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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1309

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

of age.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 22, 1997

Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. BOND, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr.

KENNEDY, Mr. HOLLINGS, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. WELLSTONE, Ms.

MOSELEY-BRAUN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. TORRICELLI, and Mr. JOHNSON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

A BILL

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

under 6 years of age.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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

5 ‘‘Early Childhood Development Act of 1997’’.

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

7 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings.
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TITLE I—ASSISTANCE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

Sec. 101. Definitions.

Sec. 102. Allotments to States.

Sec. 103. Grants to local collaboratives.

Sec. 104. Supplement not supplant.

Sec. 105. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE II—CHILD CARE FOR FAMILIES

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

1990.

TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO THE HEAD START ACT

Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 302. Allotment of funds.

Sec. 303. Effective date.

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 Congress makes the following findings—

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

4 ensure that children begin school ready to learn.

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

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

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

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

11 cells as there are stars in the Milky Way. But the

12 wiring pattern between these neurons develops over

13 time. Children who play very little or are rarely

14 touched develop brains that are 20 to 30 percent

15 smaller than normal for their age.

16 (3) This scientific evidence also conclusively

17 demonstrates that enhancing children’s physical, so-
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1 cial, emotional, and intellectual development will re2 sult in tremendous benefits for children, families,

3 and our Nation.

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

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

6 the home, our society must change to provide new

7 supports so young children receive the attention and

8 care that they need.

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

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

11 in poverty.

12 (6) Compared with most other industrialized

13 countries, the United States has a higher infant

14 mortality rate, a higher proportion of low-birth

15 weight babies, and a smaller proportion of babies

16 immunized against childhood diseases.

17 (7) National and local studies have found a

18 strong link between increased violence and crime

19 among youth when there is no early intervention.

20 (8) The United States will spend more than

21 $35,000,000,000 over the next 5 years on Federal

22 programs for at-risk or delinquent youth and child

23 welfare programs, which address crisis situations

24 which frequently could be avoided or made much less

25 severe with good early interventions.
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1 (9) Many local communities across the country

2 have developed successful early childhood efforts and

3 with additional resources could expand and enhance

4 opportunities for young children.

5 TITLE I—ASSISTANCE FOR

6 YOUNG CHILDREN

7 SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

8 In this title:

9 (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term

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

11 the term in section 14101 of the Elementary and

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

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

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

15 Management and Budget, and revised annually in

16 accordance with section 673(2) of the Community

17 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) appli18 cable to a family of the size involved.

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

20 the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

21 (4) STATE BOARD.—The term ‘‘State board’’

22 means a State Early Learning Coordinating Board

23 established under section 102(c).

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

25 means an individual from birth through age 5.
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1 (6) YOUNG CHILD ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES.—

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

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

4 of section 103(b).

5 SEC. 102. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make allot7 ments under subsection (b) to eligible States to pay for

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

9 make grants to local collaboratives under section 103 for

10 young child assistance activities.

11 (b) ALLOTMENT.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the funds appro13 priated under section 105 for each fiscal year and

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

15 allot to each eligible State an amount that bears the

16 same relationship to such funds as the total number

17 of young children in poverty in the State bears to

18 the total number of young children in poverty in all

19 eligible States.

20 (2) YOUNG CHILD IN POVERTY.—In this sub21 section, the term ‘‘young child in poverty’’ means an

22 individual who—

23 (A) is a young child; and

24 (B) is a member of a family with an in25 come below the poverty line.
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1 (c) STATE BOARDS.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order for a State to be el3 igible to obtain an allotment under this title, the

4 Governor of the State shall establish, or designate

5 an entity to serve as, a State Early Learning Co6 ordinating Board, which shall receive the allotment

7 and make the grants described in section 103.

8 (2) ESTABLISHED BOARD.—A State board es9 tablished under paragraph (1) shall consist of the

10 Governor and members appointed by the Governor,

11 including—

12 (A) representatives of all State agencies

13 primarily providing services to young children

14 in the State;

15 (B) representatives of business in the

16 State;

17 (C) chief executive officers of political sub18 divisions in the State;

19 (D) parents of young children in the State;

20 (E) officers of community organizations

21 serving low-income individuals, as defined by

22 the Secretary, in the State;

23 (F) representatives of State nonprofit or24 ganizations that represent the interests of
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1 young children in poverty, as defined in sub2 section (b), in the State;

3 (G) representatives of organizations pro4 viding services to young children and the par5 ents of young children, such as organizations

6 providing child care, carrying out Head Start

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

8 9831 et seq.), providing services through a fam9 ily resource center, providing home visits, or

10 providing health care services, in the State; and

11 (H) representatives of local educational

12 agencies.

13 (3) DESIGNATED BOARD.—The Governor may

14 designate an entity to serve as the State board

15 under paragraph (1) if the entity includes the Gov16 ernor and the members described in subparagraphs

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

18 (4) DESIGNATED STATE AGENCY.—The Gov19 ernor shall designate a State agency that has a rep20 resentative on the State board to provide adminis21 trative oversight concerning the use of funds made

22 available under this title and ensure accountability

23 for the funds.

24 (d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive an allot25 ment under this title, a State board shall annually submit
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1 an application to the Secretary at such time, in such man2 ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may

3 require. At a minimum, the application shall contain—

4 (1) sufficient information about the entity es5 tablished or designated under subsection (c) to serve

6 as the State board to enable the Secretary to deter7 mine whether the entity complies with the require8 ments of such subsection;

9 (2) a comprehensive State plan for carrying out

10 young child assistance activities;

11 (3) an assurance that the State board will pro12 vide such information as the Secretary shall by regu13 lation require on the amount of State and local pub14 lic funds expended in the State to provide services

15 for young children; and

16 (4) an assurance that the State board shall an17 nually compile and submit to the Secretary informa18 tion from the reports referred to in section

19 103(d)(2)(F)(iii) that describes the results referred

20 to in section 103(d)(2)(F)(i).

21 (e) FEDERAL SHARE.—

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

23 cost described in subsection (a) shall be—

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

25 which the Federal medical assistance percent-
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1 age (as defined in section 1905(b) of the Social

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

3 than 50 percent but is less than 60 percent;

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

5 which such percentage is not less than 60 per6 cent but is less than 70 percent; and

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

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

9 (2) STATE SHARE.—

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—The State shall contrib11 ute the remaining share (referred to in this

12 paragraph as the ‘‘State share’’) of the cost de13 scribed in subsection (a).

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

15 shall be in cash.

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

17 the State share of the cost from State or local

18 sources, or through donations from private enti19 ties.

20 (f) STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—

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

22 than 5 percent of the funds made available through

23 an allotment made under this title to pay for a por24 tion, not to exceed 50 percent, of State administra25 tive costs related to carrying out this title.
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1 (2) WAIVER.—A State may apply to the Sec2 retary for a waiver of paragraph (1). The Secretary

3 may grant the waiver if the Secretary finds that un4 usual circumstances prevent the State from comply5 ing with paragraph (1). A State that receives such

6 a waiver may use not more than 7.5 percent of the

7 funds made available through the allotment to pay

8 for the State administrative costs.

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

10 activities of States that receive allotments under this title

11 to ensure compliance with the requirements of this title,

12 including compliance with the State plans.

13 (h) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Secretary determines

14 that a State that has received an allotment under this title

15 is not complying with a requirement of this title, the Sec16 retary may—

17 (1) provide technical assistance to the State to

18 improve the ability of the State to comply with the

19 requirement;

20 (2) reduce, by not less than 5 percent, an allot21 ment made to the State under this section, for the

22 second determination of noncompliance;

23 (3) reduce, by not less than 25 percent, an al24 lotment made to the State under this section, for the

25 third determination of noncompliance; or
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1 (4) revoke the eligibility of the State to receive

2 allotments under this section, for the fourth or sub3 sequent determination of noncompliance.

4 (i) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—From the funds ap5 propriated under section 105 for each fiscal year, the Sec6 retary shall reserve not more than 1 percent of the funds

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

8 Secretary shall use the reserved funds to enter into con9 tracts with eligible entities to provide technical assistance,

10 to local collaboratives that receive grants under section

11 103, relating to the functions of the local collaboratives

12 under this title.

13 SEC. 103. GRANTS TO LOCAL COLLABORATIVES.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—A State board that receives an al15 lotment under section 102 shall use the funds made avail16 able through the allotment, and the State contribution

17 made under section 102(e)(2), to pay for the Federal and

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

19 basis, to local collaboratives to carry out young child as20 sistance activities.

21 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—A local collaborative that re22 ceives a grant made under subsection (a)—

23 (1) shall use funds made available through the

24 grant to provide, in a community, activities that con25 sist of education and supportive services, such as—
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1 (A) home visits for parents of young chil2 dren;

3 (B) services provided through community4 based family resource centers for such parents;

5 and

6 (C) collaborative pre-school efforts that

7 link parenting education for such parents to

8 early childhood learning services for young chil9 dren; and

10 (2) may use funds made available through the

11 grant—

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

13 that consist of—

14 (i) activities designed to strengthen

15 the quality of child care for young children

16 and expand the supply of high quality child

17 care services for young children;

18 (ii) health care services for young chil19 dren, including increasing the level of im20 munization for young children in the com21 munity, providing preventive health care

22 screening and education, and expanding

23 health care services in schools, child care

24 facilities, clinics in public housing projects

25 (as defined in section 3(b) of the United
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1 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.

2 1437a(b))), and mobile dental and vision

3 clinics;

4 (iii) services for children with disabil5 ities who are young children; and

6 (iv) activities designed to assist

7 schools in providing educational and other

8 support services to young children, and

9 parents of young children, in the commu10 nity, to be carried out during extended

11 hours when appropriate; and

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

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

14 in accordance with such regulations as the Sec15 retary shall prescribe.

16 (c) MULTI-YEAR FUNDING.—In making grants

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

18 grant periods of more than 1 year to local collaboratives

19 with demonstrated success in carrying out young child as20 sistance activities.

21 (d) LOCAL COLLABORATIVES.—To be eligible to re22 ceive a grant under this section for a community, a local

23 collaborative shall demonstrate that the collaborative—

24 (1) is able to provide, through a coordinated ef25 fort, young child assistance activities to young chil-
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1 dren, and parents of young children, in the commu2 nity; and

3 (2) includes—

4 (A) all public agencies primarily providing

5 services to young children in the community;

6 (B) businesses in the community;

7 (C) representatives of the local government

8 for the county or other political subdivision in

9 which the community is located;

10 (D) parents of young children in the com11 munity;

12 (E) officers of community organizations

13 serving low-income individuals, as defined by

14 the Secretary, in the community;

15 (F) community-based organizations provid16 ing services to young children and the parents

17 of young children, such as organizations provid18 ing child care, carrying out Head Start pro19 grams, or providing pre-kindergarten education,

20 mental health, or family support services; and

21 (G) nonprofit organizations that serve the

22 community and that are described in section

23 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

24 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a)

25 of such Code.
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1 (e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant

2 under this section, a local collaborative shall submit an

3 application to the State board at such time, in such man4 ner, and containing such information as the State board

5 may require. At a minimum, the application shall con6 tain—

7 (1) sufficient information about the entity de8 scribed in subsection (d)(2) to enable the State

9 board to determine whether the entity complies with

10 the requirements of such subsection; and

11 (2) a comprehensive plan for carrying out

12 young child assistance activities in the community,

13 including information indicating—

14 (A) the young child assistance activities

15 available in the community, as of the date of

16 submission of the plan, including information

17 on efforts to coordinate the activities;

18 (B) the unmet needs of young children,

19 and parents of young children, in the commu20 nity for young child assistance activities;

21 (C) the manner in which funds made avail22 able through the grant will be used—

23 (i) to meet the needs, including ex24 panding and strengthening the activities

25 described in subparagraph (A) and estab-
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1 lishing additional young child assistance

2 activities; and

3 (ii) to improve results for young chil4 dren in the community;

5 (D) how the local cooperative will use at

6 least 60 percent of the funds made available

7 through the grant to provide young child assist8 ance activities to young children and parents

9 described in subsection (f);

10 (E) the comprehensive methods that the

11 collaborative will use to ensure that—

12 (i) each entity carrying out young

13 child assistance activities through the col14 laborative will coordinate the activities with

15 such activities carried out by other entities

16 through the collaborative; and

17 (ii) the local collaborative will coordi18 nate the activities of the local collaborative

19 with—

20 (I) other services provided to

21 young children, and the parents of

22 young children, in the community;

23 and

24 (II) the activities of other local

25 collaboratives serving young children
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1 and families in the community, if any;

2 and

3 (F) the manner in which the collaborative

4 will, at such intervals as the State board may

5 require, submit information to the State board

6 to enable the State board to carry out monitor7 ing under section 102(f), including the manner

8 in which the collaborative will—

9 (i) evaluate the results achieved by

10 the collaborative for young children and

11 parents of young children through activi12 ties carried out through the grant;

13 (ii) evaluate how services can be more

14 effectively delivered to young children and

15 the parents of young children; and

16 (iii) prepare and submit to the State

17 board annual reports describing the re18 sults;

19 (3) an assurance that the local collaborative will

20 comply with the requirements of subparagraphs (D),

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

22 and

23 (4) an assurance that the local collaborative will

24 hire an administrator to oversee the provision of the
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1 activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of

2 subsection (b).

3 (f) DISTRIBUTION.—In making grants under this sec4 tion, the State board shall ensure that at least 60 percent

5 of the funds made available through each grant are used

6 to provide the young child assistance activities to young

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

8 school districts in which half or more of the students re9 ceive free or reduced price lunches under the National

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

11 (g) LOCAL SHARE.—

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

13 contribute a percentage (referred to in this sub14 section as the ‘‘local share’’) of the cost of carrying

15 out the young child assistance activities.

16 (2) PERCENTAGE.—The Secretary shall by reg17 ulation specify the percentage referred to in para18 graph (1).

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

20 in cash.

21 (4) SOURCE.—The local collaborative shall pro22 vide for the local share of the cost through donations

23 from private entities.
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1 (5) WAIVER.—The State board shall waive the

2 requirement of paragraph (1) for poor rural and

3 urban areas, as defined by the Secretary.

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

5 the activities of local collaboratives that receive grants

6 under this title to ensure compliance with the require7 ments of this title.

8 SEC. 104. SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.

9 Funds appropriated under this title shall be used to

10 supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and

11 local public funds expended to provide services for young

12 children.

13 SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

14 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

15 this title $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $500,000,000

16 for fiscal year 2000, $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal

17 years 2001 through 2003, and such sums as may be nec18 essary for fiscal year 2004 and each subsequent fiscal

19 year.
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1 TITLE II—CHILD CARE FOR

2 FAMILIES

3 SEC. 201. AMENDMENT TO CHILD CARE AND DEVELOP4 MENT BLOCK GRANT ACT OF 1990.

5 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act

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

7 U.S.C. 9858b) the following:

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

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

10 ‘‘(1) PAYMENTS.—Subject to the amount ap11 propriated under subsection (d), each State shall, for

12 the purpose of providing child care assistance on be13 half of children under 6 years of age, receive pay14 ments under this section in accordance with the for15 mula described in section 658O.

16 ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—The Secretary shall re17 serve 2 percent of the amount appropriated to carry

18 out this section in each fiscal year for payments to

19 Indian tribes and tribal organizations.

20 ‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—Any amount appropriated

21 for a fiscal year under subsection (d), and remaining

22 after the Secretary awards grants under paragraph

23 (1) and after the reservation under paragraph (2),

24 shall be used by the Secretary to make additional
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1 grants to States based on the formula under para2 graph (1).

3 ‘‘(4) REALLOTMENT.—

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any portion of the al5 lotment under paragraph (1) to a State that

6 the Secretary determines is not required by the

7 State to carry out the activities described in

8 subsection (b), in the period for which the allot9 ment is made available, shall be reallotted by

10 the Secretary to other States in proportion to

11 the original allotments to the other States.

12 ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.—

13 ‘‘(i) REDUCTION.—The amount of any

14 reallotment to which a State is entitled to

15 under subparagraph (A) shall be reduced

16 to the extent that it exceeds the amount

17 that the Secretary estimates will be used in

18 the State to carry out the activities de19 scribed in subsection (b).

20 ‘‘(ii) REALLOTMENTS.—The amount

21 of such reduction shall be similarly reallot22 ted among States for which no reduction in

23 an allotment or reallotment is required by

24 this paragraph.
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1 ‘‘(C) INDIAN TRIBES OR TRIBAL ORGANI2 ZATIONS.—Any portion of a grant made to an

3 Indian tribe or tribal organization under para4 graph (2) that the Secretary determines is not

5 being used in a manner consistent with sub6 section (b) in the period for which the grant or

7 contract is made available, shall be allotted by

8 the Secretary to other tribes or organizations in

9 accordance with their respective needs.

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

11 State under a grant under this section shall be avail12 able for use by the State during the fiscal year for

13 which the funds are provided and for the following

14 2 fiscal years.

15 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—

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

17 State under this section shall be used to provide

18 child care assistance, on a sliding fee scale basis, on

19 behalf of eligible children (as determined under

20 paragraph (2)) to enable the parents of such chil21 dren to secure high quality care for such children.

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

23 child care assistance from a State under this section,

24 a child shall—

25 ‘‘(A) be under 6 years of age;
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1 ‘‘(B) be residing with at least one parent

2 who is employed or enrolled in a school or

3 training program or otherwise requires child

4 care as a preventive or protective service (as de5 termined under rules established by the Sec6 retary); and

7 ‘‘(C) have a family income that is less than

8 85 percent of the State median income for a

9 family of the size involved.

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

11 set-aside 10 percent of the amounts received by the

12 State under a grant under subsection (a)(1) for a

13 fiscal year for the establishment of a program to es14 tablish innovations in infant and toddler care, in15 cluding models for—

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

17 networks;

18 ‘‘(B) the training of child care providers

19 for infant and toddler care; and

20 ‘‘(C) the support, renovation, and mod21 ernization of facilities used for child care pro22 grams serving infants.

23 ‘‘(4) POVERTY LINE.—As used in this sub24 section, the term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the income

25 official poverty line (as defined by the Office of Man-
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1 agement and Budget, and revised annually in ac2 cordance with section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget

3 Reconciliation Act of 1981) that is applicable to a

4 family of the size involved.

5 ‘‘(c) LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE.—

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

7 the levels of assistance provided by States on behalf

8 of eligible children under this section, a State shall

9 be permitted to adjust rates above the market rates

10 to ensure that families have access to high quality

11 infant and toddler care.

12 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—In administer13 ing this section, the Secretary shall encourage States

14 to provide additional assistance on behalf of children

15 for enriched infant and toddler services.

16 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—In providing

17 assistance to eligible children under this section, a

18 State shall ensure that an eligible child with a family

19 income that is less than 100 percent of the poverty

20 line for a family of the size involved is eligible to re21 ceive 100 percent of the amount of the assistance for

22 which the child is eligible.

23 ‘‘(d) APPROPRIATION.—For grants under this sec24 tion, there are appropriated—

25 ‘‘(1) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
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1 ‘‘(2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2000;

2 ‘‘(3) $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years

3 2001 through 2003; and

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

5 year 2004 and each subsequent fiscal year.

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

7 of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall prepare

8 and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a

9 report concerning—

10 ‘‘(1) the appropriate child to staff ratios for in11 fants and toddlers in child care settings, including

12 child care centers and family child care homes; and

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

14 care.

15 ‘‘(f) APPLICATION OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—

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

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

18 describe the activities that the State intends to carry

19 out using amounts received under this section, in20 cluding a description of the levels of assistance to be

21 provided.

22 ‘‘(2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Amounts pro23 vided to a State under this section shall be subject

24 to the requirements and limitations of this sub-
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1 chapter except that section 658E(c)(3), 658F, 658G,

2 658J, and 658O shall not apply.’’.

3 TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO

4 THE HEAD START ACT

5 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

7 9834(a)) is amended by inserting before the period at the

8 end the following: ‘‘, $4,900,000,000 for fiscal year 1999,

9 $5,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $6,100,000,000 for

10 fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for

11 fiscal year 2002’’.

12 SEC. 302. ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.

13 Section 640(a)(6) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.

14 9835(a)(6)) is amended—

15 (1) by striking ‘‘1997, and’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘1997,’’; and

17 (2) by inserting after ‘‘1998,’’ the following: ‘‘6

18 percent for fiscal year 1999, 7 percent for fiscal year

19 2000, 8 percent for fiscal year 2001, and 10 percent

20 for fiscal year 2002,’’.

21 SEC. 303. EFFECTIVE DATE.

22 This title and the amendments made by this title

23 shall take effect on October 1, 1998.

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