 cordance with section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget

11 Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) that

12 is applicable to a family of the size involved.

13 ‘‘(c) LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE.—

14 ‘‘(1) ADJUSTMENT OF RATES.—With respect to

15 the levels of assistance provided by States on behalf

16 of eligible children under this section, a State shall

17 be permitted to adjust rates above the market rates

18 to ensure that families have access to high quality

19 infant and toddler care.

20 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—In admin21 istering this section, the Secretary shall encourage

22 States to provide additional assistance (not provided

23 from amounts appropriated under subsection (f)) on

24 behalf of children for improved infant and toddler

25 services.
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1 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—In providing

2 assistance to eligible children under this section, a

3 State shall ensure that an eligible child that is a

4 member of a family with a family income that is less

5 than 100 percent of the poverty line receives 100

6 percent of the amount of the maximum amount of

7 assistance that a child may receive under this sec8 tion.

9 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—

10 ‘‘(1) STATE PLAN.—The State, as part of the

11 State plan submitted under section 658E(c), shall

12 describe the activities that the State intends to carry

13 out using amounts received under this section, in14 cluding a description of the levels of assistance to be

15 provided with the amounts.

16 ‘‘(2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Amounts pro17 vided to a State under this section shall be subject

18 to the requirements and limitations of this sub19 chapter applicable to other amounts provided to a

20 State under this subchapter, except that section

21 658E(c)(3), 658F, 658G, 658J, and 658O shall not

22 apply.

23 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date

24 of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall prepare
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1 and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a

2 report concerning—

3 ‘‘(1) the appropriate child to staff ratios for in4 fants and toddlers in child care settings, including

5 child care centers and family child care homes; and

6 ‘‘(2) other best practices for infant and toddler

7 care.

8 ‘‘(f) APPROPRIATION.—For grants under this section,

9 there are appropriated—

10 ‘‘(1) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;

11 ‘‘(2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;

12 ‘‘(3) $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years

13 2002 through 2004; and

14 ‘‘(4) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

15 year 2005 and each subsequent fiscal year.’’.

16 TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO

17 THE HEAD START ACT

18 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

19 Section 639(a) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.

20 9834(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘such sums’’ and all that

21 follows and inserting the following: ‘‘, $5,210,000,000 for

22 fiscal year 2000, $5,810,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,

23 $6,410,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as

24 may be necessary for fiscal year 2003.’’.
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1 SEC. 302. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 This title and the amendments made by this title

3 shall take effect on October 1, 1999.

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