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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1852

To amend the Head Start Act to extend authorizations of appropriations

for programs under that Act, to strengthen provisions designed to provide

quality assurance and improvement, to provide for orderly and appropriate expansion of such programs, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

FEBRUARY 10 (legislative day, JANUARY 25), 1994

Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. DODD, Mrs. KASSEBAUM, Mr. COATS, Mr.

WOFFORD, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. DURENBERGER, Mr.

METZENBAUM, Mr. WELLSTONE, Mr. PELL, and Mr. SIMON) introduced

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee

on Labor and Human Resources

A BILL

To amend the Head Start Act to extend authorizations of

appropriations for programs under that Act, to strengthen provisions designed to provide quality assurance and

improvement, to provide for orderly and appropriate expansion of such programs, 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; REFERENCES IN ACT; TABLE OF

4 CONTENTS.

5 (a) This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Head Start Act

6 Amendments of 1994’’.
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1 (b) Except where otherwise specifically provided, ref2 erences in this Act shall be considered to be made to the

3 Head Start Act, or to a section or other provision thereof.

4 (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

Sec. 1. Short title; references in Act; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Monitoring and quality assurance.

Sec. 3. Appeals, notice, and hearing.

Sec. 4. Staff qualifications and development.

Sec. 5. Goals and priorities for training and technical assistance.

Sec. 6. Allocation of funds for program expansion.

Sec. 7. Allocation and use of funds for quality improvement.

Sec. 8. Transition coordination with schools.

Sec. 9. Research, demonstrations, evaluation, and reports.

Sec. 10. Initiative on families with infants and toddlers.

Sec. 11. Enhanced parental involvement.

Sec. 12. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 13. Minor and technical amendments.

Sec. 14. Effective date.

5 SEC. 2. MONITORING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Act is amended by inserting

7 after section 641 the following new section:

8 ‘‘QUALITY STANDARDS; MONITORING OF HEAD START

9 AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS

10 ‘‘SEC. 641A. (a) QUALITY STANDARDS.—

11 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS.—The

12 Secretary shall establish by regulation standards ap13 plicable to Head Start agencies, programs, and

14 projects under this subchapter, including—

15 ‘‘(A) performance standards with respect

16 to services required to be provided, including

17 health, education, parental involvement, social

18 and other services;
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1 ‘‘(B) administrative and financial manage2 ment standards;

3 ‘‘(C) standards relating to the condition

4 and location of facilities; and

5 ‘‘(D) such other standards as the Sec6 retary finds appropriate.

7 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—The regula8 tions under this subsection shall indicate the mini9 mum levels of overall accomplishment that a Head

10 Start agency or program must achieve in order to

11 meet the standards specified in paragraph (1).

12 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATIONS IN DEVELOPING STAND13 ARDS.—In developing the regulations required under

14 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—

15 ‘‘(A) consult with experts in the fields of

16 child development, early childhood education,

17 family services, administration, and financial

18 management, and with persons with experience

19 in the operation of Head Start programs; and

20 ‘‘(B) take into consideration—

21 ‘‘(i) past experience with use of the

22 standards currently in effect;

23 ‘‘(ii) changes over the period the pro24 gram has been in effect in the cir-
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1 cumstances and problems typically facing

2 Head Start children and families;

3 ‘‘(iii) developments concerning best

4 practices with respect to child development,

5 family services, program administration,

6 and financial management; and

7 ‘‘(iv) projected needs of an expanding

8 Head Start program;

9 ‘‘(C) not later than one year after enact10 ment of this section, review and revise as nec11 essary the performance standards in effect

12 under this subchapter on the date of enactment

13 of this section (but any revisions in perform14 ance standards shall not result in the elimi15 nation of or any reduction in the scope or types

16 of health, education, parental involvement, so17 cial, or other services required to be provided

18 under such standards in effect on November 2,

19 1978).

20 ‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Within one year after en22 actment of this section, the Secretary, in consulta23 tion with representatives of Head Start agencies and

24 with experts in the fields of child development, fam25 ily services, and program management, shall develop
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1 methods and procedures for measuring, annually

2 and over longer periods, the quality and effectiveness

3 of programs operated by Head Start agencies.

4 ‘‘(2) DESIGN OF MEASURES.—The performance

5 measures developed under this subsection shall be

6 designed—

7 ‘‘(A) to assess the various services provided

8 by Head Start programs and, to the extent the

9 Secretary finds appropriate, administrative and

10 financial management practices;

11 ‘‘(B) to be adaptable for use in self-assess12 ment and peer review of individual Head Start

13 agencies and programs; and

14 ‘‘(C) for other program purposes as deter15 mined by the Secretary.

16 ‘‘(3) USE OF MEASURES.—The Secretary shall

17 use the performance measures developed pursuant to

18 this subsection—

19 ‘‘(A) to identify strengths and weaknesses

20 in the operation of Head Start programs na21 tionally and by region; and

22 ‘‘(B) to identify problem areas that may

23 require additional training and technical assist24 ance resources.
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1 ‘‘(c) MONITORING OF LOCAL AGENCIES AND PRO2 GRAMS.—

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to determine

4 whether Head Start agencies meet standards estab5 lished under this subchapter with respect to pro6 gram, administrative, fiscal, and other requirements,

7 the Secretary shall conduct the following reviews of

8 designated Head Start agencies, and of the Head

9 Start programs operated by such agencies—

10 ‘‘(A) a full review of each such agency at

11 least once during each 3-year period;

12 ‘‘(B) a review of each newly designated

13 agency immediately after the completion of the

14 first year such agency carries out a Head Start

15 program;

16 ‘‘(C) follow-up reviews including prompt

17 return visits to agencies and programs that fail

18 to meet minimum standards for participation;

19 and

20 ‘‘(D) other reviews as appropriate.

21 ‘‘(2) CONDUCT OF REVIEWS.—The Secretary

22 shall ensure that reviews described in subparagraphs

23 (A) through (C) of paragraph (1)—

24 ‘‘(A) are performed, to the maximum ex25 tent practicable, by employees of the Depart-
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1 ment of Health and Human Services who are

2 knowledgeable about Head Start programs; and

3 ‘‘(B) are supervised by such an employee

4 at the site of such Head Start agency.

5 ‘‘(d) CORRECTIVE ACTION; TERMINATION.—(1) If

6 the Secretary determines, on the basis of a review pursu7 ant to subsection (c), that a Head Start agency designated

8 pursuant to section 641 fails to meet the minimum stand9 ards for participation in programs under this subchapter,

10 the Secretary shall—

11 ‘‘(A) inform the agency of the deficiencies that

12 must be corrected;

13 ‘‘(B) with respect to each identified deficiency,

14 at the Secretary’s discretion (taking into consider15 ation the seriousness of the deficiency and the time

16 reasonably required to correct it), require the agen17 cy—

18 ‘‘(i) to correct the deficiency immediately,

19 or

20 ‘‘(ii) to comply with the requirements of

21 paragraph (2) concerning a quality improve22 ment plan; and

23 ‘‘(C) initiate proceedings to terminate the des24 ignation of the agency unless the agency corrects the
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1 deficiency as required by the Secretary pursuant to

2 subparagraph (B).

3 ‘‘(2) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.—

4 ‘‘(A) AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.—In order to

5 retain its designation under this subchapter, a Head

6 Start agency that is the subject of a determination

7 described in paragraph (1) shall—

8 ‘‘(i) develop in a timely manner, obtain the

9 Secretary’s approval of, and implement a qual10 ity improvement plan that specifies—

11 ‘‘(I) the deficiencies to be corrected;

12 ‘‘(II) the actions to be taken to cor13 rect such deficiencies; and

14 ‘‘(III) the timetable for accomplish15 ment of the corrective actions identified;

16 and

17 ‘‘(ii) eliminate each deficiency identified,

18 not later than the date for elimination of such

19 deficiency specified in such plan (which shall

20 not be later than one year after the date the

21 agency received notice of the determination and

22 of the specific deficiencies to be corrected).

23 ‘‘(B) SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—Not

24 later than 30 days after receiving from a Head Start

25 agency a proposed quality improvement plan pursu-
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1 ant to subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall either

2 approve such proposed plan or specify the reasons

3 why the proposed plan cannot be approved.

4 ‘‘(3) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—To

5 the extent the Secretary finds feasible and appropriate

6 given available funding and other statutory responsibil7 ities, the Secretary shall provide training and technical as8 sistance to Head Start agencies with respect to the devel9 opment or implementation of quality improvement plans.

10 ‘‘(e) SUMMARIES OF MONITORING OUTCOMES.—The

11 Secretary shall publish annually, following the end of each

12 fiscal year, a summary report on the findings of reviews

13 conducted pursuant to subsection (c) and on the outcomes

14 of quality improvement plans under subsection (d).’’.

15 (b) EXPENDITURES FOR MONITORING AND RELATED

16 ACTIVITIES.—Section 640(a)(2)(D) is amended by insert17 ing ‘‘(including payments for all costs (other than com18 pensation of Federal employees) of reviews of Head Start

19 agencies and programs, and of activities related to the de20 velopment and implementation of quality improvement

21 plans, pursuant to section 641A)’’.

22 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 641(c)

23 is amended by striking paragraphs (2) through (4).

24 (2) Section 641(d) is amended—
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1 (A) in the first sentence, by striking all that

2 precedes ‘‘then the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘If

3 there is in a community no entity entitled to the pri4 ority specified in subsection (c),’’;

5 (B) by striking the second sentence; and

6 (C) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘and sub7 ject to the preceding sentence’’.

8 (3) Section 642(b)(4) is amended by striking ‘‘in ac9 cordance with the performance standards in effect upon

10 section 651(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘either through such pro11 gram’’.

12 (4) Section 651(b) is repealed.

13 (5) Section 651(g)(10) is amended by striking ‘‘eval14 uations conducted under section 641(c)(2)’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘monitoring conducted under section 641A(c)’’.

16 SEC. 3. APPEALS, NOTICE, AND HEARING.

17 (a) ELIMINATION OF PROVISION FREEZING REGULA18 TIONS.—Section 646 is amended by striking subsection

19 (b).

20 (b) TERMINATION OF DESIGNATION NOT STAYED

21 PENDING APPEAL.—Section 646 is further amended by

22 adding at the end the following new subsection:

23 ‘‘(b) ADVERSE ACTION NOT STAYED PENDING AP24 PEAL.—In any case where a termination, reduction, or

25 suspension of financial assistance under this subchapter
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1 is upheld in an administrative hearing under this section,

2 such termination, reduction, or suspension shall not be

3 stayed pending any judicial appeal of such administrative

4 decision.’’.

5 SEC. 4. STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.

6 (a) REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING STAFF QUALIFICA7 TIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.—

8 (1) CLASSROOM TEACHERS.—(A) Section

9 648(b) is relocated and redesignated as subsection

10 (a) of a new section 648A, captioned as follows:

11 ‘‘STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT’’.

12 (B) Section 648A(a), as relocated and redesig13 nated, is further amended—

14 (i) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)

15 CLASSROOM TEACHERS.—(1) DEGREE RE16 QUIREMENTS.—’’;

17 (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘1994’’

18 and inserting ‘‘1996’’;

19 (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2)’’

20 and inserting ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—’’; and

21 (iv) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘a

22 child development associate credential (CDA)’’

23 and inserting ‘‘any credential specified in para24 graph (1)’’.

25 (2) MENTOR TEACHERS; FAMILY SERVICE

26 WORKERS; FELLOWSHIPS.—Section 648A is further
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1 amended by adding after subsection (a) the following

2 new subsections:

3 ‘‘(b) MENTOR TEACHERS.—

4 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION; FUNCTION.—For purposes of

5 this subsection, a ‘mentor teacher’ is an individual

6 responsible for observing and assessing classroom

7 activities and providing on-the-job guidance and

8 training to Head Start program staff and volun9 teers, in order to improve the qualifications and

10 training of classroom staff, to maintain high quality

11 education services, and to promote career develop12 ment.

13 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—In order to assist Head

14 Start agencies to establish positions for mentor

15 teachers, the Secretary shall—

16 ‘‘(A) provide technical assistance and

17 training to enable Head Start agencies to estab18 lish such positions;

19 ‘‘(B) give priority consideration, in provid20 ing assistance pursuant to subparagraph (A), to

21 Head Start programs which have substantial

22 numbers of new classroom staff or which are

23 experiencing difficulty in meeting applicable

24 education standards; and
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1 ‘‘(C) encourage programs to give priority

2 consideration for such positions to Head Start

3 teachers at the appropriate level in the career

4 ladders of such programs.

5 ‘‘(c) FAMILY SERVICE WORKERS.—In order to im6 prove the quality and effectiveness of staff providing

7 inhome and other services to families of Head Start chil8 dren (including needs assessment, development of service

9 plans, family advocacy, and coordination of service deliv10 ery), the Secretary, in collaboration with concerned public

11 and private agencies and organziations currently examin12 ing the issues of standards and training for family service

13 workers, shall—

14 ‘‘(1) review and, as necessary, revise or develop

15 new qualification standards for Head Start staff

16 providing such services;

17 ‘‘(2) promote the development of model curric18 ula (on subjects including parenting training and

19 family literacy) designed to ensure the attainment of

20 appropriate competencies by individuals working or

21 planning to work in the field of early childhood and

22 family services; and

23 ‘‘(3) promote the establishment of a credential

24 indicating attainment of those competencies that is

25 accepted nationwide.
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1 ‘‘(d) HEAD START FELLOWSHIPS.—

2 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is authorized

3 to establish a program of Head Start Fellowships, in

4 accordance with this subsection, for staff in local

5 Head Start programs and other individuals working

6 in the field of child development and family services.

7 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The fellowship program under

8 this subsection shall be designed to enhance the abil9 ity of participating fellows to make significant con10 tributions to programs authorized under this sub11 chapter, by providing them opportunities to expand

12 their knowledge and experience through exposure to

13 activities, issues, resources, and new approaches in

14 the field of child development and family services.

15 ‘‘(3) ASSIGNMENTS OF FELLOWS.—

16 ‘‘(A) PLACEMENT SITES.—Fellowship posi17 tions under the program under this subsection

18 may be located (subject to subparagraphs (B)

19 and (C))—

20 ‘‘(i) in agencies of the Department of

21 Health and Human Services administering

22 programs authorized under this subchapter

23 (and in national and regional offices of

24 such agencies);
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1 ‘‘(ii) in local Head Start agencies and

2 programs;

3 ‘‘(iii) in institutions of higher edu4 cation;

5 ‘‘(iv) in public and private entities and

6 organizations concerned with services to

7 children and families; and

8 ‘‘(v) in other appropriate settings.

9 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION FOR FELLOWS OTHER

10 THAN HEAD START EMPLOYEES.—A Head

11 Start Fellow who is not an employee of a local

12 Head Start agency or program may be placed

13 only in a fellowship position specified in clause

14 (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A).

15 ‘‘(C) NO PLACEMENT IN LOBBYING ORGA16 NIZATIONS.—Head Start Fellowship positions

17 may not be located in any agency whose pri18 mary purpose, or one of whose major purposes,

19 is to influence Federal, State, or local legisla20 tion.

21 ‘‘(4) SELECTION OF FELLOWS.—Fellowships

22 under this subsection shall be awarded, on a com23 petitive basis, to individuals (other than Federal em24 ployees) selected from among applicants who are

25 currently working in local Head Start programs or
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1 otherwise working in the field of child development

2 and children and family services.

3 ‘‘(5) DURATION.—Fellowships under this sub4 section shall be for terms of one year, and shall be

5 renewable for a term of one additional year.

6 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES.—From

7 amounts appropriated under this subchapter and al8 lotted under section 640(a)(2)(D), the Secretary is

9 authorized to make expenditures of not to exceed

10 $1,000,000 for any fiscal year, for stipends and

11 other reasonable expenses of the program under this

12 subsection.

13 ‘‘(7) STATUS OF FELLOWS.—Except as other14 wise provided in this paragraph, Head Start Fellows

15 shall not be deemed employees or otherwise in the

16 service or employment of the United States Govern17 ment. Head Start Fellows shall be considered Fed18 eral employees for purposes of compensation for in19 juries under chapter 81 of title 5 of the United

20 States Code. Head Start Fellows assigned to posi21 tions specified in paragraph (3)(A)(i) shall be con22 sidered Executive Branch employees for the pur23 poses of chapter 11 of title 18 of the United States

24 Code, and of any administrative standards of con-
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1 duct applicable to the employees of the agency to

2 which they are assigned.

3 ‘‘(8) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pro4 mulgate regulations implementing the provisions of

5 this subsection.’’.

6 (b) MODEL STAFFING PATTERNS.—Section 648 is

7 amended by adding at the end the following new sub8 section:

9 ‘‘(e) MODEL STAFFING PATTERNS.—Within one year

10 after enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, in con11 sultation with appropriate public and private agencies and

12 organizations and with individuals with expertise in the

13 field of child and family services, shall develop model staff14 ing plans to provide guidance to local Head Start agencies

15 and programs on the numbers, types, responsibilities, and

16 qualifications of staff required to operate a Head Start

17 program.’’.

18 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 648 is

19 amended in the caption, to read:

20 ‘‘TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING’’.

21 SEC. 5. GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR TRAINING AND TECH22 NICAL ASSISTANCE.

23 Section 648, as amended by section 4, is further

24 amended—

25 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘Head

26 Start programs, including’’ and inserting instead
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1 ‘‘Head Start programs, in accordance with the proc2 ess, goals, and priorities set forth in subsections (b)

3 and (c). The Secretary shall provide, either directly

4 or through grants or other arrangements,’’;

5 (2) by redesignating and relocating as sub6 section (f) the final sentence of subsection (a), as

7 amended by paragraph (1);

8 (3) by striking subsection (c); and

9 (4) by inserting after subsection (a) the follow10 ing new subsections:

11 ‘‘(b) GOALS.—The process for determining the tech12 nical assistance and training activities to be carried out

13 under this section shall—

14 ‘‘(1) ensure that the needs of local Head Start

15 agencies and programs relating to improving pro16 gram quality and to program expansion are ad17 dressed to the maximum extent feasible;

18 ‘‘(2) incorporate mechanisms to ensure respon19 siveness to local needs, including an ongoing proce20 dure for obtaining input from the Head Start com21 munity; and

22 ‘‘(c) SPECIFIC PURPOSES.—In allocating resources

23 for technical assistance and training under this section,

24 the Secretary shall—
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1 ‘‘(1) give priority consideration to activities to

2 correct program and management deficiencies identi3 fied through monitoring pursuant to section 641A

4 (including the provision of assistance to local pro5 grams in the development of quality improvement

6 plans);

7 ‘‘(2) address the training and career develop8 ment needs of both classroom and nonclassroom

9 staff, including home visitors and other staff work10 ing directly with families, including training relating

11 to increasing parent involvement and services de12 signed to increase family literacy and improve

13 parenting skills;

14 ‘‘(3) assist Head Start agencies and programs

15 to conduct and participate in community-wide stra16 tegic planning and needs assessment;

17 ‘‘(4) assist Head Start agencies and programs

18 in the development of sound management practices,

19 including financial management procedures; and

20 ‘‘(5) assist in efforts to secure and maintain

21 adequate facilities for Head Start programs.’’.

22 SEC. 6. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR PROGRAM EXPANSION.

23 (a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS WITHIN STATES.—Sec24 tion 640(g) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘(g)(1)

2 COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS TO GRANTEES.—’’;

3 and

4 (2) by adding at the end the following new

5 paragraphs:

6 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION OF EXPANSION FUNDS WITH7 IN STATES.—In allocating funds within a State, for

8 the purpose of expanding Head Start programs,

9 from amounts allotted to a State pursuant to para10 graph (4), the Secretary shall take into consider11 ation the following factors:

12 ‘‘(A) the quality of the applicant’s current

13 programs (including Head Start and other child

14 care or child development programs and, in the

15 case of current Head Start programs, the ex16 tent to which such programs meet or exceed

17 performance standards and other requirements

18 under this subchapter);

19 ‘‘(B) the applicant’s capacity to expand

20 services (including, in the case of current Head

21 Start programs, whether the applicant accom22 plished any prior expansions in an effective and

23 timely manner);

24 ‘‘(C) the extent to which the applicant has

25 undertaken community-wide strategic planning
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1 and needs assessments involving other commu2 nity organizations serving children and families;

3 ‘‘(D) the numbers of eligible children in

4 each community who are not participating in

5 Head Start; and

6 ‘‘(E) the concentration of low-income fami7 lies in each community.

8 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION OF EXPANSION FUNDS TO IN9 DIAN AND MIGRANT PROGRAMS AND TO TERRI10 TORIES.—In determining the amount of funds re11 served pursuant to section 640(a)(2) (A) or (B) to

12 be used for expanding Head Start programs under

13 this subchapter, the Secretary shall take into consid14 eration, to the extent appropriate, the factors speci15 fied in paragraph (2).’’.

16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 641(f) is

17 repealed.

18 SEC. 7. ALLOCATION AND USE OF FUNDS FOR QUALITY IM19 PROVEMENT.

20 (a) ALLOCATION; USE OF FUNDS.—Section

21 640(a)(3) is amended—

22 (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub23 paragraph (D);

24 (2) in the matter preceding clause (i) of sub25 paragraph (A), to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(3) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.—

2 ‘‘(A) RESERVATION.—

3 ‘‘(i) lllll.—The Secretary

4 shall reserve, for activities specified in sub5 paragraph (C) directed at the goals speci6 fied in subparagraph (B), a share of the

7 amount (if any) by which such appropria8 tions exceed the adjusted prior year appro9 priation (as defined in clause (ii)) equal

10 to—

11 ‘‘(I) 25 percent of such amount,

12 plus

13 ‘‘(II) any additional amount the

14 Secretary may find necessary to ad15 dress a demonstrated need for addi16 tional quality improvement activities.

17 ‘‘(ii) ADJUSTED PRIOR YEAR APPRO18 PRIATION DEFINED.—The term ‘adjusted

19 prior year appropriation’ means, with re20 spect to a fiscal year, the amount appro21 priated pursuant to section 639(a) for the

22 preceding fiscal year adjusted to reflect the

23 percentage change in the Consumer Price

24 Index for All Urban Consumers (issued by
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1 the Bureau of Labor Statistics) during

2 such preceding fiscal year.

3 ‘‘(B) GOALS.—Quality improvement funds

4 reserved under this paragraph shall be used to

5 accomplish any or all of the following goals:

6 ‘‘(i) Ensuring that Head Start pro7 grams meet or exceed performance stand8 ards pursuant to section 641A.

9 ‘‘(ii) Ensuring that programs have

10 adequate qualified staff, and that such

11 staff are furnished adequate training.

12 ‘‘(iii) Ensuring that salary levels are

13 adequate to attract and retain qualified

14 staff.

15 ‘‘(iv) Using salary increases to im16 prove staff qualifications and to assist with

17 the implementation of career development

18 programs.

19 ‘‘(v) Improving community-wide stra20 tegic planning and needs assessments.

21 ‘‘(vi) Ensuring that the physical envi22 ronments of Head Start programs are con23 ducive to providing effective program serv24 ices to children and families.
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1 ‘‘(vii) Making such other improve2 ments in program quality as the Secretary

3 may designate.

4 ‘‘(C) ACTIVITIES.—Quality improvement

5 funds reserved under this paragraph shall be

6 used to carry out any or all of the following ac7 tivities:’’;

8 (3) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated, by

9 adding at the end the following new clause:

10 ‘‘(vii) Such other activities as the Sec11 retary may designate.’’; and

12 (4) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated—

13 (A) in clause (i)—

14 (i) in the matter preceding subclause

15 (I), by striking ‘‘for the first, second, and

16 third fiscal years for which funds are so re17 served’’; and

18 (ii) in subclause (II), by inserting

19 ‘‘territories, and programs serving Indian

20 and migrant children,’’ after ‘‘States,’’;

21 (B) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii);

22 (C) in clause (iv)—

23 (i) by striking all that precedes the

24 first comma and inserting ‘‘Funds’’;
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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ the first

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’;

3 (iii) by inserting before the period at

4 the end of the first sentence, ‘‘, for expend5 iture for activities specified in subpara6 graph (C)’’; and

7 (iv) by striking the second sentence;

8 and

9 (D) by striking clause (v) and redesignat10 ing clauses (iv) and (vi) as clauses (ii) and (iii),

11 respectively.

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraphs (4)

13 and (5) of section 637 are repealed.

14 SEC. 8. TRANSITION COORDINATION WITH SCHOOLS.

15 (a) COORDINATION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 642 is

16 amended—

17 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘schools that

18 will subsequently serve children in Head Start pro19 grams,’’; and

20 (2) by adding after subsection (c) the following

21 new subsection:

22 ‘‘(d) FACILITATING TRANSITION TO SCHOOL.—

23 ‘‘(1) GENERAL REQUIREMENT.—Each Head

24 Start agency shall undertake the actions specified in

25 this subsection, to the extent feasible and appro-
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1 priate in the circumstances (including the extent to

2 which such agency is able to secure the cooperation

3 of parents and schools) to enable children to main4 tain the developmental gains achieved in Head Start

5 and to build upon such gains in further schooling.

6 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH SCHOOLS.—The

7 Head Start agency shall take steps to coordinate

8 with the local educational agency and with schools in

9 which children participating in a Head Start pro10 gram operated by such agency will enroll following

11 such program, including the following;

12 ‘‘(A) developing and implementing a sys13 tematic procedure for transferring Head Start

14 records on each participating child to the school

15 in which such child will enroll;

16 ‘‘(B) establishing channels of communica17 tion between Head Start staff and their coun18 terparts in the receiving schools (including

19 teachers, social workers, and health staff) to fa20 cilitate coordination of programs;

21 ‘‘(C) conducting meetings involving par22 ents, kindergarten or primary school teachers,

23 and Head Start teachers to discuss the devel24 opmental and other needs of individual children;

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1 ‘‘(D) organizing and participating in joint

2 transition-related training of school staff and

3 Head Start staff.

4 ‘‘(3) PROMOTION OF PARENTAL INVOLVE5 MENT.—In order to promote the continued involve6 ment of Head Start parents in their children’s edu7 cation upon transition to school, the Head Start

8 agency shall—

9 ‘‘(A) provide training to Head Start par10 ents—

11 ‘‘(i) to inform them about their rights

12 and responsibilities concerning their chil13 dren’s education; and

14 ‘‘(ii) to enable them to understand

15 and work with schools in order to commu16 nicate with teachers and other school per17 sonnel, to support their children’s school

18 work, and to participate as appropriate in

19 decisions relating to their children’s edu20 cation; and

21 ‘‘(B) take other actions, as appropriate

22 and feasible, to support the active involvement

23 of parents with schools, school personnel, and

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1 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION OF DEMONSTRATION RE2 SULTS.—The Secretaries of Health and Human

3 Services and Education shall assess the results of

4 the demonstration projects funded under the Head

5 Start Transition Project Act and shall work together

6 to provide technical assistance to enable commu7 nities to implement proposing practices emerging

8 from these demonstrations for improving the Head

9 Start program and programs of the schools.’’.

10 (b) EXTENSION OF SET-ASIDE FOR HEAD START

11 TRANSITION PROJECT ACT.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 639(c) is amended—

13 (A) by striking paragraph (1);

14 (B) by striking ‘‘(2)’’; and

15 (C) by striking ‘‘1992, 1993, and 1994’’

16 and inserting ‘‘1992 through 1996’’.

17 (2) REFERENCE.—Section 640(a)(5) is amend18 ed by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘ALLOTMENTS

19 AMONG STATES.—Subject to section 639(c), the’’.

20 SEC. 9. RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, EVALUATION, AND

21 REPORTS.

22 (a) RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND EVALUA23 TION.—Section 649, including the caption thereof, is

24 amended to read as follows:

25 ‘‘RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND EVALUATION

26 ‘‘SEC. 649. (a) IN GENERAL.—
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1 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT; GENERAL PURPOSES.—

2 The Secretary shall carry out a continuing program

3 of research, demonstrations, and evaluation, in order

4 to—

5 ‘‘(A) foster continuous improvement in the

6 quality of the Head Start program under this

7 subchapter and in its effectiveness in enabling

8 participating children and their families to suc9 ceed in school and in everyday life; and

10 ‘‘(B) use the Head Start program as a na11 tional laboratory for developing, testing, and

12 disseminating new ideas and approaches for ad13 dressing the needs of low-income pre-school

14 children and their families and communities,

15 and otherwise to further the purposes of this

16 subchapter.

17 ‘‘(2) PLAN.—The Secretary shall develop, and

18 periodically update, a plan governing the research,

19 demonstration, and evaluation activities under this

20 section.

21 ‘‘(b) CONDUCT OF RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS,

22 AND EVALUATION.—The Secretary, in order to conduct

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1 ‘‘(1) may carry out such activities directly, or

2 through grants to, or contracts or cooperative agree3 ments with, public and private entities;

4 ‘‘(2) shall, to the extent appropriate, undertake

5 such activities in collaboration with other Federal

6 and non-Federal agencies conducting similar activi7 ties;

8 ‘‘(3) shall ensure that evaluation of activities in

9 a specific program or project are conducted by per10 sons not directly involved in the operation of such

11 program or project;

12 ‘‘(4) may require Head Start agencies to pro13 vide for independent evaluations; and

14 ‘‘(5) may approve, in appropriate cases, com15 munity-based cooperative research and evaluation ef16 forts to enable local Head Start programs to collabo17 rate with qualified researchers not directly involved

18 in program administration or operation.

19 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION.—In car20 rying out the activities under this section, the Secretary

21 shall—

22 ‘‘(1) consult with individuals—

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1 ‘‘(B) involved in the operation of Head

2 Start and other child and family service pro3 grams; and

4 ‘‘(C) from other Federal agencies and or5 ganizations involved with children and families,

6 ensuring that such individuals reflect the

7 multicultural nature of the Head Start popu8 lation and the multi-disciplinary nature of the

9 Head Start program;

10 ‘‘(2) whenever feasible and appropriate, obtain

11 the views of persons participating in and served by

12 programs and projects assisted under this sub13 chapter with respect to activities under this section;

14 and

15 ‘‘(3) establish, to the extent appropriate, work16 ing relationships with the faculties of colleges or uni17 versities located in the area in which any evaluation

18 under this section is being conducted, unless there is

19 no such college or university willing and able to par20 ticipate in such evaluation.

21 ‘‘(d) SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES.—The research, dem22 onstration, and evaluation programs under this part shall

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1 ‘‘(1) permit ongoing assessment of the quality

2 and effectiveness of the program under this sub3 chapter;

4 ‘‘(2) contribute to developing knowledge con5 cerning factors associated with the quality and effec6 tiveness of Head Start programs and in identifying

7 ways in which services provided under this sub8 chapter may be improved;

9 ‘‘(3) assist in developing knowledge concerning

10 the factors which promote or inhibit healthy develop11 ment and effective functioning of children and their

12 families both during and following the Head Start

13 experience;

14 ‘‘(4) permit comparisons of children and fami15 lies participating in Head Start programs with chil16 dren and families receiving other child care, early

17 childhood education, and child development services

18 and with other appropriate control groups;

19 ‘‘(5) contribute to understanding the character20 istics and needs of population groups eligible for

21 services provided under this subchapter and the im22 pact of such services on the individuals served and

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1 ‘‘(6) provide for disseminating and promoting

2 the use of the findings from such research, dem3 onstration, and evaluation activities; and

4 ‘‘(7) promote exploration of areas in which

5 knowledge is insufficient, and which will otherwise

6 contribute to fulfilling the purposes of this sub7 chapter.

8 ‘‘(e) LONGITUDINAL STUDIES.—In developing prior9 ities for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities

10 under this section, the Secretary shall give special consid11 eration to longitudinal studies which—

12 ‘‘(1) examine the developmental progress of

13 children and their families both during and following

14 the Head Start program experience, including the

15 examination of factors which contribute to or detract

16 from such progress;

17 ‘‘(2) examine factors related to improving the

18 quality of the Head Start program experience and

19 the preparation it provides for children and their

20 families to function effectively in schools and other

21 settings in the years following Head Start; and

22 ‘‘(3) as appropriate, permit comparison of chil23 dren and families participating in Head Start pro24 grams with children and families receiving other

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1 velopment services, and with other appropriate con2 trol groups.

3 ‘‘(f) OWNERSHIP OF RESULTS.—The Secretary shall

4 take necessary steps to ensure that all studies, reports,

5 proposals, and data produced or developed with Federal

6 funds under this subchapter shall become the property of

7 the United States.’’.

8 (b) REPORTS.—Section 651 is amended—

9 (1) in the caption, to read ‘‘REPORTS’’;

10 (2) by striking subsections (a) through (f);

11 (3) by striking ‘‘(g)’’;

12 (4)(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para13 graph (11);

14 (B) by striking the period at the end of para15 graph (12) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

16 (C) by adding after paragraph (12) the follow17 ing new paragraph:

18 ‘‘(13) a summary of the research, demonstra19 tion, and evaluation activities conducted under sec20 tion 649, including—

21 ‘‘(A) a status report on ongoing activities;

22 and

23 ‘‘(B) results, conclusions, and rec24 ommendations based on completed activities not

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1 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

2 (1) Sections 640A, 650, and 651A are repealed.

3 (2) Section 651, as amended by subsection (b),

4 is redesignated as section 650.

5 SEC. 10. INITIATIVE ON FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND TOD6 DLERS.

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Act is

8 amended by adding after section 645 the following new

9 section:

10 ‘‘PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND

11 TODDLERS

12 ‘‘SEC. 645A. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall

13 make grants, in accordance with the provisions of this

14 paragraph, for—

15 ‘‘(1) programs providing family-centered serv16 ices for low-income families with very young children

17 designed to promote the development of their chil18 dren, to fulfill their roles as parents, and to move to19 ward self-sufficiency; and

20 ‘‘(2) evaluation of, and provision of training

21 and technical assistance to, projects under the Com22 prehensive Child Development Centers Act of 1988.

23 ‘‘(b) FAMILIES ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE.—Per24 sons who may be served by projects described in sub25 section (a)(1) include pregnant women, and families with

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1 of children served by a grantee specified in subsection

2 (e)(2)), who meet the criteria specified in section

3 645(a)(1).

4 ‘‘(c) SCOPE AND DESIGN OF PROGRAMS.—Programs

5 receiving assistance under this section shall—

6 ‘‘(1) provide, either directly or through referral,

7 early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child

8 development and family support services which will

9 enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellec10 tual development of participating children;

11 ‘‘(2) ensure that the level of services provided

12 to families responds to their needs and cir13 cumstances;

14 ‘‘(3) promote positive parent-child interactions;

15 ‘‘(4) provide services to parents to support their

16 role as parents and to help them move toward self17 sufficiency;

18 ‘‘(5) coordinate services with existing programs

19 in the State and community to ensure a comprehen20 sive array of services;

21 ‘‘(6) coordinate with local Head Start programs

22 in order to ensure continuity of services for children

23 and families;

24 ‘‘(7) (in the case of a program operated by a

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1 services through the age of mandatory school attend2 ance) ensure that participating children and families

3 receive such services through such age; and

4 ‘‘(8) meet such other requirements concerning

5 program design and operation as the Secretary may

6 establish.

7 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS.—Entities that

8 may apply to operate services projects under this section

9 include—

10 ‘‘(1) entities operating Head Start programs

11 under this subchapter;

12 ‘‘(2) entities that, on the date of enactment of

13 this provision, were operating—

14 ‘‘(A) Parent-Child Centers receiving finan15 cial assistance under section 640(a)(4), or

16 ‘‘(B) Comprehensive Child Development

17 Projects receiving financial assistance under the

18 Comprehensive Child Development Centers Act

19 of 1988; and

20 ‘‘(3) other public and non-profit private entities

21 capable of providing child and family services that

22 meet the standards for participation in programs

23 under this subchapter and such other appropriate

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1 ‘‘(e) TIME-LIMITED PRIORITY FOR CERTAIN ENTI2 TIES.—

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts allotted

4 pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (4) of section

5 640(a), the Secretary shall provide financial assist6 ance in accordance with paragraphs (2) through (4)

7 of this subsection.

8 ‘‘(2) PARENT-CHILD CENTERS.—The Secretary

9 shall make financial assistance available under this

10 section for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and

11 1997 to any entity that—

12 ‘‘(A) complies with the standards and re13 quirements established by the Secretary under

14 subsection (d); and

15 ‘‘(B) received funding as a Parent-Child

16 Center pursuant to section 640(a)(4) for fiscal

17 year 1994.

18 ‘‘(3) COMPREHENSIVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT

19 CENTERS (CCDS).—In the case of an entity that—

20 ‘‘(A) complies with the standards and re21 quirements established by the Secretary under

22 subsection (d); and

23 ‘‘(B) received a grant for fiscal year 1994

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1 Child Development Centers Act of 1988, the

2 Secretary—

3 ‘‘(i) shall make financial assistance

4 available under this section for the dura5 tion of the demonstration project period

6 specified in the grant award to such entity

7 under such Act, and

8 ‘‘(ii) shall permit such entity, in the

9 program assisted under this section, to

10 serve children from birth through age 5.

11 ‘‘(4) EVALUATIONS, TRAINING, TECHNICAL AS12 SISTANCE RELATING TO CCDS.—The Secretary shall

13 make funds available under this section as necessary

14 to provide for the evaluation of, and furnishing of

15 training and technical assistance to, child develop16 ment projects (specified in paragraph (3)) under the

17 Comprehensive Child Development Centers Act of

18 1988.

19 ‘‘(f) SELECTION OF OTHER GRANTEES.—From allot20 ments pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (4) of section

21 640(a) (in amounts equal to the balance remaining of the

22 amount specified in section 640(a)(6) after making grants

23 to the eligible entities specified in subsection (e)), the Sec24 retary shall award grants under this paragraph on a com25 petitive basis to applicants meeting the criteria specified
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1 in subsection (d) (giving priority to entities with a record

2 of providing early, continuous, and comprehensive child3 hood development and family services).

4 ‘‘(g) SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITIES—

5 ‘‘(1) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary shall develop

6 and publish guidelines concerning the content and

7 operation of programs under this section—

8 ‘‘(A) in consultation with experts in early

9 childhood development and family services; and

10 ‘‘(B) taking into consideration the knowl11 edge and experience gained from other early

12 childhood programs, including programs under

13 the Comprehensive Child Development Centers

14 Act of 1988.

15 ‘‘(2) MONITORING, EVALUATION, TRAINING,

16 AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—In order to ensure

17 the successful operation of service programs under

18 this section, the Secretary shall monitor the oper19 ation of such programs, evaluate their effectiveness,

20 and provide training and technical assistance tai21 lored to the particular needs of such programs.’’.

22 (b) FUNDS SET-ASIDE.—Section 640(a) is amend23 ed—

24 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and sub25 ject to paragraph (6)’’ before the period;
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1 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘paragraph

2 (5)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph

3 (4)’’;

4 (3) by striking paragraph (4), and redesignat5 ing paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and

6 (5), respectively; and

7 (4) by adding after paragraph (5), as redesig8 nated, the following new paragraph:

9 ‘‘(6) FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES

10 WITH INFANTS AND TODDLERS.—From amounts al11 lotted pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (4), the Sec12 retary shall use, for grants for programs for families

13 with infants and toddlers under section 645A, a por14 tion of the combined total of such amounts equal to

15 3 percent for fiscal year 1995, 4 percent for each of

16 fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and 5 percent for fiscal

17 year 1998, of the amount appropriated pursuant to

18 section 639(a).’’.

19 (c) CONSOLIDATION.—In recognition that the Com20 prehensive Child Development Centers Act has dem21 onstrated positive results, and that its purposes and func22 tions have been consolidated into section 645A of the

23 Head Start Act, the Comprehensive Child Development

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1 SEC. 11. ENHANCED PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.

2 (A) CONSIDERATIONS IN DESIGNATING NEW HEAD

3 START AGENCIES.—Section 641(d) is amended—

4 (1) in paragraph (4), to read as follows:

5 ‘‘(4) the plan of such applicant—

6 ‘‘(A) to seek the involvement of parents of

7 participating children in activities designed to

8 help such parents become full partners in the

9 education of their children;

10 ‘‘(B) to afford such parents the oppor11 tunity to participate in the development, con12 duct, and overall performance of the program

13 at the local level;

14 ‘‘(C) to offer (directly or through referral

15 to local entities, such as Even Start programs)

16 to such parents—

17 ‘‘(i) family literacy services; and

18 ‘‘(ii) parenting skills training;

19 ‘‘(D) at the option of such applicant, to

20 offer (directly or through or through referral to

21 local entities) to such parents—

22 ‘‘(i) parental social self-sufficiency

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1 ‘‘(iii) any other activity designed to

2 help such parents become full partners in

3 the education of their children; and

4 ‘‘(E) to provide, with respect to each par5 ticipating family, a family needs assessment

6 that includes consultation with such parents

7 about the benefits of parent involvement and

8 about the activities described in subparagraphs

9 (C) and (D) in which such parents may choose

10 to become involved (taking into consideration

11 their specific family needs, work schedules, and

12 other responsibilities;’’;

13 (2) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after

14 the semicolon;

15 (3) by striking paragraph (8); and

16 (4) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para17 graph (8).

18 (b) FUNCTIONS OF HEAD START AGENCIES.—Sec19 tion 642(b) is amended—

20 (1) in paragraph (4), to read as follows:

21 ‘‘(4) seek the involvement of parents of partici22 pating children in activities designed to help such

23 parents become full partners in the education of

24 their children, and to afford such parents the oppor25 tunity to participate in the development, conduct,
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1 and overall performance of the program at the local

2 level;’’;

3 (2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after

4 the semicolon;

5 (3) by striking paragraph (6);

6 (4) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (7) as

7 paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; and

8 (5) by inserting after paragraph (4) the follow9 ing new paragraphs:

10 ‘‘(5) offer (directly or through referral to local

11 entities, such as Even Start programs) to parents of

12 participating children family literacy services and

13 parenting skills training;

14 ‘‘(6) at the option of such agency, offer (di15 rectly or through referral to local entities) to such

16 parents parental social self-sufficiency training, sub17 stance abuse counseling, or any other activity de18 signed to help such parents become full partners in

19 the education of their children;

20 ‘‘(7) provide, with respect to each participating

21 family, a family needs assessment that includes con22 sultation with such parents about the benefits of

23 parent involvement and about the activities described

24 in paragraphs (4) through (6) in which such parents

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1 their specific family needs, work schedules, and

2 other responsibilities);’’.

3 (c) ‘‘FAMILY LITERACY SERVICES’’.—Section 637 is

4 amended by adding after paragraph (11) the following

5 new paragraph:

6 ‘‘(12) The term ‘family literacy services’ in7 cludes activities such as the following: interactive lit8 eracy activities between parents and their children,

9 training for parents on how to be their children’s

10 primary teacher and to be full partners in the edu11 cation of their children, parent literacy training, and

12 early childhood education.’’.

13 SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

14 Section 639, as amended by section 8(b), is further

15 amended—

16 (1) in subsection (a) by striking all that follows

17 ‘‘651A)’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as necessary for

18 fiscal year 1995 and each of the three succeeding

19 fiscal years.’’; and

20 (2) by striking subsection (b) and redesignating

21 subsection (c) as subsection (b).

22 SEC. 13. MINOR AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

23 (a) DEFINITION OF ‘‘POVERTY LINE’’.—(1) Section

24 637(9) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(9) The term ‘poverty line’ means the official

2 poverty line (as defined by the Office of Manage3 ment and Budget).’’.

4 (2) Section 652 is repealed.

5 (b) UPDATING OF HOLD-HARMLESS FOR INDIAN

6 AND MIGRANT PROGRAMS.—Section 640(a)(2)(A) is

7 amended by striking ‘‘1990’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’.

8 (c) USE OF HEAD START FUNDS FOR FULL-DAY

9 AND FULL-YEAR SERVICES.—Section 640(h) is amended

10 by striking ‘‘Each Head Start program may’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘Financial assistance provided under this subchapter

12 may be used by each Head Start program to’’.

13 (d) DESIGNATION OF HEAD START AGENCIES.—Sec14 tion 641(c), as amended by section 2 of this Act, is further

15 amended—

16 (1) in the first sentence—

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘(subject to paragraph

18 (2))’’ before ‘‘, the Secretary shall give prior19 ity’’; and

20 (B) by striking ‘‘unless’’ and all that fol21 lows through the end of subparagraph (A) and

22 inserting the following: ‘‘unless the Secretary

23 makes a finding that the agency involved fails

24 to meet program, fiscal, and other requirements

25 established by the Secretary.’’;
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1 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as para2 graph (2) and relocating the left margin two ems to

3 the left;

4 (3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated—

5 (A) by striking ‘‘except that, if’’ and in6 serting ‘‘If’’; and

7 (B) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and

8 inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and

9 (4) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding any other pro10 vision of this paragraph’’ and inserting the follow11 ing:

12 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of

13 this subsection’’.

14 (e) FEDERAL REGISTER PUBLICATION REQUIRE15 MENT.—Section 644(d) is amended by striking ‘‘guide16 lines, instructions,’’.

17 (f) DURATION OF SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE CHIL18 DREN.—Section 645(c) is amended—

19 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘may pro20 vide’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘shall be

21 permitted to provide more than one year of Head

22 Start services to eligible children in the State.’’; and

23 (2) by striking the second sentence.
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1 SEC. 14. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 The provisions of this Act shall be effective with re3 spect to fiscal year 1995 and succeeding fiscal years.

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