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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1193

To amend the Head Start Act to provide services for younger children

and their parents, the Comprehensive Child Development Act to extend

the authorization of appropriations and the National and Community

Service Act of 1990 to provide educational awards for early childhood

development teachers, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 1 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Mr. CONRAD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

A BILL

To amend the Head Start Act to provide services for younger

children and their parents, the Comprehensive Child Development Act to extend the authorization of appropriations and the National and Community Service Act of

1990 to provide educational awards for early childhood

development teachers, and for other purposes.

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.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Head Start and Early

5 Childhood Development Amendments of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. HEAD START ACT.

2 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 637 of the Head Start Act

3 (42 U.S.C. 9832) is amended by adding at the end the

4 following new paragraphs:

5 ‘‘(12) The term ‘1993 fiscal year appropriation’

6 means the funds actually appropriated for fiscal year

7 1993 under section 639(a).

8 ‘‘(13) The term ‘age of compulsory school at9 tendance’ or ‘compulsory school age’ means the age

10 (not to exceed the age of 6) that a child is eligible

11 for enrollment in a public school in a State.’’.

12 (b) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.—Section 640(a) of the

13 Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835) is amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (2)—

15 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A),

16 (B), (C), and (D) as clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and

17 (iv), respectively;

18 (B) by striking ‘‘(2) The’’ and inserting

19 ‘‘(2)(A) The’’; and

20 (C) by inserting immediately after clause

21 (iv) (as so redesignated) the following new sub22 paragraph:

23 ‘‘(B) For any fiscal year for which the amount appro24 priated under section 639(a) exceeds the 1993 fiscal year

25 appropriation, the Secretary shall reserve the following:
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1 ‘‘(i) Eight percent of the total amount in excess

2 of such appropriation for Head Start infants and

3 toddler programs described in section 642(d)(1).

4 ‘‘(ii) Eight percent of the total amount in ex5 cess of such appropriation to carry out the Head

6 Start Transition Project Act (42 U.S.C. 9855 et

7 seq.).

8 ‘‘(iii) Five percent of the total amount in excess

9 of such appropriation for Head Start program serv10 ices for children and their parents described in sec11 tion 642(d)(2).

12 ‘‘(iv) Two percent of the total amount in excess

13 of such appropriation for the provision of scholar14 ship assistance for early childhood education train15 ing under section 596 of the Higher Education Act

16 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1117).

17 ‘‘(v) Two percent of the total amount in excess

18 of such appropriation for the provision of education

19 awards to teachers in Head Start programs or early

20 childhood development programs that are similar to

21 Head Start programs.

22 ‘‘(vi) Two percent of the total amount in excess

23 of such appropriations for the provision of post-serv24 ice benefits for national service participants who are
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1 eligible for such benefits under section 144A of the

2 National and Community Service Act of 1990.’’; and

3 (2) by striking ‘‘No funds reserved under this

4 paragraph’’ in the matter preceding paragraph (3)

5 and inserting:

6 ‘‘(C) No funds reserved under paragraph (2)(A).’’.

7 (c) POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF HEAD START

8 AGENCIES.—Section 642 of the Head Start Act (42

9 U.S.C. 9837) is amended by adding at the end the follow10 ing new subsection:

11 ‘‘(d) Subject to a review of a local community assess12 ment plan (as prescribed by regulation) of an agency that

13 is eligible for designation as a Head Start agency under

14 section 641 by the Regional Office of the Administration

15 for Children and Families, such agency may in accordance

16 with Head Start performance standards developed for in17 fants and toddlers under section 651(b), provide—

18 ‘‘(1) infant and toddler Head Start program

19 services to children from birth to compulsory school

20 age; or

21 ‘‘(2) a fully integrated program of services to

22 children from birth to compulsory school age and

23 their parents that are similar to the core services

24 provided to children and their families through the

25 Parent-Child Centers under section 640(a)(4)(B)
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1 and the child development projects under section

2 670N(a) of the Comprehensive Child Development

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 9881(a)).’’.

4 (d) EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—The Head Start Act

5 (42 U.S.C. 983 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end

6 the following new section:

7 ‘‘SEC. 658. EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education may

9 provide educational awards to individuals who are em10 ployed in the early childhood development field to assist

11 such individuals in the repayment of outstanding student

12 loans.

13 ‘‘(b) AMOUNT.—The amount of an educational award

14 under subsection (a) shall not exceed $10,000 for a term

15 of service completed under subsection (f).

16 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—An individual shall only be

17 awarded one educational award under subsection (a).

18 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An individual who desires to re19 ceive an educational award shall submit to the Secretary

20 an application at such time, in such manner, and accom21 panied by such information, as the Secretary may reason22 ably require.

23 ‘‘(e) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive an edu24 cational award under subsection (a), an individual shall—
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1 ‘‘(1) have completed a term of service under

2 subsection (f) in an approved education position de3 scribed in subsection (g);

4 ‘‘(2) currently serve in an approved education

5 position described in subsection (g); and

6 ‘‘(3) have—

7 ‘‘(A) an outstanding student loan from

8 Federal or non-Federal sources; or

9 ‘‘(B) enrolled in and completed, an early

10 childhood development program at an institu11 tion of higher education.

12 ‘‘(f) TERM OF SERVICE.—

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term of service for an

14 approved education position shall be not less than 2

15 years.

16 ‘‘(2) COMMENCEMENT.—No term of service

17 under paragraph (1) shall begin prior to the date of

18 enactment of this section.

19 ‘‘(g) TYPES OF EDUCATIONAL POSITIONS ELIGIBLE

20 FOR APPROVAL FOR EDUCATION AWARDS.—The Sec21 retary shall approve each of the following positions as an

22 approved educational position:

23 ‘‘(1) A full-time teacher position or other staff

24 position in a Head Start program.
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1 ‘‘(2) A full-time teacher position or other staff

2 position in an early childhood development program

3 that provides services similar to Head Start pro4 grams.’’.

5 (e) REVIEW.—Not later than September 30, 1994,

6 the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Sec7 retary of Health and Human Services and the Governor

8 of each State, shall review the use of funds under chapter

9 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education

10 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) to determine wheth11 er such funds can be used to provide services to Head

12 Start children in transition to elementary school.

13 (f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

14 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

15 Section 639(c) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.

16 9834(c)) is repealed.

17 (2) EVALUATION.—Section 651(g)(3) of the

18 Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9846(g)(3)) is amended

19 by striking ‘‘640(a)(2)’’ and inserting

20 ‘‘640(a)(2)(A)’’.

21 SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT ACT.

22 Section 670T(a) of the Comprehensive Child Devel23 opment Act (42 U.S.C. 9887(a)) is amended by striking

24 ‘‘1993, and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘and 1993, and

25 $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1994 through 1997,’’.
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1 SEC. 4. NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990.

2 Subtitle D of title I of the National and Community

3 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572 et seq.) is amended

4 by inserting after section 144 the following new section:

5 ‘‘SEC. 144A. SUPPLEMENTAL POST-SERVICE BENEFITS FOR

6 PARTICIPANTS SERVING IN EARLY CHILD7 HOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the provision of

9 post-service benefits under section 146, the Commission

10 shall provide to each full-time participant who has per11 formed community service in an early childhood develop12 ment program and who meets the eligibility criteria under

13 subsection (b), a nontransferable post-service benefit that

14 is equal in value to $5,000 to use for the purpose described

15 in subsection (c).

16 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—A participant may receive a post17 service benefit under subsection (a) if such participant—

18 ‘‘(1) has completed a full-time term of service

19 in an early childhood development program receiving

20 assistance under this subtitle;

21 ‘‘(2) has enrolled in and completed a graduate

22 program in early childhood development at an insti23 tution of higher education; and

24 ‘‘(3) after completion of such graduate pro25 gram, has served in the early childhood development

26 field for not less than 2 years.
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1 ‘‘(c) USE OF POST-SERVICE BENEFITS.—A post2 service benefit provided under subsection (a) shall only be

3 used for payment of a student loan from Federal or non4 Federal sources.’’.

5 SEC. 5. STUDY OF PENSION PROGRAM FOR HEAD START

6 EMPLOYEES.

7 The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall

8 conduct a study and prepare a report on the establishment

9 of a pension program for Head Start employees, including

10 the feasibility of such employees’ participation in the Fed11 eral Employees Retirement System. Not later than Octo12 ber 1, 1995, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress

13 such report with recommendations on options for extend14 ing retirement pension coverage to Head Start employees.

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