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Union Calendar No. 38 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1429 

[Report No. 110–67] 

To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand 

access, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 9, 2007 

Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. CASTLE, 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mrs. MCCARTHY

of New York, Mr. WU, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ

of California, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. HIRONO, 

Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. CLARKE, and Ms. SHEA-PORTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

MARCH 23, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. SIRES, Mr. 

STARK, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. HOLT, 

Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. CROWLEY

MARCH 23, 2007 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 9, 2007] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program 

quality, to expand access, and for other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Head Start 

5 Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 

7 Section 636 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831) 

8 is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 636. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 

10 ‘‘It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote the 

11 school readiness of low-income children— 

12 ‘‘(1) by enhancing their cognitive, social, and 

13 emotional development in a learning environment 

14 that supports children’s growth in language, literacy, 

15 mathematics, science, social and emotional func16 tioning, physical skills, and approaches to learning; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(2) through the provision to low-income chil19 dren and their families of health, educational, nutri20 tional, social, and other services that are determined, 

21 based on family needs assessments, to be necessary.’’. 

22 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

23 Section 637 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832) 

24 is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (16) and (17) 

2 as paragraphs (22) and (23), respectively, 

3 (2) by redesignating paragraph (15) as para4 graph (20), respectively, 

5 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through 

6 (14) as paragraphs (15) through (18), respectively, 

7 (4) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para8 graph (13), 

9 (5) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (9) 

10 as paragraphs (3) through (10), respectively, 

11 (6) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(2) The term ‘deficiency’ means— 

14 ‘‘(A) systemic or significant material fail15 ure of a Head Start agency in an area of per16 formance that the Secretary determines in17 volves— 

18 ‘‘(i) a threat to the health, safety, or 

19 civil rights of children or staff; 

20 ‘‘(ii) a denial to parents of the exercise 

21 of their full roles and responsibilities related 

22 to program governance; 

23 ‘‘(iii) a failure to perform the require24 ments of section 641A(a), as determined by 

25 the Secretary; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) the misuse of funds received 

2 under this subchapter; 

3 ‘‘(v) loss of legal status (as determined 

4 by the Secretary) or financial viability, loss 

5 of permits, debarment from receiving Fed6 eral grants or contracts, or the improper 

7 use of Federal funds; or 

8 ‘‘(vi) failure to meet any other of Fed9 eral or State requirement; or 

10 ‘‘(B) material failure of the board of direc11 tors of a Head Start agency to meet its legal and 

12 fiduciary responsibilities.’’, 

13 (7) by inserting after paragraph (10), as so re14 designated the following: 

15 ‘‘(11) The term ‘homeless children’ has the mean16 ing given such term in section 725(2) of the McKin17 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 11434a(2)). 

19 ‘‘(12) The term ‘homeless family’ means the fam20 ily of a homeless child.’’, 

21 (8) by inserting after paragraph (13), as so re22 designated the following: 

23 ‘‘(14) The terms ‘limited English proficient’ and 

24 ‘limited English proficiency’ mean with respect to an 

25 individual, that such individual— 


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1 ‘‘(A)(i) was not born in the United States 

2 or has a native language that is not English; 

3 ‘‘(ii)(I) is a Native American, an Alaska 

4 Native, or a native resident of a territory or pos5 session of the United States; and 

6 ‘‘(II) comes from an environment in which 

7 a language that is not English has had a signifi8 cant impact on such individual’s level of English 

9 language proficiency; or 

10 ‘‘(iii) is migratory, has a native language 

11 that is not English, and comes from an environ12 ment in which a language that is not English is 

13 dominant; and 

14 ‘‘(B) has difficulty in speaking or under15 standing the English language to an extent that 

16 may be sufficient to prevent such individual 

17 from— 

18 ‘‘(i) successful achievement in class19 rooms in which the language of instruction 

20 is English; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) fully participating in society.’’, 

22 (9) by inserting after paragraph (18), as so re23 designated the following: 

24 ‘‘(19) The term ‘professional development’ means 

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1 edge and skills of Head Start teachers and staff, as 

2 relevant to their roles and functions, in program ad3 ministration and the provision of services and in4 struction, as appropriate, in a manner that improves 

5 service delivery to eligible children and families, in6 cluding activities that— 

7 ‘‘(A) are part of a sustained effort to im8 prove overall program quality and outcomes for 

9 eligible children and families; 

10 ‘‘(B) are developed or selected with extensive 

11 participation of administrators and teachers 

12 from Head Start programs; 

13 ‘‘(C) are developmentally appropriate for 

14 the children being served; 

15 ‘‘(D) include instruction in ways that Head 

16 Start personnel may work more effectively with 

17 parents, as appropriate; 

18 ‘‘(E) are designed to give teachers and staff 

19 the knowledge and skills to provide instruction 

20 and appropriate support services to children of 

21 diverse backgrounds, as appropriate; 

22 ‘‘(F) if a 1-day or short-term workshop or 

23 conference, must be as part of the professional 

24 development plan defined in section 648A(f) and 

25 be delivered by an institution of higher education 


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1 or other entity with expertise in delivering train2 ing in early childhood development, family sup3 port, and other assistance designed to improve 

4 the delivery of Head Start services; 

5 ‘‘(G) assist teachers with— 

6 ‘‘(i) the acquisition of the content 

7 knowledge and teaching strategies needed to 

8 provide effective instruction and other 

9 school readiness services in early language 

10 and literacy, early mathematics, early 

11 science, cognitive skills, approaches to learn12 ing, creative arts, science, physical health 

13 and development, and social and emotional 

14 development linked to school readiness; 

15 ‘‘(ii) meeting the requirements in 

16 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 648A(a), 

17 as appropriate; 

18 ‘‘(iii) improving classroom manage19 ment skills, as appropriate; 

20 ‘‘(iv) advancing understanding of effec21 tive instructional strategies that are— 

22 ‘‘(I) based on scientifically based 

23 research; and 

24 ‘‘(II) aligned with— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) the Head Start Child 

2 Outcomes Framework developed 

3 by the Secretary and State early 

4 learning standards, as appro5 priate; and 

6 ‘‘(bb) the curricula, ongoing 

7 assessments, and other instruction 

8 and services designed to help meet 

9 the standards described in section 

10 641A(a)(1); 

11 ‘‘(v) acquiring the knowledge and skills 

12 to provide instruction and appropriate lan13 guage and support services to increase the 

14 English language skills of limited English 

15 proficient children, as appropriate; or 

16 ‘‘(vi) methods of teaching children with 

17 disabilities, as appropriate.’’, 

18 (10) by inserting after paragraph (20), as so re19 designated, the following: 

20 ‘‘(21) The term ‘scientifically based research’— 

21 ‘‘(A) means research that involves the appli22 cation of rigorous, systematic and objective pro23 cedures to obtain reliable and valid knowledge 

24 relevant to education activities and programs; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(B) includes research that— 

2 ‘‘(i) employs systematic, empirical 

3 methods that draw on observation or experi4 ment; 

5 ‘‘(ii) involves rigorous data analyses 

6 that are adequate to test the stated 

7 hypotheses and justify the general conclu8 sions drawn; 

9 ‘‘(iii) relies on measurements or obser10 vational methods that provide reliable and 

11 valid data across evaluators and observers, 

12 across multiple measurements and observa13 tions, and across studies by the same or dif14 ferent investigators; 

15 ‘‘(iv) is evaluated using experimental 

16 or quasi-experimental designs in which in17 dividuals, entities, programs or activities 

18 are assigned to different conditions and 

19 with appropriate controls to evaluate the ef20 fects of the condition of interest, with a 

21 preference for random assignment experi22 ments, or other designs to the extent that 

23 those designs contain within-condition or 

24 across-condition controls; 


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1 ‘‘(v) ensures that experimental studies 

2 are presented in sufficient detail and clarity 

3 to allow for replication or, at a minimum, 

4 offer the opportunity to build systematically 

5 on their findings; and 

6 ‘‘(vi) has been accepted by a peer-re7 viewed journal or approved by a panel of 

8 independent experts through a comparably 

9 rigorous, objective, and scientific review.’’, 

10 and 

11 (11) by amending paragraph (23), as so redesig12 nated, to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(23) The term ‘State’ means a State, the Com14 monwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, 

15 Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the 

16 United States, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

17 Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau.’’. 

18 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

19 Section 639 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9834) 

20 is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 639. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro23 priated to carry out this subchapter $7,350,000,000 for fis24 cal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

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1 ‘‘(b) SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.—From the amount appro2 priated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make 

3 available to carry out research, demonstration, and evalua4 tion activities (including longitudinal studies under section 

5 649) not more than $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and 

6 such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal the years 

7 2009 through 2012, of which not more than $7,000,000 for 

8 each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 shall be available 

9 to carry out impact studies under section 649(g).’’. 

10 SEC. 5. ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS; LIMITATION ON ASSIST11 ANCE. 

12 (a) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.—Section 640(a) of the 

13 Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)) is amended to read 

14 as follows: 

15 ‘‘(a) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated 

17 under section 639, the Secretary shall allot such 

18 amounts in accordance with paragraphs (2) through 

19 (4), and subject to paragraphs (5) and (6). 

20 ‘‘(2) THIRTEEN PERCENT SET-ASIDE.—The Sec21 retary shall reserve 13 percent of the amount appro22 priated for each fiscal year for use in accordance with 

23 the following order of priorities: 

24 ‘‘(A) SPECIAL POPULATIONS.—For Indian 

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1 disabilities, and migrant and seasonal Head 

2 Start programs, except that— 

3 ‘‘(i) there shall be made available for 

4 each fiscal year for use by Indian Head 

5 Start programs and by migrant and sea6 sonal Head Start programs, on a nation7 wide basis, not less than the amount that 

8 was obligated for use by Indian Head Start 

9 programs and by migrant and seasonal 

10 Head Start programs for fiscal year 2007; 

11 ‘‘(ii) migrant and seasonal Head Start 

12 programs shall receive not less than 5 per13 cent of the amount appropriated for each 

14 fiscal year until such time as the Secretary 

15 can make funding decisions to ensure access 

16 to funding for eligible children of migrant 

17 and seasonal farmworkers is comparable to 

18 access to funding for other eligible children 

19 based on the data collected and reported 

20 pursuant to section 648(l), except that no 

21 future reduction in funding shall result in 

22 the termination of Head Start services pro23 vided to any eligible child 3 years of age or 

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1 curs, and shall, to the extent possible, con2 tinue participation for children less than 3 

3 years of age receiving services before such 

4 reduction in funding; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) Indian Head Start programs 

6 shall receive not less than 3.5 percent of the 

7 amount appropriated for each fiscal year 

8 until such time as the Secretary can make 

9 funding decisions to ensure access to fund10 ing for eligible Indian children is com11 parable to access to funding for other eligi12 ble children based on the data collected in 

13 accordance with the requirements of section 

14 648(k), except that no future reduction in 

15 funding shall result in the termination of 

16 Head Start services provided to any eligible 

17 child 3 years of age or older who is partici18 pating in any such program on the date a 

19 reduction in funding occurs, and shall, to 

20 the extent possible, continue participation 

21 for children less than 3 years of age receiv22 ing services before such reduction in fund23 ing. 

24 ‘‘(B) PAYMENTS TO TERRITORIES AND

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1 graph (7), for payments to Guam, American 

2 Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar3 iana Islands, the Virgin Islands of the United 

4 States, and the Republic of Palau, except that 

5 payments to the Republic of Palau shall not be 

6 made after fiscal year 2009. 

7 ‘‘(C) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSIST8 ANCE.—Not less than 2 percent of the amount 

9 appropriated for such fiscal year for training 

10 and technical assistance activities to foster pro11 gram quality and management improvement as 

12 described in section 648, of which— 

13 ‘‘(i) not less than 50 percent shall be 

14 available to local Head Start agencies to 

15 make program improvements identified by 

16 such agencies to use for the training and 

17 technical assistance activities described in 

18 section 648(j); 

19 ‘‘(ii) not less than 30 percent shall be 

20 available to the Secretary to support a 

21 State-based system or a national system, in 

22 the case of migrant and seasonal Head 

23 Start and Indian Head Start programs, of 

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1 technical assistance to local Head Start 

2 agencies as described in section 648(n); and 

3 ‘‘(iii) the remainder of such amount 

4 shall be available to the Secretary to assist 

5 local Head Start agencies in meeting and 

6 exceeding the standards described in section 

7 641A(a)(1), including financial assistance 

8 to help Head Start programs address weak9 nesses identified by monitoring activities 

10 conducted by the Secretary under section 

11 641A(c), except that— 

12 ‘‘(I) not less than $3,000,000 shall 

13 be available to carry out the activities 

14 described in section 648(c)(4); and 

15 ‘‘(II) no more than $5,000,000 

16 shall be reserved to carry out the ac17 tivities described in section 642B(b). 

18 ‘‘(D) MONITORING AND TERMINATIONS.— 

19 For discretionary payments made by the Sec20 retary, including payments for all costs (other 

21 than compensation of Federal employees) of re22 views of Head Start agencies, programs under 

23 section 641A(c), and of activities carried out 

24 under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 

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1 conducting proceedings to terminate the designa2 tion of Head Start agencies. 

3 ‘‘(E) RESEARCH.—For payments for re4 search, demonstration, and evaluation activities 

5 under section 649. 

6 No funds reserved under this paragraph or paragraph 

7 (3) may be combined with funds appropriated under 

8 any other Act if the purpose of combining funds is to 

9 make a single discretionary grant or a single discre10 tionary payment, unless such funds appropriated 

11 under this subchapter are separately identified in 

12 such grant or payment and are used for the purposes 

13 of this subchapter. 

14 ‘‘(3) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUNDS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) DETERMINATION OF FUNDS.— 

16 ‘‘(i) For each of the fiscal years 2008 

17 through 2012, to provide assistance for ac18 tivities specified in subparagraph (B), the 

19 Secretary shall reserve, from the amount (if 

20 any) by which the funds appropriated 

21 under section 639(a) for a fiscal year exceed 

22 the adjusted prior year appropriation, a 

23 share equal to the sum of— 

24 ‘‘(I) 60 percent of such excess 

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1 ‘‘(II) any additional part of such 

2 excess amount the Secretary may find 

3 necessary to address a demonstrated 

4 need for such activities. 

5 ‘‘(ii) As used in clause (i), the term 

6 ‘adjusted prior year appropriation’ means, 

7 with respect to a fiscal year, the amount 

8 appropriated under section 639(a) for the 

9 preceding fiscal year, adjusted to reflect the 

10 percentage change in the Consumer Price 

11 Index for All Urban Consumers (issued by 

12 the Bureau of Labor Statistics) during such 

13 preceding fiscal year. 

14 ‘‘(B) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES.— 

15 Funds reserved under this paragraph shall be 

16 used to carry out the following activities: 

17 ‘‘(i) Not less than one-fourth of the 

18 amount reserved under this paragraph, to 

19 improve the compensation, salary scales, 

20 and benefit standards of educational staff, 

21 family service workers, and child counselors, 

22 as described in sections 644(a) and 653, to 

23 ensure that salary levels and benefits are 

24 adequate to attract and retain qualified 

25 staff for such programs. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) Providing on-going professional 

2 development to teachers that improves their 

3 understanding of child development, content 

4 knowledge, and appropriate teaching strate5 gies needed to provide effective instruction 

6 and other school readiness services in the 

7 areas of early language and literacy, early 

8 mathematics, cognitive skills, approaches to 

9 learning, creative arts, science, physical 

10 health and development, and social and 

11 emotional development. 

12 ‘‘(iii) Improving the qualifications and 

13 skills of educational personnel to meet the 

14 professional standards established under sec15 tion 648A(a)(1), including providing assist16 ance to complete postsecondary course work, 

17 subject to section 648A(a)(2)(D). 

18 ‘‘(iv) Ensuring that the physical envi19 ronments of Head Start programs are con20 ducive to providing effective program serv21 ices to children and families, and are acces22 sible to children with disabilities and other 

23 individuals with disabilities. 

24 ‘‘(v) Employing additional qualified 

25 classroom staff necessary to reduce the child 


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1 to teacher ratio in the classroom and family 

2 to staff ratio for family services workers. 

3 ‘‘(vi) Ensuring that such programs 

4 have qualified staff that can promote lan5 guage skills and literacy growth of children 

6 and that can provide children with a vari7 ety of skills that have been identified, 

8 through scientifically based reading re9 search, as predictive of later reading 

10 achievement. 

11 ‘‘(vii) Increasing hours of program op12 eration, including— 

13 ‘‘(I) conversion of part-day to 

14 full-day; and 

15 ‘‘(II) number of weeks operated in 

16 a calendar year. 

17 ‘‘(viii) Improving the compensation 

18 and benefits of staff of Head Start agencies 

19 in order to improve the quality of Head 

20 Start programs. 

21 ‘‘(ix) Transportation costs associated 

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1 ‘‘(I) no more than ten percent of 

2 funds under this paragraph may be 

3 used for such purposes; 

4 ‘‘(II) a Head Start agency shall 

5 demonstrate efforts to leverage the costs 

6 of transportation through collaboration 

7 with other entities; and 

8 ‘‘(III) a Head Start agency shall 

9 submit information to the Secretary 

10 describing how such use of funds is 

11 necessary to prevent reduction or ter12 mination of transportation services or, 

13 in the case of a Head Start agency 

14 serving a rural community, how such 

15 use of funds is necessary to improve 

16 services to such community. 

17 ‘‘(C) ALLOCATION.— 

18 ‘‘(i) Funds reserved under subpara19 graph (A) shall be allotted by the Secretary 

20 as follows: 

21 ‘‘(I) 80 percent of such funds shall 

22 be allotted among the States in the 

23 same proportion as the Secretary allots 

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1 ‘‘(II) 20 percent of such funds 

2 shall be allotted among the States, geo3 graphical areas specified in subsection 

4 (a)(2)(B) and Indian Head Start pro5 grams and migrant and seasonal Head 

6 Start programs, and used to make 

7 grants to Head Start agencies, at the 

8 discretion of the Secretary. 

9 ‘‘(ii) Funds allotted under clause (i) 

10 shall be used by the Secretary to make 

11 grants to Head Start agencies that receive 

12 grants from funds allotted under paragraph 

13 (4) for such fiscal year, in such amounts as 

14 the Secretary considers to be appropriate, 

15 for expenditure for activities specified in 

16 subparagraph (B). 

17 ‘‘(iii) Funds received under this sub18 paragraph shall be used to supplement, not 

19 to supplant, funds received under para20 graph (2) or (4). 

21 ‘‘(4) GRANT DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 

22 639(b), the Secretary shall allot the remaining 

23 amounts appropriated in each fiscal year among the 

24 States, in accordance with latest satisfactory data so 

25 that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) each State receives an amount which 

2 is equal to the amount the State received for fis3 cal year 2007; and 

4 ‘‘(B) any amount available after all allot5 ments are made under subparagraph (A) for 

6 such fiscal year shall be distributed proportion7 ately on the basis of the number of children less 

8 than 5 years of age from families whose income 

9 is below the poverty line. 

10 For purposes of this paragraph, for each fiscal year 

11 the Secretary shall use the most recent data available 

12 on the number of children less than 5 years of age 

13 from families whose income is below the poverty line, 

14 as published by the Department of Commerce, unless 

15 the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce deter16 mine that use of the most recent data available would 

17 be inappropriate or unreliable. If the Secretary and 

18 the Secretary of Commerce determine that some or all 

19 of the data referred to in this paragraph are inappro20 priate or unreliable, the Secretaries shall issue a re21 port setting forth their reasons in detail. 

22 ‘‘(5) COLLABORATION GRANTS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) From amounts reserved and allotted 

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1 the collaboration grants described in subpara2 graphs (B), (C), and (D). 

3 ‘‘(B)(i) From the reserved sums, the Sec4 retary shall award upon submission of a written 

5 request, a collaboration grant to each State and 

6 to each national administrative office serving In7 dian Head Start programs and migrant and 

8 seasonal Head Start programs to facilitate col9 laboration between Head Start agencies and en10 tities (including the State or national adminis11 trative office) that carry out other activities de12 signed to benefit low-income families and chil13 dren from birth to school entry. The national ad14 ministrative offices shall use the funds made 

15 available through the grants to carry out the au16 thorities and responsibilities described in sub17 paragraphs (B) and (C). 

18 ‘‘(ii) Grants described in clause (i) shall be 

19 used to— 

20 ‘‘(I) assist Head Start agencies to col21 laborate with entities involved in State and 

22 local planning processes to better meet the 

23 needs of low-income families and children 

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1 ‘‘(II) assist Head Start agencies to co2 ordinate activities with the State agency re3 sponsible for administering the State pro4 gram carried out under the Child Care and 

5 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

6 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) and entities providing 

7 resource and referral services in the State, 

8 to make full-working-day and full calendar 

9 year services available to children; 

10 ‘‘(III) promote alignment of Head 

11 Start curricula and continuity of services 

12 with the Head Start Child Outcomes 

13 Framework and State early learning stand14 ards, as appropriate; 

15 ‘‘(IV) promote better linkages between 

16 Head Start agencies and other child and 

17 family agencies, including agencies that 

18 provide health, mental health, or family 

19 services, or other child or family supportive 

20 services, such as services provided under sec21 tion 619 or part C of the Individuals with 

22 Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419, 

23 1431 et seq.); and 


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1 ‘‘(V) carry out the activities of the 

2 State Director of Head Start Collaboration 

3 authorized in subparagraph (D). 

4 ‘‘(C) In order to improve coordination and 

5 delivery of early education services to children in 

6 the State, a State that receives a collaboration 

7 grant under subparagraph (B) shall— 

8 ‘‘(i) appoint or designate an indi9 vidual to serve as, or carry out the respon10 sibilities of, the State Director of Head 

11 Start Collaboration; 

12 ‘‘(ii) ensure that the State Director of 

13 Head Start Collaboration holds a position 

14 with sufficient authority and access to en15 sure that the collaboration described in sub16 paragraph (B) is effective and involves a 

17 range of State agencies; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) involve the State Head Start As19 sociation in the selection of the Director and 

20 involve the Association in determinations 

21 relating to the ongoing direction of the col22 laboration office. 

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1 ‘‘(i) not later than 1 year after the 

2 State receives a collaboration grant under 

3 subparagraph (B), conduct an assessment 

4 that— 

5 ‘‘(I) addresses the needs of Head 

6 Start agencies in the State with respect 

7 to collaboration, coordination, and 

8 alignment of services, and alignment of 

9 curricula and assessments with the 

10 Head Start Child Outcomes Frame11 work, and with State early learning 

12 standards, as appropriate; 

13 ‘‘(II) shall be updated on an an14 nual basis; and 

15 ‘‘(III) shall be made available to 

16 the general public within the State; 

17 ‘‘(ii) develop a strategic plan that is 

18 based on the assessment described in clause 

19 (i) that will— 

20 ‘‘(I) enhance collaboration and co21 ordination of Head Start services with 

22 other entities providing early childhood 

23 programs and services (such as child 

24 care or services offered by museums), 

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1 fare, child protective services, edu2 cation and community service activi3 ties, family literacy services, reading 

4 readiness programs (including such 

5 programs offered by public and school 

6 libraries), services relating to children 

7 with disabilities, other early childhood 

8 programs and services for limited 

9 English proficient children and home10 less children, and services provided for 

11 children in foster care and children re12 ferred to Head Start programs by child 

13 welfare agencies, including agencies 

14 and State officials responsible for such 

15 services; 

16 ‘‘(II) assist Head Start agencies 

17 to develop a plan for the provision of 

18 full-working-day, full calendar year 

19 services for children enrolled in Head 

20 Start programs who need such care; 

21 ‘‘(III) assist Head Start agencies 

22 to align curricula and assessments 

23 with the Head Start Child Outcomes 

24 Framework and to the State early 


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1 learning standards, as appropriate; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(IV) enable Head Start agencies 

4 in the State to better access profes5 sional development opportunities for 

6 Head Start staff, such as by— 

7 ‘‘(aa) working with local 

8 Head Start agencies to meet the 

9 degree requirements described in 

10 section 648A(a)(2)(A), including 

11 providing distance learning op12 portunities for Head Start staff, 

13 where needed to make higher edu14 cation more accessible to Head 

15 Start staff; and 

16 ‘‘(bb) enabling the State 

17 Head Start agencies to better con18 duct outreach to eligible families; 

19 ‘‘(iii) promote partnerships between 

20 Head Start agencies, State and local gov21 ernments, and the private sector to help en22 sure that children, who are in Head Start 

23 programs, are receiving comprehensive serv24 ices to prepare the children to enter school 

25 ready to succeed; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) consult with the chief State school 

2 officer, local educational agencies, and pro3 viders of early childhood education and 

4 care, regarding early care and education 

5 services at both the State and local levels; 

6 ‘‘(v) promote partnerships between 

7 Head Start agencies, schools, law enforce8 ment, relevant community-based organiza9 tions, and substance abuse and mental 

10 health treatment agencies to strengthen fam11 ily and community environments and to re12 duce the impact on child development of 

13 substance abuse, child abuse, domestic vio14 lence, and other high risk behaviors that 

15 compromise healthy development; 

16 ‘‘(vi) promote partnerships between 

17 Head Start agencies and other organiza18 tions in order to enhance Head Start pro19 gram quality, including partnerships to 

20 promote inclusion of more books in Head 

21 Start classrooms; 

22 ‘‘(vii) identify other resources and or23 ganizations (both public and private) for 

24 the provision of in-kind services to Head 

25 Start agencies in the State; and 


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1 ‘‘(viii) work with the State Early 

2 Learning Council in order to assist the ef3 forts of Head Start agencies to engage in ef4 fective coordination and collaboration. 

5 ‘‘(6) EARLY HEAD START.— 

6 ‘‘(A) AMOUNTS RESERVED.—From amounts 

7 reserved and allotted pursuant to paragraphs (2) 

8 and (4), the Secretary shall use, for grants for 

9 programs described in section 645A(a), a portion 

10 of the combined total of such amounts that is not 

11 less than 12 percent for fiscal year 2008, not less 

12 than 14 percent for fiscal year 2009, not less 

13 than 16 percent for fiscal year 2010, not less 

14 than 18 percent for fiscal year 2011, and not less 

15 than 20 percent for fiscal year 2012 of the 

16 amount appropriated pursuant to section 639(a). 

17 ‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(i) For any fiscal year for which 

19 the Secretary determines that the 

20 amount appropriated under section 

21 639(a) is not sufficient to permit the 

22 Secretary to reserve the portion de23 scribed in subparagraph (A) without 

24 reducing the number of children served 

25 by Head Start programs or adversely 


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1 affecting the quality of Head Start 

2 services, relative to the number of chil3 dren served and the quality of the serv4 ices during the preceding fiscal year, 

5 the Secretary may reduce the percent6 age of funds required to be reserved for 

7 the portion described in subparagraph 

8 (A) for the fiscal year for which the de9 termination is made, but not below the 

10 percentage required to be so reserved 

11 for the preceding fiscal year. 

12 ‘‘(ii) For any fiscal year for 

13 which the amount appropriated under 

14 section 639(a) is reduced to a level that 

15 requires a lower amount to be made 

16 available under this subchapter to 

17 Head Start agencies and entities de18 scribed in section 645A, relative to the 

19 amount made available to such agen20 cies and entities for the preceding fis21 cal year, adjusted as described in para22 graph (3)(A)(ii), the Secretary shall 

23 proportionately reduce— 

24 ‘‘(I) the amounts made avail25 able to such entities for programs 


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1 carried out under section 645A; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(II) the amounts made 

4 available to such Head Start 

5 agencies for Head Start programs. 

6 ‘‘(7) For purposes of this subsection, the term 

7 ‘State’ does not include Guam, American Samoa, the 

8 Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

9 Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 

10 the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Repub11 lic of Palau.’’. 

12 (b) SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS.—Section 640(f) of 

13 the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(f)) is amended to read 

14 as follows: 

15 ‘‘(f) SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) Not later than 1 year after the date of the 

17 enactment of the Improving Head Start Act of 2007, 

18 the Secretary shall establish procedures to enable 

19 Head Start agencies to develop locally designed or 

20 specialized service delivery models to address local 

21 community needs, including models that leverage the 

22 existing capacity and capabilities of the delivery sys23 tem of early childhood education and child care. 

24 ‘‘(2) In establishing the procedures, the Secretary 

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1 ‘‘(A) the conversion of part-day programs to 

2 full-day programs or part-day slots to full-day 

3 slots; and 

4 ‘‘(B) serving additional infants and tod5 dlers pursuant to section 645(a)(4).’’. 

6 (c) EXPANSION OF HEAD START PROGRAMS.—Section 

7 640(g) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(g)) is amend8 ed in paragraph (2)— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘For the purpose of expanding 

10 Head Start programs, in’’ and inserting ‘‘In’’, and 

11 (2) by amending subparagraphs (C) through (H) 

12 to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(C) the extent to which the applicant has un14 dertaken community-wide strategic planning and 

15 needs assessments involving other community organi16 zations and local public agencies serving children and 

17 families with Federal, State, or local funds (including 

18 organizations and agencies providing family support 

19 services, child abuse prevention services, protective 

20 services, and foster care, and organizations serving 

21 families in whose homes English is not the language 

22 customarily spoken), and individuals, organizations, 

23 and public entities serving children with disabilities 

24 or homeless children, including the local educational 

25 agency liaison designated under section 


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1 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As2 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)); 

3 ‘‘(D) the extent to which the family and commu4 nity needs assessment of the applicant reflects a need 

5 to provide full working-day or full calendar year serv6 ices and the extent to which, and manner in which, 

7 the applicant demonstrates the ability to collaborate 

8 and participate with the State and local community 

9 providers of child care or preschool services to provide 

10 full working-day full calendar year services; 

11 ‘‘(E) the number of eligible children in each com12 munity who are not participating in a Head Start 

13 program or any other early childhood program; 

14 ‘‘(F) the concentration of low-income families in 

15 each community; 

16 ‘‘(G) the extent to which the applicant proposes 

17 to foster partnerships with other service providers in 

18 a manner that will leverage the existing delivery sys19 tems of such services and enhance the resource capac20 ity of the applicant; 

21 ‘‘(H) the extent to which the applicant, in pro22 viding services, successfully coordinated its activities 

23 with the local educational agency serving the commu24 nity involved, (including the local educational agency 

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1 the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)) and with schools in which 

3 children participating in a Head Start program op4 erated by such agency will enroll following such pro5 gram, regarding such services and the education serv6 ices provided by such local educational agency; and 

7 ‘‘(I) the amount of funds used by such agency to 

8 pay administrative expenses and the amount of avail9 able funds received by such agency under this section 

10 to service each enrolled child.’’. 

11 (d) TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.— 

12 (1) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue 

13 regulations establishing requirements for the safety 

14 features, and the safe operation, of vehicles used by 

15 Head Start agencies to transport children partici16 pating in Head Start programs. 

17 (2) GOOD CAUSE WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Sec18 retary shall allow Head Start agencies to annually 

19 request a good cause exception to the requirements of 

20 regulations promulgated under paragraph (1) for one 

21 or more vehicles used by the agency or its designee in 

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1 (A) such requirements would create a safety 

2 hazard in the circumstances faced by such agen3 cy; or 

4 (B) such requirements pertain to child re5 straint systems (45 C.F.R. 1310.11, 1310.15(a)) 

6 or bus monitors (45 C.F.R. 1310.15(c)); 

7 (C) the agency demonstrates that compli8 ance with such requirements will result in a sig9 nificant disruption to the Head Start program 

10 or the Early Head Start program; and 

11 (D) the waiver is in the best interest of the 

12 children involved. 

13 (e) MIGRANT AND SEASONAL HEAD START PRO14 GRAMS.—Section 640(l) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 9835(l)) is amended— 

16 (1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol17 lows: 

18 ‘‘(3) In carrying out this subchapter, the Secretary 

19 shall continue the administrative arrangement at the na20 tional level for meeting the needs of Indian children and 

21 children of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and shall en22 sure that appropriate funding is provided to meet such 

23 needs, including training and technical assistance and the 

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1 Start collaboration director and a national Indian Head 

2 Start collaboration director.’’, and 

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

4 ‘‘(4)(A) For the purposes of paragraph (3), the Sec5 retary shall conduct an annual consultation in each affected 

6 Head Start region, with tribal governments operating Head 

7 Start programs and Early Head Start programs. 

8 ‘‘(B) The consultations shall be for the purpose of better 

9 meeting the needs of Indian children and children of Alas10 kan Natives, and their families, in accordance with sub11 sections (a), (b), and (c) of section 641, taking into consid12 eration funding allocations, distribution formulas, and 

13 other issues affecting the delivery of Head Start services in 

14 their geographic locations. 

15 ‘‘(C) The Secretary shall publish a notification of the 

16 consultations in the Federal Register before conducting the 

17 consultations. 

18 ‘‘(D) A detailed report of each consultation shall be 

19 prepared and made available within 90 days of the annual 

20 consultation to all Indian tribes that receive assistance 

21 under this subchapter.’’. 

22 (f) ENROLLMENT OF HOMELESS CHILDREN; RULE OF

23 CONSTRUCTION; MATERIALS.—Section 640 of the Head 

24 Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835) is amended by adding at the 

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1 ‘‘(m) ENROLLMENT OF HOMELESS CHILDREN.—The 

2 Secretary shall issue rules to establish policies and proce3 dures to remove barriers to the enrollment and participa4 tion of homeless children in Head Start programs. Such 

5 rules shall require Head Start agencies— 

6 ‘‘(1) to implement policies and procedures to en7 sure that homeless children are identified and 

8 prioritized for enrollment; 

9 ‘‘(2) to allow homeless families to apply to, en10 roll in and attend Head Start programs while re11 quired documents, such as proof of residency, immu12 nization and other medical records, birth certificates 

13 and other documents, are obtained within a reason14 able time frame; and 

15 ‘‘(3) coordinate individual Head Start programs 

16 with efforts to implement subtitle B of title VII of the 

17 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 11431–11435). 

19 ‘‘(n) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub20 chapter shall be construed to require a State to establish 

21 a program of early education for children in the State, to 

22 require any child to participate in a program of early edu23 cation, to attend school, or to participate in any initial 

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1 provided under sections 612(a)(3) and 635(a)(5) of the In2 dividuals with Disabilities Education Act. 

3 ‘‘(o) MATERIALS.—All curricula and instructional 

4 materials funded under this subchapter shall be based on 

5 scientifically based research, age and developmentally ap6 propriate, and focused on all areas of development (cog7 nitive, social, emotional, and physical), learning (language 

8 and literacy, mathematics, science, and creative arts) and 

9 approaches to learning. Parents shall be permitted to in10 spect, upon request, any curricula or instructional mate11 rials used to carry out this subchapter.’’. 

12 SEC. 6. DESIGNATION OF HEAD START AGENCIES. 

13 Section 641 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9836) 

14 is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 641. DESIGNATION OF HEAD START AGENCIES. 

16 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE.—The Secretary is 

17 authorized to designate as a Head Start agency any local 

18 public or private nonprofit agency, including community19 based and faith-based organizations, or for-profit agency, 

20 within a community, pursuant to the requirements of this 

21 section, except that until such time that the Secretary devel22 ops and implements the system of application review under 

23 this section, the Secretary is authorized to designate as a 

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1 zations, or for-profit agency, within a community, in the 

2 manner and process utilized by the Secretary prior to the 

3 enactment of the Improving Head Start Act of 2007. 

4 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION FOR GRANTS.—Each entity shall 

5 submit a plan to the Secretary, at such time and in such 

6 manner as the Secretary may require. 

7 ‘‘(c) DEVELOPMENT OF APPLICATION REVIEW SYS8 TEM.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 

10 a system that integrates the recommendations of the 

11 expert panel convened under paragraph (3) to deter12 mine if a Head Start agency is providing a quality 

13 comprehensive early learning program that meets the 

14 educational, health, and nutritional needs of the chil15 dren and families it serves, and meets program and 

16 financial management requirements and performance 

17 standards described in section 641A(a)(1), based on— 

18 ‘‘(A) annual budget data; 

19 ‘‘(B) program reviews conducted under sec20 tion 641A(c); 

21 ‘‘(C) annual audits required under section 

22 647; 

23 ‘‘(D) classroom quality as measured under 

24 section 641A(c)(2)(H); and 

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1 ‘‘(2) EXPERT PANEL.—No later than six months 

2 after the enactment of the Improving Head Start Act 

3 of 2007, the Secretary shall convene an expert panel 

4 of 7 members to make recommendations to the Sec5 retary on the development of a transparent, reliable, 

6 and valid system for evaluating grant renewal appli7 cations. 

8 ‘‘(3) COMPOSITION OF EXPERT PANEL.—The Sec9 retary, in convening such panel, shall appoint the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(A) 5 members, who are competent, by vir12 tue of their training, expertise, and experience, 

13 in each of at least one of the following areas: 

14 ‘‘(i) Early childhood program accredi15 tation or quality assessment. 

16 ‘‘(ii) Research on early childhood de17 velopment. 

18 ‘‘(iii) Governance and finance of non19 profit organizations. 

20 ‘‘(iv) Delivery of services to children 

21 and families with limited English pro22 ficiency. 

23 ‘‘(v) Delivery of services to children 

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1 ‘‘(B) An employee from the Office of Head 

2 Start. 

3 ‘‘(C) An executive director of a Head Start 

4 agency. 

5 ‘‘(4) EXPERT PANEL REPORT.—Within 12 

6 months of being convened by the Secretary, the expert 

7 panel shall issue a report to the Secretary that pro8 vides recommendations on a proposed system of ap9 plication review that takes into account the criteria 

10 in paragraph (1) to evaluate whether a Head Start 

11 grantee is meeting mission to provide a high quality 

12 comprehensive early education program, including 

13 adequately meeting its governance and financial 

14 management requirements. 

15 ‘‘(5) PUBLIC COMMENT; REPORT TO CON16 GRESS.—No later than 6 months after receiving the 

17 report described in paragraph (4), the Secretary shall 

18 publish a proposed system of application review in 

19 the Federal Register, providing at least 90 days for 

20 public comment and shall provide a report to the 

21 Education and Labor Committee of the U.S. House of 

22 Representatives and the Health, Education, Labor, 

23 and Pensions Committee of the U.S. Senate that pro24 vides a detailed description of such proposed system, 

25 including clear rationale for any differences between 


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1 the proposed system and the recommendations of the 

2 expert panel, if any such differences exist. 

3 ‘‘(6) IMPLEMENTATION OF APPLICATION REVIEW

4 SYSTEM.—After the Secretary has reviewed all public 

5 comments and finalized the system of application re6 view, the Secretary will use this system to determine 

7 which grantees are successfully delivering a high qual8 ity comprehensive early education program. Grantees 

9 who are determined under such system to be— 

10 ‘‘(A) successfully delivering a high quality 

11 comprehensive early education program shall be 

12 designated a Head Start agency for a period of 

13 5 years; 

14 ‘‘(B) under-performing and may enter into 

15 an open competition as described in subsection 

16 (e); and 

17 ‘‘(C) notwithstanding paragraph (B), if an 

18 Indian Head Start agency is determined to be 

19 underperforming, the Secretary shall engage in 

20 government-to-government consultation with the 

21 appropriate tribal government or governments 

22 for the purpose of establishing a performance en23 hancement plan for that agency. Such plan is to 

24 be developed and implemented within 6 months 

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1 6 months after implementation of that plan, the 

2 Secretary shall re-evaluate the performance of the 

3 Indian Head Start agency. If the Indian Head 

4 Start agency remains underperforming, the Sec5 retary shall conduct an open competition as de6 scribed in subsection (e), subject to the following 

7 limitations: 

8 ‘‘(i) Except as provided in paragraph 

9 (ii), a non-Indian Head Start agency may 

10 not receive a grant to carry out an Indian 

11 Head Start program. 

12 ‘‘(ii) In a community in which there is 

13 no Indian Head Start agency available for 

14 designation to carry out an Indian Head 

15 Start program, a non-Indian Head Start 

16 agency, on an interim basis, may receive a 

17 grant to carry out an Indian Head Start 

18 program, but only until such time as an In19 dian Head Start agency in such community 

20 becomes available. 

21 ‘‘(d) TRANSPARENCY, RELIABILITY, AND VALIDITY.— 

22 The Secretary shall ensure the system of application evalua23 tion is fair, consistent, and transparent and applied in a 

24 manner that designates, in a timely manner grantees as 

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1 are providing a high quality comprehensive early education 

2 program. The Secretary shall periodically evaluate whether 

3 the criteria are being applied in a manner that is trans4 parent, reliable, and valid. 

5 ‘‘(e) DESIGNATION WHEN NO ENTITY HAS PRI6 ORITY.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If no entity in a community 

8 is determined to be successfully delivering a high 

9 quality comprehensive early education program, as 

10 specified in subsection (c), the Secretary shall, after 

11 conducting an open competition, designate for a 5- 

12 year period a Head Start agency from among quali13 fied applicants in such community. 

14 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS IN DESIGNATION.—In se15 lecting from among qualified applicants for designa16 tion as a Head Start agency, the Secretary shall con17 sider the effectiveness of each such applicant to pro18 vide Head Start services, based on— 

19 ‘‘(A) any past performance of such appli20 cant in providing services comparable to Head 

21 Start services, including how effectively such ap22 plicant provided such comparable services; 

23 ‘‘(B) the plan of such applicant to provide 

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1 and other services needed to prepare children to 

2 succeed in school and in life; 

3 ‘‘(C) the plan of such applicant to attract 

4 and retain qualified staff capable of delivering a 

5 high quality comprehensive early education pro6 gram, including demonstrating the ability to 

7 provide adequate salary and benefits to main8 tain a high quality staff; 

9 ‘‘(D) the ability of such applicant to main10 tain child-teacher ratios and family service 

11 worker caseloads that reflect best practices and 

12 are tied to high quality service delivery; 

13 ‘‘(E) the capacity of such applicant to serve 

14 eligible children with curriculum and teaching 

15 practices that are based on scientifically based 

16 research, are developmentally appropriate, and 

17 that promote the school readiness of children 

18 participating in the program; 

19 ‘‘(F) the plan of such applicant to meet 

20 standards set forth in section 641A(a)(1), with 

21 particular attention to the standards set forth in 

22 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such section; 

23 ‘‘(G) the proposed budget and plan of such 

24 applicant to maintain strong fiscal controls and 

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1 ‘‘(H) the plan of such applicant to coordi2 nate the Head Start program the applicant pro3 poses to carry out, with other local early learn4 ing programs for young children, including— 

5 ‘‘(i) programs implementing grants 

6 under the Early Reading First and Even 

7 Start programs under subparts 2 and 3 of 

8 part B of title I of the Elementary and Sec9 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

10 6371 et seq., 6381 et seq.); 

11 ‘‘(ii) and programs under section 619 

12 and part C of the Individuals with Disabil13 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 

14 et seq.); 

15 ‘‘(iii) State prekindergarten programs; 

16 ‘‘(iv) child care programs; and 

17 ‘‘(v) the educational programs that the 

18 children participating in the Head Start 

19 program will enter at the age of compulsory 

20 school attendance; 

21 ‘‘(I) the plan of such applicant to coordi22 nate the Head Start program that the applicant 

23 proposes to carry out, with public and private 

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1 assist the Head Start program in meeting its 

2 program needs; 

3 ‘‘(J) the plan of such applicant— 

4 ‘‘(i) to seek the involvement of parents 

5 (including grandparents and kinship care6 givers, as appropriate) of children partici7 pating in the proposed Head Start pro8 gram, in activities (at home and, if prac9 ticable, at the location of the Head Start 

10 program) designed to help such parents be11 come full partners in the education of their 

12 children; 

13 ‘‘(ii) to afford such parents the oppor14 tunity to participate in the development 

15 and overall conduct of the program at the 

16 local level; 

17 ‘‘(iii) to offer (directly or through re18 ferral to local entities, such as entities car19 rying out Even Start programs under sub20 chapter 3 of part B of title I of the Elemen21 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

22 (20 U.S.C. 6381 et seq.), public and school 

23 libraries, and entities carrying out family 

24 support programs) to such parents— 

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1 ‘‘(II) parenting skills training; 

2 ‘‘(iv) to offer to parents of partici3 pating children, mental health services (ei4 ther directly or through referral to local en5 tities), including substance abuse counseling 

6 and information on maternal depression 

7 and on the effect of drug-exposure on in8 fants and fetal alcohol syndrome; 

9 ‘‘(v) at the option of such applicant, to 

10 offer (directly or through referral to local 

11 entities) to such parents— 

12 ‘‘(I) training in basic child devel13 opment (including cognitive, social, 

14 and emotional development); 

15 ‘‘(II) assistance in developing lit16 eracy and communication skills; 

17 ‘‘(III) opportunities to share expe18 riences with other parents (including 

19 parent mentor relationships); 

20 ‘‘(IV) regular in-home visitation; 

21 ‘‘(V) mental and behavioral health 

22 services; or 

23 ‘‘(VI) any other activity designed 

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1 ‘‘(vi) to provide, with respect to each 

2 participating family, a family needs assess3 ment that includes consultation with such 

4 parents, in a manner and language that 

5 such parents can understand, about the ben6 efits of parent involvement and about the 

7 activities described in subparagraph (H) in 

8 which such parents may choose to become 

9 involved (taking into consideration their 

10 specific family needs, work schedules, and 

11 other responsibilities); and 

12 ‘‘(vii) to extend outreach to fathers, in 

13 appropriate cases, in order to strengthen the 

14 role of fathers in families, in the education 

15 of their young children, and in the Head 

16 Start program, by working directly with fa17 thers and father figures through activities 

18 such as— 

19 ‘‘(I) in appropriate cases, includ20 ing fathers in home visits and pro21 viding culturally appropriate opportu22 nities for direct father-child inter23 actions; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) targeting increased male 

2 participation in the conduct of the pro3 gram; 

4 ‘‘(K) the plan of such applicant to meet the 

5 needs of limited English proficient children and 

6 their families, including procedures to identify 

7 such children, plans to provide trained per8 sonnel, and plans to provide services to assist the 

9 children in making progress toward the acquisi10 tion of the English language, while making 

11 meaningful progress in attaining the knowledge, 

12 skills, abilities, and development described in sec13 tion 641A(a)(1)(B); 

14 ‘‘(L) the plan of such applicant to meet the 

15 diverse cultural needs of the population served; 

16 ‘‘(M) the plan of such applicant to meet the 

17 needs of children with disabilities; 

18 ‘‘(N) the plan of such applicant who chooses 

19 to assist younger siblings of children who will 

20 participate in the Head Start program to obtain 

21 health, including mental health, services from 

22 other sources; 

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1 private early childhood education and child care 

2 programs in the community; 

3 ‘‘(P) the plan of such applicant to meet the 

4 needs of homeless children, including transpor5 tation needs, and children in foster care and 

6 children and families experiencing toxic stress; 

7 ‘‘(Q) the plan of such applicant to main8 tain a qualified staff, including a teaching staff 

9 qualified to implement research-based curricula 

10 aligned with the Head Start Child Outcomes 

11 Framework developed by the Secretary and to 

12 the early learning standards in State in which 

13 such program would operate; 

14 ‘‘(R) the plan of such applicant to enter 

15 into memoranda of understanding with local 

16 educational agencies within the service area, as 

17 described in section 642B(a); and 

18 ‘‘(S) other factors related to the require19 ments of this subchapter. 

20 ‘‘(f) INTERIM PROVIDER.—If no agency in the commu21 nity receives priority designation under subsection (c), and 

22 there is no qualified applicant in the community, the Sec23 retary shall designate a qualified agency to carry out the 

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1 until a qualified applicant from the community is so des2 ignated. 

3 ‘‘(g) PARENT AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.—The 

4 Secretary shall require that the practice of significantly in5 volving parents and area residents affected by the program 

6 in the selection of Head Start agencies be continued. 

7 ‘‘(h) COMMUNITY.—For purposes of this subchapter, a 

8 community may be a city, county, or multicity or multi9 county unit within a State, an Indian reservation (includ10 ing Indians in any off-reservation area designated by an 

11 appropriate tribal government in consultation with the Sec12 retary) or a neighborhood or other area (irrespective of 

13 boundaries or political subdivisions) which provides a suit14 able organizational base and possesses the commonality of 

15 interest needed to operate a Head Start program.’’. 

16 SEC. 7. QUALITY STANDARDS; MONITORING OF HEAD 

17 START AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS. 

18 Section 641A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9836a) 

19 is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 641A. QUALITY STANDARDS; MONITORING OF HEAD 

21 START AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS. 

22 ‘‘(a) QUALITY STANDARDS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS.—The Sec24 retary shall modify, as necessary, program perform25 ance standards by regulation applicable to Head 


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1 Start agencies, programs, and projects under this sub2 chapter, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) performance standards with respect to 

4 services required to be provided, including 

5 health, parental involvement, nutritional, social, 

6 transition activities described in section 642(d), 

7 and other services; 

8 ‘‘(B) scientifically based and develop9 mentally appropriate early learning standards 

10 related to school readiness that are based on the 

11 Head Start Child Outcomes Framework to en12 sure that the children participating in the pro13 gram, at a minimum develop and demonstrate— 

14 ‘‘(i) language knowledge and skills, in15 cluding oral language and listening com16 prehension; 

17 ‘‘(ii) prereading knowledge and skills 

18 that prepare children for early literacy in 

19 schools including phonological awareness, 

20 print awareness and print skills, and al21 phabetic knowledge; 

22 ‘‘(iii) mathematics knowledge and 

23 skills, including aspects of classification, se24 riation, number, spatial relations, and 

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1 ‘‘(iv) science knowledge and skills, in2 cluding measurement; 

3 ‘‘(v) cognitive abilities related to aca4 demic achievement and general knowledge; 

5 ‘‘(vi) social and emotional development 

6 related to early learning, school success, so7 cial problem-solving, and overall well-being; 

8 ‘‘(vii) approaches to learning related to 

9 child development and early learning; 

10 ‘‘(viii) creative arts; and 

11 ‘‘(ix) in the case of limited-English 

12 proficient children, progress toward acquisi13 tion of the English language while making 

14 meaningful progress in attaining the knowl15 edge, skills, abilities, and development de16 scribed in clauses (i) through (viii), includ17 ing progress made through the use of cul18 turally and linguistically appropriate in19 structional services; 

20 ‘‘(C) administrative and financial manage21 ment standards; 

22 ‘‘(D) standards relating to the condition 

23 and location of facilities for such agencies, pro24 grams, and projects; and 


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1 ‘‘(E) such other standards as the Secretary 

2 finds to be appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS IN DEVELOPING STAND4 ARDS.—In developing the standards required under 

5 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 

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

7 child development, early childhood education, 

8 child health care, family services (including lin9 guistically and culturally appropriate services to 

10 limited English proficient children and their 

11 families), administration, and financial man12 agement, and with persons with experience in 

13 the operation of Head Start programs; 

14 ‘‘(B) take into consideration— 

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

16 standards in effect under this subchapter on 

17 October 27, 1998; 

18 ‘‘(ii) changes over the period since Oc19 tober 27, 1998, in the circumstances and 

20 problems typically facing children and fam21 ilies served by Head Start agencies; 

22 ‘‘(iii) recommendations from the report 

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1 Academy of Sciences, when it becomes avail2 able; 

3 ‘‘(iv) developments concerning re4 search-based practices with respect to early 

5 childhood education and development, chil6 dren with disabilities, family services, pro7 gram administration, and financial man8 agement; 

9 ‘‘(v) projected needs of an expanding 

10 Head Start program; 

11 ‘‘(vi) guidelines and standards cur12 rently in effect or under consideration that 

13 promote child health services and physical 

14 development, including outdoor activity 

15 that supports children’s motor development 

16 and overall health and nutrition; 

17 ‘‘(vii) changes in the population of 

18 children who are eligible to participate in 

19 Head Start programs, including the lan20 guage and cultural background and family 

21 structure of such children; 

22 ‘‘(viii) mechanisms to ensure that chil23 dren participating in Head Start programs 

24 make a successful transition to the schools 

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1 ‘‘(ix) the unique challenges faced by in2 dividual programs, including those that are 

3 seasonal or short term, and those that serve 

4 rural populations; and 

5 ‘‘(C)(i) review and revise as necessary the 

6 performance standards in effect under this sub7 section; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) ensure that any such revisions in the 

9 performance standards will not result in the 

10 elimination of or any reduction in quality, scope 

11 or types of health, education, parental involve12 ment, nutritional, social, or other services re13 quired to be provided under such standards as in 

14 effect on October 27, 1998. 

15 ‘‘(3) STANDARDS RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS TO

16 DELEGATE AGENCIES.—In developing standards 

17 under this subsection, the Secretary shall describe the 

18 obligations of a Head Start agency to a delegate 

19 agency to which the Head Start agency has delegated 

20 responsibility for providing services under this sub21 chapter and determine whether the Head Start agency 

22 complies with the standards. The Secretary shall con23 sider such compliance during the review described in 

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1 renew financial assistance to the Head Start agency 

2 under this subchapter. 

3 ‘‘(b) MEASURES.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta5 tion with representatives of Head Start agencies and 

6 with experts in the fields of early childhood education 

7 and development, shall use the study on Develop8 mental Outcomes and Assessments for Young Children 

9 by the National Academy of Sciences to provide guid10 ance to Head Start agencies for utilizing scientif11 ically-based measures that support, as appropriate— 

12 ‘‘(A) classroom instructional practices; 

13 ‘‘(B) identification of special needs; and 

14 ‘‘(C) program evaluation. 

15 ‘‘(2) CHARACTERISTICS OF MEASURES.—The 

16 measures under this subsection shall 

17 ‘‘(A) be developmentally, linguistically, and 

18 culturally appropriate for the population served; 

19 ‘‘(B) be reviewed not less than every 4 

20 years, based on advances in the science of early 

21 childhood development; 

22 ‘‘(C) be consistent with relevant, nationally 

23 recognized professional and technical standards 

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1 ‘‘(D) be valid and reliable (in English, 

2 Spanish, and any other language, as appro3 priate); 

4 ‘‘(E) be administered by staff with appro5 priate training for such administration; 

6 ‘‘(F) provide appropriate accommodations 

7 for children with disabilities and children who 

8 are limited English proficient; and 

9 ‘‘(G) be high-quality research-based meas10 ures that have been demonstrated to assist with 

11 the purposes for which they were devised. 

12 ‘‘(3) USE OF MEASURES; LIMITATIONS ON USE.— 

13 ‘‘(A) Measures shall be designed for the pur14 pose of— 

15 ‘‘(i) promoting the skills, knowledge, 

16 and competencies of children participating 

17 in Head Start programs specified in sub18 section (a)(1)(B)(ii), with an emphasis on 

19 measuring skills that scientifically-based re20 search has demonstrated are related to chil21 dren’s school readiness and later success in 

22 school; 

23 ‘‘(ii) improving classroom practices, 

24 including reviewing children’s strengths and 

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1 ‘‘(iii) identifying special needs; and 

2 ‘‘(iv) improving overall program per3 formance in order to help programs identify 

4 problem areas that may require additional 

5 training and technical assistance resources. 

6 ‘‘(B) Such measures shall not be used to ex7 clude children from Head Start programs. 

8 ‘‘(4) SUSPENDED IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL

9 REPORTING SYSTEM.—The Secretary shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) suspend implementation and termi11 nate further development and use of the National 

12 Reporting System; and 

13 ‘‘(B) incorporate, as appropriate, rec14 ommendations from the study on Developmental 

15 Outcomes and Assessments for Young Children 

16 by the National Academy of Sciences into any 

17 assessment used in the Head Start programs, in 

18 accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 

19 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE.—The use of assessment 

20 items and data on any assessment authorized under 

21 this subchapter by an agent or agents of the Federal 

22 Government to provide rewards or sanctions for indi23 vidual children or teachers is prohibited. The Sec24 retary shall not use the results of a single assessment 

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1 effectiveness or making grantee funding determina2 tions at the national, regional, or local level. 

3 ‘‘(6) CONFIDENTIALITY.— 

4 ‘‘(A) The Secretary, through regulation, 

5 shall ensure the confidentiality of any personally 

6 identifiable data, information and records col7 lected or maintained by the Secretary and any 

8 Head Start agency. Such regulations shall pro9 vide the policies, protections, and rights equiva10 lent to those provided a parent, student, or edu11 cational agency or institution under section 444 

12 of the General Education Provisions Act. 

13 ‘‘(B) Nothing in this subsection shall be 

14 construed to authorize the development of a na15 tionwide database of personally identifiable in16 formation on children participating in measures 

17 under this subsection. 

18 ‘‘(c) MONITORING OF LOCAL AGENCIES AND PRO19 GRAMS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To determine whether Head 

21 Start agencies meet standards established under this 

22 subchapter with respect to program, administrative, 

23 financial management, and other requirements and 

24 in order to help programs identify areas for improve25 ment and areas of strengths as part of an on-going 


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1 self-assessment process, the Secretary shall develop 

2 and use a risk-based assessment system to conduct the 

3 following reviews of Head Start agencies, and of the 

4 Head Start programs operated by such agencies: 

5 ‘‘(A) A full review of each such agency at 

6 least once during each 3-year period. 

7 ‘‘(B) A review of each newly designated 

8 Head Start agency immediately after the com9 pletion of the first year such agency carries out 

10 a Head Start program. 

11 ‘‘(C) Followup reviews, including unan12 nounced reviews as appropriate, of programs 

13 with 1 or more findings of deficiencies not later 

14 than 12 months after the date of such finding. 

15 ‘‘(D) other reviews, including unannounced 

16 site inspections of Head Start centers, as appro17 priate. 

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

19 shall ensure that reviews described in subparagraphs 

20 (A) through (C) of paragraph (1)— 

21 ‘‘(A) are conducted by review teams that— 

22 ‘‘(i) include individuals who are 

23 knowledgeable about Head Start programs 

24 and, to the maximum extent practicable, the 

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1 needs of eligible children (including children 

2 with disabilities) and limited-English pro3 ficient children and their families; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) include, to the maximum extent 

5 practicable, current or former employees of 

6 the Department of Health and Human 

7 Services who are knowledgeable about Head 

8 Start programs; 

9 ‘‘(B) include as part of the reviews of the 

10 programs, a review and assessment of program 

11 strengths and areas in need of improvement; 

12 ‘‘(C) include as part of the reviews of the 

13 programs, a review and assessment of whether 

14 programs have adequately addressed the popu15 lation and community needs (including popu16 lations of children with limited English pro17 ficiency and children of migrant and seasonal 

18 farm-working families); 

19 ‘‘(D) include as part of the review the extent 

20 to which the program addresses the community 

21 needs and strategic plan identified in section 

22 640(g)(2)(C); 

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1 search-based observational instrument that as2 sesses classroom quality, including multiple di3 mensions of teacher-child interactions that are 

4 linked to positive child development and later 

5 achievement; 

6 ‘‘(F) are conducted in a manner that evalu7 ates program performance, quality, and overall 

8 operations with consistency and objectivity, and 

9 based on a transparent and reliable system of re10 view; 

11 ‘‘(G) in the case of Early Head Start pro12 grams, are conducted by a review team that in13 cludes individuals who are knowledgeable about 

14 the development of infants and toddlers; and 

15 ‘‘(H) include as part of the review a pro16 tocol for fiscal management that shall be used to 

17 assess the compliance with program requirements 

18 for— 

19 ‘‘(i) using federal funds appropriately; 

20 ‘‘(ii) using federal funds specifically to 

21 purchase property and to compensate per22 sonnel; 

23 ‘‘(iii) securing and using qualified fis24 cal officer support; and 


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1 ‘‘(iv) reporting financial information 

2 and implementing appropriate internal 

3 controls to safeguard federal funds. 

4 ‘‘(3) USE OF REVIEW FINDINGS.—The findings of 

5 the review shall, at a minimum— 

6 ‘‘(A) be presented to an agency in a timely, 

7 transparent, and uniform manner that conveys 

8 information of program strengths and weaknesses 

9 and assists with program improvement; and 

10 ‘‘(B) be used by the Head Start agencies to 

11 inform the development and implementation of 

12 their plan for training and technical assistance. 

13 ‘‘(d) EVALUATIONS AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FOR

14 DELEGATE AGENCIES.— 

15 ‘‘(1) PROCEDURES.—The Head Start agency 

16 shall establish procedures relating to its delegate agen17 cies, including— 

18 ‘‘(A) procedures for evaluating delegate 

19 agencies; 

20 ‘‘(B) procedures for defunding delegate 

21 agencies; and 

22 ‘‘(C) procedures for appealing a defunding 

23 decision relating to a delegate agency. 

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1 ‘‘(A) shall evaluate its delegate agencies 

2 using the procedures established under this sec3 tion; and 

4 ‘‘(B) shall inform the delegate agencies of 

5 the deficiencies identified through the evaluation 

6 that are required to be corrected. 

7 ‘‘(3) REMEDIES TO ENSURE CORRECTIVE AC8 TIONS.—If the Head Start agency identifies a defi9 ciency of a delegate agency through the evaluation, 

10 the Head Start agency may— 

11 ‘‘(A) initiate procedures to terminate the 

12 designation of the delegate agency unless such 

13 agency corrects the deficiency; and 

14 ‘‘(B) conduct monthly monitoring visits to 

15 such delegate agency until all deficiencies are 

16 corrected or the Head Start agency decides to 

17 defund such delegate agency. 

18 ‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

19 subsection shall be construed to modify, supersede, or 

20 affect the powers, duties, or functions of the Secretary 

21 with respect to Head Start agencies or delegate agen22 cies that receive financial assistance under this sub23 chapter. 

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1 ‘‘(1) DETERMINATION.—If the Secretary deter2 mines, on the basis of a review pursuant to subsection 

3 (c), that a Head Start agency designated pursuant to 

4 section 641 fails to meet the standards described in 

5 subsection (a) or fails to adequately address the com6 munity needs and strategic plan identified in section 

7 640(g)(2)(C), the Secretary shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) inform the agency of the deficiencies 

9 that shall be corrected; 

10 ‘‘(B) with respect to each identified defi11 ciency, require the agency— 

12 ‘‘(i) to correct the deficiency imme13 diately, if the Secretary finds that the defi14 ciency threatens the health or safety of staff 

15 or program participants or poses a threat 

16 to the integrity of Federal funds; 

17 ‘‘(ii) to correct the deficiency not later 

18 than 90 days after the identification of the 

19 deficiency if the Secretary finds, in the dis20 cretion of the Secretary, that such a 90-day 

21 period is reasonable, in light of the nature 

22 and magnitude of the deficiency; or 

23 ‘‘(iii) in the discretion of the Secretary 

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1 quired to correct the deficiency), to comply 

2 with the requirements of paragraph (2) con3 cerning a quality improvement plan; and 

4 ‘‘(C) initiate proceedings to terminate the 

5 designation of the agency unless the agency cor6 rects the deficiency. 

7 ‘‘(2) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.— 

8 ‘‘(A) AGENCY AND PROGRAM RESPONSIBIL9 ITIES.—To retain a designation as a Head Start 

10 agency under this subchapter, or in the case of 

11 a Head Start program to continue to receive 

12 funds from such agency, a Head Start agency, or 

13 Head Start program that is the subject of a de14 termination described in paragraph (1) (exclud15 ing an agency or program required to correct a 

16 deficiency immediately or during a 90-day pe17 riod under clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (1)(B)) 

18 shall— 

19 ‘‘(i) develop in a timely manner, a 

20 quality improvement plan that shall be sub21 ject to the approval of the secretary, or in 

22 the case of a program, the sponsoring agen23 cy, and which shall specify— 

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1 ‘‘(II) the actions to be taken to 

2 correct such deficiencies; and 

3 ‘‘(III) the timetable for accom4 plishment of the corrective actions 

5 specified; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) eliminate each deficiency identi7 fied, not later than the date for elimination 

8 of such deficiency specified in such plan 

9 (which shall not be later than 10 months 

10 after the date the agency or program ob11 tains approval of its quality improvement 

12 plan). 

13 ‘‘(B) SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITY.—Not 

14 later than 30 days after receiving from a Head 

15 Start agency a proposed quality improvement 

16 plan pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Sec17 retary shall either approve such proposed plan or 

18 specify the reasons why the proposed plan cannot 

19 be approved. 

20 ‘‘(C) AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRO21 GRAM IMPROVEMENT.—Not later than 30 days 

22 after receiving from a Head Start program, a 

23 proposed quality improvement plan pursuant to 

24 subparagraph (A), the Head Start agency shall 

25 either approve such proposed plan or specify the 


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1 reasons why the proposed plan cannot be ap2 proved. 

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

4 The Secretary shall provide training and technical 

5 assistance to Head Start agencies and programs with 

6 respect to the development or implementation of such 

7 quality improvement plans to the extent the Secretary 

8 finds such provision to be feasible and appropriate 

9 given available funding and other statutory respon10 sibilities. 

11 ‘‘(f) SUMMARIES OF MONITORING OUTCOMES.—Not 

12 later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, the 

13 Secretary shall publish a summary report on the findings 

14 of reviews conducted under subsection (c) and on the out15 comes of quality improvement plans implemented under 

16 subsection (e), during such fiscal year. Such report shall 

17 be made available to all parents with children receiving as18 sistance under this subchapter in an understandable and 

19 uniform format, and to the extent practicable, provided in 

20 a language that the parents can understand, and in addi21 tion, make the information widely available through public 

22 means such as distribution through public agencies, and at 

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1 ards and measures sufficient to allow individual Head 

2 Start agencies to use such data to improve the quality of 

3 their program. 

4 ‘‘(g) SELF-ASSESSMENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than once 

6 each program year, with the consultation and partici7 pation of policy councils, and as applicable, policy 

8 committees, and as appropriate, other community 

9 members, each Head Start agency and each delegate 

10 agency that receives financial assistance under this 

11 subchapter shall conduct a comprehensive self-assess12 ment of its effectiveness and progress in meeting pro13 gram goals and objectives (including professional de14 velopment plans) and in implementing and com15 plying with Head Start program performance stand16 ards. 

17 ‘‘(2) REPORT AND IMPROVEMENT PLANS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) REPORT.—An agency conducting a 

19 self-assessment shall report the findings of the 

20 self-assessment to the relevant policy council, pol21 icy committee, governing body, and Secretary. 

22 Each self-assessment shall identify areas of 

23 strength and weakness. 

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1 provement plan approved by the governing body 

2 of the agency to strengthen any areas identified 

3 in the self-assessment as weaknesses or in need of 

4 improvement. 

5 ‘‘(3) ONGOING MONITORING.—Each Head Start 

6 agency, delegate Head Start agency, and entity that 

7 carries out an Early Head Start program a shall es8 tablish and implement procedures for the ongoing 

9 monitoring of their respective programs, to ensure 

10 that the operations of the programs work toward 

11 meeting program goals and objectives and Head Start 

12 performance standards. 

13 ‘‘(h) ENROLLMENT REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 

14 ‘‘(1) Head Start agencies shall report on a reg15 ular basis to the Secretary— 

16 ‘‘(A) the actual enrollment in such program; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(B) if such actual enrollment is less than 

19 the funded enrollment, any apparent reason for 

20 such enrollment shortfall. 

21 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall determine on a regular 

22 basis which Head Start agencies are operating with 

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1 training and technical assistance to increase actual 

2 enrollment, as appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(3) In this subsection: 

4 ‘‘(A) The term ‘actual enrollment’ means, 

5 with respect to a Head Start program, the actual 

6 number of children enrolled in such program in 

7 a given month. 

8 ‘‘(B) The term ‘base grant’ means, with re9 spect to Head Start agency for a fiscal year, that 

10 portion of the grant derived from— 

11 ‘‘(i) amounts reserved for use in ac12 cordance with section 640(a)(2)(A), for a 

13 Head Start agency administering an In14 dian Head Start program or migrant and 

15 seasonal Head Start program; 

16 ‘‘(ii) amounts reserved for payments 

17 under section 640(a)(2)(B); or 

18 ‘‘(iii) amounts available under section 

19 640(a)(2)(D) or allotted among States 

20 under section 640(a)(4). 

21 ‘‘(C) The term ‘funded enrollment’ means, 

22 with respect to the program of a Head Start 

23 agency in a fiscal year, the number of children 

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1 grant for the program during such fiscal year, as 

2 indicated in the grant award. 

3 ‘‘(i) REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Funds held by the 

4 Secretary as a result of recapturing, withholding, or reduc5 ing a base grant, except when such action is the result of 

6 an open competition 641(d)) or termination 646(d) shall 

7 be redistributed in such fiscal year as follows: 

8 ‘‘(1) If such funds are derived from an Indian 

9 Head Start program, then such funds shall be redis10 tributed to increase enrollment in such fiscal year in 

11 1 or more Indian Head Start programs. 

12 ‘‘(2) If such funds are derived from the operation 

13 of a migrant and seasonal Head Start program, then 

14 such funds shall be redistributed to increase enroll15 ment in such fiscal year in 1 or more migrant and 

16 seasonal Head Start programs. 

17 ‘‘(3) If such funds are derived from the operation 

18 of a Head Start program in a State (excluding In19 dian Head Start program and migrant and seasonal 

20 Head Start programs), then such funds shall be redis21 tributed to increase enrollment in such fiscal year in 

22 1 or more Head Start programs (excluding Indian 

23 Head Start programs and migrant and seasonal 

24 Head Start programs) that are carried out in such 

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1 ‘‘(A) not less than 50 percent of the funds 

2 shall be prioritized to increase the program par3 ticipation of children and families served under 

4 Early Head Start; and 

5 ‘‘(B) not less than 25 percent of the funds 

6 shall be prioritized to increase program partici7 pation of underserved populations of eligible 

8 children.’’. 

9 SEC. 8. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF HEAD START AGEN10 CIES. 

11 Section 642 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9837) 

12 is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 642. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF HEAD START AGEN14 CIES. 

15 ‘‘(a) LEGAL AUTHORITY.—To be designated as a Head 

16 Start agency under this subchapter, an agency must have 

17 authority under its charter or applicable law to receive and 

18 administer funds under this subchapter, funds and con19 tributions from private or local public sources which may 

20 be used in support of a Head Start program, and funds 

21 under any Federal or State assistance program pursuant 

22 to which a public or private nonprofit or for-profit agency 

23 (as the case may be) organized in accordance with this sub24 chapter, could act as grantee, contractor, or sponsor of 

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1 gram. Such an agency must also be empowered to transfer 

2 funds so received, and to delegate powers to other agencies, 

3 subject to the powers of its governing board and its overall 

4 program responsibilities. The power to transfer funds and 

5 delegate powers must include the power to make transfers 

6 and delegations covering component projects in all cases 

7 where this will contribute to efficiency and effectiveness or 

8 otherwise further program objectives. 

9 ‘‘(b) FAMILY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT; FAMILY

10 SERVICES.—To be so designated, a Head Start agency 

11 shall, at a minimum, do all the following to involve and 

12 serve families and communities: 

13 ‘‘(1) Establish effective procedures by which par14 ents and area residents concerned will be enabled to 

15 directly participate in decisions that influence the 

16 character of programs affecting their interests. 

17 ‘‘(2) Seek the involvement of parents, area resi18 dents, and local business in the design and implemen19 tation of the program. 

20 ‘‘(3) Establish effective procedures to facilitate 

21 and seek the involvement of parents of participating 

22 children in activities designed to help such parents 

23 become full partners in the education of their chil24 dren, and to afford such parents the opportunity to 

25 participate in the development and overall conduct of 


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1 the program at the local level, including a process 

2 through which parents of children currently partici3 pating in a Head Start program or an Early Head 

4 Start program select the parent representatives to 

5 serve on the council under section 642(b)(4)(B)(ii). 

6 ‘‘(4) Offer (directly or through referral to local 

7 entities, such as entities carrying out Even Start pro8 grams under subpart 3 of part B of title I of the Ele9 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

10 U.S.C. 2741 et seq.)), to parents of participating chil11 dren, family literacy services and parenting skills 

12 training. 

13 ‘‘(5) Offer to parents of participating children 

14 mental health services (either directly or through re15 ferral to local entities), including substance abuse 

16 counseling, and including information on maternal 

17 depression and on drug-exposed infants and fetal al18 cohol syndrome. 

19 ‘‘(6) At the option of such agency, offer (directly 

20 or through referral to local entities) to such parents— 

21 ‘‘(A) training in basic child development 

22 (including cognitive, social, and emotional devel23 opment); 

24 ‘‘(B) assistance in developing literacy and 

25 communication skills; 


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1 ‘‘(C) opportunities to share experiences with 

2 other parents (including parent-mentor relation3 ships); 

4 ‘‘(D) mental and behavioral health services; 

5 ‘‘(E) regular in-home visitation; or 

6 ‘‘(F) any other activity designed to help 

7 such parents become full partners in the edu8 cation of their children. 

9 ‘‘(7) Provide, with respect to each participating 

10 family, a family needs assessment that includes con11 sultation with such parents, in a manner and lan12 guage that such parents can understand, about the 

13 benefits of parent involvement and about the activities 

14 described in paragraphs (5) through (8) in which 

15 such parents may choose to be involved (taking into 

16 consideration their specific family needs, work sched17 ules, and other responsibilities). 

18 ‘‘(8) Consider providing services to assist young19 er siblings of children participating in its Head Start 

20 program to obtain health, including mental health, 

21 services from other sources. 

22 ‘‘(9) Perform community outreach to encourage 

23 individuals previously unaffiliated with Head Start 

24 programs to participate in its Head Start program 

25 as volunteers. 


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1 ‘‘(10)(A) Inform custodial parents in single-par2 ent families that participate in programs, activities, 

3 or services carried out or provided under this sub4 chapter about the availability of child support serv5 ices for purposes of establishing paternity and acquir6 ing child support; and 

7 ‘‘(B) Refer eligible parents to the child support 

8 offices of State and local governments. 

9 ‘‘(11) Provide parents of limited English pro10 ficient children outreach and services under this sub11 chapter, in an understandable and uniform format 

12 and, to the extent practicable, in a language that such 

13 parents can understand. 

14 ‘‘(12) Provide technical and other support needed 

15 to enable parents and area residents to secure on their 

16 own behalf available assistance from public and pri17 vate sources. 

18 ‘‘(13) Promote the continued involvement of the 

19 parents (including grandparents and kinship care20 givers, as appropriate) of children that participate in 

21 Head Start programs in the education of their chil22 dren upon transition to school, the Head Start agency 

23 shall work with the local educational agency— 

24 ‘‘(A) to provide training to the parents; 


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1 ‘‘(i) to inform the parents about their 

2 rights and responsibilities concerning the 

3 education of their children; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) to enable the parents— 

5 ‘‘(I) to understand and work with 

6 schools in order to communicate with 

7 teachers and other school personnel; 

8 ‘‘(II) to support the schoolwork of 

9 their children; and 

10 ‘‘(III) to participate as appro11 priate in decisions relating to the edu12 cation of their children; and 

13 ‘‘(B) to take other actions, as appropriate 

14 and feasible, to support the active involvement of 

15 the parents with schools, school personnel, and 

16 school-related organizations. 

17 ‘‘(14) Provide parents of a child suspected of 

18 having a disability information about services avail19 able under section 619 or part C of the Individuals 

20 With Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419, 

21 1431 et seq.) and refer such child to the appropriate 

22 agency for an evaluation of eligibility under such Act. 

23 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM GOVERNANCE.—Head Start agencies 

24 must establish and maintain a formal structure of shared 

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1 with legal and fiscal responsibility for administering and 

2 overseeing programs under this subchapter and a parent 

3 policy council and parent policy committee, as appropriate, 

4 shall ensure that such agency operates a high quality Head 

5 Start program in compliance with all applicable Federal, 

6 State, and local laws. 

7 ‘‘(1) GOVERNING BODY.— 

8 ‘‘(A) COMPOSITION.—The governing body 

9 shall be composed as follows: 

10 ‘‘(i) Not less than 1 member with sig11 nificant financial management or account12 ing experience. 

13 ‘‘(ii) Not less than 1 member shall have 

14 a background and expertise in early child15 hood development. 

16 ‘‘(iii) Not less than 1 member shall be 

17 a licensed attorney familiar with issues that 

18 come before the governing body. 

19 ‘‘(iv) Additional members shall be se20 lected for their expertise in education, busi21 ness administration, and community affairs 

22 and shall reflect the community served. 

23 ‘‘(v) Exceptions shall be made when 

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1 public entity and are selected by public elec2 tion or are political appointments. 

3 ‘‘(B) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—Members of 

4 the governing body shall— 

5 ‘‘(i) not have a conflict of interest with 

6 the Head Start agency or delegate agencies, 

7 exceptions shall be made when a board 

8 member of a public entity is selected by 

9 election or politically appointed; 

10 ‘‘(ii) not receive compensation for the 

11 purposes of serving on the governing body 

12 or for providing services to the Head Start 

13 agency, exceptions shall be made when a 

14 board member of a public entity is selected 

15 by election or politically appointed; 

16 ‘‘(iii) not be employed nor shall mem17 bers of their immediate family be employed 

18 by the Head Start agency or one of its dele19 gate agencies, exceptions shall be made 

20 when a board member of a public entity is 

21 selected by election or politically appointed; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(iv) operate as an entity independent 

24 of staff employed by the Head Start agency 

25 entity or applicant, exceptions shall be 


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1 made when a board member of a public en2 tity is selected by election or politically ap3 pointed. 

4 ‘‘(C) CONSULTANTS.—In the case that per5 sons described in subparagraph (A) are not 

6 available to serve as members, the governing 

7 body shall make use of consultants in the areas 

8 described in subparagraph (A) to work directly 

9 with the governing body. 

10 ‘‘(D) TRAINING.—All members of the gov11 erning body shall receive training in manage12 ment responsibilities and obligations, ethics, and 

13 financial literacy management. 

14 ‘‘(E) RESPONSIBILITIES OF GOVERNING

15 BODY.—The governing body shall be responsible 

16 for— 

17 ‘‘(i) adoption of practices that assure 

18 active, independent and informed govern19 ance of the Head Start agency; 

20 ‘‘(ii) oversight to ensure that the Head 

21 Start agency under the direction of the exec22 utive director is delivering high quality 

23 services to children and families in compli24 ance with all applicable standards in effect 

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1 ble performance measures established by the 

2 Secretary under section 644; 

3 ‘‘(iii) establish an audit and finance 

4 committee whose primary responsibility 

5 shall be— 

6 ‘‘(I) to approve annually the oper7 ating budget of the Head Start agency; 

8 ‘‘(II) to review and recommend to 

9 the governing body the selection of 

10 independent auditors who shall report 

11 all critical accounting policies and 

12 practices to the finance and audit com13 mittee, except when the auditor is as14 signed by the State under State law; 

15 ‘‘(III) to review and recommend 

16 to the governing body the termination 

17 or extension of the existing audit firm 

18 at least once every 5 years; 

19 ‘‘(IV) to review and advise the 

20 governing body of the audit manage21 ment letter provided pursuant to the 

22 chapter 75 of title 31, United States 

23 Code, and of any audit findings; and 

24 ‘‘(V) to monitor agency actions to 

25 correct any such audit findings or 


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1 other actions necessary to comply with 

2 applicable laws (including regulations) 

3 governing financial statements and ac4 counting practices; 

5 ‘‘(iv) approve all major policies of the 

6 agency, including the mission of the agency 

7 and policies addressing accounting, finan8 cial management, procurement, record con9 fidentiality, and personnel (including spe10 cific standards governing salaries, salary 

11 adjustments, travel and per diem allow12 ances, and other employee benefits); 

13 ‘‘(v) approve all major financial ex14 penditures of the agency; 

15 ‘‘(vi) approve the selection or dismissal 

16 of the Head Start Director or the equivalent 

17 position within the Head Start agency; 

18 ‘‘(vii) approve or disapprove all poli19 cies, applications, and decisions of the Pol20 icy Council made under the authority of 

21 paragraph (2); 

22 ‘‘(viii) to oversee the program planning 

23 of the Head Start agency, including adop24 tion of policies for setting long- and short25 range goals and objectives; 


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1 ‘‘(ix) oversee and approve the agency’s 

2 applications to receive funds made available 

3 under this subchapter; and 

4 ‘‘(x) to establish, adopt and periodi5 cally update written standards of conduct 

6 that establish standards and formal proce7 dures for disclosing, addressing, and resolv8 ing— 

9 ‘‘(I) any conflict of interest, and 

10 any appearance of a conflict of inter11 est, by members of the governing body, 

12 officers, employees, consultants and 

13 agents who provide services or furnish 

14 goods to the Head Start agency; and 

15 ‘‘(II) complaints, including inves16 tigations, when appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(2) POLICY COUNCIL.— 

18 ‘‘(A) COMPOSITION.—The Policy Council or 

19 Policy Committee, as appropriate, shall be com20 posed as follows: 

21 ‘‘(i) Members of the Policy Council 

22 shall be either parents of children currently 

23 enrolled in the Head Start agency’s (or del24 egate’s) Head Start or Early Head Start 

25 program or that are parents of children who 


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1 were enrolled in the program in the pre2 vious year (Parent Members) or shall be 

3 members of the community served by the 

4 Head Start agency or delegate (Community 

5 Members). 

6 ‘‘(ii) Parent members of the Policy 

7 Council shall constitute a majority of the 

8 members of the Policy Council and shall be 

9 elected by parents of currently enrolled chil10 dren. 

11 ‘‘(iii) Parent members shall represent, 

12 proportionately, all program options and 

13 settings operated by the Head Start agency 

14 or delegate. 

15 ‘‘(iv) The term of a Policy Council 

16 member shall be no more than 2 years and 

17 no Policy Council member shall serve longer 

18 than 6 years. 

19 ‘‘(B) RESPONSIBILITIES OF POLICY COUN20 CIL.—In order to be designated as a Head Start 

21 agency, an entity or delegate of such an entity 

22 shall have a Policy Council which shall approve 

23 and submit to the governing body decisions about 

24 the following activities: 


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1 ‘‘(i) The strategic direction of the pro2 gram, including long and short-term plan3 ning goals and objectives (such planning 

4 and goals shall take into account the an5 nual community assessment and self-assess6 ment). 

7 ‘‘(ii) Selection of delegate agencies and 

8 their service areas. 

9 ‘‘(iii) Recruitment, selection and en10 rollment priorities. 

11 ‘‘(iv) Funding applications and 

12 amendments to funding applications for 

13 Head Start or Early Head Start prior to 

14 submission of such applications. 

15 ‘‘(v) Budget planning for program ex16 penditures. 

17 ‘‘(vi) Bylaws for the operation of the 

18 Policy Council including procedures by 

19 which Policy Council members are chosen. 

20 ‘‘(vii) Program personnel policies, in21 cluding standards of conduct for program 

22 staff, contractors and volunteers. 

23 ‘‘(viii) Decisions regarding employ24 ment of Head Start staff other than the di25 rector and executive director. 


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1 ‘‘(ix) Activities to support the active 

2 involvement of parents in supporting pro3 gram operations. 

4 ‘‘(x) Program responsiveness to com5 munity and parent needs. 

6 ‘‘(C) TRAINING.—Appropriate training and 

7 technical assistance shall be provided to the 

8 members of the Policy Council to ensure that the 

9 members understand the information the mem10 bers receive and effectively oversee and partici11 pate in the programs of the Head Start agency 

12 or delegate. 

13 ‘‘(3) IMPASSE POLICY.—The Secretary shall de14 velop policies and procedures describing how Head 

15 Start agencies will implement shared decision-mak16 ing, including a process for resolving any impasse be17 tween the Governing Body and the Policy Council. 

18 ‘‘(d) COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION.—To be so 

19 designated, a Head Start agency must collaborate and co20 ordinate with public and private entities to improve the 

21 available services to Head Start children and families, in22 cluding the following activities: 

23 ‘‘(1) Conduct outreach to schools in which chil24 dren participating in Head Start programs enroll, 

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1 nity, community-based organizations, faith-based or2 ganizations, museums, and libraries to generate sup3 port and leverage the resources of the entire local com4 munity in order to improve school readiness. 

5 ‘‘(2) In communities where both public pre6 kindergarten programs and Head Start programs op7 erate, a Head Start agency shall collaborate and co8 ordinate activities with the local educational agency 

9 or other public agency responsible for the operation of 

10 the prekindergarten program and providers of pre11 kindergarten, including outreach activities to identify 

12 eligible children, as possible. 

13 ‘‘(3) Head Start agency staff shall, with the per14 mission of the parents of children enrolled in Head 

15 Start programs, regularly communicate with the ele16 mentary schools such children will be attending— 

17 ‘‘(A) to share information about such chil18 dren; and 

19 ‘‘(B) to ensure a smooth transition to ele20 mentary school for such children. 

21 ‘‘(4) Each Head Start agency shall collaborate, 

22 as appropriate, with providers of social and commu23 nity services available to children and families par24 ticipating in Head Start programs, and may support 


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1 such partnerships with financial agreements, when 

2 applicable, for the provision of such services. 

3 ‘‘(5) A Head Start agency shall take steps to co4 ordinate activities with the local educational agency 

5 serving the community involved and with schools in 

6 which children participating in a Head Start pro7 gram operated by such agency will enroll following 

8 such program, including— 

9 ‘‘(A) collaborating on the shared use of 

10 transportation and facilities; 

11 ‘‘(B) collaborating to enhance the efficiency 

12 of services while increasing the program partici13 pation of underserved populations of eligible 

14 children; and 

15 ‘‘(C) exchanging information on the provi16 sion of noneducational services to such children. 

17 ‘‘(6) The Secretary, in consultation with the Sec18 retary of Education, shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) evaluate the effectiveness of the projects 

20 and activities funded under section 642A; 

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1 tion of children from Head Start programs to 

2 public schools; and 

3 ‘‘(C) provide technical assistance to such 

4 agencies to promote and assist such agencies to 

5 adopt and implement such effective policies and 

6 activities. 

7 ‘‘(e) QUALITY STANDARDS, CURRICULA AND ASSESS8 MENT.—To be so designated, each Head Start agency 

9 shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) take steps to ensure, to the maximum extent 

11 possible, that children maintain the developmental 

12 and educational gains achieved in Head Start pro13 grams and build upon such gains in further school14 ing; 

15 ‘‘(2) establish a program with standards set forth 

16 in section 641A(a)(1), with particular attention to 

17 the standards set forth in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

18 of such section; 

19 ‘‘(3) implement a research-based early childhood 

20 curriculum that promotes young children’s school 

21 readiness in the areas of language and cognitive de22 velopment, early reading and premathematics skills, 

23 socio-emotional development, physical development, 

24 and approaches to learning. Such curricula shall be— 


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1 ‘‘(A) based on scientifically based research 

2 and have standardized training procedures and 

3 curriculum materials to support implementation; 

4 ‘‘(B) comprehensive, linked to ongoing as5 sessment, with developmental and learning goals 

6 and measurable objectives; and focused on im7 proving the learning environment, teaching prac8 tices, family involvement, and child outcomes 

9 across all areas of development; and 

10 ‘‘(C) aligned to the Head Start Child Out11 comes Framework developed by the Secretary 

12 and to State early learning standards, as appro13 priate; 

14 ‘‘(4) use ongoing, research-based assessment 

15 methods that are developmentally appropriate, cul16 turally and linguistically responsive, and tied to chil17 dren’s daily activities in order to support the edu18 cational instruction of children in the program, in19 cluding language skills, prereading knowledge and 

20 premathematics knowledge. Assessment instruments 

21 shall be those designed and validated for making deci22 sions about teaching and learning and aligned with 

23 the programs curricula and section 641A(a)(1); 

24 ‘‘(5) use high-quality research-based develop25 mental screening tools that have been demonstrated to 


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1 be standardized, reliable, valid, and accurate for chil2 dren from a range of racial, ethnic, linguistic, and 

3 cultural backgrounds, for the purpose of meeting the 

4 relevant performance standards; 

5 ‘‘(6) adopt, in consultation with experts in child 

6 development and with classroom teachers, an assess7 ment to be used when hiring or evaluating any class8 room teacher in a center-based Head Start program. 

9 Such assessment shall measure whether such teacher 

10 has mastered the functions described in section 

11 648A(a)(1) and attained a level of literacy appro12 priate to implement Head Start curricula; 

13 ‘‘(7) use the information provided from the as14 sessment conducted under section 640A(C)(2)(H) to 

15 adopt a professional development plan that leads to 

16 improved teacher effectiveness; 

17 ‘‘(8) establish measurable objectives for the provi18 sion of health, educational, nutritional, and social 

19 services related to the program mission and to school 

20 readiness and provided under this subchapter; and 

21 ‘‘(9) develop procedures for identifying children 

22 as limited English proficient, and inform the parents 

23 of such children as to the instructional services used 

24 to help children make progress towards acquiring the 

25 knowledge and skills described in section 


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1 641A(a)(1)(B) and acquisition of the English lan2 guage. 

3 ‘‘(f) FUNDED ENROLLMENT; WAITING LIST.—Each 

4 Head Start agency shall enroll 100 percent of its funded 

5 enrollment and maintain an active waiting list at all times 

6 with ongoing outreach to the community and activities to 

7 identify underserved populations. 

8 ‘‘(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PLAN.— 

9 In order to receive funds under this subchapter, a Head 

10 Start agency shall develop an annual technical assistance 

11 and training plan. Such plan shall be based on the agency’s 

12 self-assessment, the community-wide needs assessment, the 

13 needs of parents and children to be serviced by such agency, 

14 and the results of the reviews conducted under section 

15 641A(c). 

16 ‘‘(h) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.—In order to receive 

17 funds under this subchapter, a Head Start agency shall doc18 ument strong fiscal controls, including the employment of 

19 well-qualified fiscal staff with a history of successful man20 agement of a public or private organization.’’. 

21 SEC. 9. HEAD START TRANSITION AND ALIGNMENT WITH K22 12 EDUCATION. 

23 Section 642A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9837a) 

24 is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 642A. HEAD START TRANSITION AND ALIGNMENT 

2 WITH K-12 EDUCATION. 

3 ‘‘Each Head Start agency shall take steps to coordi4 nate with the local educational agency serving the commu5 nity involved and with schools in which children partici6 pating in a Head Start program operated by such agency 

7 will enroll following such program to promote continuity 

8 of services and effective transitions, including— 

9 ‘‘(1) developing and implementing a systematic 

10 procedure for transferring, with parental consent, 

11 Head Start program records for each participating 

12 child to the school in which such child will enroll; 

13 ‘‘(2) establishing ongoing channels of commu14 nication between Head Start staff and their counter15 parts in the schools (including teachers, social work16 ers, McKinney-Vento liaisons as established under sec17 tion 722 (g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento Home18 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)), 

19 and health staff) to facilitate coordination of pro20 grams; 

21 ‘‘(3) establish on-going communication for devel22 oping continuity of developmentally appropriate cur23 ricula between Head Start and local educational 

24 agencies to ensure an effective transition and appro25 priate shared expectations for children’s learning and 

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1 ‘‘(4) organizing and participating in joint train2 ing, including transition-related training for school 

3 staff and Head Start staff; 

4 ‘‘(5) conducting meetings involving parents, kin5 dergarten or elementary school teachers, and Head 

6 Start program teachers to discuss the educational, de7 velopmental, and other needs of individual children; 

8 ‘‘(6) helping parents of limited English Pro9 ficient children understand the method of instruction 

10 and other services provided by the school in which 

11 such child will enroll after participation in Head 

12 Start and as appropriate, information provided to 

13 parents of limited English proficient children under 

14 section 3302 of title III of the Elementary and Sec15 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20U.S.C. 7012); 

16 ‘‘(7) developing and implementing a family out17 reach and support program in cooperation with enti18 ties carrying out parental involvement efforts under 

19 title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

20 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) and family out21 reach and support efforts under subtitle B of title VII 

22 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 11431–11435); 

24 ‘‘(8) assisting families, administrators, and 

25 teachers in enhancing educational and developmental 


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1 continuity and continuity in parental involvement 

2 activities between Head Start services and elementary 

3 school classes; 

4 ‘‘(9) linking the services provided in such Head 

5 Start program with the education services, including 

6 services relating to language, literacy, and numeracy, 

7 provided by such local educational agency; 

8 ‘‘(10) helping parents (including grandparents 

9 and kinship caregivers, as appropriate) to understand 

10 the importance of parental involvement in a child’s 

11 academic success while teaching them strategies for 

12 maintaining parental involvement as their child 

13 moves from Head Start to elementary school; 

14 ‘‘(11) developing and implementing a system to 

15 increase program participation of underserved popu16 lations of eligible children; and 

17 ‘‘(12) coordinating activities and collaborating 

18 to ensure that curricula used in the Head Start pro19 gram are aligned with— 

20 ‘‘(A) the Head Start Child Outcomes 

21 Framework as developed by the Secretary; and 

22 ‘‘(B) State early learning standards, as ap23 propriate, with regard to cognitive, social, emo24 tional, and physical competencies that children 


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1 entering kindergarten are expected to dem2 onstrate.’’. 

3 SEC. 10. LOCAL AND STATE INTEGRATION OF EARLY CHILD4 HOOD EDUCATION. 

5 The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831) is amended by 

6 inserting after section 642A the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 642B. LOCAL AND STATE INTEGRATION OF EARLY 

8 CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. 

9 ‘‘(a) LOCAL INTEGRATION.—In general, Head Start 

10 agencies shall enter into ongoing partnerships with local 

11 educational agencies and with State-funded preschool and 

12 other early childhood programs. 

13 ‘‘(1) MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.—Each 

14 Head Start agency shall enter into a memorandum of 

15 understanding with any local educational agencies or 

16 local councils, responsible for managing publicly 

17 funded prekindergarten programs in the service area 

18 of the Head Start agency (or if such agencies and 

19 such councils are not applicable in the service area, 

20 with the largest provider of publicly funded pre21 kindergarten in the service area), that shall include 

22 plans to coordinate the following activities: 

23 ‘‘(A) Educational activities, curricula, and 

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1 ‘‘(B) Public information dissemination and 

2 access to programs for families contacting any of 

3 the early childhood programs. 

4 ‘‘(C) Selection priorities for eligible children 

5 to be served by programs. 

6 ‘‘(D) Service delivery areas. 

7 ‘‘(E) Staff training, including opportunities 

8 for joint staff training on topics such as aca9 demic content standards, instructional methods, 

10 and social and emotional development. 

11 ‘‘(F) Program technical assistance. 

12 ‘‘(G) Provision of additional services to 

13 meet the needs of working parents. 

14 ‘‘(H) Planning and parent education for 

15 smooth transitions to kindergarten as required 

16 in section 642A(3) and 642A(6). 

17 ‘‘(I) Provision and use of facilities, trans18 portation, and other program elements. 

19 ‘‘(J) Other elements mutually agreed to by 

20 the parties to such memorandum. 

21 ‘‘(2) TIMING OF MEMORANDA.—Each Head Start 

22 agency shall enter into a memorandum of under23 standing under paragraph (1) not later than 1 year 

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1 ‘‘(3) SECRETARIAL REVIEW.—Each memo2 randum of understanding entered into under para3 graph (1) shall be submitted to the Secretary not later 

4 than 30 days after entering into such memorandum. 

5 ‘‘(A) If a Head Start agency is unable to 

6 comply with the requirement in paragraph (1) 

7 the Head Start agency shall notify the Secretary 

8 and the chief executive officer of the State not 

9 later than 30 days after determining that they 

10 are unable to enter into such memorandum. The 

11 Secretary, in cooperation with the State Early 

12 Learning Council and the State Director of 

13 Head Start Collaboration, shall evaluate the 

14 causes of failure to enter into a memorandum of 

15 understanding under paragraph (1). With the 

16 assistance of the State Early Learning Council 

17 and the State Director of Head Start Collabora18 tion, all parties shall again attempt to enter into 

19 a memorandum of understanding under para20 graph (1). Then if no such memorandum of un21 derstanding is entered into, the Secretary shall 

22 make 1 of the following determinations: 

23 ‘‘(i) The local educational agency, local 

24 council, or other appropriate entity is un25 able or unwilling to enter into such a 


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1 memorandum despite reasonable efforts on 

2 the part of the Head Start agency. 

3 ‘‘(ii) The Head Start agency has not 

4 engaged in reasonable efforts to successfully 

5 negotiate and enter into a memorandum of 

6 understanding pursuant to paragraph (1). 

7 ‘‘(iii) There is an absence of publicly 

8 funded prekindergarten in the service area 

9 of the Head Start agency. 

10 ‘‘(B) If the Secretary determines the Head 

11 Start agency is not making reasonable efforts to 

12 enter into a memorandum of understanding pur13 suant to paragraph (1), the Head Start agency 

14 shall be found to be noncompliant with program 

15 performance standards. 

16 ‘‘(C) If the Secretary concludes that the 

17 local educational agency, local council, or other 

18 appropriate entity is not making reasonable ef19 forts to reach such a memorandum of under20 standing, the Head Start agency shall not be 

21 found out of compliance with paragraph (1). 

22 ‘‘(4) REVISION OF MEMORANDA.—Each memo23 randum of understanding shall be revised and re24 newed annually by the parties to such memorandum, 

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1 ‘‘(5) ABSENCE OF PREKINDERGARTEN.—In the 

2 absence of publicly funded prekindergarten in the 

3 service area of a Head Start agency, the Head Start 

4 agency shall submit notice to the Secretary and the 

5 chief executive officer of the State and shall work with 

6 the State Early Learning Council and the State Di7 rector of Head Start Collaboration to improve coordi8 nation in their service area. 

9 ‘‘(b) STATE EARLY LEARNING COUNCILS.—From the 

10 amounts reserved under section 640(a)(2)(C)(iii), the Sec11 retary shall award, upon submission of a written request 

12 and pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (2), an 

13 early learning collaboration grant to each State for the pur14 poses of supporting a State Early Learning Council respon15 sible for advancing the development of a coordinated early 

16 childhood services delivery system in the State. A State that 

17 receives a grant under this subparagraph shall— 

18 ‘‘(1) establish a State Early Learning Council, 

19 which shall include— 

20 ‘‘(A) the State Director of Head Start Col21 laboration; 

22 ‘‘(B) representatives from the State pre23 school programs; 

24 ‘‘(C) representatives of local educational 

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1 ‘‘(D) the State official who oversees child 

2 care programs; 

3 ‘‘(E) the State official who oversees section 

4 619 and part C of the Individuals with Disabil5 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 et 

6 seq.); 

7 ‘‘(F) the State official who oversees the 

8 State educational agency; 

9 ‘‘(G) representatives from Head Start agen10 cies located in the State, including migrant and 

11 seasonal Head Start programs and Indian Head 

12 Start programs; 

13 ‘‘(H) representatives of local child care pro14 grams or organizations; and 

15 ‘‘(I) a representative of the State agency re16 sponsible for health and mental health care; 

17 except that the chief executive officer of the State may 

18 designate an existing entity to serve as the Early 

19 Learning Council if such entity includes representa20 tives described in this paragraph; 

21 ‘‘(2) ensure that allotted funds distributed to a 

22 State for a fiscal year to carry out this subsection 

23 may be used by the State to pay not more than 50 

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1 ‘‘(3) direct the early learning council to improve 

2 the coordination and quality of early childhood serv3 ices within the State, including— 

4 ‘‘(A) to increase coordination and collabora5 tion among State preschool, Head Start pro6 grams, child care programs, early childhood spe7 cial education, and other early childhood pro8 grams, including in the areas of outcomes and 

9 standards, technical assistance, coordination of 

10 services, cross-sector professional development 

11 and training, community outreach, communica12 tion, and better serving the needs of working 

13 families through provision of full-day and full14 year early education services; 

15 ‘‘(B) to work with State agencies responsible 

16 for education, child care, and early intervention 

17 to provide leadership and assistance to local 

18 Head Start programs, local education agencies, 

19 and State and locally funded preschool and child 

20 care programs to increase integration among 

21 early childhood programs through adoption of 

22 local memoranda of understanding described in 

23 subparagraph (A) and other means; 

24 ‘‘(C) to work with State agencies responsible 

25 for education, child care, and early intervention 


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1 to provide leadership and assistance to develop 

2 developmentally appropriate standards for chil3 dren birth through the early elementary grades 

4 to effect a smooth transition to and success in the 

5 early elementary grades; 

6 ‘‘(D) to develop or conduct periodic State7 wide needs assessments concerning early care 

8 and education programs for children from birth 

9 to school entry; 

10 ‘‘(E) to work to identify and address bar11 riers to and opportunities for integration be12 tween entities carrying out Federal and State 

13 child development, child care, and early child14 hood education programs; 

15 ‘‘(F) to develop recommendations regarding 

16 means of establishing a unified data collection 

17 system for early care and education programs 

18 operating throughout the State; 

19 ‘‘(G) to address coordination of early learn20 ing programs with health care (including mental 

21 and behavioral health care), welfare, family lit22 eracy and services for homeless children; 

23 ‘‘(H) to support a State system of early 

24 childhood education, and training and technical 

25 assistance that improves the quality of early 


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1 learning programs and the capacity of such pro2 grams to deliver services pursuant to section 

3 648(b); 

4 ‘‘(I) to develop a plan for increasing the 

5 participation of children underrepresented in 

6 State early childhood education and child care 

7 programs, including Head Start, State preschool 

8 programs, and programs carried out under the 

9 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

10 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.); 

11 ‘‘(J) developing a Statewide professional de12 velopment and career ladder plan for early care 

13 and education in the State; and 

14 ‘‘(K) assisting 2- and 4-year public and 

15 private institutions of higher education to de16 velop articulation agreements concerning degrees 

17 in early childhood and related fields. 

18 ‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed 

19 to provide the Early Learning Council with authority 

20 to modify, supersede, or affect the operation of this 

21 subchapter. 

22 ‘‘(5) Funds made available under this section 

23 shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other 

24 Federal, State, and local funds that would otherwise 


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1 be expended to carry out the purposes of this sec2 tion.’’. 

3 SEC. 11. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS AND STAND4 ARDS. 

5 Section 644 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9839) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol8 lows: 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

10 ‘‘(1) STANDARDS.—Each Head Start agency 

11 shall observe standards of organization, management, 

12 and administration which will ensure, so far as rea13 sonably possible, that all program activities are con14 ducted in a manner consistent with the purposes of 

15 this subchapter and the objective of providing assist16 ance effectively, efficiently, and free of any taint of 

17 partisan political bias or personal or family favor18 itism. Each such agency shall establish or adopt rules 

19 to carry out this section, which shall include rules to 

20 assure full staff accountability in matters governed by 

21 law, regulations, or agency policy. Each agency shall 

22 also provide for reasonable public access to informa23 tion, including public hearings at the request of ap24 propriate community groups and reasonable public 

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1 agencies engaged in program activities or operations 

2 involving the use of authority or funds for which it 

3 is responsible. 

4 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each Head Start agen5 cy shall make available to the public a report pub6 lished at least once in each fiscal year that discloses 

7 the following information from the then most recently 

8 concluded fiscal year, except that reporting such in9 formation shall not reveal personally identifiable in10 formation about an individual child or parent: 

11 ‘‘(A) The total amount of public and pri12 vate funds received and the amount from each 

13 source. 

14 ‘‘(B) An explanation of budgetary expendi15 tures and proposed budget for the following fiscal 

16 year. 

17 ‘‘(C) The total number of children and fam18 ilies served and percent of average monthly en19 rollment, including the percent of eligible chil20 dren served. 

21 ‘‘(D) The results of the most recent review 

22 by the Secretary and the financial audit. 

23 ‘‘(E) The percentage of enrolled children 

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1 ‘‘(F) Information about parent involvement 

2 activities. 

3 ‘‘(G) The agency’s efforts to prepare chil4 dren for kindergarten. 

5 ‘‘(H) Any other information required by the 

6 Secretary. 

7 ‘‘(3) PROCEDURAL CONDUCT.—Each such agency 

8 shall adopt for itself and other agencies using funds 

9 or exercising authority for which it is responsible, 

10 rules designed to— 

11 ‘‘(A) establish specific standards governing 

12 salaries, salary increases, travel and per diem 

13 allowances, and other employee benefits; 

14 ‘‘(B) assure that only persons capable of 

15 discharging their duties with competence and in16 tegrity are employed and that employees are pro17 moted or advanced under impartial procedures 

18 calculated to improve agency performance and 

19 effectiveness; 

20 ‘‘(C) guard against personal or financial 

21 conflicts of interest; and 

22 ‘‘(D) define employee duties in an appro23 priate manner which will in any case preclude 

24 employees from participating, in connection with 

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1 picketing, protest, or other direct action which is 

2 in violation of law.’’, and 

3 (2) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(f) FACILITIES.— 

5 ‘‘(1) The Secretary shall establish uniform proce6 dures for Head Start agencies to request approval to 

7 purchase facilities, or to request approval of the pur8 chase (after December 31, 1986) of facilities, to be 

9 used to carry out Head Start programs. The Sec10 retary shall suspend any proceedings pending against 

11 any Head Start agency to claim costs incurred in 

12 purchasing such facilities until the agency has been 

13 afforded an opportunity to apply for approval of the 

14 purchase and the Secretary has determined whether 

15 the purchase will be approved. The Secretary shall 

16 not be required to repay claims previously satisfied 

17 by Head Start agencies for costs incurred in the pur18 chase of such facilities. 

19 ‘‘(2) Financial assistance provided under this 

20 subchapter may not be used by a Head Start agency 

21 to purchase a facility (including paying the cost of 

22 amortizing the principal and paying interest on 

23 loans) to be used to carry out a Head Start program 

24 unless the Secretary approves a request that is sub25 mitted by such agency and contains— 


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1 ‘‘(A) a description of the consultation con2 ducted by the Head Start agency with the pro3 viders in the community demonstrating capacity 

4 and capability to provide services under this 

5 subchapter, and of the potential for collaboration 

6 with such providers and the cost effectiveness of 

7 such collaboration as opposed to the cost effec8 tiveness of the purchase of a facility; 

9 ‘‘(B) a description of the site of the facility 

10 proposed to be purchased or that was previously 

11 purchased; 

12 ‘‘(C) the plans and specifications of such fa13 cility; 

14 ‘‘(D) information demonstrating that— 

15 ‘‘(i) the proposed purchase will result, 

16 or the previous purchase has resulted, in 

17 savings when compared to the costs that 

18 would be incurred to acquire the use of an 

19 alternative facility to carry out such pro20 gram; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) the lack of alternative facilities 

22 will prevent, or would have prevented, the 

23 operation of such program; 

24 ‘‘(E) in the case of a request regarding a 

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1 onstrating that the facility will be used prin2 cipally as a Head Start center, or a direct sup3 port facility for a Head Start program; and 

4 ‘‘(F) such other information and assurances 

5 as the Secretary may require. 

6 ‘‘(3) Upon a determination by the Secretary that 

7 suitable facilities are not otherwise available to In8 dian tribes to carry out Head Start programs, and 

9 that the lack of suitable facilities will inhibit the op10 eration of such programs, the Secretary may author11 ize the use of financial assistance, from the amount 

12 reserved under section 640(a)(2)(A), to make pay13 ments for the purchase of facilities owned by such 

14 tribes. The amount of such a payment for such a fa15 cility shall not exceed the fair market value of the fa16 cility.’’. 

17 SEC. 12. PARTICIPATION IN HEAD START PROGRAMS. 

18 Section 645 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840) 

19 is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)— 

21 (A) by amending paragraph (1)(B)(i) to 

22 read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(i) programs assisted under this sub24 chapter may include, to a reasonable extent, 

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1 who would benefit from such programs, in2 cluding children referred by child welfare 

3 services, but whose families do not meet the 

4 low-income criteria prescribed pursuant to 

5 subparagraph (A) (A homeless child shall be 

6 deemed to meet the low-income criteria.); 

7 and’’, and 

8 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(3) The amount of a basic allowance provided under 

10 section 403 of title 37, United States Code, on behalf of an 

11 individual who is a member of the uniformed services for 

12 housing that is acquired or constructed under the authority 

13 of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States 

14 Code, or any other related provision of law, shall not be 

15 considered to be income for purposes of determining the eli16 gibility of a child of the individual for programs assisted 

17 under this subchapter. 

18 ‘‘(4)(A) Upon written request and pursuant to the re19 quirements of this paragraph, a Head Start agency may 

20 use funds under section 640(a) to serve infants and toddlers 

21 if the agency submits an application to the Secretary con22 taining the following information, as specified in rules 

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1 ‘‘(i) the amount of funds under section 

2 640(a) that are proposed to be used in accord3 ance with section 645A(b); 

4 ‘‘(ii) a community-wide needs assessment 

5 demonstrating how the use of such funds would 

6 best meet the needs of the community; 

7 ‘‘(iii) a description of how the needs of 

8 pregnant women, and of infants and toddlers, 

9 will be addressed in accordance with section 

10 645A(b), and with regulations prescribed by the 

11 Secretary pursuant to section 641A in areas in12 cluding the agency’s approach to child develop13 ment and provision of health services, approach 

14 to family and community partnerships, and ap15 proach to program design and management; 

16 ‘‘(iv) a description of how the needs of eligi17 ble Head Start children will be met in the com18 munity; 

19 ‘‘(v) assurances that the agency will partici20 pate in technical assistance activities (including 

21 a planning period, start-up site visits, and na22 tional training activities) in the same manner 

23 as recipients of grants under section 645A; and 


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1 ‘‘(vi) evidence that the agency meets the 

2 same eligibility criteria as recipients of grants 

3 under section 645A. 

4 ‘‘(B) An application that satisfies the require5 ments specified in subparagraph (A) shall be ap6 proved by the Secretary unless the Secretary finds 

7 that— 

8 ‘‘(i) the agency lacks adequate capacity and 

9 capability to carry out an effective Early Head 

10 Start program; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) the information provided under sub12 paragraph (A) is inadequate. 

13 ‘‘(C) Any Head Start agency approved under 

14 subparagraph (B) shall be considered to be an entity 

15 that receives assistance under section 645A, and such 

16 funds under (i) shall be subject to the same rules, reg17 ulations, and conditions as apply to recipients of 

18 grants under section 645A. 

19 ‘‘(5)(A) Upon written request and pursuant to 

20 the requirements of this paragraph, a Head Start 

21 agency may consider children from low-income fami22 lies to be eligible for participation in programs as23 sisted under this subchapter if their family income is 

24 at or above the poverty line but below 130 percent of 

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1 to the Secretary containing the following information, 

2 as specified in rules issued by the Secretary— 

3 ‘‘(i) a description of how the needs of 

4 eligible Head Start children, as described in 

5 paragraph (1)(A) are being adequately met 

6 in the agency’s service area; 

7 ‘‘(ii) a description of outreach efforts to 

8 the community to reach full enrollment 

9 under the eligibility guidelines under para10 graph (1), including using outreach efforts 

11 that are linguistically and culturally ap12 propriate; 

13 ‘‘(iii) assurance that the agency will 

14 prioritize serving children currently eligible 

15 under the guidelines under paragraph (1); 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(iv) a description of why increasing 

18 the number of infants and toddlers being 

19 served, as described in paragraph (4), is not 

20 appropriate based upon the communitywide 

21 needs assessment or the agency’s capability. 

22 ‘‘(B) In approving such applications, the 

23 Secretary shall take into account the— 

24 ‘‘(i) cost of living for families living 

25 the area served by the Head Start agency; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the efforts the Head Start agency 

2 has undertaken to be fully enrolled under 

3 the eligibility criteria in paragraph (1); 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(iii) the policies and procedures the 

6 Head Start agency will implement to en7 sure that children currently eligible under 

8 the criteria described under paragraph (1) 

9 will be prioritized. 

10 ‘‘(C) No more than 20 percent of children 

11 served by such Head Start agency may be from 

12 families above the poverty line.’’, 

13 (2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘(age 3 to com14 pulsory school attendance)’’, and 

15 (3) in subsection (d) by adding at the end the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

18 an Indian tribe that operates both a Head Start program 

19 and an Early Head Start program under section 645A 

20 may, at its discretion, at any time during the grant period 

21 involved, reallocate funds between the Head Start program 

22 and the Early Head Start program in order to address fluc23 tuations in client population, including pregnant women 

24 and children birth to compulsory school age. The realloca25 tion of such funds between programs by an Indian tribe 


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1 shall not serve as the basis for the Secretary to reduce a 

2 base grant (as defined in section 641A(g)(1)) for either pro3 gram in succeeding years.’’. 

4 SEC. 13. EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS. 

5 Section 645A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840a) 

6 is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 645A. EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES 

8 WITH CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS OF AGE. 

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

10 in accordance with this section for programs (to be known 

11 as ‘Early Head Start programs’) that provide family-cen12 tered services for low-income families with very young chil13 dren designed to promote the development of the children, 

14 and to enable their parents to fulfill their roles as parents 

15 and to move toward self-sufficiency. 

16 ‘‘(b) SCOPE AND DESIGN OF PROGRAMS.—In carrying 

17 out a program described in subsection (a), an entity receiv18 ing assistance under this section shall— 

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

20 early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child 

21 development and family support services that will en22 hance the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual 

23 development of participating children; 

24 ‘‘(2) ensure that the level of services provided to 

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

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

3 role as parents (including parenting skills training 

4 and training in basic child development) and to help 

5 the families move toward self-sufficiency (including 

6 educational and employment services as appropriate); 

7 ‘‘(5) coordinate services with services provided by 

8 programs in the State (including home-based services) 

9 and programs in the community (including programs 

10 for infants and toddlers with disabilities and pro11 grams for homeless infants and toddlers) to ensure a 

12 comprehensive array of services (such as health and 

13 mental health services and family support services); 

14 ‘‘(6) ensure formal linkages with local Head 

15 Start programs in order to provide for continuity of 

16 services for children and families; 

17 ‘‘(7) in the case of a Head Start agency that op18 erates a program and that also provides Head Start 

19 services through the age of mandatory school attend20 ance, ensure that children and families participating 

21 in the program receive such services through such age; 

22 ‘‘(8) ensure formal linkages with the agencies 

23 and entities described in section 644(b) of the Indi24 viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

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1 for infants and toddlers with disabilities under the 

2 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

3 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) and the agency responsible for 

4 administering section 106 of the Child Abuse Preven5 tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a); 

6 ‘‘(9) develop and implement a systematic proce7 dure for transitioning children and parents from an 

8 Early Head Start program under this section into a 

9 Head Start program or other local early childhood 

10 education program; 

11 ‘‘(10) establish channels of communication be12 tween staff of Early Head Start programs under this 

13 section and staff of Head Start programs or other 

14 local early childhood education programs, to facilitate 

15 the coordination of programs; and 

16 ‘‘(11) meet such other requirements concerning 

17 design and operation of the program described in sub18 section (a) as the Secretary may establish. 

19 ‘‘(c) PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE.—Persons 

20 who may participate in programs described in subsection 

21 (a) include— 

22 ‘‘(1) pregnant women; and 

23 ‘‘(2) families with children under age 3; 

24 who meet the income criteria specified for families in sec25 tion 645(a)(1). 


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1 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS.—To be eligible 

2 to receive assistance under this section, an entity shall sub3 mit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 

4 manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 

5 may require. Entities that may apply to carry out activi6 ties under this section include— 

7 ‘‘(1) entities operating Head Start programs 

8 under this subpart; 

9 ‘‘(2) Indian Head Start programs; and 

10 ‘‘(3) other public entities, and nonprofit or for11 profit private entities, including community-based 

12 and faith-based organizations, capable of providing 

13 child and family services that meet the standards for 

14 participation in programs under this subchapter and 

15 meet such other appropriate requirements relating to 

16 the activities under this section as the Secretary may 

17 establish. 

18 ‘‘(e) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—From the 

19 portion specified in section 640(a)(6), the Secretary shall 

20 award grants under this subsection on a competitive basis 

21 to applicants meeting the criteria specified in subsection 

22 (d) (giving priority to entities with a record of providing 

23 early, continuous, and comprehensive childhood develop24 ment and family services). 


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1 ‘‘(f) DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants to eligible 

2 applicants under this section, the Secretary shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) ensure an equitable national geographic dis4 tribution of the grants; and 

5 ‘‘(2) award grants to applicants proposing to 

6 serve communities in rural areas and to applicants 

7 proposing to serve communities in urban areas. 

8 ‘‘(g) MONITORING, TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSIST9 ANCE, AND EVALUATION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—To ensure the successful 

11 operation of programs assisted under this section, the 

12 Secretary shall use funds from the portion specified in 

13 section 640(a)(6) to monitor the operation of such 

14 programs, evaluate their effectiveness, and provide 

15 training and technical assistance tailored to the par16 ticular needs of such programs. 

17 ‘‘(2) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AC18 COUNT.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount made 

20 available to carry out this section for any fiscal 

21 year, not less than 5 percent and not more than 

22 10 percent shall be reserved to fund a training 

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1 ‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—Funds in the account 

2 may be used by the Secretary for purposes in3 cluding— 

4 ‘‘(i) making grants to, and entering 

5 into contracts with, organizations with spe6 cialized expertise relating to infants, tod7 dlers, and families and the capacity needed 

8 to provide direction and support to a na9 tional training and technical assistance sys10 tem, in order to provide such direction and 

11 support; 

12 ‘‘(ii) providing ongoing training and 

13 technical assistance for regional and pro14 gram staff charged with monitoring and 

15 overseeing the administration of the pro16 gram carried out under this section; 

17 ‘‘(iii) providing ongoing training and 

18 technical assistance for existing recipients 

19 (as of the date of such training or assist20 ance) of grants under subsection (a) and 

21 support and program planning and imple22 mentation assistance for new recipients of 

23 such grants; 

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1 including the provision of funds to recipi2 ents of grants under subsection (a) for the 

3 recruitment and retention of qualified staff 

4 with an appropriate level of education and 

5 experience; and 

6 ‘‘(v) providing professional develop7 ment designed to increase program partici8 pation for underserved populations of eligi9 ble children. 

10 ‘‘(h) CENTER-BASED STAFF.—The Secretary shall en11 sure that, not later than September 30, 2009, all teachers 

12 providing direct services to children and families partici13 pating in early Head Start programs located in early Head 

14 Start centers have a minimum of a child development asso15 ciate credential, and have been trained (or have equivalent 

16 course work) in early childhood development. 

17 ‘‘(i) STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.— 

18 ‘‘(1) HOME VISITOR STAFF STANDARDS.—In 

19 order to further enhance the quality of home visiting 

20 services provided to families of children participating 

21 in home-based, center-based, or combination program 

22 options under this subchapter, the Secretary shall es23 tablish standards for training, qualifications, and the 

24 conduct of home visits for home visitor staff in Early 

25 Head Start programs. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF STANDARDS.—The standards 

2 for training, qualifications, and the conduct of home 

3 visits shall include content related to— 

4 ‘‘(A) structured child-focused home visiting 

5 that promotes parents’ ability to support the 

6 child’s cognitive, social, emotional, and physical 

7 development; 

8 ‘‘(B) effective strengths-based parent edu9 cation, including methods to encourage parents 

10 as their child’s first teachers; 

11 ‘‘(C) early childhood development with re12 spect to children from birth through age 3; 

13 ‘‘(D) methods to help parents promote emer14 gent literacy in their children from birth through 

15 age 3; 

16 ‘‘(E) ascertaining what health and develop17 mental services the family receives and working 

18 with these providers to eliminate gaps in service 

19 by offering annual health, vision, hearing, and 

20 developmental screening for children from birth 

21 to entry into kindergarten, when needed; 

22 ‘‘(F) strategies for helping families coping 

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1 ‘‘(G) the relationship of health and well2 being of pregnant women to prenatal and early 

3 child development.’’. 

4 SEC. 14. PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIREMENT FOR HEALTH 

5 CARE SERVICES. 

6 The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831) is amended by 

7 inserting after section 645A the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 645B. PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIREMENT FOR 

9 HEALTH CARE SERVICES. 

10 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

11 ‘‘(1) The term ‘health care service’ includes— 

12 ‘‘(A) any nonemergency intrusive physical 

13 examination; and 

14 ‘‘(B) any screening, including but not lim15 ited to, a medical, dental, developmental, mental 

16 health, social, or behavioral screening. 

17 ‘‘(2) The term ‘nonemergency intrusive physical 

18 examination’ means, with respect to a child, a phys19 ical examination that— 

20 ‘‘(A) is not immediately necessary to protect 

21 the health or safety of such child, or the health 

22 or safety of another individual; and 

23 ‘‘(B) includes incision or is otherwise 

24 invasive, or includes exposure of private body 

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1 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT.—Before administering any 

2 health care service to a child (or referring a child to obtain 

3 such service) in connection with participation in a program 

4 under this subchapter, a Head Start agency and an entity 

5 that receives assistance under section 645A shall obtain the 

6 written consent of a parent of such child indicating consent 

7 for each specific health care service to be performed. 

8 ‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) Nothing in this section shall be construed to 

10 prohibit a Head Start agency or an entity that re11 ceives assistance under section 645A from using estab12 lished methods for handling cases of suspected or 

13 known child abuse and neglect, that are in compli14 ance with applicable Federal, State, or tribal law. 

15 ‘‘(2) Nothing in this subchapter shall be con16 strued to permit a Head Start agency, an entity that 

17 receives assistance under section 645A, or the per18 sonnel of such agency or entity to administer any 

19 health care service to a child (or to refer a child to 

20 obtain such service) without the informed written con21 sent of a parent of such child indicating consent for 

22 each specific health care service to be performed. 

23 ‘‘(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to 

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1 rate consent forms for each specific health care serv2 ice.’’. 

3 SEC. 15. APPEALS, NOTICE, AND HEARING. 

4 Section 646(a)(3) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 9841(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(3) if financial assistance under this subchapter 

7 is terminated or reduced, an application for a non8 competing continuation award is denied based on a 

9 previous failure to comply with terms applicable to 

10 financial assistance previously provided under this 

11 subchapter, or suspension of financial assistance is 

12 continued for more than 30 days, the recipient with 

13 respect to whom such action is taken shall have the 

14 opportunity to appeal such action in accordance with 

15 such procedures, except that no funds made available 

16 under this subchapter may be used to reimburse any 

17 such recipient for legal fees and other costs incurred 

18 in pursuing such an appeal; and’’. 

19 SEC. 16. RECORDS AND AUDITS. 

20 Section 647 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9842) 

21 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(c) Each recipient of financial assistance under this 

23 subchapter shall— 

24 ‘‘(1) maintain, and annually submit to the Sec25 retary, a complete accounting of its administrative 


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1 expenses (including a detailed statement identifying 

2 the amount of financial assistance provided under 

3 this subchapter used to pay expenses for salaries and 

4 compensation and the amount (if any) of other funds 

5 used to pay such expenses); 

6 ‘‘(2) within 30 days after the completion of an 

7 audit conducted in the manner and to the extent pro8 vided in chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code 

9 (commonly known as the ‘Single Audit Act Amend10 ments of 1996’), submit to the Secretary a copy of the 

11 audit management letter and of any audit findings as 

12 it relates to the Head Start program; and 

13 ‘‘(3) provide such additional documentation as 

14 the Secretary may require.’’. 

15 SEC. 17. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING. 

16 Section 648 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9843) 

17 is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 648. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING. 

19 ‘‘(a) The Secretary shall provide, directly or through 

20 grants or other arrangements— 

21 ‘‘(1) technical assistance to communities in de22 veloping, conducting, and administering programs 

23 under this subchapter; and 

24 ‘‘(2) training for specialized or other personnel 

25 needed in connection with Head Start programs, in 


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1 accordance with the process, and the provisions for al2 locating resources, set forth in subsections (b) and (c). 

3 ‘‘(b) The process for determining the technical assist4 ance and training activities to be carried out under this 

5 section shall— 

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

7 agencies and programs relating to improving pro8 gram quality and to program expansion are ad9 dressed to the maximum extent feasible; 

10 ‘‘(2) incorporate mechanisms to ensure respon11 siveness to local needs, including an ongoing proce12 dure for obtaining input from the individuals and 

13 agencies carrying out Head Start programs; and 

14 ‘‘(3) ensure the provision of technical assistance 

15 to assist Head Start agencies, entities carrying out 

16 other child care and early childhood programs, com17 munities, and States in collaborative efforts to pro18 vide quality full-working-day, full calendar year serv19 ices, including technical assistance related to identi20 fying and assisting in resolving barriers to collabora21 tion. 

22 ‘‘(c) In allocating resources for technical assistance 

23 and training under this section, the Secretary shall— 

24 ‘‘(1) give priority consideration to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) activities to correct program and man2 agement deficiencies identified through reviews 

3 carried out pursuant to section 641A(c) (includ4 ing the provision of assistance to local programs 

5 in the development of quality improvement plans 

6 under section 641A(d)(2)); and 

7 ‘‘(B) assisting Head Start agencies in— 

8 ‘‘(i) ensuring the school readiness of 

9 children; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) meeting the educational perform11 ance measures described in section 

12 641A(b)(4); 

13 ‘‘(2) supplement amounts provided under section 

14 640(a)(3)(C)(ii) in order to address the training and 

15 career development needs of classroom staff (including 

16 instruction for providing services to children with 

17 disabilities), and nonclassroom staff, including home 

18 visitors and other staff working directly with families, 

19 including training relating to increasing parent in20 volvement and services designed to increase family lit21 eracy and improve parenting skills; 

22 ‘‘(3) assist Head Start agencies in the develop23 ment of collaborative initiatives with States and other 

24 entities within the States, to foster effective early 

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1 ‘‘(4) provide technical assistance and training, 

2 either directly or through a grant, contract, or cooper3 ative agreement with an entity that has experience in 

4 the development and operation of successful family 

5 literacy services programs, for the purpose of— 

6 ‘‘(A) assisting Head Start agencies pro7 viding family literacy services, in order to im8 prove the quality of such family literacy services; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(B) enabling those Head Start agencies 

11 that demonstrate effective provision of family lit12 eracy services, based on improved outcomes for 

13 children and their parents, to provide technical 

14 assistance and training to other Head Start 

15 agencies and to service providers that work in 

16 collaboration with such agencies to provide fam17 ily literacy services; 

18 ‘‘(5) assist Head Start agencies and programs in 

19 conducting and participating in community-wide 

20 strategic planning and needs assessment, including 

21 the needs of homeless children and their families; 

22 ‘‘(6) assist Head Start agencies and programs in 

23 developing and implementing full-working-day and 

24 full-calendar-year programs where community need is 

25 clearly identified and making the transition to such 


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1 programs, with particular attention to involving par2 ents and programming for children throughout the 

3 day, and assist the agencies and programs in expe4 diting the sharing of information about innovative 

5 models for providing full-working-day, full calendar 

6 year services for children; 

7 ‘‘(7) assist Head Start agencies in better serving 

8 the needs of families with very young children; 

9 ‘‘(8) assist Head Start agencies and programs in 

10 the development of sound management practices, in11 cluding financial management procedures; 

12 ‘‘(9) assist in efforts to secure and maintain ade13 quate facilities for Head Start programs; 

14 ‘‘(10) assist Head Start agencies in developing 

15 innovative program models, including mobile and 

16 home-based programs; 

17 ‘‘(11) provide support for Head Start agencies 

18 (including policy councils and policy committees) 

19 that meet the standards described in section 641A(a) 

20 but that have, as documented by the Secretary 

21 through reviews conducted pursuant to section 

22 641A(c), significant programmatic, quality, and fis23 cal issues to address; 


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1 ‘‘(12) assist Head Start agencies and programs 

2 in increasing program participation of homeless chil3 dren; 

4 ‘‘(13) assist Head Start agencies and Head Start 

5 programs in improving outreach to, and the quality 

6 of services available to, limited English proficient 

7 children and their families, particularly in commu8 nities that have experienced a large percentage in9 crease in the population of limited English proficient 

10 individuals, as measured by the Bureau of the Cen11 sus; 

12 ‘‘(14) assist Head Start agencies in developing 

13 appropriate methods and approaches for identifying 

14 and working with children and families experiencing 

15 toxic stress; 

16 ‘‘(15) assist programs in improving outreach to 

17 serve additional children with disabilities, if such 

18 program’s enrollment opportunities or funded enroll19 ment for children with disabilities is less than 10 per20 cent; and 

21 ‘‘(16) provide assistance to address and remove 

22 barriers related to recruitment and retention of Head 

23 Start teachers for rural communities, and remove 

24 barriers related to outreach efforts to eligible families 

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1 ‘‘(d) The Secretary may provide, either directly or 

2 through grants to public or private nonprofit entities, train3 ing for Head Start personnel in the use of the performing 

4 and visual arts and interactive programs using electronic 

5 media to enhance the learning experience of Head Start 

6 children. Special consideration shall be given to entities 

7 that have demonstrated effectiveness in educational pro8 gramming for preschool children that includes components 

9 for parental involvement, care provider training, and devel10 opmentally appropriate related activities. 

11 ‘‘(e) The Secretary shall provide, either directly or 

12 through grants or other arrangements, funds from programs 

13 authorized under this subchapter to support an organiza14 tion to administer a centralized child development and na15 tional assessment program leading to recognized credentials 

16 for personnel working in early childhood development and 

17 child care programs, training for personnel providing serv18 ices to limited English proficient children (including serv19 ices to promote the acquisition of the English language), 

20 training for personnel providing services to children deter21 mined to be abused or neglected, training for personnel pro22 viding services to children referred by or receiving child wel23 fare services, training for personnel in helping children cope 

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1 propriate personnel to recognize common health, including 

2 mental health, problems in children for appropriate refer3 ral. 

4 ‘‘(f) The Secretary shall provide, either directly or 

5 through grants, or other arrangements, funds for training 

6 of Head Start personnel in addressing the unique needs of 

7 migrant and seasonal working families, families with 1 or 

8 more children with disabilities, families with a limited 

9 English proficiency, homeless families, and children and 

10 families experiencing toxic stress. 

11 ‘‘(g) More than 50 percent of funds expended under 

12 this section shall be used to provide high quality, sustained, 

13 intensive, and classroom-focused training and technical as14 sistance in order to have a positive and lasting impact on 

15 classroom instruction. Funds shall be used to carry out ac16 tivities related to any or all of the following: 

17 ‘‘(1) Education and early childhood development. 

18 ‘‘(2) Child health, nutrition, and safety. 

19 ‘‘(3) Family and community partnerships and 

20 services. 

21 ‘‘(4) Other areas that impact the quality or over22 all effectiveness of Head Start programs. 

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1 nities in which Head Start children live and to increase 

2 the provision of quality services and instruction to children 

3 with diverse backgrounds. 

4 ‘‘(i) Funds under this subchapter used for training 

5 shall be used for needs identified annually by a grant appli6 cant or delegate agency in their program improvement 

7 plan, except that funds shall not be used for long-distance 

8 travel expenses for training activities available locally or 

9 regionally or for training activities substantially similar 

10 to locally or regionally available training activities. 

11 ‘‘(j) Funds made available under section 

12 640(a)(2)(C)(i) shall be used by a Head Start agency for 

13 any of the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) Activities that ensure that Head Start pro15 grams meet or exceed the program performance stand16 ards described in section 641A(a)(1). 

17 ‘‘(2) Activities that ensure that Head Start pro18 grams have adequate numbers of trained, qualified 

19 staff who have skills in working with children and 

20 families, including children and families who are 

21 limited English proficient and children with disabil22 ities. 

23 ‘‘(3) Activities to pay expenses, including direct 

24 training for expert consultants working with any 


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1 staff, to improve the management and implementa2 tion of Head Start services and systems. 

3 ‘‘(4) Activities that help ensure that Head Start 

4 programs have qualified staff who can promote lan5 guage skills and literacy growth of children and who 

6 can provide children with a variety of skills that have 

7 been identified as predictive of later reading achieve8 ment, school success, and the skills, knowledge, abili9 ties, development, and progress described in section 

10 641A(a)(1)(B)(ii). 

11 ‘‘(5) Activities to improve staff qualifications 

12 and to assist with the implementation of career devel13 opment programs and to encourage the staff to con14 tinually improve their skills and expertise, including 

15 developing partnerships with programs that recruit, 

16 train, place, and support college students in Head 

17 Start centers to deliver an innovative early learning 

18 program to preschool children. 

19 ‘‘(6) Activities that help local programs ensure 

20 that the arrangement, condition, and implementation 

21 of the learning environments in Head Start programs 

22 are conducive to providing effective program services 

23 to children and families. 

24 ‘‘(7) Activities to provide training necessary to 

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1 support staff training, child counseling, health serv2 ices, and other services necessary to address the needs 

3 of children enrolled in Head Start programs, includ4 ing children from families in crises, children who ex5 perience chronic violence or homelessness, children 

6 who experience substance abuse in their families, and 

7 children under 3 years of age, where applicable. 

8 ‘‘(8) Activities to provide classes or in-service9 type programs to improve or enhance parenting skills, 

10 job skills, adult and family literacy, including finan11 cial literacy, or training to become a classroom aide 

12 or bus driver in a Head Start program. 

13 ‘‘(9) Additional activities deemed appropriate to 

14 the improvement of Head Start agencies’ programs, 

15 as determined by the agencies’ technical assistance 

16 and training plans. 

17 ‘‘(10) Any other activities regarding the use of 

18 funds as determined by the Secretary. 

19 ‘‘(k) The Secretary shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) work in collaboration with the Head Start 

21 agencies that carry out Indian Head Start programs, 

22 the Indian Head Start collaboration director, and 

23 other appropriate entities, including tribal govern24 ments and the National Indian Head Start Directors 

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1 ‘‘(A) to undertake a study or set of studies 

2 designed to focus on the American Indian and 

3 Alaska Native Head Start-eligible population, 

4 with a focus on issues such as curriculum devel5 opment, availability and need for services, ap6 propriate research methodologies and measures 

7 for these populations, and best practices for 

8 teaching and educating American Indian and 

9 Alaska Native Head Start Children; 

10 ‘‘(B) to accurately determine the number of 

11 children nationwide who are eligible to partici12 pate in Indian Head Start programs each year; 

13 ‘‘(C) to document how many of these chil14 dren are receiving Head Start services each year; 

15 ‘‘(D) to the extent practicable, to ensure 

16 that access to Indian Head Start programs for 

17 eligible children is comparable to access to other 

18 Head Start programs for other eligible children; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(E) to make the funding decisions required 

21 in section 640(a)(2)(A)(iii), after completion of 

22 the studies required in that section, taking into 

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1 ‘‘(i) the Federal government’s unique 

2 trust responsibility to American Indians 

3 and Alaska Natives; 

4 ‘‘(ii) limitations faced by tribal com5 munities in accessing non-Federal sources of 

6 funding to supplement Federal funding for 

7 early childhood programs; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) other factors that uniquely and 

9 adversely impact children in American In10 dian and Alaska Native communities such 

11 as highly elevated poverty, unemployment 

12 and violent crime rates, as well as depressed 

13 levels of educational achievement and lim14 ited access to non-Federal health, social and 

15 educational resources; 

16 ‘‘(2) in carrying out paragraph (1), consult with 

17 the Secretary of Education about the Department of 

18 Education’s systems for collecting and reporting data 

19 about, and maintaining records on, American Indian 

20 and Alaska Native students; 

21 ‘‘(3) not later than 9 months after the effective 

22 date of this subsection, publish in the Federal Register 

23 a notice of how the Secretary plans to carry out para24 graph (1) and shall provide a period for public com25 ment. To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall 


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1 consider comments received before submitting a report 

2 to the Congress; 

3 ‘‘(4) not later than 1 year after the effective date 

4 of this subsection, submit a report to the Committee 

5 on Education and Labor of the House of Representa6 tives and the Committee on Health, Education, 

7 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, detailing how the 

8 Department of Health and Human Services plans to 

9 carry out paragraph (1); 

10 ‘‘(5) through regulation, ensure the confiden11 tiality of any personally identifiable data, informa12 tion, and records collected or maintained by the Sec13 retary, by Head Start agencies that carry out Indian 

14 Head Start programs, and by State Directors of 

15 Head Start Collaboration, by the Indian Head Start 

16 Collaboration Project Director and by other appro17 priate entities pursuant to this subsection (Such regu18 lations shall provide the policies, protections, and 

19 rights equivalent to those provided a parent, student, 

20 or educational agency or institution under section 

21 444 of the General Education Provisions Act.); and 

22 ‘‘(6) ensure that nothing in this subsection shall 

23 be construed to authorize the development of a nation24 wide database of personally identifiable information 


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1 on individuals involved in studies or other collections 

2 of data under this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(l) The Secretary shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) in order to increase access to Head Start 

5 services for eligible migrant and seasonal children, 

6 work in collaboration with migrant and seasonal 

7 Head Start providers, the Department of Agriculture 

8 (land grant universities), the Department of Labor, 

9 the Bureau of Migrant Health, and the Department 

10 of Education to— 

11 ‘‘(A) establish a system for collecting and 

12 reporting data on farm workers and their fami13 lies in order to adequately account for the num14 ber of seasonal and migrant children that are el15 igible for Head Start and determine how many 

16 of these eligible children receive services; 

17 ‘‘(B) identify barriers that prevent eligible 

18 migrant and seasonal children from accessing 

19 Head Start services and develop a plan for 

20 eliminating barriers and increasing enrollment; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(C) develop a system through which mi23 grant and seasonal Head Start programs can ef24 fectively track health records and educational 

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1 ‘‘(2) not later than 6 months after the effective 

2 date of this subsection, publish in the Federal Register 

3 a notice on how the Secretary plans to carry out the 

4 activities identified in paragraph (1) and shall pro5 vide a period for public comment. To the extent prac6 ticable, the Secretary shall consider comments re7 ceived before implementing any of the activities iden8 tified in paragraph (1); 

9 ‘‘(3) not later than 1 year after the effective date 

10 of this subsection, submit a report to the Committee 

11 on Education and Labor of the House of Representa12 tives and the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 

13 Committee of the Senate detailing how the Secretary 

14 plans to carry out the activities identified in (1); 

15 ‘‘(4) submit a report to Congress annually on the 

16 migrant and seasonal Head Start program including 

17 a report on the progress made in carrying out the ac18 tivities identified in paragraph (1), the progress made 

19 in reaching out to and serving eligible migrant and 

20 seasonal children, and information on states where 

21 migrant and seasonal children are still underserved; 

22 ‘‘(5) through regulation, ensure the protection of 

23 the confidentiality of any personally identifiable data, 

24 information, and records collected or maintained by 

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1 migrant and seasonal Head Start programs, by the 

2 State director of Head Start Collaboration, by the 

3 Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Collaboration 

4 project Director (Such regulations shall provide the 

5 policies, protections, and rights equivalent to those 

6 provided a parent, student, or educational agency or 

7 institution under section 444 of the General Edu8 cation Provisions Act.); and 

9 ‘‘(6) ensure that nothing in this subsection shall 

10 be construed to authorize the development of a nation11 wide database of personally identifiable information 

12 on individuals involved in studies or other collections 

13 of data under this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(m) For purposes of this section, the term ‘eligible en15 tities’ means an institution of higher education or other en16 tity with expertise in delivering training in early childhood 

17 development, family support, and other assistance designed 

18 to improve the delivery of Head Start services. 

19 ‘‘(n) For the purposes of delivering a State-based 

20 training and technical assistance system, as described in 

21 section 640(a)(C)(ii), that will meet the needs of local grant22 ees and provide high quality, sustained, and intensive 

23 training and technical assistance to Head Start programs 

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1 ance standards described in section 641A(a)(1), the Sec2 retary shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) enter into contracts in each State with 1 or 

4 more entities who have a demonstrated expertise in 

5 supporting the delivery of high quality early edu6 cation programs, except that bi-State contracts may 

7 be entered in to if the demographics of proximal 

8 States make such a system more appropriate; 

9 ‘‘(2) ensure that the entities described in sub10 paragraph (1) determine the types of services to be 

11 provided through consultation with— 

12 ‘‘(A) local Head Start agencies; 

13 ‘‘(B) the State Head Start collaboration of14 fice; and 

15 ‘‘(C) the State Head Start Association; 

16 ‘‘(3) provide a report, to the Committee on Edu17 cation and Labor of the House of Representatives and 

18 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

19 Pensions of the Senate. no later than 90 days after 

20 the end of the fiscal year, summarizing the funding 

21 for such contracts and the activities carried out there22 under; and 

23 ‘‘(4) periodically evaluate the usefulness of the 

24 delivery of services in each State and their effective25 ness in promoting program quality. 


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1 ‘‘(o) To support enhanced early language and 

2 preliteracy development of children in Head Start pro3 grams, and to provide the children with high-quality oral 

4 language skills, and environments that are rich in lit5 erature, in which to acquire language and preliteracy skills, 

6 each Head Start agency shall ensure that— 

7 ‘‘(1) all of the agency’s Head Start teachers re8 ceive ongoing training in language and emergent lit9 eracy (referred to in this subsection as ‘literacy train10 ing’), and including appropriate curricula and as11 sessment to improve instruction and learning; 

12 ‘‘(2) such literacy training shall include training 

13 in methods to promote vocabulary development and 

14 phonological awareness (including phonemic aware15 ness) in a developmentally, culturally, and linguis16 tically appropriate manner and support children’s 

17 development in their home language; 

18 ‘‘(3) the literacy training shall include training 

19 in how to work with parents to enhance positive lan20 guage and early literacy development at home; 

21 ‘‘(4) the literacy training shall include specific 

22 methods to best address the needs of children who are 

23 limited English proficient; and 

24 ‘‘(5) the literacy training shall include training 

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1 needs of children with disabilities, including training 

2 on how to work with specialists in language develop3 ment. 

4 ‘‘(p) The Secretary is encouraged to contract, on a 

5 competitive basis, with an institution of higher education 

6 (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 

7 1965) to develop an on-line graduate-level professional de8 velopment program with the goal of improving the leader9 ship of those working in Head Start programs and improv10 ing teacher quality and the capacity of effective Head Start 

11 teachers. 

12 ‘‘(q) INDOOR AIR QUALITY.—The Secretary shall con13 sult with experts on issues of air quality related to chil14 dren’s health and inform Head Start agencies of existing 

15 programs or combination of programs that provide methods 

16 for improving indoor air quality. 

17 ‘‘(r) DEMONSTRATION FOR CAREER LADDER PART18 NERSHIPS WITH TRIBAL COLLEGES AND HISPANIC-SERV19 ING INSTITUTIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) TRIBAL COLLEGE CAREER LADDER DEM21 ONSTRATION PROGRAM.—The Secretary is authorized 

22 to award demonstration grants, for periods of not less 

23 than 5 years, to tribal colleges and universities to— 

24 ‘‘(A) implement education programs that 

25 include education concerning tribal culture and 


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1 language and increase the number of associate, 

2 baccalaureate, and graduate degrees in early 

3 childhood and related fields that are earned by 

4 Indian Head Start agency staff members, par5 ents of children served by such an agency, and 

6 members of the tribal community involved; 

7 ‘‘(B) develop and implement the programs 

8 under subparagraph (A) in technology-mediated 

9 formats, including providing the programs 

10 through such means as distance learning and use 

11 of advanced technology, as appropriate; and 

12 ‘‘(C) provide technology literacy programs 

13 for Indian Head Start agency staff members and 

14 children and families of children served by such 

15 an agency. 

16 ‘‘(2) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS CAREER

17 LADDER DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

18 is authorized to award demonstration grants, for pe19 riods of not less than 5 years, to Hispanic-serving in20 stitutions to— 

21 ‘‘(A) provide assistance for stipends and 

22 costs related to tuition, fees, and books for enroll23 ing Head Start agency staff members and par24 ents of children served by such an agency in 

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1 tification requirements to become bilingual 

2 teachers in early childhood education and related 

3 fields; 

4 ‘‘(B) develop career ladder program cur5 ricula to increase the number of associate’s, 

6 bachelor’s, and graduate degrees earned by Head 

7 Start agency staff who have the linguistic skills 

8 and expertise to teach in programs serving a 

9 large number of limited English proficient chil10 dren and parents of children served by such an 

11 agency; and 

12 ‘‘(C) other activities to upgrade the skills 

13 and qualifications of noncertified educational 

14 personnel to meet the professional standards in 

15 section 648A(a)(1), including certification and 

16 licensure as bilingual education teachers and 

17 other educational personnel who serve limited 

18 English proficient children. 

19 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT.—Individuals who receive 

20 assistance under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall subse21 quently teach in a Head Start center for a period of 

22 time equivalent to the period for which they received 

23 assistance or repay the amount of funds.’’. 


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1 SEC. 18. STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT. 

2 Section 648A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9843a) 

3 is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ and all that follows 

6 through paragraph (2), and inserting the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(a) CLASSROOM TEACHERS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec10 retary shall ensure that each Head Start classroom in 

11 a center-based program is assigned 1 teacher who has 

12 demonstrated competency to perform functions that 

13 include— 

14 ‘‘(A) planning and implementing learning 

15 experiences that advance the intellectual and 

16 physical development of children, including im17 proving the readiness of children for school by 

18 developing their literacy, phonemic, and print 

19 awareness, their understanding and use of lan20 guage, their understanding and use of increas21 ingly complex and varied vocabulary, their ap22 preciation of books, their understanding of early 

23 math and early science, their problem solving 

24 abilities, and their approaches to learning; 

25 ‘‘(B) establishing and maintaining a safe, 

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1 ‘‘(C) supporting the social and emotional 

2 development of children; and 

3 ‘‘(D) encouraging the involvement of the 

4 families of the children in a Head Start pro5 gram and supporting the development of rela6 tionships between children and their families. 

7 ‘‘(2) DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall en9 sure that not later than September 30, 2013, at 

10 least 50 percent of all Head Start teachers na11 tionwide in center-based programs have— 

12 ‘‘(i) a baccalaureate, or advanced de13 gree in early childhood education; 

14 ‘‘(ii) a baccalaureate or advanced de15 gree in a field related to early childhood 

16 education, with experience in teaching pre17 school children; or 

18 ‘‘(iii) except that teachers providing 

19 services in migrant and seasonal Head 

20 Start classrooms that serve children under 

21 age 3 shall be required to meet the teacher 

22 requirements described in section 645A(h). 

23 ‘‘(B) PROGRESS REPORT.— 

24 ‘‘(i) On an annual basis, each Head 

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1 a report indicating the number and per2 centage of classroom instructors with child 

3 development/ early childhood education as4 sociate credentials and associate, bacca5 laureate, or advanced degrees, and number 

6 of classroom instructors who successfully 

7 transferred associate credit and completed a 

8 baccalaureate degree disaggregated by race, 

9 ethnicity, and proficiency in a language 

10 other than English, with a description of 

11 those languages. 

12 ‘‘(ii) Not later than September 30, 

13 2008 the Secretary shall compile and trans14 mit reports received under (i) to the Com15 mittee on Education and Labor of the 

16 House of Representatives and the Committee 

17 on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

18 of the Senate. 

19 ‘‘(C) PROGRESS.—Each Head Start agency 

20 shall provide to the Secretary a report indicating 

21 the number and percentage of teachers and teach22 er’s aides with child development associate cre23 dentials and associate, baccalaureate, or ad24 vanced degrees. The Secretary shall compile all 

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1 Committee on Education and Labor of the House 

2 of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 

3 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 

4 ‘‘(D) REQUIREMENT FOR NEW HEAD START

5 TEACHERS.—In accordance with rules issued by 

6 the Secretary and made effective 2 years after 

7 the effective date of this subparagraph, all Head 

8 Start agencies shall require that all Head Start 

9 teachers hired after such rules take effect to pro10 vide Head Start services in center-based pro11 grams— 

12 ‘‘(i) have an associate, baccalaureate, 

13 or advanced degree in early childhood edu14 cation or a related field; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) be currently enrolled in a pro16 gram of study leading to an associate degree 

17 in early childhood education or a related 

18 field, and agree to complete degree require19 ments not later than 3 years after the date 

20 of hire. 

21 ‘‘(E) SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec22 retary shall establish requirements to ensure that 

23 individuals who receive financial assistance 

24 under this subchapter in order to comply with 

25 the requirements under section 648A(a)(2) shall 


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1 subsequently teach in a Head Start center for a 

2 period of time equivalent to the period for which 

3 they received assistance or repay the amount of 

4 the funds. 

5 ‘‘(F) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall re6 quire that any Federal funds provided directly 

7 or indirectly to comply with subparagraph (A) 

8 shall be used toward degrees awarded by an in9 stitution of higher education, as defined by sec10 tions 101 or 102 of the Higher Education Act 

11 (20 U.S.C. 1001, 1002).’’, and 

12 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

13 (i) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

14 ‘‘or’’ at the end, 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (C) by striking 

16 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’, 

17 and 

18 (iii) by adding at the end, the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(D) a baccalaureate and has been admitted 

21 into the Teach For America program, passed a 

22 rigorous early childhood content exam, such as 

23 the Praxis II, participated in a Teach For 

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1 going professional development and support from 

2 Teach For America’s professional staff.’’, and 

3 (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol4 lows: 

5 ‘‘(c) FAMILY SERVICE WORKERS.—To improve the 

6 quality and effectiveness of staff providing in-home and 

7 other services (including needs assessment, development of 

8 service plans, family advocacy, and coordination of service 

9 delivery) to families of children participating in Head 

10 Start programs, the Secretary, in coordination with con11 cerned public and private agencies and organizations exam12 ining 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 pro16 viding such services; 

17 ‘‘(2) review, and as necessary, revise or develop 

18 maximum caseload requirements, as suggested by best 

19 practices; 

20 ‘‘(3) promote the development of model curricula 

21 (on subjects including parenting training and family 

22 literacy) designed to ensure the attainment of appro23 priate competencies by individuals working or plan24 ning to work in the field of early childhood and fam25 ily services; and 


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1 ‘‘(4) promote the establishment of a credential 

2 that indicates attainment of the competencies and 

3 that is accepted nationwide.’’, and 

4 (3) is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(f) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS.—Each 

7 Head Start agency and program shall create, in consulta8 tion with an employee, a professional development plan for 

9 all full-time Head Start employees who provide direct serv10 ices to children and shall ensure that such plans are regu11 larly evaluated for their impact on teacher and staff effec12 tiveness.’’. 

13 SEC. 19. RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND EVALUATION. 

14 Section 649 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9844) 

15 is amended— 

16 (1) by amending subsection (a)(1)(B) to read as 

17 follows: 

18 ‘‘(B) use the Head Start programs to de19 velop, test, and disseminate new ideas and based 

20 on existing scientifically based research, for ad21 dressing the needs of low-income preschool chil22 dren (including children with disabilities, home23 less children, children who have been abused or 

24 neglected, and children in foster care) and their 

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1 tions of innovative non-center-based program 

2 models such as home-based and mobile pro3 grams), and otherwise to further the purposes of 

4 this subchapter.’’, 

5 (2) in subsection (d)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (7) by adding ‘‘and’’ at 

7 the end, 

8 (B) in paragraph (8) by striking the semi9 colon at the end and inserting a period, 

10 (C) by striking paragraphs (9) and (10), 

11 and 

12 (D) by striking the last sentence, 

13 (3) in subsection (g)— 

14 (A) in paragraph(1)(A)— 

15 (i) by striking clause (i), and 

16 (ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) and 

17 (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, 

18 and 

19 (B) by amending paragraph (7)(C) to read 

20 as follows: 

21 ‘‘(C) TRANSMITTAL OF REPORT TO CON22 GRESS.—Not later than September 30, 2009, the 

23 Secretary shall transmit the final report to the 

24 Committee on Education and Labor of the House 

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1 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.’’, 

2 and 

3 (4) by amending subsection (h) to read as fol4 lows: 

5 ‘‘(h) LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT CHILDREN.— 

6 ‘‘(1) STUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the 

7 date of enactment of the Improving Head Start Act 

8 of 2007, the Secretary shall conduct a study on the 

9 status of limited English proficient children and their 

10 families in participating Head Start programs and 

11 Early Head Start programs. 

12 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—The Secretary shall prepare and 

13 submit to Congress, not later than September 2008, a 

14 report containing the results of such study, including 

15 information on— 

16 ‘‘(A)(i) the demographics of limited English 

17 proficient children less than 5 years of age and 

18 the geographical distribution of such children; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(ii) the number of such children receiving 

21 Head Start services and the number of such chil22 dren receiving Early Head Start services, and 

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1 ‘‘(B) the nature of the Head Start services 

2 and of the Early Head Start services provided to 

3 limited English proficient children and their 

4 families, including the types, content, duration, 

5 intensity, and costs of family services, language 

6 assistance, and educational services; 

7 ‘‘(C) procedures in Head Start programs 

8 for assessing language needs and for making the 

9 transition of limited English proficient children 

10 to kindergarten, including the extent to which 

11 Head Start programs meet the requirements of 

12 section 642A for limited English proficient chil13 dren; 

14 ‘‘(D) the qualifications and training pro15 vided to Head Start teachers and Early Head 

16 Start teachers who serve limited English pro17 ficient children and their families; 

18 ‘‘(E) the home languages of Head Start and 

19 Early Head Start teachers; 

20 ‘‘(F) the rate of progress made by limited 

21 English proficient children and their families in 

22 Head Start programs and in Early Head Start 

23 programs, including— 

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1 meeting the additional educational stand2 ards described in section 641A(a)(1)(B)(ii) 

3 while enrolled in Head Start programs; 

4 ‘‘(ii) the correlation between such 

5 progress and the type and quality of in6 struction and educational programs pro7 vided to limited English proficient children; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(iii) the correlation between such 

10 progress and the health and family services 

11 provided by Head Start programs to lim12 ited English proficient children and their 

13 families; and 

14 ‘‘(G) the extent to which Head Start pro15 grams make use of funds under section 640(a)(3) 

16 to improve the quality of Head Start services 

17 provided to limited English proficient children 

18 and their families. 

19 ‘‘(i) CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND PROGRAMS AFFECTED

20 BY HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA.— 

21 ‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subsection 

22 is to evaluate the status of Head Start and Early 

23 Head Start programs affected by Hurricanes Katrina 

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1 enrolling eligible children and families, with the ulti2 mate goal of providing all Head Start and Early 

3 Head Start programs with recommendations for de4 veloping and implementing disaster plans. 

5 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—The term ‘areas affected by 

6 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita’ means any parish or 

7 county for which it was determined that assistance 

8 was warranted from the Federal Government under 

9 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

10 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) as a result of 

11 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 

12 ‘‘(3) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a 

13 study on the status of children and families partici14 pating in Head Start and Early Head Start pro15 grams in areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and 

16 Rita. 

17 ‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

18 date of the enactment of the Improving Head Start 

19 Act of 2007, the Secretary shall prepare and submit 

20 to Congress a report containing the results of such 

21 study, including 

22 ‘‘(A) information on the population served, 

23 including— 

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1 Head Start programs in areas affected by 

2 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita before and 

3 after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; 

4 ‘‘(ii) the demographics of such children 

5 and families; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) the geographical distribution of 

7 such children and families; 

8 ‘‘(B) information on staff and programs, 

9 including— 

10 ‘‘(i) the number and geographic dis11 tribution of staff serving Head Start and 

12 Early Head Start children and families 

13 from areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina 

14 and Rita; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the current status, including em16 ployment status and geographic location, of 

17 Head Start and Early Head Start staff 

18 serving in areas affected by Hurricanes 

19 Katrina and Rita prior to Hurricanes 

20 Katrina and Rita; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) the response and recovery efforts 

22 of Head Start and Early Head Start staff 

23 serving in areas affected by Hurricanes 

24 Katrina and Rita 

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1 ‘‘(i) the number of Head Start and 

2 Early Head Start facilities operating prior 

3 to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in areas 

4 affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; 

5 ‘‘(ii) the current status of each such fa6 cility; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) information on any new Head 

8 Start or Early Head Start facility that has 

9 opened in areas affected by Hurricanes 

10 Katrina and Rita or that serves children 

11 and families who lived in areas affected by 

12 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita at the time of 

13 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; 

14 ‘‘(D) information on coordination with the 

15 Federal Emergency Management Agency 

16 (FEMA) in areas affected by Hurricanes 

17 Katrina and Rita, including— 

18 ‘‘(i) areas of success that Head Start 

19 agencies and programs had in working with 

20 FEMA; 

21 ‘‘(ii) challenges that Head Start agen22 cies and programs had in working with 

23 FEMA; and 

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1 (as defined under the Robert T. Stafford 

2 Disaster Relief and Emergency Act) and the 

3 types of assistance received by such families. 

4 ‘‘(E) challenges that were faced by Head 

5 Start and Early Head Start programs and fam6 ilies in areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina 

7 and Rita including— 

8 ‘‘(i) the availability of Head Start 

9 services for families displaced during the 

10 period of transition; 

11 ‘‘(ii) identification of and outreach to 

12 families displaced by the Hurricanes 

13 Katrina and Rita; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) the extent to which non-Federal 

15 disaster assistance was available to Head 

16 Start agencies and programs, and coordina17 tion of such services with non-Federal dis18 aster assistance resources. 

19 ‘‘(5) DISASTER PLAN PREPAREDNESS.—Not later 

20 than 1 year after the date of the enactment of Improv21 ing Head Start Act of 2007, the Secretary shall pre22 pare and submit to Congress, Head Start disaster 

23 plan recommendations based upon the report initi24 ated in paragraph (4), including recommendations 

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1 that can be used to advise Head Start and Early 

2 Head Start programs in the development and imple3 mentation of disaster plans.’’. 

4 SEC. 20. REPORTS. 

5 Section 650 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9846) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘Committee on Education 

9 and the Workforce of the House of Representa10 tives and the Committee on Labor and Human 

11 Resources of the Senate’’ each place it appears 

12 and inserting ‘‘Committee on Education and 

13 Labor of the House of Representatives and the 

14 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

15 Pensions of the Senate’’, 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘and non-English language 

17 background children’’ and inserting ‘‘children, 

18 homeless children, children in foster care, and 

19 limited English proficient children’’, and 

20 (C) in paragraph (8) by inserting ‘‘home21 lessness, whether the child is in foster care or was 

22 referred by a child welfare agency,’’ after ‘‘ back23 ground,’’, and 

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1 ‘‘(c) SET-ASIDE ACTIVITIES.—Not later than 60 days 

2 after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit 

3 to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 

4 Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, 

5 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, a report detailing the 

6 different amounts of expenditures under section 640(a)(2) 

7 and the activities carried out thereunder. 

8 ‘‘(d) FISCAL PROTOCOL.—The Secretary shall conduct 

9 an annual review to assess whether the design and imple10 mentation of the triennial reviews described in section 

11 641A(c) include compliance procedures that provide reason12 able assurance that Head Start agencies are complying 

13 with applicable fiscal laws and regulations. The Secretary 

14 shall report the findings and conclusions of the annual re15 view to the House Committee on Education and Labor, and 

16 the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and 

17 Pensions within 30 days of completing the review. 

18 ‘‘(e) USE OF INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLANS.— 

19 The Secretary shall track the use of Head Start Individual20 ized Education Plans by Head Start agencies in order to 

21 evaluate the reasons why Head Start agencies are opting 

22 not to use Individualized Education Plans for children with 

23 disabilities (as specified in the Individuals With Disabil24 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1414(d)), whether Head 

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1 services prior to the development of an Individualized Edu2 cation Plan, as required under the Individuals With Dis3 abilities Education Act, and the length of time programs 

4 use Head Start Individualized Education Plans before an 

5 Individualized Education Plan as required under Individ6 uals With Disabilities Education Act is developed. The Sec7 retary shall provide a report to the Committee on Edu8 cation and Labor of the House of Representatives and the 

9 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

10 the Senate, not later than 1 year after the date of the enact11 ment of the Improving Head Start Act of 2007. 

12 ‘‘(f) EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARD13 ING OBESITY PREVENTION.—The Secretary shall evaluate 

14 and publish regulations on the issue of and concerns related 

15 to preventing and reducing obesity in children who partici16 pate in Head Start programs and shall consult, at a min17 imum, with experts in child and maternal health, child de18 velopment, child and family nutrition and physical edu19 cation, to determine the effective methods by which Head 

20 Start agencies can help address childhood obesity. The regu21 lations should include guidance on how Head Start agencies 

22 can incorporate, at a minimum, more physical activity and 

23 nutrition education into such programs related to pre24 venting and reducing obesity. Not later than 1 year after 

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1 mit to the House Committee on Education and Labor and 

2 the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and 

3 Pensions, a report containing such recommendations and 

4 the results of such evaluation.’’. 

5 SEC. 21. WAGES AND COMPENSATION. 

6 Section 653 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9848) 

7 is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 653. WAGES AND COMPENSATION. 

9 ‘‘(a) COMPARABILITY OF WAGES.—The Secretary shall 

10 take such action as may be necessary to assure that persons 

11 employed in carrying out programs financed under this 

12 subchapter shall not receive compensation at a rate which 

13 is (1) in excess of the average rate of compensation paid 

14 in the area where the program is carried out to a substan15 tial number of the persons providing substantially com16 parable services, or in excess of the average rate of com17 pensation paid to a substantial number of the persons pro18 viding substantially comparable services in the area of the 

19 person’s immediately preceding employment, whichever is 

20 higher; or (2) less than the minimum wage rate prescribed 

21 in section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 

22 The Secretary shall encourage Head Start agencies to pro23 vide compensation according to salary scales that are based 

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1 ‘‘(b) FEDERAL RATE LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding 

2 any other provision of law, no Federal funds shall be used 

3 to pay all or any part of the compensation of an individual 

4 employed by a Head Start agency in carrying out pro5 grams under this subchapter, either as direct or indirect 

6 costs of any proration thereof, at a rate in excess of the 

7 rate then payable for level II of the Executive Schedule 

8 under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 

9 SEC. 22. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN USES OF FUNDS. 

10 The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is amend11 ed by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 656A. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN USES OF FUNDS. 

13 ‘‘No funds made available to carry out this subchapter 

14 may be used— 

15 ‘‘(1) for publicity or propaganda purposes not 

16 heretofore authorized by the Congress; or 

17 ‘‘(2) unless authorized by law in effect on the ef18 fective date of this section, to produce any pre-pack19 aged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

20 unless such story includes a clear notification con21 tained within the text or audio of such story stating 

22 that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

23 funded by the Department of Health and Human 

24 Services.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 38 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1429 

[Report No. 110

–67] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve propurposes. gram quality, to expand access, and for other 

MARCH 23, 2007 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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