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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2654 

To provide for Kindergarten Plus programs. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 14, 2004 

Mr. DODD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To provide for Kindergarten Plus programs. 

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 ‘‘Kindergarten Plus Act 

5 of 2004’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) Kindergarten has proven to be a beneficial 

9 experience for children, putting children on a path 

10 that positively influences their learning and develop11 ment in later school years. 
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1 (2) Kindergarten and the years leading up to 

2 kindergarten are critical in preparing children to 

3 succeed in elementary school, especially if the chil4 dren are from low-income families or have other 

5 risks of difficulty in school. 

6 (3) Disadvantaged children, on average, lag be7 hind other children in literacy, numeracy, and social 

8 skills, even before formal schooling begins. 

9 (4) For many children entering kindergarten, 

10 the achievement gap between children from low-in11 come households compared to children from high-in12 come households is already evident. 

13 (5) 85 percent of beginning kindergartners in 

14 the highest socioeconomic group, compared to 39 

15 percent in the lowest socioeconomic group, can rec16 ognize letters of the alphabet. Similarly, 98 percent 

17 of beginning kindergartners in the highest socio18 economic group, compared to 84 percent of their 

19 peers in the lowest socioeconomic group, can recog20 nize numbers and shapes. 

21 (6) Once disadvantaged children are in school, 

22 they learn at the same rate as other children. There23 fore, providing disadvantaged children with addi24 tional time in kindergarten, in the summer before 

25 such children ordinarily enter kindergarten and in 
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1 the summer before first grade, will help schools close 

2 achievement gaps and accelerate the academic 

3 progress of their disadvantaged students. 

4 (7) High quality, extended-year kindergarten 

5 that provides children with enriched learning experi6 ences is an important factor in helping to close 

7 achievement gaps, rather than having the gaps con8 tinue to widen. 

9 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

10 In this Act: 

11 (1) ELIGIBLE STUDENT.—The term ‘‘eligible 

12 student’’ means a child who— 

13 (A) is a 5-year old, or will be eligible to at14 tend kindergarten at the beginning of the next 

15 school year; 

16 (B) comes from a family with an income at 

17 or below 185 percent of the poverty line; and 

18 (C) is not already served by a high-quality 

19 program in the summer before or the summer 

20 after the child enters kindergarten. 

21 (2) KINDERGARTEN PLUS.—The term ‘‘Kinder22 garten Plus’’ means a voluntary full day of kinder23 garten, during the summer before and during the 

24 summer after, the traditional kindergarten school 

25 year (as determined by the State). 
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1 (3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

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

3 the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec4 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

5 (4) PARENT.—The term ‘‘parent’’ includes a 

6 legal guardian or other person standing in loco 

7 parentis (such as a grandparent or stepparent with 

8 whom the child lives, or a person who is legally re9 sponsible for the child’s welfare). 

10 (5) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.—The term ‘‘pa11 rental involvement’’ means the participation of par12 ents in regular, 2-way, and meaningful communica13 tion with school personnel involving student aca14 demic learning and other school activities, including 

15 ensuring that parents— 

16 (A) play an integral role in assisting their 

17 child’s learning; 

18 (B) are encouraged to be actively involved 

19 in their child’s education at school; and 

20 (C) are full partners in their child’s edu21 cation and are included, as appropriate, in deci22 sionmaking and on advisory committees to as23 sist in the education of their child. 

24 (6) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’ 

25 means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of 
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1 Management and Budget, and revised annually in 

2 accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 

3 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) ap4 plicable to a family of the size involved. 

5 (7) ELIGIBLE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘eligible 

6 provider’’ means a local educational agency or a pri7 vate not-for-profit agency or organization, with a 

8 demonstrated record in the delivery of early child9 hood education services to preschool-age children, 

10 that provides high-quality early learning and devel11 opment experiences that— 

12 (A) are aligned with the expectations for 

13 what children should know and be able to do 

14 when the children enter kindergarten and grade 

15 1, as established by the State educational agen16 cy; or 

17 (B) in the case of an entity that is not a 

18 local educational agency and that serves chil19 dren who have not entered kindergarten, meet 

20 the performance standards and performance 

21 measures described in subparagraphs (A) and 

22 (B) of subsection (a)(1), and subsection (b), of 

23 section 641A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 9836a) or the prekindergarten standards of the 

25 State where the entity is located. 
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1 (8) SCHOOL READINESS.—The term ‘‘school 

2 readiness’’ means the cognitive, social, emotional, 

3 approaches to learning, and physical development of 

4 a child, including early literacy and early mathe5 matics skills, that prepares the child to learn and 

6 succeed in elementary school. 

7 (9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

8 the Secretary of Education. 

9 (10) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

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

11 the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec12 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

13 SEC. 4. GRANTS TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES AU14 THORIZED. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 

16 award grants, on a competitive basis, to State educational 

17 agencies to enable the State educational agencies to pro18 vide Kindergarten Plus within the State. 

19 (b) SUFFICIENT SIZE.—To the extent possible, the 

20 Secretary shall ensure that each grant awarded under this 

21 section is of sufficient size to enable the State educational 

22 agency receiving the grant to provide Kindergarten Plus 

23 to all eligible students served by the local educational 

24 agencies within the State with the highest concentrations 

25 of eligible students. 
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1 (c) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall not 

2 award a grant to a State educational agency under this 

3 section in an amount that is less than $500,000. 

4 (d) STATE USE OF FUNDS.—A State educational 

5 agency shall use— 

6 (1) not more than 3 percent of the grant funds 

7 received under this Act for administration of the 

8 Kindergarten Plus programs supported under this 

9 Act; 

10 (2) not more than 5 percent of the grant funds 

11 received under this Act to develop professional devel12 opment activities and curricula for teachers and 

13 staff of Kindergarten Plus programs in order to de14 velop a continuum of developmentally appropriate 

15 curricula and practices for preschool, kindergarten, 

16 and grade 1 that ensures— 

17 (A) an effective transition to kindergarten 

18 and to grade 1 for students; and 

19 (B) appropriate expectations for the stu20 dents’ learning and development as the students 

21 make the transition to kindergarten and to 

22 grade 1; and 

23 (3) the remainder of the grant funds to award 

24 subgrants to local educational agencies. 
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1 (e) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this Act 

2 the Secretary shall give priority to State educational agen3 cies that— 

4 (1) on their own or in combination with other 

5 government agencies, provide full day kindergarten 

6 to all kindergarten-age children who are from fami7 lies with incomes below 185 percent of the poverty 

8 line within the State; or 

9 (2) demonstrate progress toward providing full 

10 day kindergarten to all kindergarten-age children 

11 who are from families with incomes below 185 per12 cent of the poverty line within the State by submit13 ting a plan that shows how the State educational 

14 agency will, at a minimum, double the number of 

15 such children that were served by a full day kinder16 garten program in the school year preceding the 

17 school year for which assistance is first sought. 

18 SEC. 5. SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each State educational agency 

20 that receives a grant under this Act— 

21 (1) shall reserve an amount sufficient to con22 tinue to fund multiyear subgrants awarded under 

23 this section; and 

24 (2) shall award subgrants to local educational 

25 agencies within the State to enable the local edu-
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1 cational agencies to pay the Federal share of the 

2 costs of carrying out Kindergarten Plus programs 

3 for eligible students. 

4 (b) PRIORITY.—In awarding subgrants under this 

5 section the State educational agency shall give priority to 

6 local educational agencies— 

7 (1) serving the greatest number or percentage 

8 of kindergarten-age children who are from families 

9 with incomes below 185 percent of the poverty line, 

10 based on data from the most recent school year; and 

11 (2) that propose to significantly reduce the 

12 class size and student-to-teacher ratio of the classes 

13 in their Kindergarten Plus programs below the aver14 age class size and student-to-teacher ratios of kin15 dergarten classes served by the local educational 

16 agencies. 

17 (c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

18 costs of carrying out a Kindergarten Plus program shall 

19 be— 

20 (1) 100 percent for the first, second, and third 

21 years of the program; 

22 (2) 85 percent for the fourth year of the pro23 gram; and 

24 (3) 75 percent for the fifth year of the pro25 gram. 
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1 (d) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The non-Federal 

2 share of the costs of carrying out a Kindergarten Plus 

3 program may be in the form of in-kind contributions. 

4 SEC. 6. STATE APPLICATION. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive a grant under 

6 this Act, a State educational agency shall submit an appli7 cation to the Secretary at such time and containing such 

8 information as the Secretary determines appropriate. 

9 (b) CONSULTATION.—The application shall be devel10 oped by the State educational agency in consultation with 

11 representatives of early childhood education programs, 

12 early childhood education teachers, principals, pupil serv13 ices personnel, administrators, paraprofessionals, other 

14 school staff, early childhood education providers (including 

15 Head Start agencies, State prekindergarten program 

16 staff, and child care providers), teacher organizations, par17 ents, and parent organizations. 

18 (c) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the application shall 

19 include— 

20 (1) a description of developmentally appropriate 

21 teaching practices and curricula for children that 

22 will be put in place to be used by local educational 

23 agencies and eligible providers offering Kindergarten 

24 Plus programs to carry out this Act; 
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1 (2) a general description of the nature of the 

2 Kindergarten Plus programs to be conducted with 

3 funds received under this Act, including— 

4 (A) the number of hours each day and the 

5 number of days each week that children in each 

6 Kindergarten Plus program will attend the pro7 gram; and 

8 (B) if a Kindergarten Plus program meets 

9 for less than 9 hours a day, how the needs of 

10 full-time working families will be addressed; 

11 (3) goals and objectives to ensure that high12 quality Kindergarten Plus programs are provided; 

13 (4) an assurance that students enrolled in Kin14 dergarten Plus programs funded under this Act will 

15 receive additional comprehensive services (such as 

16 nutritional services, health care, and mental health 

17 care), as needed; and 

18 (5) a description of how— 

19 (A) the State educational agency will co20 ordinate and integrate services provided under 

21 this Act with other educational programs, such 

22 as Even Start, Head Start, Reading First, 

23 Early Reading First, State-funded preschool 

24 programs, preschool programs funded under 

25 section 619 or other provisions of part B of the 
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1 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

2 U.S.C. 1419, 1411 et seq.), and kindergarten 

3 programs; 

4 (B) the State will provide professional de5 velopment for teachers and staff of local edu6 cational agencies and eligible providers that re7 ceive subgrants under this Act regarding how to 

8 address the school readiness needs of children 

9 (including early literacy, early mathematics, 

10 and positive behavior) before the children enter 

11 kindergarten, throughout the school year, and 

12 into the summer after kindergarten; 

13 (C) the State will assist Kindergarten Plus 

14 programs to provide exemplary parent edu15 cation and parental involvement activities such 

16 as training and materials to assist parents in 

17 being their children’s first teachers at home or 

18 home visiting; 

19 (D) the State will conduct outreach to par20 ents with eligible students, including parents 

21 whose native language is not English, parents 

22 of children with disabilities, and parents of mi23 gratory children; and 

24 (E) the State educational agency will en25 sure that each Kindergarten Plus program uses 
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1 developmentally appropriate practices, including 

2 practices and materials that are culturally and 

3 linguistically appropriate for the population of 

4 children being served in the program. 

5 SEC. 7. LOCAL APPLICATION. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive a subgrant 

7 under this Act, a local educational agency shall submit an 

8 application to the State educational agency at such time 

9 and containing such information as the State educational 

10 agency determines appropriate. 

11 (b) CONSULTATION.—The application shall be devel12 oped by the local educational agency in consultation with 

13 early childhood education teachers, principals, pupil serv14 ices personnel, administrators, paraprofessionals, other 

15 school staff, early childhood education providers (including 

16 Head Start agencies, State prekindergarten program 

17 staff, and child care providers), teacher organizations, par18 ents, and parent organizations. 

19 (c) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the application shall 

20 include a description of— 

21 (1) the standards, research-based and develop22 mentally appropriate curricula, teaching practices, 

23 and ongoing assessments for the purposes of improv24 ing instruction and services, to be used by the local 

25 educational agency that— 
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1 (A) are aligned with the State expectations 

2 for what children should know and be able to 

3 do when the children enter kindergarten and 

4 grade 1, as set by the State educational agency; 

5 and 

6 (B) include— 

7 (i) language skills, including an ex8 panded use of vocabulary; 

9 (ii) interest in and appreciation of 

10 books, reading, writing alone or with oth11 ers, and phonological and phonemic aware12 ness; 

13 (iii) premathematics knowledge and 

14 skills, including aspects of classification, 

15 seriation, number sense, spatial relations, 

16 and time; 

17 (iv) other cognitive abilities related to 

18 academic achievement; 

19 (v) social and emotional development, 

20 including self-regulation skills; 

21 (vi) physical development, including 

22 gross and fine motor development skills; 

23 (vii) in the case of limited English 

24 proficiency, progress toward the acquisition 

25 of the English language; and 
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1 (viii) approaches to learning; 

2 (2) how the local educational agency will ensure 

3 that the Kindergarten Plus program uses curricula 

4 and practices that— 

5 (A) are developmentally, culturally, and 

6 linguistically appropriate for the population of 

7 children served in the program; and 

8 (B) are aligned with the State learning 

9 standards and expectations for children in kin10 dergarten and grade 1; 

11 (3) how the Kindergarten Plus program will im12 prove the school readiness of children served by the 

13 local educational agency under this Act, especially in 

14 mathematics and reading; 

15 (4) how the Kindergarten Plus program will 

16 provide continuity of services and learning for chil17 dren who were previously served by a different pro18 gram; 

19 (5) how the local educational agency will ensure 

20 that the Kindergarten Plus program has appropriate 

21 services and accommodations in place to serve chil22 dren with disabilities and children who are limited 

23 English proficient; 

24 (6) how the local educational agency will per25 form a needs assessment to avoid duplication with 
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1 other programs within the geographic area served by 

2 the local educational agency; 

3 (7) how the local educational agency will— 

4 (A) transition Kindergarten Plus partici5 pants into local elementary school programs 

6 and services; 

7 (B) ensure the development and use of sys8 tematic, coordinated records on the educational 

9 development of each child participating in the 

10 Kindergarten Plus program through periodic 

11 meetings and communications among— 

12 (i) Kindergarten Plus program teach13 ers; 

14 (ii) elementary school staff; and 

15 (iii) local early childhood education 

16 program providers, including Head Start 

17 agencies, State prekindergarten program 

18 staff, and center-based and family child 

19 care providers; 

20 (C) provide parent and child orientation 

21 sessions conducted by teachers and staff; and 

22 (D) provide a qualified staff person to be 

23 in charge of coordinating the transition serv24 ices; 
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1 (8) how the local educational agency will pro2 vide instructional and environmental accommoda3 tions in the Kindergarten Plus program for children 

4 who are limited English proficient, children with dis5 abilities, migratory children, neglected or delinquent 

6 youth, Indian children served under part A of title 

7 VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

8 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), homeless children, 

9 and immigrant children; 

10 (9) how the local educational agency will con11 duct outreach to parents of eligible students, includ12 ing parents whose native language is not English, 

13 parents of children with disabilities, and parents of 

14 migratory children, which may include— 

15 (A) activities to provide parents early expo16 sure to the school environment, including meet17 ings with teachers and staff; 

18 (B) activities to better engage and inform 

19 parents on the benefits of Kindergarten Plus 

20 and other programs; and 

21 (C) other efforts to ensure that parents 

22 have a level of comfort with the Kindergarten 

23 Plus program and the school environment; 

24 (10) how the local educational agency will assist 

25 the Kindergarten Plus program to provide exemplary 
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1 parent education and parental involvement activities 

2 such as training and materials to assist parents in 

3 being their children’s first teachers at home or home 

4 visiting; and 

5 (11) how the local educational agency will work 

6 with local center-based and family child care pro7 viders and Head Start agencies to ensure— 

8 (A) the nonduplication of programs and 

9 services; and 

10 (B) that the needs of working families are 

11 met through child care provided before and 

12 after the Kindergarten Plus program. 

13 SEC. 8. LOCAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROVISIONS. 

14 (a) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—A local educational 

15 agency that receives a subgrant under this Act shall use 

16 the subgrant funds for the following: 

17 (1) The operational and program costs associ18 ated with the Kindergarten Plus program as de19 scribed in the application to the State educational 

20 agency. 

21 (2) Personnel services, including teachers, para22 professionals, and other staff as needed. 

23 (3) Additional services, as needed, including 

24 snacks and meals, mental health care, health care, 

25 linguistic assistance, special education and related 
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1 services, and transportation services associated with 

2 the needs of the children in the program. 

3 (4) Transition services to ensure children make 

4 a smooth transition into first grade and proper com5 munication is made with the elementary school on 

6 the educational development of each child. 

7 (5) Outreach and recruitment activities, includ8 ing community forums and public service announce9 ments in local media in various languages if nec10 essary to ensure that all individuals in the commu11 nity are aware of the availability of such program. 

12 (6) Parental involvement programs, including 

13 materials and resources to help parents become more 

14 involved in their child’s learning at home. 

15 (7) Extended day services for the eligible stu16 dents of working families, including working with ex17 isting programs in the community to coordinate 

18 services if possible. 

19 (8) Child care services, provided through coordi20 nation with local center-based child care and family 

21 child care providers, and Head Start agencies, before 

22 and after the Kindergarten Plus program for the 

23 children participating in the program, to accommo24 date the schedules of working families. 

25 (9) Enrichment activities, such as— 
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1 (A) art, music, and other creative arts; 

2 (B) outings and field trips; and 

3 (C) other experiences that support chil4 dren’s curiosity, motivation to learn, knowledge, 

5 and skills. 

6 (b) ELIGIBLE PROVIDER GRANTS AND APPLICA7 TIONS.—The local educational agency may use subgrant 

8 funds received under this Act to award a grant to an eligi9 ble provider to enable the eligible provider to carry out 

10 a Kindergarten Plus program for the local educational 

11 agency. Each eligible provider desiring a grant under this 

12 subsection shall submit an application to the local edu13 cational agency that contains the descriptions set forth in 

14 section 7 as applied to the eligible provider. 

15 (c) CONTINUITY.—In carrying out a Kindergarten 

16 Plus program under this Act, a local educational agency 

17 is encouraged to explore ways to develop continuity in the 

18 education of children, for instance by keeping, if possible, 

19 the same teachers and personnel from the summer before 

20 kindergarten, through the kindergarten year, and during 

21 the summer after kindergarten. 

22 (d) COORDINATION.—In carrying out a Kindergarten 

23 Plus program under this Act, a local educational agency 

24 shall coordinate with existing programs in the community 
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1 to provide extended care and comprehensive services for 

2 children and their families in need of such care or services. 

3 SEC. 9. TEACHER AND PERSONNEL QUALITY STANDARDS. 

4 To be eligible for a subgrant under this Act, each 

5 local educational agency shall ensure that— 

6 (1) each Kindergarten Plus classroom has— 

7 (A) a highly qualified teacher, as defined 

8 in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec9 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

10 7801); or 

11 (B) if an eligible provider who is not a 

12 local educational agency is providing the Kin13 dergarten Plus program in accordance with sec14 tion 8(b), a teacher that, at a minimum, has a 

15 bachelor’s degree in early childhood education 

16 or a related field and experience in teaching 

17 children of this age; 

18 (2) a qualified paraprofessional that meets the 

19 requirements for paraprofessionals under section 

20 1119 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

21 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6319), is in each Kinder22 garten Plus classroom; 

23 (3) Kindergarten Plus teachers and paraprofes24 sionals are compensated on a salary scale com25 parable to kindergarten through grade 3 teachers 
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1 and paraprofessionals in public schools served by the 

2 local educational agency; and 

3 (4) Kindergarten Plus class sizes do not exceed 

4 the class size and ratio parameters set at the State 

5 or local level for the traditional kindergarten pro6 gram. 

7 SEC. 10. DIRECT GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN8 CIES. 

9 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—If a State educational 

10 agency does not apply for a grant under this Act or does 

11 not have an application approved under section 6, then 

12 the Secretary is authorized to award a grant to a local 

13 educational agency within the State to enable the local 

14 educational agency to pay the Federal share of the costs 

15 of carrying out a Kindergarten Plus program. 

16 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—A local educational agency shall 

17 be eligible to receive a grant under this section if the local 

18 educational agency operates a full day kindergarten pro19 gram that, at a minimum, is targeted to kindergarten-age 

20 children who are from families with incomes below 185 

21 percent of the poverty line within the State. 

22 (c) APPLICATION.—In order to receive a grant under 

23 subsection (a), a local educational agency shall submit to 

24 the Secretary an application that— 
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1 (1) contains the descriptions set forth in section 

2 7; and 

3 (2) includes an assurance that the Kindergarten 

4 Plus program funded under such grant will serve eli5 gible students. 

6 (d) APPLICABILITY.—Sections 8 and 9 shall apply to 

7 a local educational agency receiving a grant under this sec8 tion in the same manner as the sections apply to a local 

9 educational agency receiving a subgrant under section 

10 5(a). 

11 SEC. 11. EVALUATION, COLLECTION, AND DISSEMINATION 

12 OF INFORMATION. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each State educational agency 

14 that receives a grant under this Act, in cooperation with 

15 the local educational agencies in the State that receive a 

16 subgrant under this Act, shall create an evaluation mecha17 nism to determine the effectiveness of the Kindergarten 

18 Plus programs in the State, taking into account— 

19 (1) information from the local needs assess20 ment, conducted in accordance with section 7(c)(6), 

21 including— 

22 (A) the number of eligible students in the 

23 geographic area; 

24 (B) the number of children served by Kin25 dergarten Plus programs, disaggregated by 
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1 family income, race, ethnicity, native language, 

2 and prior enrollment in an early childhood edu3 cation program; and 

4 (C) the number of children with disabilities 

5 served by Kindergarten Plus programs; 

6 (2) the recruitment of teachers and staff for 

7 Kindergarten Plus programs, and the retention of 

8 such personnel in the programs for more than 1 

9 year; 

10 (3) the provision of services for children and 

11 families served by Kindergarten Plus programs, in12 cluding parent education, home visits, and com13 prehensive services for families who need such serv14 ices; 

15 (4) the opportunities for professional develop16 ment for teachers and staff; and 

17 (5) the curricula used in Kindergarten Plus 

18 programs. 

19 (b) COMPARISON.—The evaluation process may in20 clude comparison groups of similar children who do not 

21 participate in a Kindergarten Plus program. 

22 (c) INFORMATION COLLECTION AND REPORTING.— 

23 The information necessary for the evaluation shall be col24 lected yearly by the State and reported every 2 years by 

25 the State to the Secretary. 
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1 (d) ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVENESS.—The Secretary 

2 shall conduct an analysis of the overall effectiveness of the 

3 programs assisted under this Act and make the analysis 

4 available to Congress, and the public, biannually. 

5 SEC. 12. SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT. 

6 Funds made available under this Act shall be used 

7 to supplement, not supplant, other Federal, State, or local 

8 funds available to carry out activities under this Act. 

9 SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 For the purpose of carrying out this Act, there are 

11 authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000,000 for fiscal 

12 year 2005 and such sums as may be necessary for each 

13 of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 

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