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Calendar No. 309 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1086 

[Report No. 113–138] 

To reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant 

Act of 1990, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 3, 2013 

Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. BURR, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. ALEXANDER, and 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 

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

FEBRUARY 25, 2014 

Reported by Mr. HARKIN, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development 

Block Grant Act of 1990, 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 ‘‘Child Care and Devel5 opment Block Grant Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSES. 

2 Section 658A of the Child Care and Development 

3 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 note) is amend4 ed to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 658A. SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSES. 

6 ‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This subchapter may be cited 

7 as the ‘Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

8 1990’. 

9 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this subchapter 

10 are— 

11 ‘‘(1) to allow each State maximum flexibility in 

12 developing child care programs and policies that best 

13 suit the needs of children and parents within that 

14 State; 

15 ‘‘(2) to promote parental choice to empower 

16 working parents to make their own decisions regard17 ing the child care that best suits their family’s 

18 needs; 

19 ‘‘(3) to assist States in providing high-quality 

20 child care services to parents trying to achieve inde21 pendence from public assistance; 

22 ‘‘(4) to assist States in improving the overall 

23 quality of child care services and programs by imple24 menting the health, safety, licensing, training, and 

25 oversight standards established in this subchapter 

26 and in State law (including regulations); 


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1 ‘‘(5) to improve school readiness by having chil2 dren, families, and child care providers engage in ac3 tivities, in child care settings, that are develop4 mentally appropriate and age-appropriate for the 

5 children and that promote children’s language and 

6 literacy and mathematics skills, social and emotional 

7 development, physical health and development, and 

8 approaches to learning; 

9 ‘‘(6) to encourage States to provide consumer 

10 education information to help parents make in11 formed choices about child care services and to pro12 mote involvement by parents and family members in 

13 the education of their children in child care settings; 

14 ‘‘(7) to increase the number and percentage of 

15 low-income children in high-quality child care set16 tings; and 

17 ‘‘(8) to improve the coordination and delivery of 

18 early childhood education and care (including child 

19 care).’’. 

20 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

21 Section 658B of the Child Care and Development 

22 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801) is amended 

23 by striking ‘‘subchapter’’ and all that follows, and insert24 ing ‘‘subchapter, such sums as may be necessary for each 

25 of fiscal years 2014 through 2019.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. LEAD AGENCY. 

2 Section 658D(a) of the Child Care and Development 

3 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b(a)) is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘chief executive officer’’ and in6 serting ‘‘Governor’’; and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘designate’’ and all that follows 

8 and inserting ‘‘designate an agency (which may be 

9 an appropriate collaborative agency), or establish a 

10 joint interagency office, that complies with the re11 quirements of subsection (b) to serve as the lead 

12 agency for the State under this subchapter.’’. 

13 SEC. 5. APPLICATION AND PLAN. 

14 (a) PERIOD.—Section 658E(b) of the Child Care and 

15 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

16 9858c(b)) is amended, by striking ‘‘2-year’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘3-year’’. 

18 (b) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Section 658E(c) 

19 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)) is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or estab21 lished’’ after ‘‘designated’’; 

22 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting a 

24 comma after ‘‘care of such providers’’; 

25 (B) by striking subparagraphs (D) through 

26 (H); and 


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1 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(D) MONITORING AND INSPECTION RE3 PORTS.—The plan shall include a certification 

4 that the State, not later than 1 year after the 

5 date of enactment of the Child Care and Devel6 opment Block Grant Act of 2013, will make 

7 public by electronic means, in a consumer8 friendly and easily accessible format, organized 

9 by provider, the results of monitoring and in10 spection reports, including those due to major 

11 substantiated complaints about failure to com12 ply with this subchapter and State child care 

13 policies, as well as the number of deaths, seri14 ous injuries, and instances of substantiated 

15 child abuse that occurred in child care settings 

16 each year, for eligible child care providers with17 in the State. 

18 ‘‘(E) CONSUMER EDUCATION INFORMA19 TION.—The plan shall include a certification 

20 that the State will collect and disseminate 

21 (which dissemination may be done, except as 

22 otherwise specified in this subparagraph, 

23 through resource and referral organizations and 

24 other means as determined by the State) to 


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1 parents of eligible children and the general pub2 lic— 

3 ‘‘(i) information that will promote in4 formed child care choices and that con5 cerns— 

6 ‘‘(I) the availability of child care 

7 services provided through programs 

8 authorized under this subchapter and, 

9 if feasible, other child care services 

10 provided in the State; 

11 ‘‘(II) if available, information 

12 about the quality of providers, includ13 ing information from a Quality Rating 

14 and Improvement System; 

15 ‘‘(III) information, made avail16 able through a State website, describ17 ing the State process for licensing 

18 child care providers, the State proc19 esses for conducting background 

20 checks, and monitoring and inspec21 tions, of child care providers, and the 

22 offenses that prevent individuals and 

23 entities from serving as child care 

24 providers in the State; 


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1 ‘‘(IV) the availability of assist2 ance to obtain child care services; 

3 ‘‘(V) other programs for which 

4 families that receive child care serv5 ices for which financial assistance is 

6 provided in accordance with this sub7 chapter may be eligible, including the 

8 program of block grants to States for 

9 temporary assistance for needy fami10 lies established under part A of title 

11 IV of the Social Security Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), Head Start and 

13 Early Head Start programs carried 

14 out under the Head Start Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), the program 

16 carried out under the Low-Income 

17 Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 

18 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), the supple19 mental nutrition assistance program 

20 established under the Food and Nutri21 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

22 seq.), the special supplemental nutri23 tion program for women, infants, and 

24 children established by section 17 of 

25 the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 


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1 U.S.C. 1786), the child and adult care 

2 food program established under sec3 tion 17 of the Richard B. Russell Na4 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 1766), and the Medicaid and State 

6 children’s health insurance programs 

7 under titles XIX and XXI of the So8 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et 

9 seq. and 1397aa et seq.); 

10 ‘‘(VI) programs carried out 

11 under section 619 and part C of the 

12 Individuals with Disabilities Edu13 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1419 and 1431 

14 et seq.); and 

15 ‘‘(VII) research and best prac16 tices concerning children’s develop17 ment, including language and cog18 nitive development, development of 

19 early language and literacy and math20 ematics skills, social and emotional 

21 development, meaningful parent and 

22 family engagement, and physical 

23 health and development; 

24 ‘‘(ii) information on developmental 

25 screenings, including— 


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1 ‘‘(I) information on existing (as 

2 of the date of submission of the appli3 cation containing the plan) resources 

4 and services the State can deploy, in5 cluding the coordinated use of the 

6 Early and Periodic Screening, Diag7 nosis, and Treatment program under 

8 the Medicaid program carried out 

9 under title XIX of the Social Security 

10 Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) and de11 velopmental screening services avail12 able under section 619 and part C of 

13 the Individuals with Disabilities Edu14 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 et 

15 seq.), in conducting developmental 

16 screenings and providing referrals to 

17 services, when appropriate, for chil18 dren who receive assistance under this 

19 subchapter; and 

20 ‘‘(II) a description of how a fam21 ily or eligible child care provider may 

22 utilize the resources and services de23 scribed in subclause (I) to obtain de24 velopmental screenings for children 

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1 chapter who may be at risk for cog2 nitive or other developmental delays; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(iii) information, for parents receiv5 ing assistance under the program of block 

6 grants to States for temporary assistance 

7 for needy families under part A of title IV 

8 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 

9 et seq.), and low-income parents, about eli10 gibility for assistance provided in accord11 ance with this subchapter. 

12 ‘‘(F) COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LICENSING

13 REQUIREMENTS.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The plan shall in15 clude a certification that the State involved 

16 has in effect licensing requirements appli17 cable to child care services provided within 

18 the State, and provide a detailed descrip19 tion of such requirements and of how such 

20 requirements are effectively enforced. 

21 ‘‘(ii) LICENSE EXEMPTION.—If the 

22 State uses funding received under this sub23 chapter to support a child care provider 

24 that is exempt from the corresponding li25 censing requirements described in clause 


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1 (i), the plan shall include a description 

2 stating— 

3 ‘‘(I) how children receiving serv4 ices from such a provider will receive 

5 services that are comparable in safety 

6 and quality to the services received by 

7 children served by licensed child care 

8 providers; and 

9 ‘‘(II) why such licensing exemp10 tion does not endanger the health, 

11 safety, or development of children who 

12 receive services from child care pro13 viders who are exempt from such re14 quirements. 

15 ‘‘(G) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The plan shall de17 scribe the training requirements that are 

18 in effect within the State that are designed 

19 to enable child care providers to promote 

20 the social, emotional, physical, and cog21 nitive development of children and that are 

22 applicable to child care providers that pro23 vide services for which assistance is pro24 vided in accordance with this subchapter in 

25 the State. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall 

2 provide an assurance that such training re3 quirements— 

4 ‘‘(I) provide a set of workforce 

5 and competency standards for child 

6 care providers that provide services 

7 described in clause (i); 

8 ‘‘(II) are developed in consulta9 tion with the State Advisory Council 

10 on Early Childhood Education and 

11 Care (designated or established pursu12 ant to section 642B(b)(1)(A) of the 

13 Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 9837b(b)(1)(A))); 

15 ‘‘(III) include an evidence-based 

16 training framework that is designed to 

17 promote children’s learning and devel18 opment and school readiness and to 

19 improve child outcomes, including 

20 school readiness; 

21 ‘‘(IV) incorporate knowledge and 

22 application of the State’s early learn23 ing and developmental guidelines and, 

24 where applicable, the State’s child de25 velopment and health standards; and 


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1 ‘‘(V) to the extent practicable, 

2 are appropriate for a population of 

3 children that includes— 

4 ‘‘(aa) different age groups 

5 (such as infants, toddlers, and 

6 preschoolers); 

7 ‘‘(bb) English learners; and 

8 ‘‘(cc) children with disabil9 ities. 

10 ‘‘(iii) PROGRESSION OF PROFES11 SIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—In developing the 

12 requirements, the State shall develop a 

13 statewide progression of professional devel14 opment designed to improve the skills and 

15 knowledge of the workforce, which may in16 clude the acquisition of course credit in 

17 postsecondary education or of a credential, 

18 aligned with the framework. 

19 ‘‘(iv) ALIGNMENT.—The State shall 

20 engage the State Advisory Council on 

21 Early Childhood Education and Care, and 

22 may engage institutions of higher edu23 cation (as defined in section 102 of the 

24 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

25 1002)), and other training providers in 


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1 aligning training opportunities with the 

2 State’s training framework. 

3 ‘‘(v) CREDENTIALS.—The Secretary 

4 shall not require an individual or entity 

5 that provides child care services for which 

6 assistance is provided in accordance with 

7 this subchapter to acquire a credential to 

8 provide such services. Nothing in this sec9 tion shall be construed to prohibit a State 

10 from requiring a credential. 

11 ‘‘(H) CHILD-TO-PROVIDER RATIO STAND12 ARDS.— 

13 ‘‘(i) STANDARDS.—The plan shall de14 scribe child care standards, for child care 

15 for which assistance is made available in 

16 accordance with this subchapter, appro17 priate to the type of child care setting in18 volved, that address— 

19 ‘‘(I) group size limits for specific 

20 age populations; 

21 ‘‘(II) the appropriate ratio be22 tween the number of children and the 

23 number of providers, in terms of the 

24 age of the children in child care, as 

25 determined by the State; and 


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1 ‘‘(III) required qualifications for 

2 such providers. 

3 ‘‘(ii) CONSTRUCTION.—The Secretary 

4 may offer guidance to States on child-to5 provider ratios described in clause (i) ac6 cording to setting and age group but shall 

7 not require that States maintain specific 

8 child-to-provider ratios for providers who 

9 receive assistance under this subchapter. 

10 ‘‘(I) HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIRE11 MENTS.—The plan shall include a certification 

12 that there are in effect within the State, under 

13 State or local law, requirements designed to 

14 protect the health and safety of children that 

15 are applicable to child care providers that pro16 vide services for which assistance is made avail17 able in accordance with this subchapter. Such 

18 requirements— 

19 ‘‘(i) shall relate to matters including 

20 health and safety topics (including preven21 tion of shaken baby syndrome and abusive 

22 head trauma) consisting of— 

23 ‘‘(I) the prevention and control of 

24 infectious diseases (including immuni25 zation) and the establishment of a 


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1 grace period that allows homeless chil2 dren to receive services under this 

3 subchapter while their families are 

4 taking any necessary action to comply 

5 with immunization and other health 

6 and safety requirements; 

7 ‘‘(II) handwashing and universal 

8 health precautions; 

9 ‘‘(III) the administration of 

10 medication, consistent with standards 

11 for parental consent; 

12 ‘‘(IV) the prevention of and re13 sponse to emergencies due to food and 

14 other allergic reactions; 

15 ‘‘(V) prevention of sudden infant 

16 death syndrome and use of safe sleep17 ing practices; 

18 ‘‘(VI) sanitary methods of food 

19 handling; 

20 ‘‘(VII) building and physical 

21 premises safety; 

22 ‘‘(VIII) emergency response plan23 ning including disaster preparation; 


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1 ‘‘(IX) the handling and storage 

2 of hazardous materials and the appro3 priate disposal of biocontaminants; 

4 ‘‘(X) identification of and protec5 tion from hazards that can cause bod6 ily injury such as electrical hazards, 

7 bodies of water, and vehicular traffic; 

8 ‘‘(XI) for providers that offer 

9 transportation, if applicable, appro10 priate precautions in transporting 

11 children; 

12 ‘‘(XII) first aid and cardiopulmo13 nary resuscitation; and 

14 ‘‘(XIII) minimum health and 

15 safety training, to be completed pre16 service or during an orientation pe17 riod, appropriate to the provider set18 ting involved that addresses each of 

19 the requirements relating to matters 

20 described in subclauses (I) through 

21 (XII); and 

22 ‘‘(ii) may include requirements relat23 ing to nutrition and access to physical ac24 tivity. 


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1 ‘‘(J) COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL

2 HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.—The 

3 plan shall include a certification that proce4 dures are in effect to ensure that child care 

5 providers within the State, that provide services 

6 for which assistance is made available in ac7 cordance with this subchapter, comply with all 

8 applicable State and local health and safety re9 quirements as described in subparagraph (I). 

10 ‘‘(K) ENFORCEMENT OF LICENSING AND

11 OTHER REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.—The 

12 plan shall include a certification that the State, 

13 not later than 2 years after the date of enact14 ment of the Child Care and Development Block 

15 Grant Act of 2013, shall have in effect policies 

16 and practices, applicable to licensing for child 

17 care providers that provide services for which 

18 assistance is made available in accordance with 

19 this subchapter and the facilities of those pro20 viders, that— 

21 ‘‘(i) ensure that individuals who are 

22 hired as licensing inspectors in the State 

23 are qualified to inspect those child care 

24 providers and facilities and have received 

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1 quirements, child development, child abuse 

2 prevention and detection, program man3 agement, and relevant law enforcement; 

4 ‘‘(ii) require licensing inspectors of 

5 those child care providers and facilities to 

6 perform inspections, with— 

7 ‘‘(I) not less than 1 prelicensure 

8 health, safety, and fire inspection of 

9 each such child care provider and fa10 cility in the State; and 

11 ‘‘(II) not less than annually, a 

12 health, safety, and fire inspection 

13 (which shall be unannounced) of each 

14 such child care provider and facility in 

15 the State; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) require the ratio of licensing in17 spectors to such child care providers and 

18 facilities in the State to be maintained at 

19 a level sufficient to enable the State to 

20 conduct inspections of such child care pro21 viders and facilities on a timely basis in ac22 cordance with Federal and State law. 

23 ‘‘(L) COMPLIANCE WITH CHILD ABUSE RE24 PORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall in25 clude a certification that child care providers 


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1 within the State will comply with the child 

2 abuse reporting requirements of section 

3 106(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Child Abuse Prevention 

4 and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 5106a(b)(2)(B)(i)). 

6 ‘‘(M) MEETING THE NEEDS OF CERTAIN

7 POPULATIONS.—The plan shall describe how 

8 the State will develop and implement strategies 

9 (which may include the provision of compensa10 tion at higher payment rates and bonuses to 

11 child care providers, the provision of direct con12 tracts or grants to community-based organiza13 tions, or other means determined by the State) 

14 to increase the supply and improve the quality 

15 of child care for— 

16 ‘‘(i) children in underserved areas; 

17 ‘‘(ii) infants and toddlers; 

18 ‘‘(iii) children with disabilities, as de19 fined in subparagraphs (A) and (D) of sec20 tion 658P(3); and 

21 ‘‘(iv) children who receive care during 

22 nontraditional hours. 

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1 ‘‘(i) REDETERMINATION PROCESS.— 

2 The plan shall describe the procedures and 

3 policies that are in place to ensure that 

4 working parents (especially parents in fam5 ilies receiving assistance under the pro6 gram of block grants to States for tem7 porary assistance for needy families under 

8 part A of title IV of the Social Security 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)) are not re10 quired to unduly disrupt their employment 

11 in order to comply with the State’s require12 ments for redetermination of eligibility for 

13 assistance provided in accordance with this 

14 subchapter. 

15 ‘‘(ii) MINIMUM PERIOD.— 

16 ‘‘(I) 12-MONTH PERIOD.—The 

17 plan shall demonstrate that each child 

18 who receives assistance under this 

19 subchapter in the State will be consid20 ered to meet all eligibility require21 ments for such assistance (except for 

22 a factor described in clause (iii), for a 

23 State not covered by clause (iii)) and 

24 will receive such assistance, for not 

25 less than 12 months before the State 


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1 redetermines the eligibility of the child 

2 under this subchapter, regardless of a 

3 change in the status of the child’s 

4 parent as working or attending a job 

5 training or educational program or a 

6 change in family income for the 

7 child’s family, if that family income 

8 does not exceed 85 percent of the 

9 State median income for a family of 

10 the same size. 

11 ‘‘(II) FLUCTUATIONS IN EARN12 INGS.—The plan shall demonstrate 

13 how the State’s processes for initial 

14 determination and redetermination of 

15 such eligibility take into account ir16 regular fluctuations in earnings. 

17 ‘‘(iii) PERIOD BEFORE TERMI18 NATION.—At the option of the State, the 

19 plan shall demonstrate that the State will 

20 not terminate assistance provided to carry 

21 out this subchapter based on a factor con22 sisting of a parent’s loss of work or ces23 sation of attendance at a job training or 

24 educational program for which the family 

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1 tinuing the assistance for a reasonable pe2 riod of time, of not less than 3 months, 

3 after such loss or cessation in order for the 

4 parent to engage in a job search and re5 sume work, or resume attendance at a job 

6 training or educational program, as soon 

7 as possible. 

8 ‘‘(iv) GRADUATED PHASEOUT OF

9 CARE.—The plan shall describe the policies 

10 and procedures that are in place to allow 

11 for provision of continued assistance to 

12 carry out this subchapter, for a period of 

13 not to exceed 12 months, for children of 

14 working parents who become ineligible for 

15 assistance to carry out this subchapter 

16 during the redetermination process due to 

17 a modest increase in the parents’ income, 

18 if the family income for the family involved 

19 does not exceed 85 percent of the State 

20 median income for a family of the same 

21 size. 

22 ‘‘(O) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PRO23 GRAMS.— 

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1 accessibility and continuity of quality early 

2 childhood education and care, and assist 

3 children enrolled in part-day prekinder4 garten or part-day Head Start programs to 

5 receive full-day services, will coordinate the 

6 services supported to carry out this sub7 chapter with— 

8 ‘‘(I) programs carried out under 

9 the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 

10 et seq.), including the Early Head 

11 Start programs carried out under sec12 tion 645A of that Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 9840a); 

14 ‘‘(II) programs carried out under 

15 part A of title I, and part B of title 

16 IV, of title I of the Elementary and 

17 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

18 U.S.C. 6311 et seq., 7171 et seq.); 

19 ‘‘(III) programs carried out 

20 under section 619 and part C of the 

21 Individuals with Disabilities Edu22 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 et 

23 seq.); 

24 ‘‘(IV) the maternal, infant, and 

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1 grams authorized under section 511 

2 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 711), as added by section 2951 of the 

4 Patient Protection and Affordable 

5 Care Act; 

6 ‘‘(V) State and locally funded 

7 early childhood education and care 

8 programs; 

9 ‘‘(VI) programs serving homeless 

10 children and services of local edu11 cational agency liaisons for homeless 

12 children and youths designated under 

13 subsection (g)(1)(J)(ii) of section 722 

14 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As15 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11432); and 

16 ‘‘(VII) other Federal programs 

17 supporting early childhood education 

18 and care activities. 

19 ‘‘(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

20 Nothing in clause (i) shall be construed to 

21 affect the priority of children described in 

22 clause (i) to receive full-day prekinder23 garten or Head Start program services. 

24 ‘‘(P) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.— 

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1 courages partnerships among State agencies, 

2 other public agencies, and private entities to le3 verage existing service delivery systems (as of 

4 the date of the submission of the application 

5 containing the plan) for early childhood edu6 cation and care and to increase the supply and 

7 quality of child care services for children who 

8 are less than 13 years of age, such as by imple9 menting voluntary shared services alliance mod10 els to allow providers more time and resources 

11 to provide higher quality of care at lower cost 

12 by realizing small economies of scale. 

13 ‘‘(Q) PRIORITY FOR LOW-INCOME POPU14 LATIONS.—The plan shall describe the process 

15 the State proposes to use, with respect to in16 vestments made to increase access to programs 

17 providing high-quality early childhood education 

18 and care, to give priority for those investments 

19 to children of families in areas that have signifi20 cant concentrations of poverty and unemploy21 ment and that do not have such programs. 

22 ‘‘(R) CONSULTATION.—The plan shall in23 clude a certification that the State has devel24 oped the plan in consultation with the State 

25 Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education 


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1 and Care established pursuant to section 

2 642B(b)(1)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1)(A)). 

4 ‘‘(S) PAYMENT PRACTICES.—The plan 

5 shall include a certification that the payment 

6 practices of child care providers in the State 

7 that serve children who receive assistance under 

8 this subchapter reflect generally accepted pay9 ment practices of child care providers in the 

10 State that serve children who do not receive as11 sistance under this subchapter, so as to provide 

12 stability of funding and encourage more child 

13 care providers to serve children who receive as14 sistance under this subchapter. 

15 ‘‘(T) EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOP16 MENTAL GUIDELINES.— 

17 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The plan shall in18 clude an assurance that the State will de19 velop or implement early learning and de20 velopmental guidelines that are appropriate 

21 for children from birth through entry into 

22 kindergarten, describing what such chil23 dren should know and be able to do, and 

24 covering the essential domains of early 

25 childhood education and care and early 


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1 childhood development for use statewide by 

2 child care providers. Such child care pro3 viders shall— 

4 ‘‘(I) be licensed or regulated 

5 under State law; and 

6 ‘‘(II) not be a relative of all chil7 dren for whom the provider provides 

8 child care services. 

9 ‘‘(ii) ALIGNMENT.—The guidelines 

10 shall be research-based, be developmentally 

11 appropriate, and be aligned with State 

12 standards for education in kindergarten 

13 through grade 3. 

14 ‘‘(iii) PROHIBITION ON USE OF

15 FUNDS.—The plan shall include an assur16 ance that funds received by the State to 

17 carry out this subchapter will not be used 

18 to develop or implement an assessment for 

19 children that— 

20 ‘‘(I) will be the sole basis for a 

21 child care provider being determined 

22 to be ineligible to participate in the 

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1 ‘‘(II) will be used as the primary 

2 or sole basis to provide a reward or 

3 sanction for an individual provider; or 

4 ‘‘(III) will be used as the primary 

5 or sole method for assessing program 

6 effectiveness. 

7 ‘‘(iv) EXCEPTIONS.—Nothing in this 

8 subchapter shall preclude the State using a 

9 single assessment for children for— 

10 ‘‘(I) improving instruction or a 

11 classroom environment; 

12 ‘‘(II) targeting professional devel13 opment to a provider; 

14 ‘‘(III) determining the need for 

15 health, mental health, disability, de16 velopmental delay, or family support 

17 services; 

18 ‘‘(IV) obtaining information for 

19 the quality improvement process at 

20 the State level; or 

21 ‘‘(V) conducting a program eval22 uation for the purposes of providing 

23 program improvement and parent in24 formation. 


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1 ‘‘(v) NO FEDERAL CONTROL.—Noth2 ing in this section shall be construed to au3 thorize an officer or employee of the Fed4 eral Government to— 

5 ‘‘(I) mandate, direct, or control a 

6 State’s early learning and develop7 mental guidelines, developed in ac8 cordance with this section; 

9 ‘‘(II) establish any criterion that 

10 specifies, defines, or prescribes the 

11 standards or measures that a State 

12 uses to establish, implement, or im13 prove— 

14 ‘‘(aa) early learning and de15 velopmental guidelines, or early 

16 learning standards, assessments, 

17 or accountability systems; or 

18 ‘‘(bb) alignment of early 

19 learning and developmental 

20 guidelines with State standards 

21 for education in kindergarten 

22 through grade 3; or 

23 ‘‘(III) require a State to submit 

24 such standards or measures for re25 view.’’; 


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1 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘as 

3 required under’’ and inserting ‘‘in accordance 

4 with’’; 

5 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘The State’’ and in7 serting the following: 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The State’’; 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘and any other activity 

10 that the State deems appropriate to realize 

11 any of the goals specified in paragraphs 

12 (2) through (5) of section 658A(b)’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘activities that improve access to 

14 child care services, including use of proce15 dures to permit immediate enrollment 

16 (after the initial eligibility determination 

17 and after a child is determined to be eligi18 ble) of homeless children while required 

19 documentation is obtained, training and 

20 technical assistance on identifying and 

21 serving homeless children and their fami22 lies, and specific outreach to homeless fam23 ilies, and any other activity that the State 

24 determines to be appropriate to meet the 

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1 clude an activity described in clause (ii))’’; 

2 and 

3 (iii) by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(ii) CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND RE6 FERRAL SYSTEM.— 

7 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A State may 

8 use amounts described in clause (i) to 

9 establish or support a system of local 

10 or regional child care resource and re11 ferral organizations that is coordi12 nated, to the extent determined appro13 priate by the State, by a statewide 

14 public or private nonprofit, commu15 nity-based or regionally based, lead 

16 child care resource and referral orga17 nization. 

18 ‘‘(II) LOCAL OR REGIONAL ORGA19 NIZATIONS.—The local or regional 

20 child care resource and referral orga21 nizations supported as described in 

22 subclause (I) shall— 

23 ‘‘(aa) provide parents in the 

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1 graph (2)(E) (except as otherwise 

2 provided in that paragraph), con3 cerning the full range of child 

4 care options, analyzed by pro5 vider, including child care pro6 vided during nontraditional hours 

7 and through emergency child 

8 care centers, in their political 

9 subdivisions or regions; 

10 ‘‘(bb) to the extent prac11 ticable, work directly with fami12 lies who receive assistance under 

13 this subchapter to offer the fami14 lies support and assistance, using 

15 information described in item 

16 (aa), to make an informed deci17 sion about which child care pro18 viders they will use, in an effort 

19 to ensure that the families are 

20 enrolling their children in high21 quality care; 

22 ‘‘(cc) collect and analyze 

23 data on the coordination of serv24 ices and supports, including serv25 ices under section 619 and part 


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1 C of the Individuals with Disabil2 ities Education Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 1419, 1431 et seq.), for children 

4 with disabilities (as defined in 

5 section 602 of such Act (20 

6 U.S.C. 1401)); 

7 ‘‘(dd) collect and analyze 

8 data on the supply of and de9 mand for child care in political 

10 subdivisions or regions within the 

11 State and submit such data and 

12 analysis to the State; 

13 ‘‘(ee) work to establish part14 nerships with public agencies and 

15 private entities to increase the 

16 supply and quality of child care 

17 services in the State; and 

18 ‘‘(ff) as appropriate, coordi19 nate their activities with the ac20 tivities of the State lead agency 

21 and local agencies that admin22 ister funds made available in ac23 cordance with this subchapter.’’; 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘1997 through 2012’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘2014 through 2019’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)(H)’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(M)’’; and 

5 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(E) DIRECT SERVICES.—From amounts 

7 provided to a State for a fiscal year to carry 

8 out this subchapter, the State shall— 

9 ‘‘(i) reserve the minimum amount re10 quired to be reserved under section 658G, 

11 and the funds for costs described in sub12 paragraph (C); and 

13 ‘‘(ii) from the remainder, use not less 

14 than 70 percent to fund direct services 

15 (provided by the State) in accordance with 

16 paragraph (2)(A).’’; 

17 (4) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(4) PAYMENT RATES.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State plan shall 

21 certify that payment rates for the provision of 

22 child care services for which assistance is pro23 vided in accordance with this subchapter are 

24 sufficient to ensure equal access for eligible 

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1 parable to child care services in the State or 

2 substate area involved that are provided to chil3 dren whose parents are not eligible to receive 

4 assistance under this subchapter or to receive 

5 child care assistance under any other Federal 

6 or State program and shall provide a summary 

7 of the facts relied on by the State to determine 

8 that such rates are sufficient to ensure such ac9 cess. 

10 ‘‘(B) SURVEY.—The State plan shall— 

11 ‘‘(i) demonstrate that the State has, 

12 after consulting with the State Advisory 

13 Council on Early Childhood Education and 

14 Care, local child care program administra15 tors, local child care resource and referral 

16 agencies, and other appropriate entities, 

17 developed and conducted (not earlier than 

18 2 years before the date of the submission 

19 of the application containing the State 

20 plan) a statistically valid and reliable sur21 vey of the market rates for child care serv22 ices in the State (that reflects variations in 

23 the cost of child care services by geo24 graphic area, type of provider, and age of 

25 child); 


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1 ‘‘(ii) demonstrate that the State pre2 pared a detailed report containing the re3 sults of the State market rates survey con4 ducted pursuant to clause (i), and made 

5 the results of the survey widely available 

6 (not later than 30 days after the comple7 tion of such survey) through periodic 

8 means, including posting the results on the 

9 Internet; 

10 ‘‘(iii) describe how the State will set 

11 payment rates for child care services, for 

12 which assistance is provided in accordance 

13 with this subchapter, in accordance with 

14 the results of the market rates survey con15 ducted pursuant to clause (i) without, to 

16 the extent practicable, reducing the num17 ber of families in the State receiving such 

18 assistance to carry out this subchapter, rel19 ative to the number of such families on the 

20 date of enactment of the Child Care and 

21 Development Block Grant Act of 2013; 

22 and 

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1 ices provided in accordance with this sub2 chapter. 

3 ‘‘(C) CONSTRUCTION.— 

4 ‘‘(i) NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.— 

5 Nothing in this paragraph shall be con6 strued to create a private right of action. 

7 ‘‘(ii) NO PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN

8 DIFFERENT RATES.—Nothing in this sub9 chapter shall be construed to prevent a 

10 State from differentiating the payment 

11 rates described in subparagraph (B)(iii) on 

12 the basis of such factors as— 

13 ‘‘(I) geographic location of child 

14 care providers (such as location in an 

15 urban or rural area); 

16 ‘‘(II) the age or particular needs 

17 of children (such as the needs of chil18 dren with disabilities and children 

19 served by child protective services); 

20 ‘‘(III) whether the providers pro21 vide child care during weekend and 

22 other nontraditional hours; or 

23 ‘‘(IV) the State’s determination 

24 that such differentiated payment rates 

25 are needed to enable a parent to 


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1 choose child care that is of high qual2 ity.’’; and 

3 (5) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘that is not 

4 a barrier to families receiving assistance under this 

5 subchapter’’ after ‘‘cost sharing’’. 

6 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 658F(b)(2) 

7 of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

8 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858d(b)(2)) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘section 658E(c)(2)(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

10 658E(c)(2)(I)’’. 

11 SEC. 6. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CHILD 

12 CARE. 

13 Section 658G of the Child Care and Development 

14 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858e) is amended 

15 to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 658G. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF 

17 CHILD CARE. 

18 ‘‘(a) RESERVATION.— 

19 ‘‘(1) RESERVATION FOR ACTIVITIES RELATING

20 TO THE QUALITY OF CHILD CARE SERVICES.—A 

21 State that receives funds to carry out this sub22 chapter for a fiscal year shall reserve and use a por23 tion of such funds, in accordance with paragraph 

24 (2), for activities provided directly, or through 

25 grants or contracts with local child care resource 


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1 and referral organizations or other appropriate enti2 ties, that are designed to improve the quality of 

3 child care services and increase parental options for, 

4 and access to, high-quality child care, provided in ac5 cordance with this subchapter. 

6 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF RESERVATIONS.—Such State 

7 shall reserve and use for the activities described in 

8 paragraph (1), not less than— 

9 ‘‘(A) 6 percent of such funds in 2014; 

10 ‘‘(B) 8 percent of such funds in 2016; 

11 ‘‘(C) 10 percent of such funds in 2018 and 

12 each succeeding year; and 

13 ‘‘(D) 3 percent of such funds in 2014 and 

14 each succeeding year to carry out the activities 

15 described in paragraph (1), as such activities 

16 relate to the quality of care for infants and tod17 dlers. 

18 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—Funds reserved under subsection 

19 (a) shall be used to carry out not less than 2 of the fol20 lowing activities: 

21 ‘‘(1) Supporting the training, professional de22 velopment, and professional advancement of the 

23 child care workforce through activities such as— 

24 ‘‘(A) offering child care providers training 

25 and professional development that is intentional 


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1 and sequential and leads to a higher level of 

2 skill or certification; 

3 ‘‘(B) establishing or supporting programs 

4 designed to increase the retention and improve 

5 the competencies of child care providers, includ6 ing wage incentive programs and initiatives that 

7 establish tiered payment rates for providers 

8 that meet or exceed child care services guide9 lines, as defined by the State; 

10 ‘‘(C) offering training, professional devel11 opment, and educational opportunities for child 

12 care providers that relate to the use of develop13 mentally appropriate and age-appropriate cur14 ricula, and early childhood teaching strategies, 

15 that are scientifically based and aligned with 

16 the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive de17 velopment of children, including offering spe18 cialized training for child care providers who 

19 care for infants and toddlers, children who are 

20 English learners, and children with disabilities 

21 (as defined in section 602 of the Individuals 

22 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

23 1401)); 

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1 ment and effective instructional practices to 

2 support mathematics and language and literacy 

3 development in young children; 

4 ‘‘(E) incorporating effective use of data to 

5 guide instruction and program improvement; 

6 ‘‘(F) including effective behavior manage7 ment strategies, including positive behavioral 

8 interventions and supports, that promote posi9 tive social and emotional development and re10 duce challenge behaviors; 

11 ‘‘(G) at the option of the State, incor12 porating feedback from experts at the State’s 

13 institutions of higher education, as defined in 

14 section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 

15 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002), and other early learn16 ing and development experts and early child17 hood experts; 

18 ‘‘(H) providing training corresponding to 

19 the nutritional and physical activity needs of 

20 children to promote healthy development; and 

21 ‘‘(I) providing training or professional de22 velopment for child care providers to serve and 

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1 ‘‘(2) Supporting the use of the early learning 

2 and developmental guidelines described in section 

3 658E by— 

4 ‘‘(A) developing and implementing such 

5 early learning and developmental guidelines for 

6 early language and literacy skills and activities 

7 and pre-numeracy and mathematics skills and 

8 activities, for child care programs in the State, 

9 that are aligned with State standards for edu10 cation in kindergarten through grade 12 edu11 cation or the State’s general goals for school 

12 readiness; and 

13 ‘‘(B) providing technical assistance to en14 hance early learning for preschool and school15 aged children in order to promote language and 

16 literacy skills, foster school readiness, and sup17 port later school success. 

18 ‘‘(3) Developing and implementing a tiered 

19 quality rating system for child care providers, which 

20 shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) support and assess the quality of 

22 child care providers in the State; 

23 ‘‘(B) build on licensing standards and 

24 other State regulatory standards for such pro25 viders; 


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1 ‘‘(C) be designed to improve the quality of 

2 different types of child care providers; 

3 ‘‘(D) describe the quality of early learning 

4 facilities; 

5 ‘‘(E) build the capacity of State early 

6 learning programs and communities to promote 

7 parents’ and families’ understanding of the 

8 State’s early learning system and the ratings of 

9 the programs in which the child is enrolled; and 

10 ‘‘(F) provide, to the maximum extent prac11 ticable, financial incentives and other supports 

12 designed to achieve and sustain higher levels of 

13 quality. 

14 ‘‘(4) Improving the supply and quality of child 

15 care programs and services for infants and toddlers 

16 through activities which may include— 

17 ‘‘(A) establishing or expanding neighbor18 hood-based high-quality comprehensive family 

19 and child development centers, which may serve 

20 as resources to child care providers in order to 

21 improve the quality of early childhood education 

22 and care and early childhood development serv23 ices provided to infants and toddlers from low24 income families and to help eligible child care 

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1 quality care to infants and toddlers from low2 income families; 

3 ‘‘(B) establishing or expanding the oper4 ation of community or neighborhood-based fam5 ily child care networks; 

6 ‘‘(C) supporting statewide networks of in7 fant and toddler child care specialists, including 

8 specialists who have knowledge regarding infant 

9 and toddler development and curriculum and 

10 program implementation for children with dis11 abilities, which may include specialists who pro12 vide such services through part C of the Indi13 viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

14 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.); 

15 ‘‘(D) carrying out initiatives to improve 

16 the quality of the infant and toddler child care 

17 workforce, such as providing relevant training, 

18 professional development, or mentoring oppor19 tunities and linking such opportunities to career 

20 pathways, developing career pathways for such 

21 providers, and improving the State credential22 ing of eligible providers caring for infants and 

23 toddlers; and 

24 ‘‘(E) if applicable, developing infant and 

25 toddler components within the State’s quality 


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1 rating system described in paragraph (3) for 

2 child care providers for infants and toddlers, or 

3 the development of infant and toddler compo4 nents in a State’s child care licensing regula5 tions or early childhood guidelines; 

6 ‘‘(F) improving the ability of parents to ac7 cess information about high-quality infant and 

8 toddler care; and 

9 ‘‘(G) carrying out other activities deter10 mined by the State to improve the quality of in11 fant and toddler care provided in the State, and 

12 for which there is evidence that the activities 

13 will lead to improved infant and toddler safety, 

14 infant and toddler development, or infant and 

15 toddler well-being. 

16 ‘‘(5) Promoting broad child care provider par17 ticipation in the quality rating system described in 

18 paragraph (3). 

19 ‘‘(6) Establishing or expanding a statewide sys20 tem of child care resource and referral services. 

21 ‘‘(7) Facilitating compliance with State require22 ments for inspection, monitoring, training, and 

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1 ‘‘(8) Evaluating and assessing the quality and 

2 effectiveness of child care programs and services of3 fered in the State, including evaluating how such 

4 programs and services may improve the overall 

5 school readiness of young children. 

6 ‘‘(9) Supporting child care providers in the pur7 suit of accreditation by an established national ac8 crediting body with demonstrated, valid and reliable 

9 program standards of high quality. 

10 ‘‘(10) Supporting State or local efforts to de11 velop or adopt high-quality program standards relat12 ing to health, mental health, nutrition, physical ac13 tivity, and physical development and providing re14 sources to enable eligible child care providers to 

15 meet, exceed, or sustain success in meeting or ex16 ceeding such standards. 

17 ‘‘(11) Carrying out other activities determined 

18 by the State to improve the quality of child care 

19 services provided in the State, and for which meas20 urement of outcomes relating to improved provider 

21 preparedness, child safety, child well-being, or school 

22 readiness is possible. 

23 ‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION.—Beginning with fiscal year 

24 2014, at the beginning of each fiscal year, the State shall 

25 annually submit to the Secretary a certification containing 


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1 an assurance that the State was in compliance with sub2 section (a) during the preceding fiscal year and describes 

3 how the State used funds received under this subchapter 

4 to comply with subsection (a) during that preceding fiscal 

5 year. 

6 ‘‘(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Each State re7 ceiving funds under this subchapter shall prepare and sub8 mit an annual report to the Secretary, which shall include 

9 information about— 

10 ‘‘(1) the amount of funds that are reserved 

11 under subsection (a); 

12 ‘‘(2) the activities carried out under this sec13 tion; and 

14 ‘‘(3) the measures that the State will use to 

15 evaluate the State’s progress in improving the qual16 ity of child care programs and services in the State. 

17 ‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

18 offer technical assistance, in accordance with section 

19 658I(a)(3), which may include technical assistance 

20 through the use of grants or cooperative agreements, to 

21 States for the activities described in subsection (b). 

22 ‘‘(f) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 

23 be construed as providing the Secretary the authority to 

24 regulate, monitor, or dictate State child care quality activi25 ties or progress in implementing those activities.’’. 


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1 SEC. 7. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. 

2 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 

3 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is amended by inserting 

4 after section 658G the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 658H. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives funds to 

7 carry out this subchapter shall have in effect— 

8 ‘‘(1) requirements, policies, and procedures to 

9 require and conduct criminal background checks for 

10 child care staff members (including prospective child 

11 care staff members) of child care providers described 

12 in subsection (c)(1); and 

13 ‘‘(2) licensing, regulation, and registration re14 quirements, as applicable, that prohibit the employ15 ment of child care staff members as described in 

16 subsection (c). 

17 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A criminal background check 

18 for a child care staff member under subsection (a) shall 

19 include— 

20 ‘‘(1) a search of each State criminal and sex of21 fender registry or repository in the State where the 

22 child care staff member resides and each State 

23 where such staff member resided during the pre24 ceding 10 years; 

25 ‘‘(2) a search of State-based child abuse and 

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1 the child care staff member resides and each State 

2 where such staff member previously resided during 

3 the preceding 10 years; 

4 ‘‘(3) a search of the National Crime Informa5 tion Center; 

6 ‘‘(4) a Federal Bureau of Investigation finger7 print check using the Integrated Automated Finger8 print Identification System; and 

9 ‘‘(5) a search of the National Sex Offender 

10 Registry established under the Adam Walsh Child 

11 Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 

12 16901 et seq.). 

13 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) CHILD CARE STAFF MEMBERS.—A child 

15 care staff member shall be ineligible for employment 

16 by a child care provider that is licensed, regulated, 

17 or registered by the State or for which assistance is 

18 provided in accordance with this subchapter, if such 

19 individual— 

20 ‘‘(A) refuses to consent to the criminal 

21 background check described in subsection (b); 

22 ‘‘(B) knowingly makes a materially false 

23 statement in connection with such criminal 

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1 ‘‘(C) is registered, or is required to be reg2 istered, on a State sex offender registry or the 

3 National Sex Offender Registry established 

4 under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 

5 Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); 

6 or 

7 ‘‘(D) has been convicted of a felony con8 sisting of— 

9 ‘‘(i) murder, as described in section 

10 1111 of title 18, United States Code; 

11 ‘‘(ii) child abuse or neglect; 

12 ‘‘(iii) a crime against children, includ13 ing child pornography; 

14 ‘‘(iv) spousal abuse; 

15 ‘‘(v) a crime involving rape or sexual 

16 assault; 

17 ‘‘(vi) kidnapping; 

18 ‘‘(vii) arson; 

19 ‘‘(viii) physical assault or battery; or 

20 ‘‘(ix) subject to subsection (e)(4), a 

21 drug-related offense committed during the 

22 preceding 5 years. 

23 ‘‘(2) CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.—A child care 

24 provider described in paragraph (1) shall be ineli25 gible for assistance provided in accordance with this 


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1 subchapter if the provider employs a staff member 

2 who is ineligible for employment under paragraph 

3 (1). 

4 ‘‘(d) SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS FOR BACKGROUND

5 CHECKS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A child care provider cov7 ered by subsection (c) shall submit a request, to the 

8 appropriate State agency designated by a State, for 

9 a criminal background check described in subsection 

10 (b), for each child care staff member (including pro11 spective child care staff members) of the provider. 

12 ‘‘(2) STAFF MEMBERS.—Subject to paragraph 

13 (4), in the case of an individual who became a child 

14 care staff member before the date of enactment of 

15 the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

16 2013, the provider shall submit such a request— 

17 ‘‘(A) prior to the last day described in sub18 section (i)(1); and 

19 ‘‘(B) not less often than once during each 

20 5-year period following the first submission date 

21 under this paragraph for that staff member. 

22 ‘‘(3) PROSPECTIVE STAFF MEMBERS.—Subject 

23 to paragraph (4), in the case of an individual who 

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1 that date of enactment, the provider shall submit 

2 such a request— 

3 ‘‘(A) prior to the date the individual be4 comes a child care staff member of the pro5 vider; and 

6 ‘‘(B) not less often than once during each 

7 5-year period following the first submission date 

8 under this paragraph for that staff member. 

9 ‘‘(4) BACKGROUND CHECK FOR ANOTHER

10 CHILD CARE PROVIDER.—A child care provider shall 

11 not be required to submit a request under paragraph 

12 (2) or (3) for a child care staff member if— 

13 ‘‘(A) the staff member received a back14 ground check described in subsection (b)— 

15 ‘‘(i) within 5 years before the latest 

16 date on which such a submission may be 

17 made; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) while employed by or seeking em19 ployment by another child care provider 

20 within the State; and 

21 ‘‘(B) the State provides to the provider a 

22 qualifying background check result, consistent 

23 with this subchapter, for the child care staff 

24 member, who may have become separated from 

25 employment from a child care provider within 


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1 the State for a period of not more than 180 

2 consecutive days. 

3 ‘‘(e) BACKGROUND CHECK RESULTS AND AP4 PEALS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) BACKGROUND CHECK RESULTS.—The 

6 State shall carry out the request of a child care pro7 vider for a criminal background check as expedi8 tiously as possible and shall provide the results of 

9 the criminal background check to such provider and 

10 to the current or prospective staff member. 

11 ‘‘(2) PRIVACY.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State shall pro13 vide the results of the criminal background 

14 check to the provider in a statement that indi15 cates whether a child care staff member (in16 cluding a prospective child care staff member) 

17 is eligible or ineligible for employment described 

18 in subsection (c), without revealing any dis19 qualifying crime or other related information 

20 regarding the individual. 

21 ‘‘(B) INELIGIBLE STAFF MEMBER.—If the 

22 child care staff member is ineligible for such 

23 employment due to the background check, the 

24 State will, when providing the results of the 

25 background check, include information related 


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1 to each disqualifying crime, in a report to the 

2 staff member or prospective staff member. 

3 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC RELEASE OF RESULTS.—No 

4 State shall publicly release or share the results 

5 of individual background checks, however such 

6 results of background checks may be included 

7 in the development or dissemination of local or 

8 statewide data related to background checks, if 

9 such results are not individually identifiable. 

10 ‘‘(3) APPEALS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State shall pro12 vide for a process by which a child care staff 

13 member (including a prospective child care staff 

14 member) may appeal the results of a criminal 

15 background check conducted under this section 

16 to challenge the accuracy or completeness of the 

17 information contained in such member’s crimi18 nal background report. 

19 ‘‘(B) APPEALS PROCESS.—The State shall 

20 ensure that— 

21 ‘‘(i) the appeals process is completed 

22 in a timely manner for each child care 

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1 ‘‘(ii) each child care staff member 

2 shall be given notice of the opportunity to 

3 appeal; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) a child care staff member will 

5 receive instructions about how to complete 

6 the appeals process if the child care staff 

7 member wishes to challenge the accuracy 

8 or completeness of the information in his 

9 or her criminal background report. 

10 ‘‘(4) REVIEW.—The State may allow for a re11 view process through which the State may determine 

12 that a child care staff member (including a prospec13 tive child care staff member) disqualified for a crime 

14 specified in subsection (c)(1)(D)(ix) is eligible for 

15 employment described in subsection (c)(1), notwith16 standing subsection (c). The review process shall be 

17 consistent with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 

18 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.). 

19 ‘‘(5) NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.—Nothing 

20 in this section shall be construed to create a private 

21 right of action if the provider is in compliance with 

22 State regulations and requirements. 

23 ‘‘(f) FEES FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS.—Fees that a 

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1 quired by this section shall not exceed the actual costs to 

2 the State for the processing and administration. 

3 ‘‘(g) CONSTRUCTION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) DISQUALIFICATION FOR OTHER CRIMES.— 

5 Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent 

6 a State from disqualifying individuals as child care 

7 staff members based on their conviction for crimes 

8 not specifically listed in this section that bear upon 

9 the fitness of an individual to provide care for and 

10 have responsibility for the safety and well-being of 

11 children. 

12 ‘‘(2) RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.—Nothing in this 

13 section shall be construed to alter or otherwise affect 

14 the rights and remedies provided for child care staff 

15 members residing in a State that disqualifies individ16 uals as child care staff members for crimes not spe17 cifically provided for under this subchapter. 

18 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

19 ‘‘(1) the term ‘child care provider’ means a cen20 ter-based child care provider, a family child care 

21 provider, or another provider of child care services 

22 for compensation and on a regular basis that— 

23 ‘‘(A) is not an individual who is related to 

24 all children for whom child care services are 

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1 ‘‘(B) is licensed, regulated, or registered 

2 under State law or receives assistance provided 

3 in accordance with this subchapter; and 

4 ‘‘(2) the term ‘child care staff member’ means 

5 an individual (other than an individual who is re6 lated to all children for whom child care services are 

7 provided)— 

8 ‘‘(A) who is employed by a child care pro9 vider for compensation; 

10 ‘‘(B) whose activities involve the care or 

11 supervision of children for a child care provider 

12 or unsupervised access to children who are 

13 cared for or supervised by a child care provider; 

14 or 

15 ‘‘(C) who is a family child care provider. 

16 ‘‘(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives funds 

18 under this subchapter shall meet the requirements of 

19 this section for the provision of criminal background 

20 checks for child care staff members described in sub21 section (d)(1) not later than the last day of the sec22 ond full fiscal year after the date of enactment of 

23 the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

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1 ‘‘(2) EXTENSION.—The Secretary may grant a 

2 State an extension of time, of not more than 1 fiscal 

3 year, to meet the requirements of this section if the 

4 State demonstrates a good faith effort to comply 

5 with the requirements of this section. 

6 ‘‘(3) PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—Except 

7 as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), for any fiscal 

8 year that a State fails to comply substantially with 

9 the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall 

10 withhold 5 percent of the funds that would otherwise 

11 be allocated to that State in accordance with this 

12 subchapter for the following fiscal year.’’. 

13 SEC. 8. REPORTS AND INFORMATION. 

14 (a) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 658I(a)(2) of the 

15 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

16 U.S.C. 9858g(a)(2)) is amended by inserting a comma 

17 after ‘‘publish’’. 

18 (b) REPORTS.—Section 658K(a) of such Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 9858i(a)) is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1)(B)— 

21 (A) in clause (ix), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

22 end; 

23 (B) in clause (x), by striking the period 

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1 (C) by inserting after clause (x), the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(xi) whether the children receiving 

4 assistance under this subchapter are home5 less children;’’; and 

6 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

8 (A), by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’; 

9 and 

10 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec11 tion 658P(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 658P(6)’’. 

12 (c) REPORT BY SECRETARY.—Section 658L of such 

13 Act (42 U.S.C. 9858j) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking the section heading and insert15 ing the following: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 658L. REPORTS, HOTLINE, AND WEB SITE.’’; 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘Not later’’ and inserting the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(a) REPORT BY SECRETARY.—Not later’’; 

20 (3) by striking ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’; 

21 and 

22 (4) by striking ‘‘to the Committee’’ and all that 

23 follows through ‘‘of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘to 

24 the Committee on Education and the Workforce of 

25 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 


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1 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen2 ate’’; and 

3 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(b) NATIONAL TOLL-FREE HOTLINE AND WEB

5 SITE.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall operate 

7 a national toll-free hotline and Web site, to— 

8 ‘‘(A) develop and disseminate publicly 

9 available child care consumer education infor10 mation for parents and help parents access 

11 safe, affordable, and quality child care in their 

12 community; and 

13 ‘‘(B) to allow persons to report (anony14 mously if desired) suspected child abuse or ne15 glect, or violations of health and safety require16 ments, by an eligible child care provider that re17 ceives assistance under this subchapter. 

18 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall en19 sure that the hotline and Web site meet the fol20 lowing requirements: 

21 ‘‘(A) REFERRAL TO LOCAL CHILD CARE

22 PROVIDERS.—The Web site shall be hosted by 

23 ‘childcare.gov’. The Web site shall enable a 

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1 scribed in subparagraph (B) within a specified 

2 search radius. 

3 ‘‘(B) INFORMATION.—The Web site shall 

4 provide to consumers, directly or through link5 ages to State databases, at a minimum— 

6 ‘‘(i) a localized list of all State li7 censed child care providers; 

8 ‘‘(ii) any provider-specific information 

9 from a Quality Rating and Improvement 

10 System or information about other quality 

11 indicators, to the extent the information is 

12 publicly available and to the extent prac13 ticable; 

14 ‘‘(iii) any other provider-specific infor15 mation about compliance with licensing, 

16 and health and safety, requirements to the 

17 extent the information is publicly available 

18 and to the extent practicable; 

19 ‘‘(iv) referrals to local resource and 

20 referral organizations from which con21 sumers can find more information about 

22 child care providers, and a recommenda23 tion that consumers consult with the orga24 nizations when selecting a child care pro25 vider; and 


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1 ‘‘(v) State information about child 

2 care subsidy programs and other financial 

3 supports available to families. 

4 ‘‘(C) NATIONWIDE CAPACITY.—The Web 

5 site and hotline shall have the capacity to help 

6 families in every State and community in the 

7 Nation. 

8 ‘‘(D) INFORMATION AT ALL HOURS.—The 

9 Web site shall provide, to parents and families, 

10 access to information about child care 24 hours 

11 a day. 

12 ‘‘(E) SERVICES IN DIFFERENT LAN13 GUAGES.—The Web site and hotline shall en14 sure the widest possible access to services for 

15 families who speak languages other than 

16 English. 

17 ‘‘(F) HIGH-QUALITY CONSUMER EDU18 CATION AND REFERRAL.—The Web site and 

19 hotline shall ensure that families have access to 

20 child care consumer education and referral serv21 ices that are consistent and of high quality. 

22 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this subsection 

23 shall be construed to allow the Secretary to compel 

24 States to provide additional data and information 

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1 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

2 2013) not publicly available, or is not required by 

3 this subchapter.’’. 

4 SEC. 9. TOLL-FREE HOTLINE AND WEB SITE. 

5 Section 658O(a) of the Child Care and Development 

6 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m(a)) is amend7 ed by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(3) NATIONAL TOLL-FREE HOTLINE AND WEB

9 SITE.—The Secretary shall reserve not less than 

10 $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

11 subchapter for each fiscal year for the operation of 

12 a national toll-free hotline and Web site, under sec13 tion 658L(b).’’. 

14 SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 

15 Section 658P of the Child Care and Development 

16 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(3) CHILD WITH A DISABILITY.—The term 

20 ‘child with a disability’ means— 

21 ‘‘(A) a child with a disability, as defined in 

22 section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities 

23 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401); 

24 ‘‘(B) a child who is eligible for early inter25 vention services under part C of the Individuals 


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1 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

2 1431 et seq.); 

3 ‘‘(C) a child who is less than 13 years of 

4 age and who is eligible for services under sec5 tion 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 

6 U.S.C. 794); and 

7 ‘‘(D) a child with a disability, as defined 

8 by the State involved. 

9 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE CHILD.—The term ‘eligible 

10 child’ means an individual— 

11 ‘‘(A) who is less than 13 years of age; 

12 ‘‘(B) whose family income does not exceed 

13 85 percent of the State median income for a 

14 family of the same size; and 

15 ‘‘(C) who— 

16 ‘‘(i) resides with a parent or parents 

17 who are working or attending a job train18 ing or educational program; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) is receiving, or needs to receive, 

20 protective services and resides with a par21 ent or parents not described in clause (i).’’; 

22 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through 

23 (9) as paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively; 

24 (3) by inserting before paragraph (6), as redes25 ignated by paragraph (2), the following: 


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1 ‘‘(5) ENGLISH LEARNER.—The term ‘English 

2 learner’ means an individual who is limited English 

3 proficient, as defined in section 9101 of the Elemen4 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

5 U.S.C. 7801) or section 637 of the Head Start Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 9832).’’; 

7 (4) in paragraph (6)(A), as redesignated by 

8 paragraph (2)— 

9 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘section 

10 658E(c)(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

11 658E(c)(2)(F)’’; and 

12 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘section 

13 658E(c)(2)(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

14 658E(c)(2)(I)’’; 

15 (5) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by para16 graph (2), by striking ‘‘designated’’ and all that fol17 lows and inserting ‘‘designated or established under 

18 section 658D(a).’’; and 

19 (6) in paragraph (10), as redesignated by para20 graph (2), by inserting ‘‘, foster parent,’’ after 

21 ‘‘guardian’’. 

22 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Care and Develop24 ment Block Grant Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSES. 

2 Section 658A of the Child Care and Development Block 

3 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 note) is amended to 

4 read as follows: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 658A. SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSES. 

6 ‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This subchapter may be cited as 

7 the ‘Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990’. 

8 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this subchapter 

9 are— 

10 ‘‘(1) to allow each State maximum flexibility in 

11 developing child care programs and policies that best 

12 suit the needs of children and parents within that 

13 State; 

14 ‘‘(2) to promote parental choice to empower 

15 working parents to make their own decisions regard16 ing the child care that best suits their family’s needs; 

17 ‘‘(3) to assist States in providing high-quality 

18 child care services to parents trying to achieve inde19 pendence from public assistance; 

20 ‘‘(4) to assist States in improving the overall 

21 quality of child care services and programs by imple22 menting the health, safety, licensing, training, and 

23 oversight standards established in this subchapter and 

24 in State law (including regulations); 

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1 tivities, in child care settings, that are develop2 mentally appropriate and age-appropriate for the 

3 children and that promote children’s language and 

4 literacy and mathematics skills, social and emotional 

5 development, physical health and development, and 

6 approaches to learning; 

7 ‘‘(6) to encourage States to provide consumer 

8 education information to help parents make informed 

9 choices about child care services and to promote in10 volvement by parents and family members in the edu11 cation of their children in child care settings; 

12 ‘‘(7) to increase the number and percentage of 

13 low-income children in high-quality child care set14 tings; and 

15 ‘‘(8) to improve the coordination and delivery of 

16 early childhood education and care (including child 

17 care).’’. 

18 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

19 Section 658B of the Child Care and Development Block 

20 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended by striking 

21 ‘‘subchapter’’ and all that follows, and inserting ‘‘sub22 chapter, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

23 years 2015 through 2020.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. LEAD AGENCY. 

2 (a) DESIGNATION.—Section 658D(a) of the Child Care 

3 and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

4 9858b(a)) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘chief executive officer’’ and in6 serting ‘‘Governor’’; and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘designate’’ and all that follows 

8 and inserting ‘‘designate an agency (which may be an 

9 appropriate collaborative agency), or establish a joint 

10 interagency office, that complies with the require11 ments of subsection (b) to serve as the lead agency for 

12 the State under this subchapter.’’. 

13 (b) COLLABORATION WITH TRIBES.—Section 

14 658D(b)(1) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant 

15 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b(b)(1)) is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

17 the end; 

18 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 

19 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(E) at the option of an Indian tribe or 

22 tribal organization in the State, collaborate and 

23 coordinate with such Indian tribe or tribal orga24 nization in the development of the State plan.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. APPLICATION AND PLAN. 

2 (a) PERIOD.—Section 658E(b) of the Child Care and 

3 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(b)) 

4 is amended, by striking ‘‘2-year’’ and inserting ‘‘3-year’’. 

5 (b) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Section 658E(c) of 

6 the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 

7 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or estab9 lished’’ after ‘‘designated’’; 

10 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting a 

12 comma after ‘‘care of such providers’’; 

13 (B) by striking subparagraphs (D) through 

14 (H); and 

15 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(D) MONITORING AND INSPECTION RE17 PORTS.—The plan shall include a certification 

18 that the State, not later than 1 year after the 

19 State has in effect the policies and practices de20 scribed in subparagraph (K)(i), will make public 

21 by electronic means, in a consumer-friendly and 

22 easily accessible format, organized by provider, 

23 the results of monitoring and inspection reports, 

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1 the number of deaths, serious injuries, and in2 stances of substantiated child abuse that occurred 

3 in child care settings each year, for eligible child 

4 care providers within the State. The results shall 

5 also include information on the date of such an 

6 inspection and, where applicable, information on 

7 corrective action taken. 

8 ‘‘(E) CONSUMER EDUCATION INFORMA9 TION.—The plan shall include a certification 

10 that the State will collect and disseminate 

11 (which dissemination may be done, except as 

12 otherwise specified in this subparagraph, through 

13 resource and referral organizations or other 

14 means as determined by the State) to parents of 

15 eligible children and the general public— 

16 ‘‘(i) information that will promote in17 formed child care choices and that con18 cerns— 

19 ‘‘(I) the availability of child care 

20 services provided through programs au21 thorized under this subchapter and, if 

22 feasible, other child care services and 

23 other programs provided in the State 

24 for which the family may be eligible; 


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1 ‘‘(II) if available, information 

2 about the quality of providers, includ3 ing information from a Quality Rat4 ing and Improvement System; 

5 ‘‘(III) information, made avail6 able through a State website, describ7 ing the State process for licensing child 

8 care providers, the State processes for 

9 conducting background checks, and 

10 monitoring and inspections, of child 

11 care providers, and the offenses that 

12 prevent individuals and entities from 

13 serving as child care providers in the 

14 State; 

15 ‘‘(IV) the availability of assist16 ance to obtain child care services; 

17 ‘‘(V) other programs for which 

18 families that receive child care services 

19 for which financial assistance is pro20 vided in accordance with this sub21 chapter may be eligible, including the 

22 program of block grants to States for 

23 temporary assistance for needy fami24 lies established under part A of title IV 

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1 601 et seq.), Head Start and Early 

2 Head Start programs carried out 

3 under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 9831 et seq.), the program carried out 

5 under the Low-Income Home Energy 

6 Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 

7 et seq.), the supplemental nutrition as8 sistance program established under the 

9 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

10 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the special supple11 mental nutrition program for women, 

12 infants, and children established under 

13 section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 

14 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), the child and 

15 adult care food program established 

16 under section 17 of the Richard B. 

17 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

18 U.S.C. 1766), and the Medicaid and 

19 State children’s health insurance pro20 grams under titles XIX and XXI of the 

21 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et 

22 seq., 1397aa et seq.); 

23 ‘‘(VI) programs carried out under 

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1 uals with Disabilities Education Act 

2 (20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 et seq.); and 

3 ‘‘(VII) research and best practices 

4 concerning children’s development, in5 cluding language and cognitive devel6 opment, development of early language 

7 and literacy and mathematics skills, 

8 social and emotional development, 

9 meaningful parent and family engage10 ment, and physical health and develop11 ment (particularly healthy eating and 

12 physical activity); 

13 ‘‘(ii) information on developmental 

14 screenings, including— 

15 ‘‘(I) information on existing (as 

16 of the date of submission of the appli17 cation containing the plan) resources 

18 and services the State can deploy, in19 cluding the coordinated use of the 

20 Early and Periodic Screening, Diag21 nosis, and Treatment program under 

22 the Medicaid program carried out 

23 under title XIX of the Social Security 

24 Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) and devel25 opmental screening services available 


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1 under section 619 and part C of the 

2 Individuals with Disabilities Edu3 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 et 

4 seq.), in conducting developmental 

5 screenings and providing referrals to 

6 services, when appropriate, for children 

7 who receive assistance under this sub8 chapter; and 

9 ‘‘(II) a description of how a fam10 ily or eligible child care provider may 

11 utilize the resources and services de12 scribed in subclause (I) to obtain devel13 opmental screenings for children who 

14 receive assistance under this sub15 chapter who may be at risk for cog16 nitive or other developmental delays, 

17 which may include social, emotional, 

18 physical, or linguistic delays; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) information, for parents receiv20 ing assistance under the program of block 

21 grants to States for temporary assistance 

22 for needy families under part A of title IV 

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1 bility for assistance provided in accordance 

2 with this subchapter. 

3 ‘‘(F) COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LICENSING

4 REQUIREMENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The plan shall in6 clude a certification that the State involved 

7 has in effect licensing requirements applica8 ble to child care services provided within the 

9 State, and provide a detailed description of 

10 such requirements and of how such require11 ments are effectively enforced. 

12 ‘‘(ii) LICENSE EXEMPTION.—If the 

13 State uses funding received under this sub14 chapter to support a child care provider 

15 that is exempt from the corresponding li16 censing requirements described in clause (i), 

17 the plan shall include a description stating 

18 why such licensing exemption does not en19 danger the health, safety, or development of 

20 children who receive services from child care 

21 providers who are exempt from such re22 quirements. 

23 ‘‘(iii) REQUESTS FOR RELIEF.—As de24 scribed in section 658I(d), a State may re25 quest relief from a provision of Federal law 


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1 other than this subchapter that might con2 flict with a requirement of this subchapter, 

3 including a licensing requirement. 

4 ‘‘(G) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The plan shall de6 scribe the training requirements that are in 

7 effect within the State that are designed to 

8 enable child care providers to promote the 

9 social, emotional, physical, and cognitive 

10 development of children and that are appli11 cable to child care providers that provide 

12 services for which assistance is provided in 

13 accordance with this subchapter in the 

14 State. 

15 ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall 

16 provide an assurance that such training re17 quirements— 

18 ‘‘(I) provide a set of workforce 

19 and competency standards for child 

20 care providers that provide services de21 scribed in clause (i); 

22 ‘‘(II) are developed in consulta23 tion with the State Advisory Council 

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1 ant to section 642B(b)(1)(A)(i) of the 

2 Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 9837b(b)(1)(A)(i))); 

4 ‘‘(III) include an evidence-based 

5 training framework that is designed to 

6 promote children’s learning and devel7 opment and school readiness and to 

8 improve child outcomes, including 

9 school readiness; 

10 ‘‘(IV) incorporate knowledge and 

11 application of the State’s early learn12 ing and developmental guidelines 

13 (where applicable), and the State’s 

14 child development and health stand15 ards; and 

16 ‘‘(V) to the extent practicable, are 

17 appropriate for a population of chil18 dren that includes— 

19 ‘‘(aa) different age groups 

20 (such as infants, toddlers, and 

21 preschoolers); 

22 ‘‘(bb) English learners; 

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1 ‘‘(dd) Native Americans, in2 cluding Indians, as the term is 

3 defined in section 4 of the Indian 

4 Self-Determination and Edu5 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

6 450b) (including Alaska Natives 

7 within the meaning of that term), 

8 and Native Hawaiians (as defined 

9 in section 7207 of the Elementary 

10 and Secondary Education Act of 

11 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7517)). 

12 ‘‘(iii) PROGRESSION OF PROFESSIONAL

13 DEVELOPMENT.—In developing the require14 ments, the State shall develop a statewide 

15 progression of professional development de16 signed to improve the skills and knowledge 

17 of the workforce— 

18 ‘‘(I) which may include the acqui19 sition of course credit in postsecondary 

20 education or of a credential, aligned 

21 with the framework; and 

22 ‘‘(II) which shall be accessible to 

23 providers supported through Indian 

24 tribes or tribal organizations that re25 ceive assistance under this subchapter. 


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1 ‘‘(iv) ALIGNMENT.—The State shall en2 gage the State Advisory Council on Early 

3 Childhood Education and Care, and may 

4 engage institutions of higher education (as 

5 defined in section 102 of the Higher Edu6 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), and 

7 other training providers in aligning train8 ing opportunities with the State’s training 

9 framework. 

10 ‘‘(v) CREDENTIALS.—The Secretary 

11 shall not require an individual or entity 

12 that provides child care services for which 

13 assistance is provided in accordance with 

14 this subchapter to acquire a credential to 

15 provide such services. Nothing in this sec16 tion shall be construed to prohibit a State 

17 from requiring a credential. 

18 ‘‘(H) CHILD-TO-PROVIDER RATIO STAND19 ARDS.— 

20 ‘‘(i) STANDARDS.—The plan shall de21 scribe child care standards, for child care 

22 for which assistance is made available in 

23 accordance with this subchapter, appro24 priate to the type of child care setting in25 volved, that address— 


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1 ‘‘(I) group size limits for specific 

2 age populations; 

3 ‘‘(II) the appropriate ratio be4 tween the number of children and the 

5 number of providers, in terms of the 

6 age of the children in child care, as de7 termined by the State; and 

8 ‘‘(III) required qualifications for 

9 such providers. 

10 ‘‘(ii) CONSTRUCTION.—The Secretary 

11 may offer guidance to States on child-to12 provider ratios described in clause (i) ac13 cording to setting and age group but shall 

14 not require that States maintain specific 

15 child-to-provider ratios for providers who 

16 receive assistance under this subchapter. 

17 ‘‘(I) HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIRE18 MENTS.—The plan shall include a certification 

19 that there are in effect within the State, under 

20 State or local law, requirements designed to pro21 tect the health and safety of children that are ap22 plicable to child care providers that provide serv23 ices for which assistance is made available in ac24 cordance with this subchapter. Such require25 ments— 


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1 ‘‘(i) shall relate to matters including 

2 health and safety topics (including preven3 tion of shaken baby syndrome and abusive 

4 head trauma) consisting of— 

5 ‘‘(I) the prevention and control of 

6 infectious diseases (including immuni7 zation) and the establishment of a 

8 grace period that allows homeless chil9 dren to receive services under this sub10 chapter while their families are taking 

11 any necessary action to comply with 

12 immunization and other health and 

13 safety requirements; 

14 ‘‘(II) handwashing and universal 

15 health precautions; 

16 ‘‘(III) the administration of medi17 cation, consistent with standards for 

18 parental consent; 

19 ‘‘(IV) the prevention of and re20 sponse to emergencies due to food and 

21 other allergic reactions; 

22 ‘‘(V) prevention of sudden infant 

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1 ‘‘(VI) sanitary methods of food 

2 handling; 

3 ‘‘(VII) building and physical 

4 premises safety; 

5 ‘‘(VIII) emergency preparedness 

6 and response planning for emergencies 

7 resulting from a natural disaster, or a 

8 man-caused event (such as violence at 

9 a child care facility), within the mean10 ing of those terms under section 

11 602(a)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford 

12 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist13 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5195a(a)(1)); 

14 ‘‘(IX) the handling and storage of 

15 hazardous materials and the appro16 priate disposal of biocontaminants; 

17 ‘‘(X) identification of and protec18 tion from hazards that can cause bod19 ily injury such as electrical hazards, 

20 bodies of water, and vehicular traffic; 

21 ‘‘(XI) for providers that offer 

22 transportation, if applicable, appro23 priate precautions in transporting 

24 children; 


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1 ‘‘(XII) first aid and cardiopulmo2 nary resuscitation; and 

3 ‘‘(XIII) minimum health and 

4 safety training, to be completed pre5 service or during an orientation pe6 riod, appropriate to the provider set7 ting involved that addresses each of the 

8 requirements relating to matters de9 scribed in subclauses (I) through (XII); 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(ii) may include requirements relat12 ing to nutrition, access to physical activity, 

13 or any other subject area determined by the 

14 State to be necessary to promote child devel15 opment or to protect children’s health and 

16 safety. 

17 ‘‘(J) COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL

18 HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.—The 

19 plan shall include a certification that procedures 

20 are in effect to ensure that child care providers 

21 within the State, that provide services for which 

22 assistance is made available in accordance with 

23 this subchapter, comply with all applicable State 

24 and local health and safety requirements as de25 scribed in subparagraph (I). 


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1 ‘‘(K) ENFORCEMENT OF LICENSING AND

2 OTHER REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.— 

3 ‘‘(i) CERTIFICATION.—The plan shall 

4 include a certification that the State, not 

5 later than 2 years after the date of enact6 ment of the Child Care and Development 

7 Block Grant Act of 2014, shall have in effect 

8 policies and practices, applicable to licens9 ing or regulating child care providers that 

10 provide services for which assistance is 

11 made available in accordance with this sub12 chapter and the facilities of those providers, 

13 that— 

14 ‘‘(I) ensure that individuals who 

15 are hired as licensing inspectors in the 

16 State are qualified to inspect those 

17 child care providers and facilities and 

18 have received training in related health 

19 and safety requirements, child develop20 ment, child abuse prevention and de21 tection, program management, and rel22 evant law enforcement; 

23 ‘‘(II) require licensing inspectors 

24 (or qualified inspectors designated by 

25 the lead agency) of those child care 


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1 providers and facilities to perform in2 spections, with— 

3 ‘‘(aa) not less than 1 

4 prelicensure inspection for compli5 ance with health, safety, and fire 

6 standards, of each such child care 

7 provider and facility in the State; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(bb) not less than annually, 

10 an inspection (which shall be un11 announced) of each such child 

12 care provider and facility in the 

13 State for compliance with all 

14 child care licensing standards, 

15 which shall include an inspection 

16 for compliance with health, safety, 

17 and fire standards (although in18 spectors may or may not inspect 

19 for compliance with all 3 stand20 ards at the same time); and 

21 ‘‘(III) require the ratio of licens22 ing inspectors to such child care pro23 viders and facilities in the State to— 

24 ‘‘(aa) be maintained at a 

25 level sufficient to enable the State 


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1 to conduct inspections of such 

2 child care providers and facilities 

3 on a timely basis in accordance 

4 with Federal and State law; and 

5 ‘‘(bb) be consistent with re6 search findings and best practices. 

7 ‘‘(ii) CONSTRUCTION.—The Secretary 

8 may offer guidance to a State, if requested 

9 by the State, on a research-based minimum 

10 standard regarding ratios described in 

11 clause (i)(III) and provide technical assist12 ance to the State on meeting the minimum 

13 standard within a reasonable time period, 

14 but shall not prescribe a particular ratio. 

15 ‘‘(L) COMPLIANCE WITH CHILD ABUSE RE16 PORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall in17 clude a certification that child care providers 

18 within the State will comply with the child 

19 abuse reporting requirements of section 

20 106(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Child Abuse Prevention 

21 and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 5106a(b)(2)(B)(i)). 

23 ‘‘(M) MEETING THE NEEDS OF CERTAIN

24 POPULATIONS.—The plan shall describe how the 

25 State will develop and implement strategies 


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1 (which may include the provision of compensa2 tion at higher payment rates and bonuses to 

3 child care providers, the provision of direct con4 tracts or grants to community-based organiza5 tions, or other means determined by the State) to 

6 increase the supply and improve the quality of 

7 child care for— 

8 ‘‘(i) children in underserved areas; 

9 ‘‘(ii) infants and toddlers; 

10 ‘‘(iii) children with disabilities, as de11 fined by the State; and 

12 ‘‘(iv) children who receive care during 

13 nontraditional hours. 

14 ‘‘(N) PROTECTION FOR WORKING PAR15 ENTS.— 

16 ‘‘(i) MINIMUM PERIOD.— 

17 ‘‘(I) 12-MONTH PERIOD.—The 

18 plan shall demonstrate that each child 

19 who receives assistance under this sub20 chapter in the State will be considered 

21 to meet all eligibility requirements for 

22 such assistance and will receive such 

23 assistance, for not less than 12 months 

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1 chapter, regardless of a temporary 

2 change in the ongoing status of the 

3 child’s parent as working or attending 

4 a job training or educational program 

5 or a change in family income for the 

6 child’s family, if that family income 

7 does not exceed 85 percent of the State 

8 median income for a family of the 

9 same size. 

10 ‘‘(II) FLUCTUATIONS IN EARN11 INGS.—The plan shall demonstrate how 

12 the State’s processes for initial deter13 mination and redetermination of such 

14 eligibility take into account irregular 

15 fluctuations in earnings. 

16 ‘‘(ii) REDETERMINATION PROCESS.— 

17 The plan shall describe the procedures and 

18 policies that are in place to ensure that 

19 working parents (especially parents in fam20 ilies receiving assistance under the program 

21 of block grants to States for temporary as22 sistance for needy families under part A of 

23 title IV of the Social Security Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)) are not required to un25 duly disrupt their employment in order to 


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1 comply with the State’s requirements for re2 determination of eligibility for assistance 

3 provided in accordance with this sub4 chapter. 

5 ‘‘(iii) PERIOD BEFORE TERMI6 NATION.—At the option of the State, the 

7 plan shall demonstrate that the State will 

8 not terminate assistance provided to carry 

9 out this subchapter based on a factor con10 sisting of a parent’s loss of work or ces11 sation of attendance at a job training or 

12 educational program for which the family 

13 was receiving the assistance, without con14 tinuing the assistance for a reasonable pe15 riod of time, of not less than 3 months, after 

16 such loss or cessation in order for the parent 

17 to engage in a job search and resume work, 

18 or resume attendance at a job training or 

19 educational program, as soon as possible. 

20 ‘‘(iv) GRADUATED PHASEOUT OF

21 CARE.—The plan shall describe the policies 

22 and procedures that are in place to allow 

23 for provision of continued assistance to 

24 carry out this subchapter, at the beginning 

25 of a new eligibility period under clause 


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1 (i)(I), for children of parents who are work2 ing or attending a job training or edu3 cational program and whose family income 

4 exceeds the State’s income limit to initially 

5 qualify for such assistance, if the family in6 come for the family involved does not exceed 

7 85 percent of the State median income for 

8 a family of the same size. 

9 ‘‘(O) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PRO10 GRAMS.— 

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The plan shall de12 scribe how the State, in order to expand ac13 cessibility and continuity of quality early 

14 childhood education and care, and assist 

15 children enrolled in prekindergarten, Early 

16 Head Start, or Head Start programs to re17 ceive full-day services, will coordinate the 

18 services supported to carry out this sub19 chapter with— 

20 ‘‘(I) programs carried out under 

21 the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et 

22 seq.), including the Early Head Start 

23 programs carried out under section 

24 645A of that Act (42 U.S.C. 9840a); 


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1 ‘‘(II) programs carried out under 

2 part A of title I, and part B of title 

3 IV, of the Elementary and Secondary 

4 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 

5 et seq., 7171 et seq.); 

6 ‘‘(III) programs carried out under 

7 section 619 and part C of the Individ8 uals with Disabilities Education Act 

9 (20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 et seq.); 

10 ‘‘(IV) the maternal, infant, and 

11 early childhood home visiting pro12 grams authorized under section 511 of 

13 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 711), as added by section 2951 of the 

15 Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

16 Act (Public Law 111–148); 

17 ‘‘(V) State, Indian tribe or tribal 

18 organization, and locally funded early 

19 childhood education and care pro20 grams; 

21 ‘‘(VI) programs serving homeless 

22 children and services of local edu23 cational agency liaisons for homeless 

24 children and youths designated under 

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1 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As2 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)); and 

4 ‘‘(VII) other Federal programs 

5 supporting early childhood education 

6 and care activities, and, where appli7 cable, child care programs funded 

8 through State veterans affairs offices. 

9 ‘‘(ii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Noth10 ing in clause (i) shall be construed to affect 

11 the priority of children described in clause 

12 (i) to receive full-day prekindergarten or 

13 Head Start program services. 

14 ‘‘(P) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.—The 

15 plan shall demonstrate how the State encourages 

16 partnerships among State agencies, other public 

17 agencies, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, 

18 and private entities to leverage existing service 

19 delivery systems (as of the date of the submission 

20 of the application containing the plan) for early 

21 childhood education and care and to increase the 

22 supply and quality of child care services for chil23 dren who are less than 13 years of age, such as 

24 by implementing voluntary shared services alli25 ance models. 


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1 ‘‘(Q) PRIORITY FOR LOW-INCOME POPU2 LATIONS.—The plan shall describe the process the 

3 State proposes to use, with respect to investments 

4 made to increase access to programs providing 

5 high-quality early childhood education and care, 

6 to give priority for those investments to children 

7 of families in areas that have significant con8 centrations of poverty and unemployment and 

9 that do not have such programs. 

10 ‘‘(R) CONSULTATION.—The plan shall in11 clude a certification that the State has developed 

12 the plan in consultation with the State Advisory 

13 Council on Early Childhood Education and Care 

14 designated or established pursuant to section 

15 642B(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Head Start Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1)(A)(i)). 

17 ‘‘(S) PAYMENT PRACTICES.—The plan shall 

18 include a certification that the payment prac19 tices of child care providers in the State that 

20 serve children who receive assistance under this 

21 subchapter reflect generally accepted payment 

22 practices of child care providers in the State that 

23 serve children who do not receive assistance 

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1 viders to serve children who receive assistance 

2 under this subchapter. 

3 ‘‘(T) EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOP4 MENTAL GUIDELINES.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The plan shall in6 clude an assurance that the State will de7 velop or implement early learning and de8 velopmental guidelines that are appropriate 

9 for children from birth through entry into 

10 kindergarten, describing what such children 

11 should know and be able to do, and covering 

12 the essential domains of early childhood 

13 education and care and early childhood de14 velopment for use statewide by child care 

15 providers. Such child care providers shall— 

16 ‘‘(I) be licensed or regulated under 

17 State law; and 

18 ‘‘(II) not be a relative of all chil19 dren for whom the provider provides 

20 child care services. 

21 ‘‘(ii) ALIGNMENT.—The guidelines 

22 shall be research-based, developmentally ap23 propriate, and aligned with State standards 

24 for education in kindergarten through grade 

25 3. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) PROHIBITION ON USE OF

2 FUNDS.—The plan shall include an assur3 ance that funds received by the State to 

4 carry out this subchapter will not be used 

5 to develop or implement an assessment for 

6 children that— 

7 ‘‘(I) will be the sole basis for a 

8 child care provider being determined to 

9 be ineligible to participate in the pro10 gram carried out under this sub11 chapter; 

12 ‘‘(II) will be used as the primary 

13 or sole basis to provide a reward or 

14 sanction for an individual provider; 

15 ‘‘(III) will be used as the primary 

16 or sole method for assessing program 

17 effectiveness; or 

18 ‘‘(IV) will be used to deny eligi19 bility to participate in the program 

20 carried out under this subchapter. 

21 ‘‘(iv) EXCEPTIONS.—Nothing in this 

22 subchapter shall preclude the State from 

23 using a single assessment (if appropriate) 

24 for children for— 


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1 ‘‘(I) supporting learning or im2 proving a classroom environment; 

3 ‘‘(II) targeting professional devel4 opment to a provider; 

5 ‘‘(III) determining the need for 

6 health, mental health, disability, devel7 opmental delay, or family support 

8 services; 

9 ‘‘(IV) obtaining information for 

10 the quality improvement process at the 

11 State level; or 

12 ‘‘(V) conducting a program eval13 uation for the purposes of providing 

14 program improvement and parent in15 formation. 

16 ‘‘(v) NO FEDERAL CONTROL.—Nothing 

17 in this section shall be construed to author18 ize an officer or employee of the Federal 

19 Government to— 

20 ‘‘(I) mandate, direct, or control a 

21 State’s early learning and develop22 mental guidelines, developed in accord23 ance with this section; 

24 ‘‘(II) establish any criterion that 

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1 standards or measures that a State 

2 uses to establish, implement, or im3 prove— 

4 ‘‘(aa) early learning and de5 velopmental guidelines, or early 

6 learning standards, assessments, 

7 or accountability systems; or 

8 ‘‘(bb) alignment of early 

9 learning and developmental guide10 lines with State standards for 

11 education in kindergarten through 

12 grade 3; or 

13 ‘‘(III) require a State to submit 

14 such standards or measures for re15 view.’’; 

16 (3) in paragraph (3)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘as 

18 required under’’ and inserting ‘‘in accordance 

19 with’’; 

20 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘The State’’ and insert22 ing the following: 

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The State’’; 

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1 alize any of the goals specified in para2 graphs (2) through (5) of section 658A(b)’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘activities that improve ac4 cess to child care services, including use of 

5 procedures to permit immediate enrollment 

6 (after the initial eligibility determination 

7 and after a child is determined to be eligi8 ble) of homeless children while required doc9 umentation is obtained, training and tech10 nical assistance on identifying and serving 

11 homeless children and their families, and 

12 specific outreach to homeless families, and 

13 any other activity that the State determines 

14 to be appropriate to meet the purposes of 

15 this subchapter (which may include an ac16 tivity described in clause (ii))’’; and 

17 (iii) by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(ii) CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND RE20 FERRAL SYSTEM.— 

21 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A State may 

22 use amounts described in clause (i) to 

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1 nated, to the extent determined appro2 priate by the State, by a statewide 

3 public or private nonprofit, commu4 nity-based or regionally based, lead 

5 child care resource and referral organi6 zation. 

7 ‘‘(II) LOCAL OR REGIONAL ORGA8 NIZATIONS.—The local or regional 

9 child care resource and referral organi10 zations supported as described in sub11 clause (I) shall— 

12 ‘‘(aa) provide parents in the 

13 State with consumer education in14 formation referred to in para15 graph (2)(E) (except as otherwise 

16 provided in that paragraph), con17 cerning the full range of child 

18 care options, analyzed by pro19 vider, including child care pro20 vided during nontraditional hours 

21 and through emergency child care 

22 centers, in their political subdivi23 sions or regions; 

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1 lies who receive assistance under 

2 this subchapter to offer the fami3 lies support and assistance, using 

4 information described in item 

5 (aa), to make an informed deci6 sion about which child care pro7 viders they will use, in an effort 

8 to ensure that the families are en9 rolling their children in high10 quality care; 

11 ‘‘(cc) collect and analyze 

12 data on the coordination of serv13 ices and supports, including serv14 ices under section 619 and part C 

15 of the Individuals with Disabil16 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

17 1419, 1431 et seq.), for children 

18 with disabilities (as defined in 

19 section 602 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 

20 1401)); 

21 ‘‘(dd) collect and analyze 

22 data on the supply of and demand 

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1 and submit such data and anal2 ysis to the State; 

3 ‘‘(ee) work to establish part4 nerships with public agencies and 

5 private entities to increase the 

6 supply and quality of child care 

7 services in the State; and 

8 ‘‘(ff) as appropriate, coordi9 nate their activities with the ac10 tivities of the State lead agency 

11 and local agencies that administer 

12 funds made available in accord13 ance with this subchapter.’’; 

14 (C) in subparagraph (D)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘1997 through 2002’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘2015 through 2020’’; and 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘families described in 

18 paragraph (2)(H)’’ and inserting ‘‘families 

19 with children described in clause (i), (ii), 

20 (iii), or (iv) of paragraph (2)(M)’’; and 

21 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(E) DIRECT SERVICES.—From amounts 

23 provided to a State for a fiscal year to carry out 

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1 ‘‘(i) reserve the minimum amount re2 quired to be reserved under section 658G, 

3 and the funds for costs described in sub4 paragraph (C); and 

5 ‘‘(ii) from the remainder, use not less 

6 than 70 percent to fund direct services (pro7 vided by the State) in accordance with 

8 paragraph (2)(A).’’; 

9 (4) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(4) PAYMENT RATES.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State plan shall 

13 certify that payment rates for the provision of 

14 child care services for which assistance is pro15 vided in accordance with this subchapter are suf16 ficient to ensure equal access for eligible children 

17 to child care services that are comparable to 

18 child care services in the State or substate area 

19 involved that are provided to children whose par20 ents are not eligible to receive assistance under 

21 this subchapter or to receive child care assistance 

22 under any other Federal or State program and 

23 shall provide a summary of the facts relied on by 

24 the State to determine that such rates are suffi25 cient to ensure such access. 


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1 ‘‘(B) SURVEY.—The State plan shall— 

2 ‘‘(i) demonstrate that the State has, 

3 after consulting with the State Advisory 

4 Council on Early Childhood Education and 

5 Care designated or established in section 

6 642B(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Head Start Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1)(A)(i)), local child care 

8 program administrators, local child care re9 source and referral agencies, and other ap10 propriate entities, developed and conducted 

11 (not earlier than 2 years before the date of 

12 the submission of the application con13 taining the State plan) a statistically valid 

14 and reliable survey of the market rates for 

15 child care services in the State (that reflects 

16 variations in the cost of child care services 

17 by geographic area, type of provider, and 

18 age of child); 

19 ‘‘(ii) demonstrate that the State pre20 pared a detailed report containing the re21 sults of the State market rates survey con22 ducted pursuant to clause (i), and made the 

23 results of the survey widely available (not 

24 later than 30 days after the completion of 


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1 such survey) through periodic means, in2 cluding posting the results on the Internet; 

3 ‘‘(iii) describe how the State will set 

4 payment rates for child care services, for 

5 which assistance is provided in accordance 

6 with this subchapter— 

7 ‘‘(I) in accordance with the results 

8 of the market rates survey conducted 

9 pursuant to clause (i); 

10 ‘‘(II) taking into consideration the 

11 cost of providing higher quality child 

12 care services than were provided under 

13 this subchapter before the date of enact14 ment of the Child Care and Develop15 ment Block Grant Act of 2014; and 

16 ‘‘(III) without, to the extent prac17 ticable, reducing the number of fami18 lies in the State receiving such assist19 ance to carry out this subchapter, rel20 ative to the number of such families on 

21 the date of enactment of that Act; and 

22 ‘‘(iv) describe how the State will pro23 vide for timely payment for child care serv24 ices provided in accordance with this sub25 chapter. 


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1 ‘‘(C) CONSTRUCTION.— 

2 ‘‘(i) NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.— 

3 Nothing in this paragraph shall be con4 strued to create a private right of action. 

5 ‘‘(ii) NO PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN

6 DIFFERENT RATES.—Nothing in this sub7 chapter shall be construed to prevent a 

8 State from differentiating the payment 

9 rates described in subparagraph (B)(iii) on 

10 the basis of such factors as— 

11 ‘‘(I) geographic location of child 

12 care providers (such as location in an 

13 urban or rural area); 

14 ‘‘(II) the age or particular needs 

15 of children (such as the needs of chil16 dren with disabilities and children 

17 served by child protective services); 

18 ‘‘(III) whether the providers pro19 vide child care during weekend and 

20 other nontraditional hours; or 

21 ‘‘(IV) the State’s determination 

22 that such differentiated payment rates 

23 are needed to enable a parent to choose 

24 child care that is of high quality.’’; and 


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1 (5) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘(that is not 

2 a barrier to families receiving assistance under this 

3 subchapter)’’ after ‘‘cost sharing’’. 

4 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 658F(b)(2) of 

5 the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 

6 (42 U.S.C. 9858d(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

7 658E(c)(2)(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 658E(c)(2)(I)’’. 

8 SEC. 6. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CHILD 

9 CARE. 

10 Section 658G of the Child Care and Development Block 

11 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858e) is amended to read 

12 as follows: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 658G. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF 

14 CHILD CARE. 

15 ‘‘(a) RESERVATION.— 

16 ‘‘(1) RESERVATION FOR ACTIVITIES RELATING TO

17 THE QUALITY OF CHILD CARE SERVICES.—A State 

18 that receives funds to carry out this subchapter for a 

19 fiscal year referred to in paragraph (2) shall reserve 

20 and use a portion of such funds, in accordance with 

21 paragraph (2), for activities provided directly, or 

22 through grants or contracts with local child care re23 source and referral organizations or other appropriate 

24 entities, that are designed to improve the quality of 

25 child care services and increase parental options for, 


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1 and access to, high-quality child care, provided in ac2 cordance with this subchapter. 

3 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF RESERVATIONS.—Such State 

4 shall reserve and use— 

5 ‘‘(A) to carry out the activities described in 

6 paragraph (1), not less than— 

7 ‘‘(i) 6 percent of the funds described in 

8 paragraph (1), for the first and second full 

9 fiscal years after the date of enactment of 

10 the Child Care and Development Block 

11 Grant Act of 2014; 

12 ‘‘(ii) 8 percent of such funds, for the 

13 third and fourth full fiscal years after the 

14 date of enactment; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) 10 percent of such funds, for the 

16 fifth full fiscal year after the date of enact17 ment and each succeeding fiscal year; and 

18 ‘‘(B) in addition to the funds reserved 

19 under subparagraph (A), 3 percent of the funds 

20 described in paragraph (1), for the first full fis21 cal year after the date of enactment and each 

22 succeeding fiscal year, to carry out the activities 

23 described in paragraph (1) and subsection (b)(4), 

24 as such activities relate to the quality of care for 

25 infants and toddlers. 


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1 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—Funds reserved under subsection (a) 

2 shall be used to carry out not fewer than 2 of the following 

3 activities: 

4 ‘‘(1) Supporting the training, professional devel5 opment, and professional advancement of the child 

6 care workforce through activities such as— 

7 ‘‘(A) offering child care providers training 

8 and professional development that is intentional 

9 and sequential and leads to a higher level of skill 

10 or certification; 

11 ‘‘(B) establishing or supporting programs 

12 designed to increase the retention and improve 

13 the competencies of child care providers, includ14 ing wage incentive programs and initiatives that 

15 establish tiered payment rates for providers that 

16 meet or exceed child care services guidelines, as 

17 defined by the State; 

18 ‘‘(C) offering training, professional develop19 ment, and educational opportunities for child 

20 care providers that relate to the use of develop21 mentally appropriate and age-appropriate cur22 ricula, and early childhood teaching strategies, 

23 that are scientifically based and aligned with the 

24 social, emotional, physical, and cognitive devel25 opment of children, including offering specialized 


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1 training for child care providers who care for in2 fants and toddlers, children who are English 

3 learners, and children with disabilities (as de4 fined in section 602 of the Individuals with Dis5 abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401)); 

6 ‘‘(D) providing training concerning the 

7 State early learning and developmental guide8 lines, where applicable, including training con9 cerning early mathematics and early language 

10 and literacy development and effective instruc11 tional practices to support mathematics and lan12 guage and literacy development in young chil13 dren; 

14 ‘‘(E) incorporating effective use of data to 

15 guide instruction and program improvement; 

16 ‘‘(F) including effective behavior manage17 ment strategies and training, including positive 

18 behavioral interventions and supports, that pro19 mote positive social and emotional development 

20 and reduce challenge behaviors; 

21 ‘‘(G) at the option of the State, incor22 porating feedback from experts at the State’s in23 stitutions of higher education, as defined in sec24 tion 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

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1 velopment experts and early childhood education 

2 and care experts; 

3 ‘‘(H) providing training corresponding to 

4 the nutritional and physical activity needs of 

5 children to promote healthy development; 

6 ‘‘(I) providing training or professional de7 velopment for child care providers to serve and 

8 support children with disabilities; 

9 ‘‘(J) providing training and outreach on 

10 engaging parents and families in culturally and 

11 linguistically appropriate ways to expand their 

12 knowledge, skills, and capacity to become mean13 ingful partners in supporting their children’s 

14 learning and development; and 

15 ‘‘(K) providing training or professional de16 velopment for child care providers regarding the 

17 early neurological development of children. 

18 ‘‘(2) Supporting the use of the early learning 

19 and developmental guidelines described in section 

20 658E(c)(2)(T) by— 

21 ‘‘(A) developing and implementing the 

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1 aged children in order to promote language and 

2 literacy skills, foster school readiness, and sup3 port later school success. 

4 ‘‘(3) Developing and implementing a tiered qual5 ity rating system for child care providers, which 

6 shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) support and assess the quality of child 

8 care providers in the State; 

9 ‘‘(B) build on licensing standards and other 

10 State regulatory standards for such providers; 

11 ‘‘(C) be designed to improve the quality of 

12 different types of child care providers; 

13 ‘‘(D) describe the quality of early learning 

14 facilities; 

15 ‘‘(E) build the capacity of State early child16 hood education and care programs and commu17 nities to promote parents’ and families’ under18 standing of the State’s early childhood education 

19 and care system and the ratings of the programs 

20 in which the child is enrolled; and 

21 ‘‘(F) provide, to the maximum extent prac22 ticable, financial incentives and other supports 

23 designed to help child care providers achieve and 

24 sustain higher levels of quality. 


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1 ‘‘(4) Improving the supply and quality of child 

2 care programs and services for infants and toddlers 

3 through activities, which may include— 

4 ‘‘(A) establishing or expanding neighbor5 hood-based high-quality comprehensive family 

6 and child development centers, which may serve 

7 as resources to child care providers in order to 

8 improve the quality of early childhood education 

9 and care and early childhood development serv10 ices provided to infants and toddlers from low11 income families and to help eligible child care 

12 providers improve their capacity to offer high13 quality care to infants and toddlers from low-in14 come families; 

15 ‘‘(B) establishing or expanding the oper16 ation of community or neighborhood-based fam17 ily child care networks; 

18 ‘‘(C) supporting statewide networks of in19 fant and toddler child care specialists, including 

20 specialists who have knowledge regarding infant 

21 and toddler development and curriculum and 

22 program implementation as well as the ability to 

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1 viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

2 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.); 

3 ‘‘(D) carrying out initiatives to improve the 

4 quality of the infant and toddler child care 

5 workforce, such as providing relevant training, 

6 professional development, or mentoring opportu7 nities and linking such opportunities to career 

8 pathways, developing career pathways for pro9 viders in such workforce, and improving the 

10 State credentialing of eligible providers caring 

11 for infants and toddlers; 

12 ‘‘(E) if applicable, developing infant and 

13 toddler components within the State’s quality 

14 rating system described in paragraph (3) for 

15 child care providers for infants and toddlers, or 

16 the development of infant and toddler compo17 nents in a State’s child care licensing regula18 tions or early learning and developmental guide19 lines; 

20 ‘‘(F) improving the ability of parents to ac21 cess information about high-quality infant and 

22 toddler care; and 

23 ‘‘(G) carrying out other activities deter24 mined by the State to improve the quality of in25 fant and toddler care provided in the State, and 


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1 for which there is evidence that the activities will 

2 lead to improved infant and toddler health and 

3 safety, infant and toddler development, or infant 

4 and toddler well-being, including providing 

5 training (including training in safe sleep prac6 tices, first aid, and cardiopulmonary resuscita7 tion). 

8 ‘‘(5) Promoting broad child care provider par9 ticipation in the quality rating system described in 

10 paragraph (3). 

11 ‘‘(6) Establishing or expanding a statewide sys12 tem of child care resource and referral services. 

13 ‘‘(7) Facilitating compliance with State require14 ments for inspection, monitoring, training, and 

15 health and safety, and with State licensing standards. 

16 ‘‘(8) Evaluating and assessing the quality and 

17 effectiveness of child care programs and services of18 fered in the State, including evaluating how such pro19 grams and services may improve the overall school 

20 readiness of young children. 

21 ‘‘(9) Supporting child care providers in the pur22 suit of accreditation by an established national ac23 crediting body with demonstrated, valid, and reliable 

24 program standards of high quality. 


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1 ‘‘(10) Supporting State or local efforts to develop 

2 or adopt high-quality program standards relating to 

3 health, mental health, nutrition, physical activity, 

4 and physical development and providing resources to 

5 enable eligible child care providers to meet, exceed, or 

6 sustain success in meeting or exceeding, such stand7 ards. 

8 ‘‘(11) Carrying out other activities determined 

9 by the State to improve the quality of child care serv10 ices provided in the State, and for which measure11 ment of outcomes relating to improved provider pre12 paredness, child safety, child well-being, or school 

13 readiness is possible. 

14 ‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION.—Beginning with fiscal year 

15 2015, at the beginning of each fiscal year, the State shall 

16 annually submit to the Secretary a certification containing 

17 an assurance that the State was in compliance with sub18 section (a) during the preceding fiscal year and a descrip19 tion of how the State used funds received under this sub20 chapter to comply with subsection (a) during that preceding 

21 fiscal year. 

22 ‘‘(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Each State receiv23 ing funds under this subchapter shall prepare and submit 

24 an annual report to the Secretary, which shall include in25 formation about— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the amount of funds that are reserved under 

2 subsection (a); 

3 ‘‘(2) the activities carried out under this section; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(3) the measures that the State will use to 

6 evaluate the State’s progress in improving the quality 

7 of child care programs and services in the State. 

8 ‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

9 offer technical assistance, in accordance with section 

10 658I(a)(3), which may include technical assistance through 

11 the use of grants or cooperative agreements, to States for 

12 the activities described in subsection (b). 

13 ‘‘(f) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

14 construed as providing the Secretary the authority to regu15 late, direct, or dictate State child care quality activities or 

16 progress in implementing those activities.’’. 

17 SEC. 7. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. 

18 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

19 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 

20 section 658G the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 658H. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives funds to 

23 carry out this subchapter shall have in effect— 

24 ‘‘(1) requirements, policies, and procedures to re25 quire and conduct criminal background checks for 


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1 child care staff members (including prospective child 

2 care staff members) of child care providers described 

3 in subsection (c)(1); and 

4 ‘‘(2) licensing, regulation, and registration re5 quirements, as applicable, that prohibit the employ6 ment of child care staff members as described in sub7 section (c). 

8 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A criminal background check 

9 for a child care staff member under subsection (a) shall in10 clude— 

11 ‘‘(1) a search of each State criminal and sex of12 fender registry or repository in the State where the 

13 child care staff member resides and each State where 

14 such staff member resided during the preceding 10 

15 years; 

16 ‘‘(2) a search of State-based child abuse and ne17 glect registries and databases in the State where the 

18 child care staff member resides and each State where 

19 such staff member resided during the preceding 10 

20 years; 

21 ‘‘(3) a search of the National Crime Information 

22 Center; 

23 ‘‘(4) a Federal Bureau of Investigation finger24 print check using the Integrated Automated Finger25 print Identification System; and 


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1 ‘‘(5) a search of the National Sex Offender Reg2 istry established under the Adam Walsh Child Protec3 tion and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.). 

4 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITIONS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) CHILD CARE STAFF MEMBERS.—A child 

6 care staff member shall be ineligible for employment 

7 by a child care provider that is licensed, regulated, or 

8 registered by the State or for which assistance is pro9 vided in accordance with this subchapter, if such in10 dividual— 

11 ‘‘(A) refuses to consent to the criminal back12 ground check described in subsection (b); 

13 ‘‘(B) knowingly makes a materially false 

14 statement in connection with such criminal 

15 background check; 

16 ‘‘(C) is registered, or is required to be reg17 istered, on a State sex offender registry or reposi18 tory or the National Sex Offender Registry estab19 lished under the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

20 and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et 

21 seq.); or 

22 ‘‘(D) has been convicted of a felony con23 sisting of— 

24 ‘‘(i) murder, as described in section 

25 1111 of title 18, United States Code; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) child abuse or neglect; 

2 ‘‘(iii) a crime against children, includ3 ing child pornography; 

4 ‘‘(iv) spousal abuse; 

5 ‘‘(v) a crime involving rape or sexual 

6 assault; 

7 ‘‘(vi) kidnaping; 

8 ‘‘(vii) arson; 

9 ‘‘(viii) physical assault or battery; or 

10 ‘‘(ix) subject to subsection (e)(4), a 

11 drug-related offense committed during the 

12 preceding 5 years. 

13 ‘‘(2) CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.—A child care pro14 vider described in paragraph (1) shall be ineligible 

15 for assistance provided in accordance with this sub16 chapter if the provider employs a staff member who 

17 is ineligible for employment under paragraph (1). 

18 ‘‘(d) SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS FOR BACKGROUND

19 CHECKS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A child care provider covered 

21 by subsection (c) shall submit a request, to the appro22 priate State agency designated by a State, for a 

23 criminal background check described in subsection (b), 

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1 ‘‘(2) STAFF MEMBERS.—Subject to paragraph 

2 (4), in the case of an individual who became a child 

3 care staff member before the date of enactment of the 

4 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

5 2014, the provider shall submit such a request— 

6 ‘‘(A) prior to the last day described in sub7 section (i)(1); and 

8 ‘‘(B) not less often than once during each 5- 

9 year period following the first submission date 

10 under this paragraph for that staff member. 

11 ‘‘(3) PROSPECTIVE STAFF MEMBERS.—Subject to 

12 paragraph (4), in the case of an individual who is a 

13 prospective child care staff member on or after that 

14 date of enactment, the provider shall submit such a 

15 request— 

16 ‘‘(A) prior to the date the individual be17 comes a child care staff member of the provider; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(B) not less often than once during each 5- 

20 year period following the first submission date 

21 under this paragraph for that staff member. 

22 ‘‘(4) BACKGROUND CHECK FOR ANOTHER CHILD

23 CARE PROVIDER.—A child care provider shall not be 

24 required to submit a request under paragraph (2) or 

25 (3) for a child care staff member if— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the staff member received a background 

2 check described in subsection (b)— 

3 ‘‘(i) within 5 years before the latest 

4 date on which such a submission may be 

5 made; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) while employed by or seeking em7 ployment by another child care provider 

8 within the State; 

9 ‘‘(B) the State provided to the first provider 

10 a qualifying background check result, consistent 

11 with this subchapter, for the staff member; and 

12 ‘‘(C) the staff member is employed by a 

13 child care provider within the State, or has been 

14 separated from employment from a child care 

15 provider within the State for a period of not 

16 more than 180 consecutive days. 

17 ‘‘(e) BACKGROUND CHECK RESULTS AND APPEALS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) BACKGROUND CHECK RESULTS.—The State 

19 shall carry out the request of a child care provider for 

20 a criminal background check as expeditiously as pos21 sible, but in not to exceed 45 days after the date on 

22 which such request was submitted, and shall provide 

23 the results of the criminal background check to such 

24 provider and to the current or prospective staff mem25 ber. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PRIVACY.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State shall provide 

3 the results of the criminal background check to 

4 the provider in a statement that indicates wheth5 er a child care staff member (including a pro6 spective child care staff member) is eligible or in7 eligible for employment described in subsection 

8 (c), without revealing any disqualifying crime or 

9 other related information regarding the indi10 vidual. 

11 ‘‘(B) INELIGIBLE STAFF MEMBER.—If the 

12 child care staff member is ineligible for such em13 ployment due to the background check, the State 

14 will, when providing the results of the back15 ground check, include information related to 

16 each disqualifying crime, in a report to the staff 

17 member or prospective staff member. 

18 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC RELEASE OF RESULTS.—No 

19 State shall publicly release or share the results of 

20 individual background checks, however, such re21 sults of background checks may be included in 

22 the development or dissemination of local or 

23 statewide data related to background checks, if 

24 such results are not individually identifiable. 

25 ‘‘(3) APPEALS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State shall provide 

2 for a process by which a child care staff member 

3 (including a prospective child care staff member) 

4 may appeal the results of a criminal background 

5 check conducted under this section to challenge 

6 the accuracy or completeness of the information 

7 contained in such member’s criminal background 

8 report. 

9 ‘‘(B) APPEALS PROCESS.—The State shall 

10 ensure that— 

11 ‘‘(i) each child care staff member shall 

12 be given notice of the opportunity to appeal; 

13 ‘‘(ii) a child care staff member will re14 ceive instructions about how to complete the 

15 appeals process if the child care staff mem16 ber wishes to challenge the accuracy or com17 pleteness of the information contained in 

18 such member’s criminal background report; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(iii) the appeals process is completed 

21 in a timely manner for each child care staff 

22 member. 

23 ‘‘(4) REVIEW.—The State may allow for a re24 view process through which the State may determine 

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1 tive child care staff member) disqualified for a crime 

2 specified in subsection (c)(1)(D)(ix) is eligible for em3 ployment described in subsection (c)(1), notwith4 standing subsection (c). The review process shall be 

5 consistent with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 

6 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.). 

7 ‘‘(5) NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.—Nothing in 

8 this section shall be construed to create a private 

9 right of action if the provider is in compliance with 

10 State regulations and requirements. 

11 ‘‘(f) FEES FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS.—Fees that a 

12 State may charge for the costs of processing applications 

13 and administering a criminal background check as required 

14 by this section shall not exceed the actual costs to the State 

15 for the processing and administration. 

16 ‘‘(g) CONSTRUCTION.— 

17 ‘‘(1) DISQUALIFICATION FOR OTHER CRIMES.— 

18 Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent 

19 a State from disqualifying individuals as child care 

20 staff members based on their conviction for crimes not 

21 specifically listed in this section that bear upon the 

22 fitness of an individual to provide care for and have 

23 responsibility for the safety and well-being of chil24 dren. 


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1 ‘‘(2) RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.—Nothing in this 

2 section shall be construed to alter or otherwise affect 

3 the rights and remedies provided for child care staff 

4 members residing in a State that disqualifies individ5 uals as child care staff members for crimes not spe6 cifically provided for under this section. 

7 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

8 ‘‘(1) the term ‘child care provider’ means a cen9 ter-based child care provider, a family child care pro10 vider, or another provider of child care services for 

11 compensation and on a regular basis that— 

12 ‘‘(A) is not an individual who is related to 

13 all children for whom child care services are pro14 vided; and 

15 ‘‘(B) is licensed, regulated, or registered 

16 under State law or receives assistance provided 

17 in accordance with this subchapter; and 

18 ‘‘(2) the term ‘child care staff member’ means an 

19 individual (other than an individual who is related 

20 to all children for whom child care services are pro21 vided)— 

22 ‘‘(A) who is employed by a child care pro23 vider for compensation; 

24 ‘‘(B) whose activities involve the care or su25 pervision of children for a child care provider or 


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1 unsupervised access to children who are cared for 

2 or supervised by a child care provider; or 

3 ‘‘(C) who is a family child care provider. 

4 ‘‘(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives funds 

6 under this subchapter shall meet the requirements of 

7 this section for the provision of criminal background 

8 checks for child care staff members described in sub9 section (d)(1) not later than the last day of the second 

10 full fiscal year after the date of enactment of the 

11 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

12 2014. 

13 ‘‘(2) EXTENSION.—The Secretary may grant a 

14 State an extension of time, of not more than 1 fiscal 

15 year, to meet the requirements of this section if the 

16 State demonstrates a good faith effort to comply with 

17 the requirements of this section. 

18 ‘‘(3) PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—Except as 

19 provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), for any fiscal 

20 year that a State fails to comply substantially with 

21 the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall 

22 withhold 5 percent of the funds that would otherwise 

23 be allocated to that State in accordance with this sub24 chapter for the following fiscal year.’’. 


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1 SEC. 8. REPORTS AND INFORMATION. 

2 (a) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 658I of the Child Care 

3 and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

4 9858g) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (i) by inserting a comma after ‘‘pub8 lish’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

10 (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(3) provide technical assistance to States 

13 (which may include providing assistance on a reim14 bursable basis), consistent with (as appropriate) sci15 entifically valid research, to carry out this sub16 chapter; and’’; and 

17 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(4) disseminate, for voluntary informational 

19 purposes, information on practices that scientifically 

20 valid research indicates are most successful in im21 proving the quality of programs that receive assist22 ance under this subchapter.’’; and 

23 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this subchapter shall 

25 be construed as providing the Secretary the authority to 

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1 ble children, including work requirements that apply to the 

2 parents of eligible children.’’. 

3 (b) REQUESTS FOR RELIEF.—Section 658I of the 

4 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, as 

5 amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding 

6 at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(d) REQUEST FOR RELIEF.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The State may submit to the 

9 Secretary a request for relief from any provision of 

10 Federal law (including a regulation, policy, or proce11 dure) affecting the delivery of child care services with 

12 Federal funds, other than this subchapter, that con13 flicts with a requirement of this subchapter. 

14 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Such request shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) detail the provision of Federal law 

16 that conflicts with that requirement; 

17 ‘‘(B) describe how modifying compliance 

18 with that provision of Federal law to meet the 

19 requirements of this subchapter will, by itself, 

20 improve delivery of child care services for chil21 dren in the State; and 

22 ‘‘(C) certify that the health, safety, and 

23 well-being of children served through assistance 

24 received under this subchapter will not be com25 promised as a result. 


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1 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con2 sult with the State submitting the request and the 

3 head of each Federal agency (other than the Sec4 retary) with responsibility for administering the Fed5 eral law detailed in the State’s request. The con6 sulting parties shall jointly identify— 

7 ‘‘(A) any provision of Federal law (includ8 ing a regulation, policy, or procedure) for which 

9 a waiver is necessary to enable the State to pro10 vide services in accordance with the request; and 

11 ‘‘(B) any corresponding waiver. 

12 ‘‘(4) WAIVERS.—Notwithstanding any other pro13 vision of law, and after the joint identification de14 scribed in paragraph (3), the head of the Federal 

15 agency involved shall have the authority to waive any 

16 statutory provision administered by that agency, or 

17 any regulation, policy, or procedure issued by that 

18 agency, that has been so identified, unless the head of 

19 the Federal agency determines that such a waiver is 

20 inconsistent with the objectives of this subchapter or 

21 the Federal law from which relief is sought. 

22 ‘‘(5) APPROVAL.—Within 90 days after the re23 ceipt of a State’s request under this subsection, the 

24 Secretary shall inform the State of the Secretary’s ap25 proval or disapproval of the request. If the plan is 


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1 disapproved, the Secretary shall inform the State, in 

2 writing, of the reasons for the disapproval and give 

3 the State the opportunity to amend the request. 

4 ‘‘(6) DURATION.—The Secretary may approve a 

5 request under this subsection for a period of not more 

6 than 3 years, and may renew the approval for addi7 tional periods of not more than 3 years. 

8 ‘‘(7) TERMINATION.—The Secretary shall termi9 nate approval of a request for relief authorized under 

10 this subsection if the Secretary determines, after no11 tice and opportunity for a hearing, that the perform12 ance of a State granted relief under this subsection 

13 has been inadequate, or if such relief is no longer nec14 essary to achieve its original purposes.’’. 

15 (c) REPORTS.—Section 658K(a) of the Child Care and 

16 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858i(a)) 

17 is amended— 

18 (1) in paragraph (1)(B)— 

19 (A) in clause (ix), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

20 end; 

21 (B) in clause (x), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the 

22 end; and 

23 (C) by inserting after clause (x), the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(xi) whether the children receiving as2 sistance under this subchapter are homeless 

3 children;’’; and 

4 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

6 (A), by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’; 

7 and 

8 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec9 tion 658P(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 658P(6)’’. 

10 (d) REPORT BY SECRETARY.—Section 658L of the 

11 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

12 U.S.C. 9858j) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking the section heading and inserting 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 658L. REPORTS, HOTLINE, AND WEB SITE.’’; 

16 (2) by striking ‘‘Not later’’ and inserting the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(a) REPORT BY SECRETARY.—Not later’’; 

19 (3) by striking ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’; 

20 and 

21 (4) by striking ‘‘to the Committee’’ and all that 

22 follows through ‘‘of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘to the 

23 Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 

24 House of Representatives and the Committee on 


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1 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen2 ate’’; and 

3 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(b) NATIONAL TOLL-FREE HOTLINE AND WEB

5 SITE.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall operate 

7 a national toll-free hotline and Web site, to— 

8 ‘‘(A) develop and disseminate publicly 

9 available child care consumer education informa10 tion for parents and help parents access safe, af11 fordable, and quality child care in their commu12 nity; and 

13 ‘‘(B) to allow persons to report (anony14 mously if desired) suspected child abuse or ne15 glect, or violations of health and safety require16 ments, by an eligible child care provider that re17 ceives assistance under this subchapter. 

18 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall en19 sure that the hotline and Web site meet the following 

20 requirements: 

21 ‘‘(A) REFERRAL TO LOCAL CHILD CARE

22 PROVIDERS.—The Web site shall be hosted by 

23 ‘childcare.gov’. The Web site shall enable a child 

24 care consumer to enter a zip code and obtain a 

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1 subparagraph (B) within a specified search ra2 dius. 

3 ‘‘(B) INFORMATION.—The Web site shall 

4 provide to consumers, directly or through link5 ages to State databases, at a minimum— 

6 ‘‘(i) a localized list of all State licensed 

7 child care providers; 

8 ‘‘(ii) any provider-specific information 

9 from a Quality Rating and Improvement 

10 System or information about other quality 

11 indicators, to the extent the information is 

12 publicly available and to the extent prac13 ticable; 

14 ‘‘(iii) any other provider-specific infor15 mation about compliance with licensing, 

16 and health and safety, requirements to the 

17 extent the information is publicly available 

18 and to the extent practicable; 

19 ‘‘(iv) referrals to local resource and re20 ferral organizations from which consumers 

21 can find more information about child care 

22 providers, and a recommendation that con23 sumers consult with the organizations when 

24 selecting a child care provider; and 


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1 ‘‘(v) State information about child care 

2 subsidy programs and other financial sup3 ports available to families. 

4 ‘‘(C) NATIONWIDE CAPACITY.—The Web site 

5 and hotline shall have the capacity to help fami6 lies in every State and community in the Na7 tion. 

8 ‘‘(D) INFORMATION AT ALL HOURS.—The 

9 Web site shall provide, to parents and families, 

10 access to information about child care 24 hours 

11 a day. 

12 ‘‘(E) SERVICES IN DIFFERENT LAN13 GUAGES.—The Web site and hotline shall ensure 

14 the widest possible access to services for families 

15 who speak languages other than English. 

16 ‘‘(F) HIGH-QUALITY CONSUMER EDUCATION

17 AND REFERRAL.—The Web site and hotline shall 

18 ensure that families have access to child care 

19 consumer education and referral services that are 

20 consistent and of high quality. 

21 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this subsection 

22 shall be construed to allow the Secretary to compel 

23 States to provide additional data and information 

24 that is currently (as of the date of enactment of the 

25 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 


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1 2014) not publicly available, or is not required by 

2 this subchapter.’’. 

3 SEC. 9. RESERVATION FOR TOLL-FREE HOTLINE AND WEB 

4 SITE; PAYMENTS TO BENEFIT INDIAN CHIL5 DREN. 

6 Section 658O of the Child Care and Development Block 

7 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(3) NATIONAL TOLL-FREE HOTLINE AND WEB

11 SITE.—The Secretary shall reserve not less than 

12 $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

13 subchapter for each fiscal year for the operation of a 

14 national toll-free hotline and Web site, under section 

15 658L(b).’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(D) LICENSING AND STANDARDS.—In lieu 

19 of any licensing and regulatory requirements ap20 plicable under State or local law, the Secretary, 

21 in consultation with Indian tribes and tribal or22 ganizations, shall develop minimum child care 

23 standards that shall be applicable to Indian 

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1 appropriately reflect Indian tribe and tribal or2 ganization needs and available resources, and 

3 shall include standards requiring a publicly 

4 available application, health and safety stand5 ards, and standards requiring a reservation of 

6 funds for activities to improve the quality of 

7 child care provided to Indian children.’’. 

8 SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 

9 Section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block 

10 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(3) CHILD WITH A DISABILITY.—The term 

14 ‘child with a disability’ means— 

15 ‘‘(A) a child with a disability, as defined in 

16 section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities 

17 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401); 

18 ‘‘(B) a child who is eligible for early inter19 vention services under part C of the Individuals 

20 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 

21 et seq.); 

22 ‘‘(C) a child who is less than 13 years of 

23 age and who is eligible for services under section 

24 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 

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1 ‘‘(D) a child with a disability, as defined by 

2 the State involved. 

3 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE CHILD.—The term ‘eligible child’ 

4 means an individual— 

5 ‘‘(A) who is less than 13 years of age; 

6 ‘‘(B) whose family income does not exceed 

7 85 percent of the State median income for a 

8 family of the same size; and 

9 ‘‘(C) who— 

10 ‘‘(i) resides with a parent or parents 

11 who are working or attending a job train12 ing or educational program; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) is receiving, or needs to receive, 

14 protective services and resides with a parent 

15 or parents not described in clause (i).’’; 

16 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (9) 

17 as paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively; 

18 (3) by inserting after paragraph (4), the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(5) ENGLISH LEARNER.—The term ‘English 

21 learner’ means an individual who is limited English 

22 proficient, as defined in section 9101 of the Elemen23 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

24 U.S.C. 7801) or section 637 of the Head Start Act (42 

25 U.S.C. 9832).’’; 


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1 (4) in paragraph (6)(A), as redesignated by 

2 paragraph (2)— 

3 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘section 

4 658E(c)(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

5 658E(c)(2)(F)’’; and 

6 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘section 

7 658E(c)(2)(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

8 658E(c)(2)(I)’’; 

9 (5) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by para10 graph (2), by striking ‘‘designated’’ and all that fol11 lows and inserting ‘‘designated or established under 

12 section 658D(a).’’; 

13 (6) in paragraph (10), as redesignated by para14 graph (2), by inserting ‘‘, foster parent,’’ after 

15 ‘‘guardian’’; 

16 (7) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through 

17 (14) as paragraphs (12) through (15), respectively; 

18 and 

19 (8) by inserting after paragraph (10), as redesig20 nated by paragraph (2), the following: 

21 ‘‘(11) SCIENTIFICALLY VALID RESEARCH.—The 

22 term ‘scientifically valid research’ includes applied 

23 research, basic research, and field-initiated research, 

24 for which the rationale, design, and interpretation are 


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1 soundly developed in accordance with principles of 

2 scientific research.’’. 

3 SEC. 11. STUDIES ON WAITING LISTS. 

4 (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 

5 States shall conduct studies to determine, for each State, 

6 the number of families that— 

7 (1) are eligible to receive assistance under the 

8 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 

9 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.); 

10 (2) have applied for the assistance; and 

11 (3) have been placed on a waiting list for the as12 sistance. 

13 (b) REPORT.—The Comptroller General shall prepare 

14 a report containing the results of each study and shall sub15 mit the report to the appropriate committees of Congress— 

16 (1) not later than 2 years after the date of enact17 ment of this Act; and 

18 (2) every 2 years thereafter. 

19 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘State’’ has 

20 the meaning given the term in section 658P of the Child 

21 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

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1 SEC. 12. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 

2 Section 319C–1(b)(2)(A)(vii) of the Public Health 

3 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–3a(b)(2)(A)(vii)) is amended 

4 by inserting ‘‘or established’’ after ‘‘designated’’. 


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Calendar No. 309 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1086 

[Report No. 113–138] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Deother purposes. velopment Block Grant Act of 1990, and for 

FEBRUARY 25, 2014 

Reported with an amendment 


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