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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1364 

To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 and 

the Head Start Act to promote child care and early learning, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 26, 2019 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. 

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 

SCHIFF, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 

LUJA ́N, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 

TAKANO, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CRIST, Ms. MOORE, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. OMAR, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 

GALLEGO, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. MENG, Ms. HAALAND, 

Mr. RYAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. 

GOMEZ, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. VELA, 

Ms. HILL of California, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. KILMER, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, 

Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 

Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. WELCH, Mr. COHEN, 

Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. HECK, Ms. 

SCHRIER, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. WILD, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. 

KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. 

ESHOO, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. BEYER, 

Ms. ADAMS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. 

DEGETTE, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. 

CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mrs. TORRES of 

California, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, 

Ms. DELAURO, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. COX of California, 

Mr. MORELLE, and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 


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A BILL 

To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant 

Act of 1990 and the Head Start Act to promote child 

care and early learning, 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 for Work5 ing Families Act’’. 

6 TITLE I—CHILD CARE AND 

7 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 

8 SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 

9 Section 658A(b) of the Child Care and Development 

10 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 note) is amend11 ed— 

12 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(1) to ensure that no low- to moderate-income 

15 family pays more than 7 percent of its household in16 come on child care;’’; 

17 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(2) to support working parents in making 

20 their own decisions regarding the child care services 

21 that best suit their family’s needs;’’; 


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1 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘high-quality,’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘high-quality and inclusive, and’’; and 

4 (B) by inserting ‘‘, including before- and 

5 after-school and summer care for school-age 

6 children,’’ after ‘‘services’’; 

7 (4) in paragraph (5), by inserting before the 

8 semicolon the following: ‘‘, and to help child care 

9 programs meet evidence-based or national standards 

10 to improve the quality of child care’’; 

11 (5) in paragraph (6)— 

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘, including children with 

13 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis14 abilities’’ before the semicolon; and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (6) in paragraph (7)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘high-quality’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘high-quality and inclusive’’; and 

19 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

20 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘(8) to support statewide systems to support 

23 the needs of infants and toddlers with disabilities, 

24 better coordinate child care and other services, and 

25 assist States in increasing the number of child care 


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1 providers that provide high-quality and inclusive 

2 care to families of infants or toddlers with disabil3 ities and families of children with disabilities.’’. 

4 SEC. 102. APPROPRIATIONS. 

5 Section 658B of the Child Care and Development 

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

7 by striking all that follows the section heading and insert8 ing the following: 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap10 propriated and there are appropriated to carry out this 

11 subchapter (other than paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 

12 658O(a)) $20,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, 

13 $30,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, $40,000,000,000 

14 for fiscal year 2022, and such sums as may be necessary 

15 for fiscal year 2023 and each subsequent fiscal year. 

16 ‘‘(b) TERRITORIES; INDIAN TRIBES.—There are au17 thorized to be appropriated and there are appropriated to 

18 carry out paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 658O(a) such 

19 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each 

20 subsequent fiscal year.’’. 

21 SEC. 103. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. 

22 Section 658C of the Child Care and Development 

23 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858a) is amended 

24 to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 658C. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILD CARE PROGRAM. 

2 ‘‘The Secretary is authorized to administer a child 

3 care program under which families in the State shall be 

4 provided an opportunity to obtain child care for eligible 

5 children, subject to the requirements of this subchapter.’’. 

6 SEC. 104. LEAD AGENCY. 

7 Section 658D of the Child Care and Development 

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

9 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a grant’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘payments’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting before 

12 the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including by certi13 fying the eligibility of children’’. 

14 SEC. 105. APPLICATION AND PLAN. 

15 (a) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 658E(c) of the 

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

17 U.S.C. 9858c(c)) is amended— 

18 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

20 (i) by striking the matter preceding 

21 clause (i) and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(A) SUPPORTING WORKING PARENTS.— 

23 Support working parents by providing assur24 ances that—’’; and 

25 (ii) by striking clause (i)(II) and in26 serting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(II) to enroll such child with a 

2 child care provider who has received a 

3 child care certificate from such parent 

4 or parents;’’; 

5 (B) in subparagraph (E)— 

6 (i) in clause (i)— 

7 (I) by striking subclause (II) and 

8 inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(II) the State’s tiered and 

10 transparent system for measuring the 

11 quality of child care providers, de12 scribed in subparagraph (W)(i), in13 cluding— 

14 ‘‘(aa) a description of the 

15 national standards or other 

16 equally rigorous and evidence17 based standards tied to child out18 comes that the State uses for 

19 purposes of subparagraph 

20 (W)(i)(II)(aa); 

21 ‘‘(bb) the payment rates re22 ferred to in paragraph (4), for 

23 providers at each tier of such 

24 system; and 


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1 ‘‘(cc) the number and per2 centage of eligible providers at 

3 each tier of such system, in total 

4 and disaggregated by geographic 

5 location;’’; 

6 (II) in subclause (IV), by insert7 ing ‘‘the program carried out under 

8 title II of the Child Care for Working 

9 Families Act,’’ after ‘‘9831 et seq.),’’; 

10 and 

11 (III) in subclause (VII), by strik12 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

13 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe14 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

15 and 

16 (iii) by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(iii) information about the State’s 

19 wage ladder described in subparagraph 

20 (G)(iii); and 

21 ‘‘(iv) information on opportunities for 

22 staff of child care providers to improve 

23 their skills and credentials, including infor24 mation about training opportunities and 


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1 professional organizations that provide 

2 such training.’’; 

3 (C) in subparagraph (G)— 

4 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and pro5 fessional development requirements’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘, professional development, and 

7 compensation requirements’’; 

8 (ii) in clause (ii)(V)— 

9 (I) by redesignating item (dd) as 

10 item (ee); 

11 (II) in item (cc), by striking 

12 ‘‘and’’; and 

13 (III) by inserting after item (cc) 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(dd) infants and toddlers 

16 with disabilities; and’’; 

17 (iii) by redesignating clauses (iii) and 

18 (iv) as clauses (v) and (vi), respectively; 

19 and 

20 (iv) by inserting after clause (ii) the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(iii) COMPENSATION.—The plan 

23 shall provide a description of the State’s 

24 wage ladder for staff of eligible child care 

25 providers, and an assurance that wages for 


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1 such staff will, at a minimum, meet the re2 quirements of paragraph (4)(B)(iii)(II). 

3 ‘‘(iv) STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.— 

4 The plan shall demonstrate how the State 

5 will facilitate participation of staff of eligi6 ble child care providers in organizations 

7 that foster the professional development 

8 and stakeholder engagement of the child 

9 care workforce.’’; 

10 (D) in subparagraph (I)— 

11 (i) in clause (i)(XI), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

12 at the end; 

13 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe14 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

15 (iii) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(iii) may include a requirement to 

18 comply with the standards recommended in 

19 the Department of Health and Human 

20 Services’ report entitled ‘Caring for Our 

21 Children Basics: Health and Safety Foun22 dations for Early Care and Education’, 

23 issued on June 25, 2015.’’; 

24 (E) in subparagraph (K)(i), in the matter 

25 preceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘, not later 


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1 than 2 years after the date of enactment of the 

2 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 

3 of 2014,’’; 

4 (F) in subparagraph (M)— 

5 (i) by adding ‘‘investment of quality 

6 child care amounts described in section 

7 658G(a)(1),’’ after ‘‘parents,’’; 

8 (ii) by redesignating clause (iv) as 

9 clause (v); 

10 (iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘, as 

11 defined by the State; and’’ and inserting a 

12 semicolon; and 

13 (iv) by inserting after clause (iii) the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(iv) infants and toddlers with disabil16 ities; and’’; 

17 (G) in subparagraph (N)— 

18 (i) in clause (i)(I), by striking ‘‘, if 

19 that family income does not exceed 85 per20 cent of the State median income for a fam21 ily of the same size’’; 

22 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘(espe23 cially parents in families receiving assist24 ance under the program of block grants to 

25 States for temporary assistance for needy 


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1 families under part A of title IV of the So2 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 

3 seq.))’’; and 

4 (iii) by striking clause (iv); 

5 (H) in subparagraph (O)— 

6 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘with pro7 grams operating’’ and all that follows and 

8 inserting ‘‘with programs, operating at the 

9 Federal, State, and local levels for chil10 dren, that are— 

11 ‘‘(I) preschool programs, pro12 grams funded under title II of the 

13 Child Care for Working Families Act, 

14 programs funded under section 657C 

15 of the Head Start Act, tribal early 

16 childhood programs, and other early 

17 childhood programs, including those 

18 serving infants and toddlers with dis19 abilities; 

20 ‘‘(II) programs serving homeless 

21 children and children in foster care; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(III) programs funded under 

24 the Individuals with Disabilities Edu25 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).’’; 


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1 (ii) by striking clause (ii); and 

2 (iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 

3 clause (ii); 

4 (I) in subparagraph (Q)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘LOW-INCOME POPU6 LATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘CHILDREN IN

7 UNDERSERVED AREAS, CHILDREN WITH

8 DISABILITIES, AND INFANTS AND TOD9 DLERS WITH DISABILITIES’’; 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘high-quality’’ and in11 serting ‘‘high-quality and inclusive’’; and 

12 (iii) by inserting before the period the 

13 following: ‘‘and to children with disabilities 

14 and infants and toddlers with disabilities’’; 

15 (J) by striking subparagraph (S) and in16 serting the following: 

17 ‘‘(S) PROHIBITION ON SUSPENSIONS, EX18 PULSIONS, AND AVERSIVE BEHAVIORAL INTER19 VENTIONS.—The State plan shall provide an as20 surance that the State will provide assistance to 

21 carry out this subchapter only to eligible child 

22 care providers that prohibit— 

23 ‘‘(i) the use of suspension and expul24 sion of children; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the use of aversive behavioral 

2 interventions.’’; 

3 (K) in subparagraph (T)— 

4 (i) in clause (i)— 

5 (I) in the matter preceding sub6 clause (I), by striking ‘‘(or develop 

7 such guidelines if the State does not 

8 have such guidelines as of the date of 

9 enactment of the Child Care and De10 velopment Block Grant Act of 2014)’’; 

11 and 

12 (II) in subclause (I), by striking 

13 ‘‘research-based’’ and inserting ‘‘evi14 dence-based’’; and 

15 (ii) in clause (iv)— 

16 (I) by striking subclauses (II) 

17 and (III); 

18 (II) by striking ‘‘Federal Govern19 ment’’ and all that follows through 

20 ‘‘mandate’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 

21 Government to mandate’’; and 

22 (III) by striking ‘‘section;’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘section.’’; 

24 (L) in subparagraph (U)— 


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1 (i) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘the 

2 State’s lead agency established or des3 ignated under section 635(a)(10) of the In4 dividuals with Disabilities Education Act 

5 (20 U.S.C. 1435(a)(10)),’’ after ‘‘the State 

6 resource and referral system,’’; and 

7 (ii) in clause (iii)(I), by inserting ‘‘in8 fants and toddlers with disabilities,’’ after 

9 ‘‘children with disabilities,’’; and 

10 (M) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(W) TIERED AND TRANSPARENT SYSTEM

12 FOR MEASURING THE QUALITY OF CHILD CARE

13 PROVIDERS.—The State plan shall describe how 

14 the State will develop or revise with input from 

15 child care providers, from families, and from or16 ganizations representing child care directors, 

17 teachers, and other staff, within 3 years after 

18 the date of submission of the State application, 

19 systems for measuring the quality of eligible 

20 child care providers who provide services for 

21 which assistance is made available under this 

22 subchapter, that consist of— 

23 ‘‘(i) a tiered and transparent system 

24 for measuring the quality of eligible child 


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1 care providers who serve eligible children, 

2 that— 

3 ‘‘(I) applies to eligible child care 

4 providers (except providers of family, 

5 friend, or neighbor care that elect to 

6 be covered under clause (ii)); 

7 ‘‘(II) includes a set of standards, 

8 for determining the tier of quality of 

9 a child care provider, that— 

10 ‘‘(aa) uses the degree to 

11 which the provider meets national 

12 standards (which may be Head 

13 Start program performance 

14 standards described in section 

15 641A(a) of the Head Start Act 

16 (42 U.S.C. 9836a(a)) or stand17 ards for national accreditation of 

18 early learning programs) or other 

19 equally rigorous and evidence20 based standards that are tied to 

21 child outcomes; and 

22 ‘‘(bb) includes indicators 

23 that are appropriate for different 

24 types of providers, including child 

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1 providers, and are appropriate 

2 for providers serving different 

3 age groups (including mixed age 

4 groups) of children, while main5 taining a high level of quality 

6 child care by all of the different 

7 types of providers and for all of 

8 the different age groups (includ9 ing mixed age groups); 

10 ‘‘(III) includes a different set of 

11 standards that includes different indi12 cators, to be applied, when appro13 priate, for care during nontraditional 

14 hours of operation; and 

15 ‘‘(IV) in conjunction with the in16 creasing payment rates under para17 graph (4) (increasing due to factors 

18 specified in paragraph (4) such as the 

19 cost estimation model and quality 

20 basis for payment rates), provides for 

21 sufficient resources to enable stand22 ards at the entry tier for such system 

23 to increase in rigor over time; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) a separate system of quality 

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1 mentally appropriate and age-appropriate 

2 care that— 

3 ‘‘(I) applies to eligible child care 

4 providers of family, friend, or neigh5 bor care (except such providers that 

6 elect to be covered under clause (i)); 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(II) includes standards for care 

9 during nontraditional hours of oper10 ation and traditional hours of oper11 ation. 

12 ‘‘(X) PROHIBITION ON CHARGING MORE

13 THAN COPAYMENT.—The State plan shall pro14 vide that, after the systems described in sub15 paragraph (W) are in effect, child care pro16 viders receiving financial assistance under this 

17 subchapter may not charge the family of an eli18 gible child more than the total of— 

19 ‘‘(i) the financial assistance provided 

20 to the family under this subchapter; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) any applicable copayment pursu22 ant to paragraph (5). 

23 ‘‘(Y) POLICIES TO SUPPORT CHILDREN

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1 DLERS WITH DISABILITIES.—The State plan 

2 shall provide a description of— 

3 ‘‘(i) how the State will ensure that eli4 gible child care providers, except for pro5 viders of family, friend, or neighbor care 

6 that elect to be covered under subpara7 graph (W)(ii), will prioritize children with 

8 disabilities and infants and toddlers with 

9 disabilities for slots in programs carried 

10 out by the providers; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) how the State will work with the 

12 State’s lead agency established or des13 ignated under section 635(a)(10) of the In14 dividuals with Disabilities Education Act 

15 (20 U.S.C. 1435(a)(10)), local educational 

16 agencies, and early intervention services 

17 providers to provide services and supports 

18 described in the Individuals with Disabil19 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et 

20 seq.) in inclusive child care settings to chil21 dren with disabilities, and to infants and 

22 toddlers with disabilities, who are eligible 

23 children.’’; 

24 (2) in paragraph (3)— 


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1 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘BLOCK GRANT’’; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub4 paragraphs (B) through (D)’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’; 

6 (C) by striking subparagraph (B) and in7 serting the following: 

8 ‘‘(B) CHILD CARE SERVICES AND RELATED

9 ACTIVITIES.—The State shall use amounts pro10 vided to the State for each fiscal year under 

11 this subchapter for child care services, provided 

12 on a sliding fee scale basis, and the activities 

13 described in section 658G.’’; 

14 (D) by striking subparagraph (C); 

15 (E) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘pro16 vide assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘provide assist17 ance (including providing access to programs 

18 that meet the standards for a high tier of the 

19 system described in paragraph (2)(W)(i))’’; 

20 (F) by striking subparagraph (E); and 

21 (G) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 

22 subparagraph (C); and 

23 (3) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and in24 serting the following: 

25 ‘‘(4) PAYMENT RATES.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State plan 

2 shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) certify that payment rates for the 

4 provision of child care services for which 

5 assistance is provided in accordance with 

6 this subchapter— 

7 ‘‘(I) will be based on a cost esti8 mation model that is described in sub9 paragraph (B) and is approved by the 

10 Secretary of Health and Human Serv11 ices; and 

12 ‘‘(II) will correspond to dif13 ferences in quality based on the 

14 State’s tiered and transparent system 

15 for measuring the quality of child care 

16 providers, described in paragraph 

17 (2)(W)(i), and based on the standards 

18 described in paragraph (2)(W)(ii); and 

19 ‘‘(ii) specify whether the State is 

20 electing— 

21 ‘‘(I) to include, in those payment 

22 rates, a bonus for serving children 

23 during nontraditional hours; or 

24 ‘‘(II) to waive the copayment de25 scribed in paragraph (5) for a child 


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1 who has been identified as eligible for 

2 assistance from child protective serv3 ices. 

4 ‘‘(B) COST ESTIMATION MODEL.—The 

5 State plan shall— 

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

7 after consulting with the entities and indi8 viduals described in subparagraph (D), de9 veloped and used (not earlier than 3 years 

10 before the date of the submission of the 

11 application containing the State plan) a 

12 statistically valid and reliable cost esti13 mation model for the rates of such child 

14 care services in the State— 

15 ‘‘(I) for providers at each of the 

16 tiers of the State’s tiered and trans17 parent system for measuring the qual18 ity of child care providers described in 

19 paragraph (2)(W)(i) (which rates re20 flect variations in the cost of child 

21 care services by geographic area, type 

22 of provider, and age of child, and the 

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1 ities and infants and toddlers with 

2 disabilities); and 

3 ‘‘(II) for providers that meet the 

4 standards described in paragraph 

5 (2)(W)(ii); 

6 ‘‘(ii) demonstrate that the State pre7 pared a detailed report containing the child 

8 care costs estimated with the State cost es9 timation model pursuant to clause (i), and 

10 made the estimated costs widely available 

11 (not later than 30 days after the comple12 tion of the estimation) through periodic 

13 means, including posting the estimated 

14 costs on the Internet; 

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

16 payment rates for child care services, for 

17 which assistance is provided in accordance 

18 with this subchapter— 

19 ‘‘(I) in accordance with the most 

20 recent estimates from the most recent 

21 cost estimation model used pursuant 

22 to clause (i), so that providers at each 

23 tier of the tiered and transparent sys24 tem for measuring program quality 

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1 the cost of meeting the requirements 

2 of such tier; and 

3 ‘‘(II) that maintain an effective 

4 and diverse workforce by ensuring 

5 wages for staff of child care providers 

6 that— 

7 ‘‘(aa) are comparable to 

8 wages for elementary educators 

9 with similar credentials and expe10 rience in the State; and 

11 ‘‘(bb) at a minimum, provide 

12 a living wage for all staff of child 

13 care providers; and 

14 ‘‘(iv) describe how the State will pro15 vide for timely payment for child care serv16 ices provided under this subchapter. 

17 ‘‘(C) PAYMENT PRACTICES.—The State 

18 plan shall include— 

19 ‘‘(i) a certification that the payment 

20 practices of child care providers in the 

21 State that serve children who receive as22 sistance under this subchapter reflect gen23 erally accepted payment practices of child 

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1 this subchapter, including the practice of 

2 paying the providers the payment rate de3 scribed in subparagraph (A)(i) based on 

4 the number of children enrolled and not 

5 the number of children in daily attendance, 

6 so as to provide stability of funding and 

7 encourage more child care providers to 

8 serve children who receive assistance under 

9 this subchapter; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) an assurance that the State will 

11 implement enrollment and eligibility poli12 cies that support the fixed costs of pro13 viding child care services by delinking pro14 vider payment rates from an eligible child’s 

15 occasional absences due to holidays or un16 foreseen circumstances such as illness. 

17 ‘‘(D) ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS CON18 SULTED.—The entities and individuals referred 

19 to in subparagraph (B)(i) are the State Advi20 sory Council on Early Childhood Education and 

21 Care designated or established in section 

22 642B(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Head Start Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1)(A)(i)), administrators of 

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1 rectors, teachers, and other staff, local child 

2 care resource and referral agencies, organiza3 tions representing parents of children with dis4 abilities and parents of infants and toddlers 

5 with disabilities, the State interagency coordi6 nating council established under section 641 of 

7 the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 

8 (20 U.S.C. 1441), the State advisory panel es9 tablished under section 612(a)(21) of the Indi10 viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

11 U.S.C. 1412(a)(21)), and other appropriate en12 tities. 

13 ‘‘(5) SLIDING SCALE FOR COPAYMENTS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

15 subparagraphs (B)(i) and (C), the State plan 

16 shall provide an assurance that the State will 

17 require— 

18 ‘‘(i) a family receiving assistance 

19 under this subchapter to pay the copay20 ment referred to in paragraph (2)(X); or 

21 ‘‘(ii) another entity to pay the copay22 ment on behalf of the family, voluntarily or 

23 in accordance with Federal law. 


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1 ‘‘(B) SLIDING SCALE.—Such copayment 

2 shall be based on a sliding scale that provides 

3 that, for a family with a family income— 

4 ‘‘(i) of not more than 75 percent of 

5 State median income, the family shall not 

6 pay a copayment, toward the cost of the 

7 child care involved for all eligible children 

8 in the family; 

9 ‘‘(ii) of more than 75 percent but not 

10 more than 100 percent of State median in11 come, the copayment shall be more than 0 

12 but not more than 2 percent of that family 

13 income, toward such cost for all such chil14 dren; 

15 ‘‘(iii) of more than 100 percent but 

16 not more than 125 percent of State me17 dian income, the copayment shall be more 

18 than 2 but not more than 4 percent of that 

19 family income, toward such cost for all 

20 such children; and 

21 ‘‘(iv) of more than 125 percent but 

22 not more than 150 percent of State me23 dian income, the copayment shall be more 

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1 family income, toward such cost for all 

2 such children. 

3 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE.—The State shall not 

4 require a family with a child that is eligible for 

5 a Head Start program under the Head Start 

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) to pay a copay7 ment under this paragraph for any eligible child 

8 in the family.’’. 

9 SEC. 106. LIMITATIONS. 

10 Section 658F is amended— 

11 (1) by striking the section heading and insert12 ing the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 658F. LIMITATIONS.’’; 

14 and 

15 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘section 

16 658O(c)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 658O(b)(6)’’. 

17 SEC. 107. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CHILD 

18 CARE. 

19 Section 658G of the Child Care and Development 

20 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9848e) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘A 

23 State’’ and all that follows through ‘‘for activi24 ties’’ and inserting ‘‘A State that receives a 

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1 use the quality child care amount described in 

2 paragraph (2) for activities’’; 

3 (i) by adding ‘‘for all age groups of el4 igible children’’ before ‘‘, and is in align5 ment with’’; and 

6 (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and 

7 inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘(2) QUALITY CHILD CARE AMOUNT.—Such 

9 State shall reserve and use— 

10 ‘‘(A) during fiscal years 2020 through 

11 2022, from each payment made to the State for 

12 a fiscal year, a quality child care amount equal 

13 to 50 percent of the allotment; and 

14 ‘‘(B) during fiscal year 2023 and each sub15 sequent fiscal year, from each of the quarterly 

16 payments made to the State for a fiscal year, 

17 a quality child care amount equal to not more 

18 than 10 percent of 25 percent of the amount 

19 made available to the State to carry out this 

20 subchapter for the second preceding fiscal 

21 year.’’; and 

22 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

23 following: 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Quality child care amounts 

2 reserved under subsection (a) shall be used to carry 

3 out activities that— 

4 ‘‘(A) consist of— 

5 ‘‘(i) each of the activities described in 

6 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 

7 (2), and the activities described in para8 graph (2)(C) under the circumstances de9 scribed in that paragraph; 

10 ‘‘(ii) the activities described in para11 graph (3); 

12 ‘‘(iii) at the election of the State, the 

13 activities described in paragraph (4); 

14 ‘‘(iv) not fewer than one of the activi15 ties described in a subparagraph of para16 graph (5); 

17 ‘‘(v) not fewer than one of the activi18 ties described in a subparagraph of para19 graph (6), or in the matter preceding sub20 paragraph (A) of paragraph (6); 

21 ‘‘(vi) each of the activities described 

22 in paragraph (7); 

23 ‘‘(vii) one or more activities described 

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1 ‘‘(viii) at the election of the State dur2 ing fiscal years 2020 through 2022— 

3 ‘‘(I) remodeling, renovation, or 

4 repair permitted under section 

5 658F(b); or 

6 ‘‘(II) construction or renovation 

7 permitted under section 658O(b)(6), 

8 with priority for funding for such con9 struction or renovation given to— 

10 ‘‘(aa) providers of high-qual11 ity and inclusive care for children 

12 with disabilities and infants and 

13 toddlers with disabilities; 

14 ‘‘(bb) care during nontradi15 tional hours; 

16 ‘‘(cc) providers in rural 

17 areas; and 

18 ‘‘(dd) providers in under19 served areas or areas of con20 centrated poverty; and 

21 ‘‘(B) will improve the quality of child care 

22 services provided in the State. 

23 ‘‘(2) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.—A 

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1 State that are eligible for assistance under this sub2 chapter, including by— 

3 ‘‘(A) making startup grants (including, in 

4 the case of providers of family, friend, or neigh5 bor care, grants for activities described in para6 graph (8)(H)) to child care providers that are 

7 not yet participating in the tiered and trans8 parent system for measuring the quality of 

9 child care providers described in section 

10 658E(c)(2)(W)(i), in a fiscal year, and that 

11 commit to improve quality so that the provider 

12 involved can participate in that system in the 

13 subsequent fiscal year; 

14 ‘‘(B) making quality improvement grants 

15 to child care providers that meet the require16 ments for a tier of the State tiered and trans17 parent system for measuring the quality of 

18 child care providers described in section 

19 658E(c)(2)(W)(i), in a fiscal year, and that 

20 commit to improve quality so that the provider 

21 involved can meet the requirements for a higher 

22 tier in the subsequent 3 fiscal years; and 

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1 onstrates sufficient progress in meeting the 

2 goals for the grant. 

3 ‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES TO ASSIST HOMELESS CHIL4 DREN AND CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.—A State 

5 shall use quality child care amounts for activities 

6 that improve access to child care services for home7 less children and children in foster care, including— 

8 ‘‘(A) the use of procedures to permit im9 mediate enrollment of homeless children and 

10 children in foster care while required docu11 mentation is obtained; 

12 ‘‘(B) training and technical assistance on 

13 identifying and serving homeless children and 

14 their families, and children in foster care and 

15 their foster families; and 

16 ‘‘(C) specific outreach to homeless families 

17 and foster families. 

18 ‘‘(4) CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL

19 SYSTEM.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may use qual21 ity child care amounts to establish or support 

22 a system of local or regional child care resource 

23 and referral organizations that is coordinated, 

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1 profit, community-based or regionally based, 

2 lead child care resource and referral organiza3 tion. 

4 ‘‘(B) LOCAL OR REGIONAL ORGANIZA5 TIONS.—The local or regional child care re6 source and referral organizations supported as 

7 described in subparagraph (A) shall— 

8 ‘‘(i) provide parents in the State with 

9 consumer education information referred 

10 to in section 658E(c)(2)(E) (except as oth11 erwise provided in that section), concerning 

12 the full range of child care options (includ13 ing faith-based and community-based child 

14 care providers), analyzed by provider, in15 cluding child care provided during non16 traditional hours, child care provided 

17 through emergency child care centers, and 

18 inclusive child care options for children 

19 with disabilities and infants and toddlers 

20 with disabilities, in their political subdivi21 sions or regions; 

22 ‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, work 

23 directly with families who receive assist24 ance under this subchapter to offer the 

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1 formation described in clause (i), to make 

2 an informed decision about which child 

3 care providers they will use, in an effort to 

4 ensure that the families are enrolling their 

5 children in the most appropriate child care 

6 setting to suit their needs and one that 

7 provides high-quality and inclusive care; 

8 ‘‘(iii) collect data and provide infor9 mation on the coordination of services and 

10 supports, including services provided under 

11 section 619 and part C of the Individuals 

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

13 1419, 1431 et seq.), for children with dis14 abilities and infants and toddlers with dis15 abilities, and services provided under the 

16 Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

17 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 

18 ‘‘(iv) collect data and provide informa19 tion on the supply of and demand for child 

20 care services in political subdivisions or re21 gions within the State and submit such in22 formation to the State; 

23 ‘‘(v) work to establish partnerships 

24 with public agencies and private entities, 

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1 child care providers, to increase the supply 

2 and quality of child care services in the 

3 State; 

4 ‘‘(vi) as appropriate, coordinate their 

5 activities with the activities of the State 

6 lead agency and local agencies that admin7 ister funds made available in accordance 

8 with this subchapter; and 

9 ‘‘(vii) work to establish partnerships 

10 with the parent resource centers estab11 lished under section 672 of the Individuals 

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

13 1472) to provide information about inclu14 sive child care options for children with 

15 disabilities and infants and toddlers with 

16 disabilities, including children with more 

17 significant disabilities and children with 

18 complex medical needs. 

19 ‘‘(5) TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP20 MENT.—A State shall use quality child care amounts 

21 for supporting the training and professional develop22 ment of the child care workforce through activities 

23 such as those included under section 658E(c)(2)(G), 

24 in addition to— 


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1 ‘‘(A)(i) offering training, coaching, or pro2 fessional development opportunities for child 

3 care providers that relate to the use of evi4 dence-based, developmentally appropriate and 

5 age-appropriate strategies to promote the social, 

6 emotional, physical, adaptive, communication, 

7 and cognitive development of children, including 

8 key programmatic strategies; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) offering specialized training for child 

10 care providers caring for those populations 

11 prioritized in section 658E(c)(2)(Q), homeless 

12 children, children in foster care, children who 

13 are dual language learners, and children with 

14 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis15 abilities; 

16 ‘‘(B) incorporating the effective use of data 

17 to guide program improvement; 

18 ‘‘(C) implementing effective behavior man19 agement strategies (and related training), in20 cluding implementing multitiered systems of 

21 support such as support through positive behav22 ior interventions and supports, and trauma in23 formed care, that— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) prevent and reduce challenging 

2 behaviors, including by setting consistent 

3 expectations for all students; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) eliminate suspensions, expul5 sions, and aversive behavioral interven6 tions; 

7 ‘‘(D) providing training and outreach on 

8 engaging parents and families in culturally and 

9 linguistically appropriate ways, including for 

10 parents and families of dual language learners, 

11 to expand their knowledge, skills, and capacity 

12 to become meaningful partners in supporting 

13 their children’s positive development; 

14 ‘‘(E) providing training corresponding to 

15 the nutritional and physical activity needs of 

16 children to promote healthy development; 

17 ‘‘(F) providing training or professional de18 velopment for child care providers regarding the 

19 early neurological development of children; 

20 ‘‘(G) connecting staff members of child 

21 care providers with available Federal and State 

22 financial aid, or other resources, that would as23 sist the staff members in pursuing relevant 

24 postsecondary training; 


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1 ‘‘(H) creating or expanding a statewide 

2 scholarship program for child care providers to 

3 obtain credentials related to child care; 

4 ‘‘(I) creating or expanding an apprentice5 ship program for child care providers in the 

6 early years of providing child care; 

7 ‘‘(J) providing training, scholarship oppor8 tunities, or apprenticeships for multilingual 

9 adults in order to expand the supply of high10 quality, dual-language child care programs; 

11 ‘‘(K) supporting articulation agreements 

12 between public institutions of higher education 

13 that offer 2-year programs and public institu14 tions of higher education that offer 4-year pro15 grams, for the purposes of facilitating, for child 

16 care providers or individuals seeking to become 

17 such providers, the transfer of postsecondary 

18 credits for coursework related to child care 

19 from such institutions with 2-year programs to 

20 such institutions with 4-year programs; 

21 ‘‘(L) providing training and professional 

22 development on child developmental milestones 

23 and evidence-based developmental screening 

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1 cerning eligibility for services under the Individ2 uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

3 1400 et seq.); or 

4 ‘‘(M) undertaking efforts to improve the 

5 diversity of staff of eligible providers, including 

6 efforts to recruit a more diverse workforce. 

7 ‘‘(6) PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR INFANTS

8 AND TODDLERS.—A State shall use quality child 

9 care amounts to promote and expand child care pro10 viders’ ability to provide developmentally appropriate 

11 services for infants and toddlers through activities 

12 that may include— 

13 ‘‘(A)(i) training and professional develop14 ment; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) coaching and technical assistance on 

16 this age group’s unique needs from statewide 

17 networks of qualified infant-toddler specialists; 

18 ‘‘(B) improving infant and toddler compo19 nents within the State’s tiered and transparent 

20 system for measuring the quality of child care 

21 providers described in section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i), 

22 for child care providers for infants and toddlers, 

23 or developing infant and toddler components in 

24 a State’s child care licensing regulations or 

25 early learning and development guidelines; 


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1 ‘‘(C) improving the ability of parents to ac2 cess transparent and easy to understand con3 sumer information about high-quality and inclu4 sive care for infants and toddlers; or 

5 ‘‘(D) carrying out other activities deter6 mined by the State to improve the quality of in7 fant and toddler care provided in the State, and 

8 for which there is evidence that the activities 

9 will lead to improved infant and toddler health 

10 and safety, infant and toddler cognitive and 

11 physical development, infant and toddler well12 being, or infant and toddler social and emo13 tional development, including providing health 

14 and safety training (including training in safe 

15 sleep practices, first aid, and cardiopulmonary 

16 resuscitation) for providers and caregivers. 

17 ‘‘(7) INCLUSIVE CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH

18 DISABILITIES AND INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH

19 DISABILITIES.—A State shall use quality child care 

20 amounts for activities to improve the supply of eligi21 ble child care providers that provide high-quality and 

22 inclusive care for children with disabilities and in23 fants and toddlers with disabilities through activi24 ties, which shall include— 


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1 ‘‘(A) offering training, professional devel2 opment, or coaching opportunities for child care 

3 providers that relate to the use of evidence4 based, developmentally appropriate, and age-ap5 propriate strategies in inclusive settings to pro6 mote the social, emotional, physical, adaptive, 

7 communication, and cognitive development of 

8 children with disabilities and infants and tod9 dlers with disabilities, and their peers; 

10 ‘‘(B) improving the ability of parents to 

11 access transparent and easy-to-understand con12 sumer information about high-quality and inclu13 sive care for children with disabilities and in14 fants and toddlers with disabilities; and 

15 ‘‘(C) promoting and expanding child care 

16 providers’ ability to provide developmentally ap17 propriate services for infants and toddlers with 

18 disabilities through improved coordination of 

19 systems, services, and other activities with the 

20 providers and individuals who provide services 

21 or supports under the Individuals with Disabil22 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 

23 ‘‘(8) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—A State may use 

24 quality child care amounts for— 


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1 ‘‘(A) improving upon the development or 

2 implementation of the early learning and devel3 opmental guidelines described in section 

4 658E(c)(2)(T) by providing technical assistance 

5 to eligible child care providers that enhances 

6 the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional de7 velopment, including early childhood develop8 ment, of participating preschool and school9 aged children and supports their overall well10 being; 

11 ‘‘(B) developing, implementing, or enhanc12 ing the State’s tiered and transparent system 

13 for measuring the quality of child care pro14 viders, as described in section 

15 658E(c)(2)(W)(i); 

16 ‘‘(C) facilitating compliance with State re17 quirements for inspection, monitoring, training, 

18 and health and safety, and with State licensing 

19 standards; 

20 ‘‘(D) evaluating and assessing the quality 

21 and effectiveness of child care programs and 

22 services offered in the State, including evalu23 ating how such programs positively impact chil24 dren; 


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1 ‘‘(E) supporting child care providers in the 

2 voluntary pursuit of accreditation by a national 

3 accrediting body with demonstrated, valid, and 

4 reliable program standards of high quality; 

5 ‘‘(F) supporting State or local efforts to 

6 develop or adopt high-quality program stand7 ards relating to health, mental health, social 

8 and emotional development, nutrition, physical 

9 activity, and physical development; 

10 ‘‘(G) activities that improve the availability 

11 of child care services, activities that improve ac12 cess to child care services, and any other activ13 ity that the State determines to be appropriate 

14 to meet the purposes of this subchapter, with 

15 priority being given for services (including giv16 ing priority access to services through providers 

17 at the highest tier of the system described in 

18 section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i)) to homeless children, 

19 children in foster care, children of families with 

20 very low family incomes (taking into consider21 ation family size), children with disabilities, and 

22 infants and toddlers with disabilities; 

23 ‘‘(H) activities to improve the quality of 

24 providers of family, friend, or neighbor care, 

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1 ‘‘(i) offering education, training, busi2 ness development, apprenticeship, men3 toring, or leadership development opportu4 nities for the providers; 

5 ‘‘(ii) conducting home visits and 

6 coaching that provide one-on-one advice 

7 and support; 

8 ‘‘(iii) conducting play and learn ses9 sions or other types of peer networking; 

10 ‘‘(iv) facilitating participation in the 

11 program carried out under this subchapter 

12 or the child and adult care food program 

13 established under section 17 of the Richard 

14 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 1766); 

16 ‘‘(v) assistance in achieving licensure, 

17 if the provider wants to become licensed; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(vi) recruiting providers of family, 

20 friend, or neighbor care to build the supply 

21 of high-quality and inclusive care by such 

22 providers; 

23 ‘‘(I)(i) supporting eligible child care pro24 viders to eliminate suspensions, expulsions, and 

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1 through adaptations and interventions by spe2 cial educators, mental health consultants, and 

3 other community resources, such as behavior 

4 coaches, psychologists, and other appropriate 

5 specialists; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) promoting multitiered systems of sup7 port such as positive behavioral interventions 

8 and supports and trauma informed care that 

9 promote positive social and emotional develop10 ment and reduce challenging behaviors; 

11 ‘‘(J) activities to improve the supply and 

12 quality of child care programs and services to 

13 provide high-quality and inclusive care for 

14 school-age children, which may include— 

15 ‘‘(i) establishing or expanding high16 quality and inclusive school-age child care 

17 standards and a system of supports for 

18 such care that align with best practices for 

19 before- and after-school care and summer 

20 care; 

21 ‘‘(ii) enhancing professional develop22 ment and technical assistance opportuni23 ties for providers of school-age care; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) improving the ability of parents 

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1 stand consumer information about high2 quality and inclusive school-age care; 

3 ‘‘(K) establishing or expanding high-qual4 ity and inclusive community or neighborhood5 based family and child development centers, 

6 which shall serve as resources for child care 

7 providers in order to improve the quality of 

8 early childhood services provided to children 

9 from low-income families and to help eligible 

10 child care providers improve their capacity to 

11 offer high-quality and inclusive, age-appropriate 

12 care; 

13 ‘‘(L) establishing or expanding the oper14 ation of community or neighborhood-based fam15 ily child care networks; or 

16 ‘‘(M) supporting eligible child care pro17 viders in providing accessible comprehensive 

18 services for children and their families, includ19 ing— 

20 ‘‘(i) screenings of vision, hearing, 

21 health (including mental health), dental 

22 health, and development (including early 

23 literacy and math skill development), which 

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1 find system under the Individuals with 

2 Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

3 1400 et seq.); 

4 ‘‘(ii)(I) family engagement opportuni5 ties that take into account the language 

6 spoken in the child’s home, such as parent 

7 conferences (with opportunities for parents 

8 to provide input about the child’s develop9 ment); and 

10 ‘‘(II) support services, such as parent 

11 education, home visiting, and family lit12 eracy services; 

13 ‘‘(iii)(I) nutrition services, including 

14 provision of nutritious meals and snack op15 tions aligned with the requirements in the 

16 most recent guidelines promulgated by the 

17 Secretary of Agriculture for the Child and 

18 Adult Care Food Program authorized 

19 under section 17 of the Richard B. Russell 

20 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 1766); and 

22 ‘‘(II) regular, age-appropriate, nutri23 tion education for children and their fami24 lies; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) programs, carried out in coordi2 nation with local educational agencies and 

3 entities providing services and supports au4 thorized under part B and part C of the 

5 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 

6 (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.; 1431 et seq.), to 

7 ensure the full participation of infants and 

8 toddlers with disabilities and children with 

9 disabilities in high-quality and inclusive 

10 child care settings; 

11 ‘‘(v) physical activity programs that— 

12 ‘‘(I) are aligned with evidence13 based guidelines, such as those rec14 ommended by the Health and Medi15 cine Division of the National Acad16 emies of Sciences, Engineering, and 

17 Medicine; and 

18 ‘‘(II) take into account and ac19 commodate the needs of children with 

20 disabilities; and 

21 ‘‘(vi) on-site service coordination, to 

22 the maximum extent feasible.’’. 

23 SEC. 108. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT. 

24 Section 658I of the Child Care and Development 

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


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1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘child 

3 care standards’’ and inserting ‘‘standards for 

4 child care described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 

5 section 658E(c)(2)(W)’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 

7 after the semicolon; 

8 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

9 and inserting a period; and 

10 (D) by striking paragraph (5); 

11 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘State 

12 allotment’’ and inserting ‘‘State payments’’; and 

13 (3) by striking subsection (c). 

14 SEC. 109. STATE QUARTERLY PAYMENTS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 658J of the Child Care 

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

17 9858h) is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 658J. PAYMENTS TO STATES. 

19 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 ‘‘(1) FMAP.—The term ‘FMAP’ has the mean21 ing given the term in the first sentence of section 

22 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 1396d(b)). 

24 ‘‘(2) INFANT OR TODDLER.—The term ‘infant 

25 or toddler’ means a child under age 3. 


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1 ‘‘(b) PAYMENTS TO STATES.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para3 graphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall pay to each 

4 State with an application approved under section 

5 658E an amount for each quarter equal to the 

6 FMAP of expenditures in the quarter— 

7 ‘‘(A) for child care assistance under the 

8 plan for eligible children, other than such chil9 dren who are infants or toddlers; and 

10 ‘‘(B) to carry out activities under section 

11 658G, subject to the limit specified in section 

12 658G(a)(2). 

13 ‘‘(2) CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE FOR INFANTS OR

14 TODDLERS.—The Secretary shall pay to each State 

15 with such an approved application an amount for 

16 each quarter equal to 90 percent of expenditures in 

17 the quarter for child care assistance under the plan 

18 for eligible children who are infants or toddlers. 

19 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall 

20 pay to each State with such an approved application 

21 an amount for each quarter equal to 50 percent of 

22 expenditures in the quarter for the costs incurred by 

23 the State in carrying out sections 658H and 658K, 

24 and other reasonable costs incurred by the State to 

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1 ‘‘(c) ADVANCE PAYMENT; RETROSPECTIVE ADJUST2 MENT.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 

4 payments under this section for each quarter on the 

5 basis of advance estimates of expenditures submitted 

6 by the State and such other investigation as the Sec7 retary may find necessary, and may reduce or in8 crease the payments as necessary to adjust for any 

9 overpayment or underpayment for previous quarters. 

10 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary may not 

11 make such payments in a manner that prevents a 

12 State from complying with the requirement specified 

13 in section 658E(c)(3). 

14 ‘‘(d) FLEXIBILITY IN SUBMITTAL OF CLAIMS.— 

15 Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing 

16 a State from claiming as expenditures in a quarter ex17 penditures that were incurred in a previous quarter. 

18 ‘‘(e) STATE ENTITLEMENT.—This subchapter con19 stitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations 

20 Acts and represents the obligation of the Federal Govern21 ment to provide for payments to States under this section 

22 from amounts provided under section 658B(a).’’. 

23 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

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1 SEC. 110. REPORTING. 

2 Section 658K(a)(1)(B) of the Child Care and Devel3 opment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

4 9858i(a)(1)(B)) is amended— 

5 (1) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

6 (2) by transferring clause (xi) so as to appear 

7 after clause (x); 

8 (3) in clause (xi), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 

9 semicolon; and 

10 (4) by inserting after clause (xi) the following: 

11 ‘‘(xii) whether the children receiving 

12 assistance under this subchapter are either 

13 children with disabilities or infants and 

14 toddlers with disabilities;’’. 

15 SEC. 111. PRIORITY; WEBSITE. 

16 Section 658L of the Child Care and Development 

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

18 (1) in the third sentence of subsection (a), by 

19 striking ‘‘658E(c)(3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

20 658G(b)(8)(G)’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(B)— 

22 (A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘a Quality 

23 Rating and Improvement System’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘a tiered and transparent system for measuring 

25 the quality of child care providers described in 

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1 (B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (C) in clause (v), by striking the period 

4 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(vi) information about— 

7 ‘‘(I) high-quality and inclusive 

8 care for children with disabilities and 

9 infants and toddlers with disabilities, 

10 including child care with early inter11 vention services under part C of the 

12 Individuals with Disabilities Edu13 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) 

14 for infants and toddlers with disabil15 ities and their families, and child care 

16 with services and supports under part 

17 B of the Individuals with Disabilities 

18 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et 

19 seq.) for children with disabilities; and 

20 ‘‘(II) other Federal, State, or 

21 local programs that may support in22 clusive child care for infants and tod23 dlers, or children, referred to in sub24 clause (I).’’. 


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1 SEC. 112. NONDISCRIMINATION. 

2 Section 658N of the Child Care and Development 

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

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘this 

6 section’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; 

7 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

8 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 

9 (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 

10 (D) in paragraph (3)— 

11 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik12 ing ‘‘AND ADMISSION’’; 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘(1)(B), (2), and (3)’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘(1)(B) and (2)’’; 

15 (iii) by striking ‘‘and admissions’’; 

16 and 

17 (iv) by striking ‘‘or admissions’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (b)— 

19 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

20 ‘‘STATE LAW’’ and inserting ‘‘OTHER LAWS’’; 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘Nothing’’ and inserting 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) EXPENDITURES.—Nothing’’; and 

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

25 ‘‘(2) RIGHTS, REMEDIES, PROCEDURES, OR

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1 construed to invalidate or limit rights, remedies, pro2 cedures, or legal standards available to victims of 

3 discrimination in employment or in provision of pro4 grams and activities under any other Federal law or 

5 law of a State or political subdivision of a State, in6 cluding the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 

7 2000a et seq.), title IX of the Education Amend8 ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section 504 

9 or 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 

10 794, 794a), or the Americans with Disabilities Act 

11 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). The obligations 

12 imposed by this subchapter are in addition to those 

13 imposed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 

14 2000a et seq.), title IX of the Education Amend15 ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section 504 

16 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), 

17 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 

18 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).’’; and 

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

20 ‘‘(c) NONDISCRIMINATION IN PROGRAMS AND AC21 TIVITIES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as described in 

23 paragraph (2), no person in the United States shall, 

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1 identity, or disability, be excluded from participation 

2 in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to dis3 crimination under any program or activity funded in 

4 whole or in part, with funds made available under 

5 this subchapter or with amounts appropriated for 

6 grants, contracts, or certificates administered with 

7 such funds. 

8 ‘‘(2) PREFERENCE IN ENROLLMENT.—If assist9 ance provided under this subchapter, and any other 

10 Federal or State program, amounts to less than 80 

11 percent of the operating budget of a child care pro12 vider that receives such assistance, a child care pro13 vider may select children for child care slots that are 

14 not funded directly with assistance provided under 

15 this subchapter because such children or their family 

16 members participate on a regular basis in other ac17 tivities of the organization that owns or operates 

18 such provider.’’. 

19 SEC. 113. INDIAN TRIBES AND NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 658O of the Child Care 

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

22 9858m) is amended— 

23 (1) by striking the heading and inserting the 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 658O. INDIAN TRIBES AND NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.’’; 

2 (2) in subsection (a)— 

3 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

4 (i) by striking ‘‘one half of 1 percent 

5 of the amount appropriated under this 

6 subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘a portion of 

7 the amount appropriated under section 

8 658B(b)’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘to be allotted’’ and all 

10 that follows and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘to be allotted by the Secretary— 

12 ‘‘(A) in accordance with the respective 

13 needs of those territories; and 

14 ‘‘(B) taking into consideration— 

15 ‘‘(i) the population of eligible children, 

16 and the population of eligible children from 

17 low-income families, to be served by the 

18 territory involved; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) the cost of child care in the terri20 tory.’’; 

21 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘(2) INDIANS TRIBES’’ 

23 and all that follows through ‘‘658B in’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—The 

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1 the amount appropriated under section 

2 658B(b) in’’; 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 

5 (iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 

6 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘reserve 

7 up to $1,500,000 of the amount appropriated 

8 under this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘reserve 

9 and use such sums as the Secretary may deter10 mine to be necessary of the amount appro11 priated under section 658B(a)’’; 

12 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘reserve 

up to 1 13 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the amount appro14 priated under this subchapter’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘reserve and use such sums as the Secretary 

16 may determine to be necessary of the amount 

17 appropriated under section 658B(a)’’; and 

18 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘reserve 

1 19 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the amount appropriated 

20 under this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘reserve 

21 and use such sums as the Secretary may deter22 mine to be necessary of the amount appro23 priated under section 658B(a)’’; 

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1 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

2 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

3 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

5 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

6 (iii) by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(C)(i) the population of Indian or Native 

9 Hawaiian eligible children, and the population 

10 of Indian or Native Hawaiian eligible children 

11 from low-income families, to be served by the 

12 Indian tribe or tribal organization; 

13 ‘‘(ii) the cost of child care in the area to 

14 be served by the tribe or organization; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) whether awarding a grant or contract 

16 to the tribe or organization will increase the 

17 number of programs that reach standards de18 scribed in subsection (a)(1)(B)(iii);’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (6)— 

20 (i) by inserting ‘‘(or other recipient of 

21 funds through a State payment under sec22 tion 658J (referred to in this paragraph as 

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1 (ii) except as provided in subpara2 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘(or other covered 

3 recipient)’’ after ‘‘organization’’ each place 

4 it appears; 

5 (5) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub6 section (b); 

7 (6) by striking subsection (d); 

8 (7) in subsection (e)— 

9 (A) by striking paragraphs (1) through 

10 (3); 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘(e) REALLOTMENTS.—’’ 

12 and all that follows through ‘‘Any’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘(e) REALLOTMENTS.—Any’’; and 

14 (C) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ each place 

15 it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 

16 (8) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

17 subsections (c) and (d), respectively. 

18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 

19 October 1, 2020. 

20 SEC. 114. DEFINITIONS. 

21 Section 658P of the Child Care and Development 

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

23 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘who may use such certifi2 cate only as payment’’; 

3 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

4 (A) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

5 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 

6 and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec7 tively; 

8 (3) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘85 per9 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘150 percent (100 percent for 

10 fiscal year 2020, 115 percent for fiscal year 2021, 

11 and 130 percent for fiscal year 2022)’’; and 

12 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(16) FOSTER CARE.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘foster care’ 

15 means 24-hour substitute care for a child 

16 placed away from the child’s parents or guard17 ians and for whom the State agency has place18 ment and care responsibility. The term includes 

19 care through a placement in a foster family 

20 home, a foster home of a relative, a group 

21 home, an emergency shelter, a residential facil22 ity, a child care institution, or a pre-adoptive 

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1 ‘‘(B) RULE.—A child shall be considered 

2 to be in foster care in accordance with subpara3 graph (A) regardless of— 

4 ‘‘(i) whether the foster care facility is 

5 licensed and payments are made by the 

6 State or local agency for the care of the 

7 child; 

8 ‘‘(ii) whether adoption subsidy pay9 ments are being made prior to the finaliza10 tion of an adoption; or 

11 ‘‘(iii) whether there are Federal 

12 matching funds for any payments de13 scribed in clause (i) or (ii) that are made. 

14 ‘‘(17) GENDER IDENTITY.—The term ‘gender 

15 identity’ means the gender-related identity, appear16 ance, mannerisms, or other gender-related character17 istics of an individual, regardless of the individual’s 

18 designated sex at birth. 

19 ‘‘(18) HIGH-QUALITY AND INCLUSIVE CARE.— 

20 The term ‘high-quality and inclusive’, used with re21 spect to care (including child care), means care pro22 vided by an eligible child care provider— 

23 ‘‘(A) that is at the highest tier of the 

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1 uring the quality of child care providers, under 

2 section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i); 

3 ‘‘(B) for whom the percentage of children 

4 served by the provider who are children with 

5 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis6 abilities reflects the prevalence of children with 

7 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis8 abilities among children within the State; and 

9 ‘‘(C) that provides care for children with 

10 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis11 abilities alongside children who are— 

12 ‘‘(i) not infants and toddlers with dis13 abilities; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) not children with disabilities. 

15 ‘‘(19) HOMELESS CHILD.—The term ‘homeless 

16 child’ means an individual who is a homeless child 

17 or youth under section 725 of the McKinney-Vento 

18 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434). 

19 ‘‘(20) INFANT OR TODDLER WITH A DIS20 ABILITY.—The term ‘infant or toddler with a dis21 ability’ has the meaning given the term in section 

22 632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 

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1 ‘‘(21) KEY PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGIES.—The 

2 term ‘key programmatic strategies’ means strategies 

3 related to— 

4 ‘‘(A) nutrition and physical activity; 

5 ‘‘(B) recommended practices for age-ap6 propriate exposure to screen media; and 

7 ‘‘(C) the integration and utilization of in8 structional methods to assist learning across 

9 disciplines, including methods that use the arts, 

10 language, literacy, mathematics, science, and 

11 social studies. 

12 ‘‘(22) SEX.—The term ‘sex’ includes— 

13 ‘‘(A) a sex stereotype; 

14 ‘‘(B) pregnancy, childbirth, or a related 

15 medical condition; and 

16 ‘‘(C) sexual orientation or gender identity. 

17 ‘‘(23) SEXUAL ORIENTATION.—The term ‘sex18 ual orientation’ means homosexuality, hetero19 sexuality, or bisexuality.’’. 

20 SEC. 115. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

21 Section 658S of the Child Care and Development 

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

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1 ‘‘(a) CHILD CARE NOT TREATED AS INCOME.—Not2 withstanding’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION FOR COLLECTIVE

5 BARGAINING.—Nothing in this subchapter shall be con6 strued to alter, diminish, or otherwise affect the rights, 

7 remedies, and procedures afforded to individuals employed 

8 by schools or local educational agencies, or teachers and 

9 other staff employed by child care providers— 

10 ‘‘(1) under Federal, State, or local laws (includ11 ing applicable regulations or court orders); or 

12 ‘‘(2) under the terms of collective bargaining 

13 agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other 

14 agreements between schools, agencies, or providers 

15 that are referred to in this subsection, and their em16 ployees.’’. 

17 SEC. 116. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 

18 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 

19 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is amended by striking 

20 the subchapter heading and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘Subchapter C—Child Care and Development 

22 Assistance’’. 

23 SEC. 117. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

24 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 

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1 658I(c)(3) and 658L(a) by striking ‘‘the Workforce’’ each 

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Labor’’. 

3 SEC. 118. TRANSITION RULE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal years 2020 through 

5 2022, the Secretary of Health and Human Services— 

6 (1) shall make allotments and payments to 

7 States and Indian tribes under section 658J and 

8 658O of the Child Care and Development Block 

9 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858h, 9858m), as in 

10 effect immediately before the date of enactment of 

11 this Act, subject to subsection (b); and 

12 (2) shall carry out section 658E(c)(3) of that 

13 Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3)) by applying subpara14 graphs (C) and (E) of that section, as in effect on 

15 that day. 

16 (b) ADJUSTMENTS.—During fiscal years 2020 

17 through 2022, the Secretary shall have authority to make 

18 such adjustments as may be necessary to carry out sub19 section (a) and to transition to making quarterly payments 

20 under section 658J and allotments under 658O of the 

21 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, as amend22 ed by this Act. 

23 SEC. 119. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

24 This title, and the amendments made by this title, 

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1 TITLE II—HIGH-QUALITY 

2 PRESCHOOL 

3 SEC. 201. FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES TO ESTABLISH 

4 VOLUNTARY HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL 

5 PROGRAMS. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) CHILD WITH A DISABILITY.—The term 

8 ‘‘child with a disability’’ has the meaning given the 

9 term in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabil10 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401). 

11 (2) DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNER.—The term 

12 ‘‘dual language learner’’ means an individual who is 

13 limited English proficient, as defined in section 637 

14 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832). 

15 (3) ELIGIBLE CHILD.—The term ‘‘eligible 

16 child’’ means a child who is— 

17 (A) age 3, 4, or 5; 

18 (B) not yet enrolled in kindergarten; and 

19 (C) a member of a family with a family in20 come that does not exceed 150 percent of the 

21 State median income for a family of the same 

22 size. 

23 (4) ELIGIBLE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘eligible 

24 provider’’ includes a local educational agency, Head 

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1 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), licensed child care center, li2 censed family child care home, and community- or 

3 neighborhood-based family child care network, 

4 that— 

5 (A) participates in the State’s tiered and 

6 transparent system for measuring program 

7 quality described in section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i) of 

8 the Child Care and Development Block Grant 

9 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)(W)(i)); and 

10 (B) meets the highest tier of such system. 

11 (5) FOSTER CARE.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘foster care’’ 

13 means 24-hour substitute care for a child 

14 placed away from the child’s parents or guard15 ians and for whom the State agency has place16 ment and care responsibility. The term includes 

17 care through a placement in a foster family 

18 home, a foster home of a relative, a group 

19 home, an emergency shelter, a residential facil20 ity, a child care institution, or a pre-adoptive 

21 home. 

22 (B) RULE.—A child shall be considered to 

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1 (i) whether the foster care facility is 

2 licensed and payments are made by the 

3 State or local agency for the care of the 

4 child; 

5 (ii) whether adoption subsidy pay6 ments are being made prior to the finaliza7 tion of an adoption; or 

8 (iii) whether there are Federal match9 ing funds for any payments described in 

10 clause (i) or (ii) that are made. 

11 (6) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 

12 the chief executive officer of a State. 

13 (7) HIGH-NEED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high-need 

14 school’’ means an elementary school in which not 

15 less than 50 percent of the enrolled students are 

16 children from low-income families, as defined in sec17 tion 2221(b)(3)(B) of the Elementary and Sec18 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

19 6641(b)(3)(B)). 

20 (8) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN21 CY.—The term ‘‘high-need local educational agency’’ 

22 means a local educational agency that serves a high 

23 percentage of high-need schools. 

24 (9) HOMELESS CHILD.—The term ‘‘homeless 

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1 or youth under section 725 of the McKinney-Vento 

2 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434). 

3 (10) INFANT OR TODDLER WITH A DIS4 ABILITY.—The term ‘‘infant or toddler with a dis5 ability’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

6 632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 

7 Act (20 U.S.C. 1432). 

8 (11) KEY PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGIES.—The 

9 term ‘‘key programmatic strategies’’ means strate10 gies related to— 

11 (A) nutrition and physical activity; 

12 (B) recommended practices for age-appro13 priate exposure to screen media; and 

14 (C) the integration and utilization of in15 structional methods to assist learning across 

16 disciplines, including methods that use the arts, 

17 language, literacy, mathematics, science, and 

18 social studies. 

19 (12) LOW-INCOME CHILD.—The term ‘‘low-in20 come child’’ means a child who is a member of a 

21 family with a family income that is at or below 200 

22 percent of the poverty line. 

23 (13) OUTLYING AREAS.—The term ‘‘outlying 

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1 Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 

2 the Northern Mariana Islands. 

3 (14) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’ 

4 means the official poverty line (as defined by the Of5 fice of Management and Budget)— 

6 (A) adjusted to reflect the percentage 

7 change in the Consumer Price Index for All 

8 Urban Consumers, issued by the Bureau of 

9 Labor Statistics, occurring in the 1-year period 

10 or other interval immediately preceding the date 

11 such adjustment is made; and 

12 (B) adjusted for family size. 

13 (15) SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT

14 PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘specialized instructional 

15 support personnel’’ has the meaning given such term 

16 in section 8101(47)(A) of the Elementary and Sec17 ondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7801(47)). 

18 (16) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

19 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 

20 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

21 (b) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.— 

22 (1) RESERVATION.—From the total amount ap23 propriated to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 

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1 (A) reserve not less than 1 percent and not 

2 more than 2 percent for payments to Indian 

3 tribes and tribal organizations; 

(B) reserve 1 4 ⁄2 of 1 percent for the outlying 

5 areas to be distributed among the outlying 

6 areas on the basis of their relative need, as de7 termined by the Secretary of Health and 

8 Human Services in accordance with the pur9 poses of this section; 

(C) reserve 1 10 ⁄2 of 1 percent for eligible 

11 local entities that serve children in families who 

12 are engaged in migrant or seasonal agricultural 

13 labor; 

14 (D) reserve not more than 1 percent or 

15 $30,000,000, whichever amount is less, for na16 tional activities, including administration, tech17 nical assistance, and evaluation; and 

18 (E) reserve 5 percent for State leadership 

19 activities described in subsection (c), including 

20 the grants described in such subsection. 

21 (2) ALLOTMENT FORMULA.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

23 subparagraph (B), from the total amount ap24 propriated to carry out this section for a fiscal 

25 year that remains after making the reservations 


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1 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Health 

2 and Human Services, in collaboration with the 

3 Secretary of Education, shall allot to each State 

4 for the fiscal year that has an application ap5 proved under subsection (d) an amount that 

6 bears the same ratio to such remainder as the 

7 number of children who are below the age of 6 

8 who reside within the State and whose families 

9 have an income at or below 200 percent of the 

10 poverty line for the most recent year for which 

11 satisfactory data are available, bears to the 

12 number of such children who reside in all such 

13 States for such most recent fiscal year for 

14 which satisfactory data are available. 

15 (B) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT AMOUNT.—No 

16 State receiving an allotment under subpara17 graph (A) for a fiscal year shall receive less 

than 1 18 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the total amount allot19 ted under such subparagraph for the fiscal 

20 year. 

21 (c) STATE RESERVATION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The State leadership activi23 ties described in this subsection shall improve equi24 table access to high-quality preschool programs oper25 ated by eligible providers across the State, including 


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1 programs in high-need local educational agencies, 

2 which shall include— 

3 (A) ongoing professional development op4 portunities for school principals, school super5 intendents, teachers, specialized instructional 

6 support personnel, and teacher assistants to im7 prove their practices, which may include activi8 ties that— 

9 (i) prepare elementary schools to cre10 ate or expand preschool classrooms, includ11 ing training on developmentally appro12 priate practices and preparing classrooms 

13 with materials and equipment for young 

14 children; 

15 (ii) promote children’s development 

16 across all of the essential domains of early 

17 learning and development; 

18 (iii) improve curricula and teacher19 child interaction; 

20 (iv) incorporate the inclusion of key 

21 programmatic strategies into classroom in22 struction; 

23 (v) increase effective family engage24 ment, including for families of dual lan25 guage learners; 


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1 (vi) provide culturally competent in2 struction, including effective instruction for 

3 children with disabilities and dual language 

4 learners; 

5 (vii) improve social and emotional de6 velopment; 

7 (viii) incorporate positive behavioral 

8 interventions and supports and principles 

9 of trauma-informed care; 

10 (ix) align preschool curricula with ele11 mentary school standards and curricula; 

12 (x) engage teachers, teacher leaders, 

13 early childhood educators, and other pro14 fessionals in joint professional learning op15 portunities, as described in section 

16 2103(b)(3)(G) of the Elementary and Sec17 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

18 6613(b)(3)(G)); and 

19 (xi) improve the transition of children 

20 from preschool to elementary school; 

21 (B) completing the Preschool Equity Re22 view and distributing grants as described in 

23 paragraph (2) in accordance with the results of 

24 such review; 


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1 (C) expanding or establishing scholarships, 

2 counseling, and compensation initiatives to 

3 cover the cost of tuition, fees, materials, trans4 portation, and release time for staff of eligible 

5 providers to pursue credentials and degrees, in6 cluding bachelor’s degrees; and 

7 (D) partnerships between institutions of 

8 higher education and eligible providers, includ9 ing high-need local educational agencies, to im10 prove access to early childhood educators, in11 cluding educators serving dual language learn12 ers and children with disabilities. 

13 (2) GRANTS TO IMPROVE EQUITABLE ACCESS

14 TO HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—From amounts reserved 

16 under subsection (b)(1)(E), a State shall make 

17 grants to rectify resource inequities in preschool 

18 programs and expand access to high-quality 

19 preschool programs for all children, including 

20 children described in items (aa) through (dd) of 

21 subparagraph (B)(ii)(I). Such grants shall be 

22 awarded to high-need local educational agencies 

23 in order to improve their capacity to offer high24 quality preschool programs for eligible children, 


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1 which may include paying the costs of renova2 tion. 

3 (B) PRESCHOOL EQUITY REVIEW.— 

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—Each State making 

5 grants under subparagraph (A) shall com6 plete an annual Preschool Equity Review 

7 that informs the distribution of funds 

8 under such subparagraph. 

9 (ii) CONTENTS OF REVIEW.—Each 

10 Preschool Equity Review shall include data 

11 on— 

12 (I) the percentage of children 

13 participating in preschool programs 

14 funded under this section, 

15 disaggregated by status as— 

16 (aa) children with disabil17 ities; 

18 (bb) low-income children; 

19 (cc) children from major 

20 ethnic and racial groups; and 

21 (dd) dual language learners; 

22 (II) the geographic location of 

23 preschool programs funded under this 

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1 (III) the quality of preschool pro2 grams funded under the section, com3 pared to such programs not funded 

4 under this section; and 

5 (IV) resource inequities between 

6 preschool programs, including pro7 grams serving a high percentage of 

8 children described in items (aa) 

9 through (dd) of subclause (I). 

10 (d) STATE APPLICATION.—In order to receive an al11 lotment under this section, the Governor of a State shall 

12 submit an application at such time and in such manner 

13 as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in col14 laboration with the Secretary of Education, may require. 

15 Such application shall include each of the following: 

16 (1) A description of how the State will provide 

17 access to high-quality preschool during the school 

18 day for eligible children in the State within 3 years, 

19 which shall include the following: 

20 (A) How the State plans to distribute 

21 funds from the State’s allotment to eligible pro22 viders, including an assurance that the Gov23 ernor will designate a State-level entity (such as 

24 an agency or joint interagency office) for the 

25 administration of the grant. 


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1 (B) An explanation of how the State will 

2 ensure that eligible providers receiving funds 

3 under this section will use research-based cur4 ricula that are aligned with State early learning 

5 standards that are developmentally appropriate 

6 and include, at a minimum, each of the fol7 lowing domains: 

8 (i) Language development. 

9 (ii) Literacy. 

10 (iii) Mathematics. 

11 (iv) Science. 

12 (v) Creative arts. 

13 (vi) Social and emotional development. 

14 (vii) Approaches to learning. 

15 (viii) Physical development. 

16 (C) How the State will coordinate services 

17 provided under this section with services and 

18 supports provided under the Child Care and 

19 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

20 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.), section 619 and part C of 

21 the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 

22 (20 U.S.C. 1419; 1431 et seq.), the Head Start 

23 Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), the Preschool De24 velopment Grants program under section 9212 

25 of the Every Student Succeeds Act (42 U.S.C. 


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1 9831 note), the Elementary and Secondary 

2 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 

3 seq.), the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

4 Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) and the mater5 nal, infant, and early childhood home visiting 

6 programs assisted under section 511 of the So7 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711). 

8 (D) How the State will improve transitions 

9 from early childhood education to elementary 

10 school, including how the State will ensure that 

11 preschool programs— 

12 (i) share relevant data between early 

13 childhood educators and kindergarten 

14 teachers; 

15 (ii) share instructional, behavioral, 

16 and other information between early child17 hood educators and kindergarten teachers 

18 to best support the transition of children 

19 with disabilities who may need services and 

20 supports provided under part B of the In21 dividuals with Disabilities Education Act 

22 (42 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) into general edu23 cation settings; and 


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1 (iii) share information about the pro2 ficiency of dual language learners in both 

3 English and their native language. 

4 (E) How the State will provide ongoing 

5 monitoring and support and conduct evalua6 tions of preschool programs funded under this 

7 section. 

8 (F) How the State has reviewed the stra9 tegic plan developed under section 9212 of the 

10 Every Student Succeeds Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 

11 note) or engaged in a similar strategy to facili12 tate coordination of existing early learning and 

13 care programs in a mixed delivery system. 

14 (G) If the State funds full-day kinder15 garten programs, but such full-day kinder16 garten programs are not available to all chil17 dren who are eligible to attend such programs 

18 in the State, how the State plans to increase 

19 the number of children in the State who are en20 rolled in full-day kindergarten programs and a 

21 strategy to implement such a plan. 

22 (H) If the State does not fund full-day 

23 kindergarten programs, a description of how 

24 the State plans to establish such programs to 

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1 dren who will be involved in the State’s high2 quality preschool program supported under this 

3 title. 

4 (2) An assurance that all preschool programs 

5 funded under this section will— 

6 (A) offer programming that meets the du7 ration requirements in the program perform8 ance standards applicable to Head Start pro9 grams described in section 641A of the Head 

10 Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9836a); 

11 (B) adopt policies and practices to provide 

12 expedited enrollment, including prioritization, 

13 to— 

14 (i) homeless children; 

15 (ii) children in foster care; and 

16 (iii) migratory children; 

17 (C) conduct outreach to families of— 

18 (i) homeless children; 

19 (ii) dual language learners; 

20 (iii) children in foster care; 

21 (iv) children with disabilities; 

22 (v) infants and toddlers with disabil23 ities; and 

24 (vi) migratory children; 


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1 (D) provide salaries to staff of eligible pro2 viders that are on the same pay scale as ele3 mentary school educators with similar creden4 tials and experience; 

5 (E) require high staff qualifications for 

6 teachers, including, at a minimum, meeting the 

7 staff qualifications included in the quality 

8 standards of the National Institute for Early 

9 Education Research that are in effect on the 

10 date of enactment of this Act by not later than 

11 4 years after the date the State first receives an 

12 allotment under this section; and 

13 (F) determine whether children are dual 

14 language learners and provide services to en15 sure the full and effective participation of such 

16 learners and their families. 

17 (3) An assurance that the State will provide as18 sistance under this section only to eligible providers 

19 that prohibit the use of suspension, expulsion, and 

20 aversive behavioral interventions. 

21 (4) An assurance that the State will meet the 

22 requirements of clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 

23 658E(c)(2)(T) of the Child Care and Development 

24 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

25 9858c(c)(2)(T)(ii) and (iii)). 


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1 (e) USE OF FUNDS.—A State that receives an allot2 ment under subsection (b)(2) for a fiscal year shall use 

3 the allotment to carry out the activities described in the 

4 State’s application described in subsection (d). 

5 (f) MATCH REQUIRED.—A State that receives an al6 lotment under subsection (b)(2) for a fiscal year shall pro7 vide matching funds from non-Federal sources in an 

8 amount equal to 10 percent of the Federal funds that such 

9 State receives under such subsection for the fiscal year. 

10 (g) REPORTING.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State that receives an 

12 allotment under subsection (b)(2) shall prepare an 

13 annual report, in such manner and containing such 

14 information as the Secretary of Health and Human 

15 Services may reasonably require. 

16 (2) CONTENTS.—A report prepared under para17 graph (1) shall contain, at a minimum— 

18 (A) a description of the manner in which 

19 the State has used the funds made available 

20 through the allotment and a report of the ex21 penditures made with the funds; 

22 (B) a summary of the State’s progress to23 ward providing access to high-quality preschool 

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1 (C) an evaluation of the State’s progress 

2 towards improving equitable access to high3 quality preschool, as measured by the Preschool 

4 Equity Review described in subsection 

5 (c)(2)(B), disaggregated by the categories 

6 under subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii)(I); 

7 (D) the number and percentage of children 

8 in the State participating in eligible preschool 

9 programs, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, 

10 family income, child age, disability, and whether 

11 the children are homeless children, children in 

12 foster care, or dual language learners; 

13 (E) data on the number and percentage of 

14 children in the State participating in public kin15 dergarten programs, disaggregated by race, 

16 family income, child age, disability, and whether 

17 the children are homeless children, children in 

18 foster care, or dual language learners, with in19 formation on whether such programs are of20 fered— 

21 (i) for a full day; and 

22 (ii) at no cost to families; and 

23 (F) data on the kindergarten readiness of 

24 children across the State. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—If a State reduces its com2 bined fiscal effort per child for its State preschool 

3 program or State supplemental assistance funds for 

4 Head Start programs assisted under the Head Start 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) for any fiscal year that 

6 a State receives an allotment under subsection 

7 (b)(2) relative to the previous fiscal year, the Sec8 retary of Health and Human Services, in collabora9 tion with the Secretary of Education, shall reduce 

10 support for such State under such subsection by the 

11 same amount as the decline in State effort for such 

12 fiscal year. 

13 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Health and 

14 Human Services, in collaboration with the Secretary 

15 of Education, may waive the requirements of para16 graph (1) if— 

17 (A) the Secretaries determine that a waiv18 er would be appropriate due to a precipitous de19 cline in the financial resources of a State as a 

20 result of unforeseen economic hardship or a 

21 natural disaster that has necessitated across22 the-board reductions in State services during 

23 the 5-year period preceding the date of the de24 termination, including for early childhood edu25 cation programs; or 


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1 (B) due to the circumstances of a State re2 quiring reductions in specific programs, includ3 ing early childhood education, the State pre4 sents to the Secretaries a justification and dem5 onstration why other programs could not be re6 duced and how early childhood programs in the 

7 State will not be disproportionately harmed by 

8 such State action. 

9 (i) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds received 

10 under this section shall be used to supplement and not 

11 supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds ex12 pended on early childhood education programs in the 

13 State. 

14 (j) APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be ap15 propriated, and there is appropriated, to carry out this 

16 section, $8,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

17 through 2030. 

18 TITLE III—HEAD START 

19 EXTENDED DURATION 

20 SEC. 301. EXTENDED DURATION. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 9801 et seq.) is amended— 

23 (1) by redesignating section 657C (42 U.S.C. 

24 9852c) as section 657D; and 


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1 (2) by inserting after section 657B (42 U.S.C. 

2 9852b) the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 657C. EXTENDED DURATION. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants 

5 to Head Start (including Early Head Start) agencies 

6 funded under this subchapter to enable such agencies— 

7 ‘‘(1) to provide access to a full school year and 

8 a full school day of services; 

9 ‘‘(2) in the case of a migrant and seasonal 

10 Head Start agency, to provide access to additional 

11 service hours to ensure continuous Head Start serv12 ices as determined by the Secretary; or 

13 ‘‘(3) in the case of a Head Start agency (in14 cluding an Early Head Start agency) that already 

15 meets the full-day, full-year services needs within its 

16 community, to enhance the quality of Head Start 

17 services (including Early Head Start services) pro18 vided to children served by such agency. 

19 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

21 grant under this section, a Head Start agency shall 

22 submit an application at such time and in such man23 ner as the Secretary may require. Such application 

24 shall include— 

25 ‘‘(A) evidence of— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the number and percentage of 

2 slots— 

3 ‘‘(I) in the agency’s Head Start 

4 center-based programs (that are not 

5 Early Head Start programs)— 

6 ‘‘(aa) that are currently 

7 funded (as of the date of submis8 sion of the application); and 

9 ‘‘(bb) in which services are 

10 provided for at least the equiva11 lent of 1,020 hours per year; and 

12 ‘‘(II) in the agency’s Early Head 

13 Start center-based programs— 

14 ‘‘(aa) that are currently 

15 funded (as of that date); and 

16 ‘‘(bb) in which services are 

17 provided for at least the equiva18 lent of 1,380 hours per year; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of 

20 slots, in the agency’s Head Start family 

21 child care programs— 

22 ‘‘(I) that are currently funded 

23 (as of that date); and 


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1 ‘‘(II) in which services are pro2 vided for at least the equivalent of 

3 1,380 hours per year; 

4 ‘‘(B) a description of an approach, using 

5 the current community-wide strategic planning 

6 and needs assessment described in section 

7 640(g)(1)(C) and current program schedule 

8 (current as of the date of submission of the ap9 plication), that transitions all of the agency’s 

10 Head Start programs to a full school day, full 

11 school year program schedule; and 

12 ‘‘(C) a budget justification that estimates 

13 the supplemental funding necessary to provide 

14 for incremental ongoing operating costs for the 

15 extended hours of service under such a program 

16 schedule for the current enrollment in the agen17 cy’s Head Start programs. 

18 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) MIGRANT AND SEASONAL HEAD

20 START.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A migrant and 

22 seasonal Head Start agency may apply for 

23 a grant described in subsection (a) without 

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1 services are provided to children enrolled in 

2 a migrant and seasonal Head Start pro3 gram. To be eligible to receive the grant, 

4 the agency shall submit an application at 

5 such time and in such manner as the Sec6 retary may require. 

7 ‘‘(ii) PRIORITY.—In making grants to 

8 applicants described in clause (i), the Sec9 retary shall give priority to a migrant and 

10 seasonal Head Start agency operating for 

11 fewer than 8 months per year. 

12 ‘‘(B) FULL-DAY, FULL-YEAR HEAD START

13 AGENCIES.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A Head Start 

15 agency (including an Early Head Start 

16 agency) that certifies to the Secretary that 

17 it is meeting the full-day, full-year need 

18 within its community may apply for a 

19 grant to enhance the quality of services 

20 provided to children enrolled in its Head 

21 Start program (including its Early Head 

22 Start program) in accordance with sub23 section (c)(2). 

24 ‘‘(ii) APPLICATION.—A Head Start 

25 (including Early Head Start) agency that 


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1 meets the requirements of clause (i) shall 

2 submit an application, which shall in3 clude— 

4 ‘‘(I) the proposed uses of funds 

5 in accordance with subsection (c)(2); 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(II) how such uses of funds re8 late to the community-wide strategic 

9 planning and needs assessment de10 scribed under section 640(g)(1)(C). 

11 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) EXTENDED DURATION.—A Head Start 

13 agency that meets the requirements of paragraph 

14 (1) or (2) of subsection (a) receiving a grant under 

15 this section shall use the grant funds to cover the 

16 costs associated with extending those hours of serv17 ice for the current enrollment, such as additional 

18 costs for— 

19 ‘‘(A) the purchase, rental, renovation, and 

20 maintenance of additional facilities; 

21 ‘‘(B) ongoing purchases of classroom sup22 plies; 

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1 ‘‘(D) professional development to staff 

2 transitioning to providing services during the 

3 extended hours. 

4 ‘‘(2) ENHANCING PROGRAM QUALITY.—A Head 

5 Start (including Early Head Start) agency that 

6 meets the requirements of subsection (a)(3) shall use 

7 funds for the activities authorized under section 

8 640(a)(5)(B). 

9 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—The Head Start agency 

10 shall not use the grant funds to expand the number 

11 of children served in the Head Start programs (in12 cluding Early Head Start programs) of the agency. 

13 ‘‘(d) RESERVATIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) ACTIVITIES.—From the total amount ap15 propriated to carry out this section, the Secretary 

16 shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) for making grants for the activities 

18 described in subsection (c)(1)(A), reserve 

19 $4,000,000,000 of the funds appropriated for 

20 fiscal year 2020; and 

21 ‘‘(B) for making grants for the activities 

22 described in any of subparagraphs (B) through 

23 (D) of subsection (c)(1), reserve— 

24 ‘‘(i) $490,000,000 of the funds appro25 priated for fiscal year 2020; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) $780,000,000 of the funds ap2 propriated for fiscal year 2021; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) $1,070,000,000 of the funds ap4 propriated for fiscal year 2022. 

5 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall prioritize 

6 Head Start agencies (including Early Head Start 

7 agencies) that are applying to use funds to carry out 

8 the activities described in subsection (a)(1). 

9 ‘‘(3) MIGRANT OR SEASONAL HEAD START PRO10 GRAMS.—From the amount appropriated to carry 

11 out this section for a fiscal year and reserved under 

12 paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall reserve 4.5 

13 percent for migrant or seasonal Head Start pro14 grams. 

15 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec17 tion— 

18 ‘‘(1) $3,876,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

19 ‘‘(2) $648,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; and 

20 ‘‘(3) $1,019,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 

21 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 ‘‘(1) FULL SCHOOL DAY; FULL SCHOOL

23 YEAR.—The terms ‘full school day’ and ‘full school 

24 year’ mean such a day and year, respectively, within 


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1 the meaning of the Head Start Program Perform2 ance standards issued under section 641A(a). 

3 ‘‘(2) MIGRANT AND SEASONAL HEAD START

4 AGENCY.—The term ‘migrant and seasonal Head 

5 Start agency’ means an agency that is funded under 

6 this subchapter to provide a migrant and seasonal 

7 Head Start program.’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 640 of the 

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

10 (1) in subsection (a)(6), by striking ‘‘appro11 priated under this subchapter’’ each place it appears 

12 and inserting ‘‘appropriated under section 639’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (g)(3)(A)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘amount appropriated’’ 

15 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘amount 

16 appropriated under section 639’’; 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘services provided under 

18 this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘services pro19 vided under this subchapter (other than section 

20 657C)’’; and 

21 (C) by striking ‘‘agency under this sub22 chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘agency under this sub23 chapter (other than section 657C)’’. 


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1 TITLE IV—APPROPRIATIONS 

2 FOR SUPPORTS AND SERV3 ICES FOR INCLUSIVE CHILD 

4 CARE FOR INFANTS, TOD5 DLERS, AND CHILDREN WITH 

6 DISABILITIES 

7 SEC. 401. APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUPPORTS AND SERVICES 

8 FOR INCLUSIVE CHILD CARE FOR INFANTS, 

9 TODDLERS, AND CHILDREN WITH DISABIL10 ITIES. 

11 There is authorized to be appropriated and there is 

12 appropriated for each State for each quarter an amount 

13 that is equal to 5 percent of the payment to such State 

14 for such quarter under section 658J of the Child Care and 

15 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858h) 

16 to be used by— 

17 (1) the State’s lead agency designated or estab18 lished under section 635(a)(10) of the Individuals 

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

20 1435(a)(10)) to provide early intervention services 

21 for infants and toddlers with disabilities (as defined 

22 in section 632 of the Individuals with Disabilities 

23 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1432)) and their families 

24 in settings that provide high-quality inclusive care to 

25 such children; and 


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1 (2) the State to provide services and supports 

2 to children with disabilities (as defined in section 

3 658P of the Child Care and Development Block 

4 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n)) in settings 

5 that provide high-quality inclusive care to such chil6 dren. 

7 TITLE V—MATERNAL, INFANT, 

8 AND EARLY CHILDHOOD 

9 HOME VISITING PROGRAM 

10 SEC. 501. SENSE OF SENATE. 

11 It is the sense of the Senate that— 

12 (1) from the prenatal period to the first day of 

13 kindergarten, children’s development rapidly pro14 gresses at a pace exceeding that of any subsequent 

15 stage of life; 

16 (2) as reported by the National Academy of 

17 Sciences in 2001, striking disparities exist in what 

18 children know and can do that are evident well be19 fore they enter kindergarten; these differences are 

20 strongly associated with social and economic cir21 cumstances, and they are predictive of subsequent 

22 academic performance; 

23 (3) research has consistently demonstrated that 

24 investments in high-quality programs that serve in25 fants and toddlers better position those children for 


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1 success in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary 

2 education as well as helping children develop the 

3 critical physical, emotional, social, and cognitive 

4 skills that they will need for the rest of their lives; 

5 (4) in 2011, there were 11,000,000 infants and 

6 toddlers living in the United States and 49 percent 

7 of these children came from low-income families liv8 ing with incomes at or below 200 percent of the 

9 Federal poverty guidelines; 

10 (5) the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood 

11 Home Visiting (MIECHV) program was authorized 

12 by Congress to facilitate collaboration and partner13 ship at the Federal, State, and community levels to 

14 improve health and development outcomes for at-risk 

15 children, including those from low-income families, 

16 through evidence-based home visiting programs; 

17 (6) MIECHV is an evidence-based policy initia18 tive and its authorizing legislation requires that at 

19 least 75 percent of funds dedicated to the program 

20 must support programs to implement evidence-based 

21 home visiting models, which includes the home-based 

22 model of Early Head Start; 

23 (7) in fiscal year 2016, MIECHV served ap24 proximately 160,000 parents and children, which is 

25 only a small portion of those eligible, in 893 counties 


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1 covering all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 

2 5 territories; and 

3 (8) Congress should increase its investment in 

4 MIECHV to support the work of States to help 

5 more at-risk families voluntarily receive home visits 

6 from home visitors to— 

7 (A) promote maternal, infant, and child 

8 health; 

9 (B) improve school readiness and achieve10 ment; 

11 (C) prevent potential child abuse or neglect 

12 and injuries; 

13 (D) support family economic self-suffi14 ciency; 

15 (E) reduce crime or domestic violence; and 

16 (F) improve coordination or referrals for 

17 community resources and supports. 

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