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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1650

To establish the Child Care Provider Retention and Development Grant

Program and the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 1, 2001

Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. SANDERS,

Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. SCOTT, and Mrs. DAVIS of California)

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on

Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To establish the Child Care Provider Retention and Development Grant Program and the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program.

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 ‘‘Focus On Committed and Underpaid Staff for Children’s

6 Sake Act’’ or as the ‘‘FOCUS Act’’.

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.

Sec. 3. Definitions.
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Sec. 4. Funds for child care provider retention and development grants and for

child care provider scholarships.

Sec. 5. Application and plan.

Sec. 6. Allotments to States.

Sec. 7. Child Care Provider Retention and Development Grant Program.

Sec. 8. Child Care Provider Scholarship Program.

Sec. 9. Annual report.

Sec. 10. Authorization of appropriations.

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find3 ings:

4 (1) Research on early brain development and

5 early childhood demonstrates that the experiences

6 children have and the attachments they form early

7 in life have a decisive, long-lasting impact on their

8 later development and learning.

9 (2) High-quality, developmentally appropriate

10 child care beginning in early childhood and con11 tinuing through the years that children are in school

12 improves the scholastic success and educational at13 tainments of children that persist into adulthood.

14 (3) According to a growing body of research,

15 the single most important determinant of child care

16 quality is the presence of consistent, sensitive, well17 trained, and well-compensated child care providers;

18 however, child care programs nationwide experience

19 high turnover in teaching staff, fueled by poor com20 pensation and few opportunities for advancement.
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1 (4) The Department of Labor reports that in

2 1999 the average wage for a child care provider was

3 $7.42 per hour, or $15,430 annually. For a full4 time, full-year work, the wages of a child care pro5 vider were not much above the 1999 poverty thresh6 old of $13,423 for a single parent with two children.

7 Family child care providers earned even less. The

8 median wage of a family child care provider in 1999

9 was $264 weekly, or $13,728 annually.

10 (5) Despite the important role child care pro11 viders may play in early child development and

12 learning, child care providers earn less than bus

13 drivers ($26,460), barbers ($20,970), and janitors

14 ($18,220).

15 (6) Employer-sponsored benefits are minimal

16 for most child care staff. Even among child care cen17 ters, the availability of health care coverage for staff

18 remains woefully inadequate.

19 (7) To offer compensation that would be suffi20 cient to attract and retain qualified child care staff,

21 child care programs would be required to charge fees

22 that many parents could not afford. In programs

23 that serve low-income children who qualify for Fed24 eral and State child care subsidies, the reimburse25 ment rates set by the State strongly influence the
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1 level of compensation that staff receive. Current re2 imbursement rates for center-based child care serv3 ices and family child care services are insufficient to

4 recruit and retain qualified child care providers and

5 to ensure high-quality services for children.

6 (8) Teachers leaving the profession are replaced

7 by staff with less education and formal training in

8 early child development.

9 (9) As a result of low wages and limited bene10 fits, many child care providers do not stay long in

11 the child care field. Approximately thirty percent of

12 all teaching staff leave their child care centers each

13 year.

14 (10) Child care providers, as well as the chil15 dren, families, and businesses that depend upon

16 them, suffer the consequences of inadequate com17 pensation. This is true, with few exceptions, for pro18 viders in all types of programs: subsidized, non19 subsidized, for-profit, nonprofit, large, and small

20 child care settings.

21 (11) Because of the severe shortage of qualified

22 staff available for employment by child care pro23 grams nationwide, several States have recently initi24 ated programs to improve the quality of child care

25 by increasing the training and compensation of child
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1 care providers. Such programs encourage the train2 ing, education and increased retention of qualified

3 child care providers by offering financial incentives,

4 including scholarships and compensation increases,

5 that range from $350 to $6,500 annually.

6 (b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to estab7 lish the Child Care Provider Retention and Development

8 Grant Program and the Child Care Provider Scholarship

9 Program, to help children receive the high quality child

10 care and early education they need for positive cognitive

11 and social development, by rewarding and promoting re12 tention of committed, qualified child care providers and

13 by providing financial assistance to improve the edu14 cational qualifications of child care providers.

15 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

16 In this Act:

17 (1) CHILD CARE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘child

18 care provider’’ means an individual who provides a

19 service directly to a child on a person to person basis

20 for compensation at—

21 (A) a center-based child care provider that

22 is licensed or regulated under State law and

23 that satisfies the State and local requirements

24 applicable to the child care services provided,
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1 (B) a licensed or regulated family child

2 care provider that satisfies the State and local

3 requirements applicable to the child care serv4 ices provided, or

5 (C) an out-of-school time program that is

6 licensed or regulated under State law and that

7 satisfies the State and local requirements appli8 cable to the child care services provided.

9 (2) FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDER.—The term

10 ‘‘family child care provider’’ has the meaning given

11 such term in section 658P of the Child Care and

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

13 9858n).

14 (3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’

15 has the meaning given such term in section 4(e) of

16 the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist17 ance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e).

18 (4) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION.—The term ‘‘in19 kind contribution’’ means payment of the cost of

20 participation of child care providers in health insur21 ance programs or retirement programs.

22 (5) LEAD AGENCY.—The term ‘‘lead agency’’

23 means the agency designated under section 658D of

24 the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of

25 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b).
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1 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

2 the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

3 (7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of

4 the several States, the District of Columbia, the

5 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American

6 Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar7 iana Islands.

8 (8) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘tribal

9 organization’’ has the meaning given such term in

10 section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu11 cation Assistance Act.

12 SEC. 4. FUNDS FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDER RETENTION

13 AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AND FOR CHILD

14 CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIPS.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may allot funds ap16 propriated to carry out this Act to eligible States for dis17 tribution to pay the Federal share of the cost of making

18 grants under this Act to eligible child care providers.

19 (b) ALLOTMENTS.—Funds allotted under section 6

20 shall be distributed by the Secretary, and expended by the

21 States (directly, or at the option of the States, through

22 units of general purpose local government), and by Indian

23 tribes and tribal organizations, in accordance with this

24 Act.
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1 SEC. 5. APPLICATION AND PLAN.

2 (a) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a dis3 tribution of funds allotted under section 6, a State shall

4 submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in

5 such manner, and containing such information as the Sec6 retary may require by rule and shall include in such appli7 cation a State plan that satisfies the requirements of sub8 section (b).

9 (b) REQUIREMENTS OF PLAN.—

10 (1) LEAD AGENCY.—The State plan shall iden11 tify the lead agency to make grants under this Act.

12 (2) RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF CHILD

13 CARE PROVIDERS.—The State plan shall describe

14 how the lead agency will encourage both the recruit15 ment of child care providers who are new to the

16 child care field and the retention of child care pro17 viders who have a demonstrated commitment to the

18 child care field.

19 (3) NOTIFICATION OF GRANT AVAILABILITY.—

20 The State plan shall describe how the lead agency

21 will identify and notify all eligible child care pro22 viders in the State of the availability of grants under

23 this Act.

24 (4) DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS.—The State

25 plan shall describe how the lead agency will make

26 grants under sections 7 and 8 to child care providers
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1 in selected geographical areas in the State in compli2 ance with the following requirements:

3 (A) SELECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL

4 AREAS.—For the purpose of making such

5 grants for a fiscal year, the State shall select a

6 variety of geographical areas, determined by the

7 State, that—

8 (i) includes urban areas, suburban

9 areas, and rural areas, and

10 (ii) contains diversity of income levels,

11 but shall give special consideration to geo12 graphical areas selected under this subpara13 graph for the preceding fiscal year.

14 (B) SELECTION OF CHILD CARE PRO15 VIDERS TO RECEIVE GRANTS.—The State may

16 make grants under section 7 only to eligible

17 child care providers in geographical areas se18 lected under subparagraph (A), but—

19 (i) may give special consideration in

20 such areas to eligible grant applicants who

21 have attained a higher relevant educational

22 credential, who provide a specific kind of

23 child care services, who provide child care

24 services to populations who meet specific

25 economic characteristics, or who meet such
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1 other criteria as the State may establish,

2 and

3 (ii) shall give special consideration to

4 eligible grant applicants who received a

5 grant under such section in the preceding

6 fiscal year.

7 (C) LIMITATION.—The State shall describe

8 how the State will ensure that grants made

9 under section 7 to child care providers will not

10 be used to offset reductions in the compensation

11 of such providers.

12 (D) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—With re13 spect to each particular geographical area se14 lected, the State shall agree for each fiscal year

15 for which such State receives a grant under this

16 section—

17 (i) to include in the report required by

18 section 9, detailed information regarding—

19 (I) the continuity of employment

20 of grant recipients as child care pro21 viders with the same employer,

22 (II) with respect to each em23 ployer that employed a grant recipi24 ent, whether such employer was ac25 credited by a recognized State or na-
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1 tional accrediting body during the pe2 riod of employment, and

3 (III) to the extent practicable

4 and available to the State, detailed in5 formation regarding the rate and fre6 quency of employment turnover of

7 qualified child care providers through8 out such area,

9 during the 2-year period ending on the

10 date of applications for grants under sec11 tion 7, and

12 (ii) to provide a follow-up report, not

13 later than 90 days after the end of the suc14 ceeding fiscal year that includes informa15 tion regarding—

16 (I) the continuity of employment

17 of grant recipients as child care pro18 viders with the same employer,

19 (II) with respect to each em20 ployer that employed a grant recipi21 ent, whether such employer was ac22 credited by a recognized State or na23 tional accrediting body during the pe24 riod of employment, and
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1 (III) to the extent practicable

2 and available to the State, detailed in3 formation regarding the rate and fre4 quency of employment turnover of

5 qualified child care providers through6 out such area,

7 during the 1-year period beginning on the

8 date grants are made under section 7 to

9 applicants.

10 (5) CHILD CARE PROVIDER RETENTION AND

11 DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM.—The State plan

12 shall describe how the lead agency will determine the

13 dollar amounts of grants made with funds available

14 to carry out section 7 in accordance with the fol15 lowing requirements:

16 (A) The State shall demonstrate that the

17 amounts of individual grants to be made under

18 section 7 will be sufficient—

19 (i) to encourage child care providers

20 to improve their qualifications, and

21 (ii) to retain qualified child care pro22 viders in the child care field.

23 (B) Such grants made to child care pro24 viders who have a child development associate

25 credential and who are employed full-time to
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1 provide child care services shall be in an

2 amount that is not less than $1,000 per year.

3 (C) The State shall make such grants in

4 larger dollar amounts to child care providers

5 who have higher levels of education than a cre6 dential such as a child development associate

7 credential, according to the following require8 ments:

9 (i) A child care provider who has a

10 baccalaureate degree in the area of child

11 development or early child education shall

12 receive a grant that is not less than twice

13 the amount of the grant that is made to a

14 child care provider who has an associate of

15 the arts degree in the area of child devel16 opment or early child education.

17 (ii) A child care provider who has an

18 associate of the arts degree in the area of

19 child development or early child education

20 shall receive a grant that is not less than

21 150 percent of the amount of the grant

22 that is made to a child care provider who

23 has a child development associate creden24 tial.
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1 (iii)(I) Except as provided in sub2 clause (II), a child care provider who has

3 a baccalaureate degree in a field other

4 than child development or early child edu5 cation shall receive a grant equal to the

6 grant made to a child care provider who

7 has an associate of the arts degree in the

8 area of child development or early child

9 education.

10 (II) If a child care provider who has

11 such baccalaureate degree obtains addi12 tional educational training in the area of

13 child development or early child education,

14 as specified by the State, such provider

15 shall receive a grant equal to the grant re16 quired under clause (i).

17 (D) The State shall make such grants in

18 larger dollar amounts to child care providers

19 who work full-time relative to the grant amount

20 made to child care providers who work part21 time, based on the State definitions of full-time

22 and part-time work.

23 (E) The State shall provide grants in pro24 gressively larger dollar amounts to child care
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1 providers to reflect the number of years worked

2 as a child care provider.

3 (6) DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD CARE PROVIDER

4 SCHOLARSHIPS.—The State plan shall describe how

5 the lead agency will make scholarship grants in com6 pliance with section 8 and shall specify the types of

7 educational and training programs for which schol8 arship grants made under such section may be used,

9 including only programs that—

10 (A) are administered by institutions of

11 higher education that are eligible to participate

12 in student financial assistance programs under

13 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965

14 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), and

15 (B) lead to a State or nationally recog16 nized credential in the area of child develop17 ment or early child education, an associate of

18 the arts degree in the area of child development

19 or early child education, or a baccalaureate de20 gree in the area of child development or early

21 child education.

22 (7) EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION.—The State

23 plan shall describe how the lead agency will encour24 age employers of child care providers to contribute
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1 to the attainment of education goals by child care

2 providers who receive grants under section 8.

3 (8) SUPPLEMENTATION.—The State plan shall

4 provide assurances that funds received by the State

5 to carry out sections 7 and 8 will be used only to

6 supplement, not to supplant, Federal, State, and

7 local funds otherwise available to support existing

8 services and activities that encourage child care pro9 viders to improve their qualifications and that pro10 mote the retention of qualified child care providers

11 in the child care field.

12 SEC. 6. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.

13 (a) AMOUNTS RESERVED.—

14 (1) TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS.—The Secretary shall reserve not more than 1 15 ⁄2 of 1 percent

16 of the funds appropriated to carry out this Act for

17 any fiscal year for distribution to Guam, American

18 Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern

19 Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with

20 their respective needs.

21 (2) INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZA22 TIONS.—The Secretary shall reserve not more than

23 3 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this

24 Act for any fiscal year for distribution to Indian
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1 tribes and tribal organizations with applications ap2 proved under subsection (c).

3 (b) ALLOTMENTS TO REMAINING STATES.—

4 (1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—From the funds

5 appropriated to carry out this Act for any fiscal year

6 remaining after reserving funds under subsection

7 (a), the Secretary shall allot to each State (excluding

8 Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of

9 the Northern Mariana Islands) an amount equal to

10 the sum of—

11 (A) an amount that bears the same ratio

12 to 50 percent of such remainder as the product

13 of the young child factor of the State and the

14 allotment percentage of the State bears to the

15 sum of the corresponding products for all

16 States, and

17 (B) an amount that bears the same ratio

18 to 50 percent of such remainder as the product

19 of the school lunch factor of the State and the

20 allotment percentage of the State bears to the

21 sum of the corresponding products for all

22 States.

23 (2) YOUNG CHILD FACTOR.—The term ‘‘young

24 child factor’’ means the ratio of the number of chil25 dren in the State under 5 years of age to the num-
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1 ber of such children in all States as provided by the

2 most recent annual estimates of population in the

3 States by the Bureau of the Census.

4 (3) SCHOOL LUNCH FACTOR.—The term

5 ‘‘school lunch factor’’ means the ratio of the number

6 of children in the State who are receiving free or re7 duced price lunches under the school lunch program

8 established under the National School Lunch Act

9 (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) to the number of such chil10 dren in all the States as determined annually by the

11 Department of Agriculture.

12 (4) ALLOTMENT PERCENTAGE.—

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—The allotment percent14 age for a State is determined by dividing the

15 per capita income of all individuals in the

16 United States, by the per capita income of all

17 individuals in the State.

18 (B) LIMITATIONS.—If an allotment per19 centage determined under subparagraph (A)—

20 (i) is more than 1.2 percent, then the

21 allotment percentage of that State shall be

22 considered to be 1.2 percent, and

23 (ii) is less than 0.8 percent, then the

24 allotment percentage of the State shall be

25 considered to be 0.8 percent.
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1 (C) PER CAPITA INCOME.—For purposes

2 of subparagraph (A), per capita income shall

3 be—

4 (i) determined at 2-year intervals,

5 (ii) applied for the 2-year period be6 ginning on October 1 of the first fiscal

7 year beginning on the date such deter8 mination is made, and

9 (iii) equal to the average of the an10 nual per capita incomes for the most re11 cent period of 3 consecutive years for

12 which satisfactory data are available from

13 the Department of Commerce at the time

14 such determination is made.

15 (c) ALLOTMENTS TO INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL

16 ORGANIZATIONS.—

17 (1) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From amounts

18 reserved under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary may

19 make allotments to Indian tribes and tribal organi20 zations that submit applications under this sub21 section, to plan and carry out programs and activi22 ties to encourage child care providers to improve

23 their qualifications and to retain qualified child care

24 providers in the child care field.
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1 (2) APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.—An

2 application for an allotment to an Indian tribe or

3 tribal organization under this section shall provide

4 that—

5 (A) the applicant will coordinate, to the

6 maximum extent practicable, with the lead

7 agency in each State in which the applicant will

8 carry out such programs and activities, and

9 (B) will make such reports on, and conduct

10 such audits of, programs and activities under

11 this Act as the Secretary may require.

12 (d) DATA AND INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall

13 obtain from each appropriate Federal agency, the most re14 cent data and information necessary to determine the al15 lotments provided for in subsection (b).

16 (e) REALLOTMENTS.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any portion of the allotment

18 under subsection (b) to a State for a fiscal year that

19 the Secretary determines will not be distributed to

20 the State for such fiscal year shall be reallotted by

21 the Secretary to other States proportionately based

22 on allotments made under such subsection to such

23 States for such fiscal year.

24 (2) LIMITATIONS.—
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1 (A) REDUCTION.—The amount of any re2 allotment to which a State is entitled to under

3 paragraph (1) shall be reduced to the extent

4 that such amount exceeds the amount that the

5 Secretary estimates will be distributed to the

6 State to make grants under this Act.

7 (B) REALLOTMENTS.—The amount of

8 such reduction shall be reallotted proportion9 ately based on allotments made under sub10 section (b) to States with respect to which no

11 reduction in an allotment, or in a reallotment,

12 is required by this subsection.

13 (3) AMOUNTS REALLOTTED.—For purposes of

14 this Act (other than this subsection and subsection

15 (b)), any amount reallotted to a State under this

16 subsection shall be considered to be part of the allot17 ment made under subsection (b) to the State.

18 (f) COST SHARING.—

19 (1) FEDERAL SHARE.—Allotted funds distrib20 uted by the Secretary to a State for a fiscal year to

21 carry out sections 7 and 8 may be used by the State

22 to pay—

23 (A) not more than 90 percent of the cost

24 of each grant made under such sections, in the
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1 1st fiscal year for which the State receives such

2 funds,

3 (B) not more than 85 percent of the cost

4 of each grant made under such sections, in the

5 2d fiscal year for which the State receives such

6 funds,

7 (C) not more than 80 percent of the cost

8 of each grant made under such sections, in the

9 3d fiscal year for which the State receives such

10 funds, and

11 (D) not more than 75 percent of the cost

12 of each grant made under such sections, in any

13 subsequent fiscal year for which the State re14 ceives such funds.

15 (2) STATE SHARE.—The non-Federal share of

16 the cost of making such grants shall be paid by the

17 State in cash or in the form of an in-kind contribu18 tion, fairly evaluated by the Secretary.

19 (g) AVAILABILITY OF ALLOTTED FUNDS DISTRIB20 UTED TO STATES.—Of the allotted funds distributed

21 under this Act to a State for a fiscal year—

22 (1) not less than 67.5 percent shall be available

23 to the State for grants under section 7,

24 (2) not less than 22.5 percent shall be available

25 to the State for grants under section 8, and
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1 (3) not more than 10 percent shall be available

2 to pay administrative costs incurred by the State to

3 carry out this Act.

4 SEC. 7. CHILD CARE PROVIDER RETENTION AND DEVELOP5 MENT GRANT PROGRAM.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives funds allot7 ted under section 6 and made available to carry out this

8 section shall expend such funds to make grants to eligible

9 child care providers in accordance with this section, to im10 prove the qualifications and promote the retention of

11 qualified child care providers.

12 (b) ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE GRANTS.—To be eligi13 ble to receive a grant under this section, a child care pro14 vider shall—

15 (1) have a child development associate creden16 tial or equivalent, an associate of the arts degree in

17 the area of child development or early child edu18 cation, a baccalaureate degree in the area of child

19 development or early child education, or a bacca20 laureate degree in an unrelated field, and

21 (2) be employed as a child care provider for not

22 less than 1 calendar year, or the program equivalent

23 of 1 calendar year if then employed in a child care

24 program that operates for less than a full calendar

25 year, ending on the date of the application for such
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1 grant, except that not more than 3 months of edu2 cation related to child development or to early child

3 education obtained during a calendar year may be

4 treated as employment that satisfies the require5 ments of this paragraph.

6 (c) PRESERVATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—The receipt of

7 a grant under section 8 by a child care provider shall not

8 be taken into consideration for purposes of selecting eligi9 ble applicants to receive a grant under this section.

10 SEC. 8. CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives funds allot12 ted under section 6 and made available to carry out this

13 section shall expend such funds to make scholarship

14 grants to eligible child care providers in accordance with

15 this section to improve their educational qualifications to

16 provide child care services.

17 (b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIP

18 GRANTS.—As a condition of eligibility to receive a scholar19 ship grant under this section, a child care provider shall

20 be employed as a child care provider for not less than 1

21 calendar year, or the program equivalent of 1 calendar

22 year if then employed in a child care program that oper23 ates for less than a full calendar year ending on the date

24 of the application for such grant.
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1 (c) SELECTION OF GRANTEES.—For purposes of se2 lecting child care providers to receive scholarship grants

3 under this section and determining the dollar amounts of

4 such grants, a State may not—

5 (1) take into consideration whether a grant ap6 plicant is receiving, will receive, or has applied to re7 ceive any funds under any other provision of this

8 Act, or under any other Federal or State law that

9 provides funds for educational purposes, or

10 (2) consider as resources of such applicant any

11 funds such applicant is receiving, may receive, or

12 may be eligible to receive under any other provision

13 of this Act, under any other Federal or State law

14 that provides funds for educational purposes, or

15 from a private entity.

16 (d) COST SHARING REQUIRED.—The dollar amount

17 of a scholarship grant made under this section to a child

18 care provider shall be less than the cost of the education

19 for which such grant is made.

20 (e) ANNUAL MAXIMUM SCHOLARSHIP GRANT

21 AMOUNT.—The maximum aggregate dollar amount of a

22 scholarship grant made to an eligible child care provider

23 under this section in a fiscal year may not exceed $1,500.
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1 SEC. 9. ANNUAL REPORT.

2 A State that receives funds appropriated to carry out

3 this Act for a fiscal year shall submit to the Secretary,

4 not later than 90 days after the end of such fiscal year,

5 a report—

6 (1) specifying the uses for which the State ex7 pended such funds, and the aggregate amount of

8 funds (including State funds) expended for each of

9 such uses,

10 (2) containing available data relating to grants

11 made with such funds, including—

12 (A) the number of child care providers who

13 received such grants,

14 (B) the dollar amounts of such grants,

15 (C) any other information that describes or

16 evaluates the effectiveness of this Act,

17 (D) the particular geographical areas se18 lected under section 5 for the purpose of mak19 ing such grants,

20 (E) with respect to grants made under sec21 tion 7—

22 (i) the number of years grant recipi23 ents have been employed as a child care

24 provider,

25 (ii) the level of training and education

26 of grant recipients,
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1 (iii) the salaries and other compensa2 tion received by grant recipients to provide

3 child care services,

4 (iv) the number of children who re5 ceived child care services provided by grant

6 recipients,

7 (v) information on family demo8 graphics of such children,

9 (vi) the types of settings described in

10 subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section

11 3(a)(1) in which grant recipients are em12 ployed, and

13 (vii) the ages of the children who re14 ceived child care services provided by grant

15 recipients,

16 (F) with respect to grants made under sec17 tion 8—

18 (i) the number of years grant recipi19 ents have been employed as child care pro20 vider,

21 (ii) the types of settings described in

22 subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section

23 3(a)(1) in which grant recipients are em24 ployed, and
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1 (iii) the level of training and edu2 cation of grant recipients,

3 (iv) to the extent practicable and

4 available to the State, detailed information

5 regarding the salaries and other compensa6 tion received by grant recipients to provide

7 child care services before, during, and after

8 receiving such grant,

9 (vi) the ages of the children who re10 ceived child care services provided by grant

11 recipients,

12 (vi) the number of course credits or

13 credentials obtained by grant recipients,

14 and

15 (vii) the amount of time taken for

16 completion of the education for which such

17 grants were made, and

18 (G) such other information as the Sec19 retary may require by rule.

20 SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

21 There is authorized to be appropriated

22 $5,000,000,000 in the aggregate for fiscal years 2002

23 through 2006 to carry out this Act.

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