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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3557 

To provide for Kindergarten Plus programs. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 30, 2010 

Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. DURBIN, and Mr. KERRY) 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 ‘‘Sandy Feldman Kin5 dergarten Plus Act of 2010’’. 

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) Eighty-five percent of beginning kinder14 gartners in the highest socioeconomic group, com15 pared to 39 percent in the lowest socioeconomic 

16 group, can recognize letters of the alphabet. Simi17 larly, 98 percent of beginning kindergartners in the 

18 highest socioeconomic group, compared to 84 per19 cent of their peers in the lowest socioeconomic 

20 group, can recognize 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) Disadvantaged children often need— 

5 (A) instruction during the summer months 

6 to address any academic achievement or learn7 ing losses that result from lack of instruction; 

8 (B) enriching activities; or 

9 (C) interventions during the summer 

10 months. 

11 (8) High quality, extended-year kindergarten 

12 that provides children with enriched learning experi13 ences is an important factor in helping to close 

14 achievement gaps, rather than having the gaps con15 tinue to widen. 

16 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this Act: 

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

19 student’’ means a child who— 

20 (A) is a 5-year-old, or will be eligible to at21 tend kindergarten at the beginning of the next 

22 school year; 

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

24 or below 185 percent of the poverty line; and 


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

2 program in the summer before or the summer 

3 after the child enters kindergarten. 

4 (2) KINDERGARTEN PLUS.—The term ‘‘Kinder5 garten Plus’’ means a voluntary full day of kinder6 garten, during the summer before and during the 

7 summer after, the traditional kindergarten school 

8 year (as determined by the State). 

9 (3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

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

14 legal guardian or other person standing in loco 

15 parentis (such as a grandparent or stepparent with 

16 whom the child lives, or a person who is legally re17 sponsible for the child’s welfare). 

18 (5) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.—The term ‘‘pa19 rental involvement’’ means the participation of par20 ents in regular, 2-way, and meaningful communica21 tion with school personnel involving student aca22 demic learning and other school activities, including 

23 ensuring that parents— 

24 (A) play an integral role in assisting their 

25 child’s learning; 


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1 (B) are encouraged to be actively involved 

2 in their child’s education at school; and 

3 (C) are full partners in their child’s edu4 cation and are included, as appropriate, in deci5 sionmaking and on advisory committees to as6 sist in the education of their child. 

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

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

9 Management and Budget, and revised annually in 

10 accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 

11 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) ap12 plicable to a family of the size involved. 

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

14 provider’’ means a local educational agency or a pri15 vate not-for-profit agency or organization, with a 

16 demonstrated record in the delivery of early child17 hood education services to preschool-age children, 

18 that provides high-quality early learning and devel19 opment experiences that— 

20 (A) are aligned with the expectations for 

21 what children should know and be able to do 

22 when the children enter kindergarten and grade 

23 1, as established by the State educational agen24 cy; or 


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

2 local educational agency and that serves chil3 dren who have not entered kindergarten, meet 

4 the performance standards and performance 

5 measures described in subparagraphs (A) and 

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

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

8 9836a) or the prekindergarten standards of the 

9 State where the entity is located. 

10 (8) SCHOOL READINESS.—The term ‘‘school 

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

12 approaches to learning, and physical development of 

13 a child, including early literacy and early mathe14 matics skills, that prepares the child to learn and 

15 succeed in elementary school. 

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

17 the Secretary of Education. 

18 (10) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

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

20 the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec21 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

22 SEC. 4. GRANTS TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES AU23 THORIZED. 

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

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


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1 agencies to enable the State educational agencies to pro2 vide Kindergarten Plus within the State. 

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

4 Secretary shall ensure that each grant awarded under this 

5 section is of sufficient size to enable the State educational 

6 agency receiving the grant to provide Kindergarten Plus 

7 to all eligible students served by the local educational 

8 agencies within the State with the highest concentrations 

9 of eligible students. 

10 (c) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall not 

11 award a grant to a State educational agency under this 

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

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

14 agency shall use— 

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

16 received under this Act for administration of the 

17 Kindergarten Plus programs funded under the 

18 grant; 

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

20 received under this Act to develop professional devel21 opment activities and curricula for teachers and 

22 staff of Kindergarten Plus programs funded under 

23 the grant, in order to develop a continuum of devel24 opmentally appropriate curricula and practices for 

25 preschool, kindergarten, and grade 1 that ensures— 


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1 (A) an effective transition to kindergarten 

2 and to grade 1 for students; and 

3 (B) appropriate expectations for the stu4 dents’ learning and development as the students 

5 make the transition to kindergarten and to 

6 grade 1; and 

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

8 subgrants to local educational agencies. 

9 (e) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this Act 

10 the Secretary shall give priority to State educational agen11 cies that— 

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

13 government agencies, provide full-day kindergarten 

14 to all kindergarten-age children who are from fami15 lies with incomes below 185 percent of the poverty 

16 line within the State; or 

17 (2) demonstrate progress toward providing full18 day kindergarten to all kindergarten-age children 

19 who are from families with incomes below 185 per20 cent of the poverty line within the State by submit21 ting a plan that shows how the State educational 

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

23 such children that were served by a full-day kinder24 garten program in the school year preceding the 

25 school year for which assistance is first sought. 


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1 SEC. 5. SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 

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

3 that receives a grant under this Act— 

4 (1) shall reserve an amount sufficient to con5 tinue to fund multiyear subgrants awarded under 

6 this section; and 

7 (2) shall award subgrants to local educational 

8 agencies within the State to enable the local edu9 cational agencies to pay the Federal share of the 

10 costs of carrying out Kindergarten Plus programs 

11 for eligible students. 

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

13 section the State educational agency shall give priority to 

14 local educational agencies— 

15 (1) serving the greatest number or percentage 

16 of kindergarten-age children who are from families 

17 with incomes below 185 percent of the poverty line, 

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

19 (2) that propose to significantly reduce the 

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

21 in their Kindergarten Plus programs below the aver22 age class size and student-to-teacher ratios of kin23 dergarten classes served by the local educational 

24 agencies. 


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

2 costs of carrying out a Kindergarten Plus program under 

3 this Act shall be— 

4 (1) 100 percent for the first, second, and third 

5 years of the program; 

6 (2) 85 percent for the fourth year of the pro7 gram; and 

8 (3) 75 percent for the fifth year of the pro9 gram. 

10 (d) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The non-Federal 

11 share of the costs of carrying out a Kindergarten Plus 

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

13 SEC. 6. STATE APPLICATION. 

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

15 this Act, a State educational agency shall submit an appli16 cation to the Secretary at such time and containing such 

17 information as the Secretary determines appropriate. 

18 (b) CONSULTATION.—The application shall be devel19 oped by the State educational agency in consultation with 

20 representatives of early childhood education programs, 

21 early childhood education teachers, principals, pupil serv22 ices personnel, administrators, paraprofessionals, other 

23 school staff, early childhood education providers (including 

24 Head Start agencies, State prekindergarten program 


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1 staff, and child care providers), teacher organizations, par2 ents, and parent organizations. 

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

4 include— 

5 (1) a description of developmentally appropriate 

6 teaching practices and curricula for children that— 

7 (A) will be put in place and used by local 

8 educational agencies and eligible providers of9 fering Kindergarten Plus programs funded 

10 under the grant; and 

11 (B) are aligned with the State learning 

12 standards and expectations for children in kin13 dergarten and grade 1; 

14 (2) a general description of the nature of the 

15 Kindergarten Plus programs to be conducted with 

16 funds received under this Act, including— 

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

18 number of days each week that children in each 

19 such Kindergarten Plus program will attend the 

20 program; and 

21 (B) if such a Kindergarten Plus program 

22 meets for less than 9 hours a day, how the 

23 needs of full-time working families will be ad24 dressed; 


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1 (3) goals and objectives to ensure that high2 quality Kindergarten Plus programs are provided; 

3 (4) an assurance that students enrolled in Kin4 dergarten Plus programs funded under the grant, 

5 including children with disabilities and children who 

6 are limited English proficient, will receive additional 

7 comprehensive services (such as nutritional services, 

8 health care, and mental health care), as needed; and 

9 (5) a description of how— 

10 (A) the State educational agency will co11 ordinate and integrate services provided under 

12 the grant with other educational programs, 

13 such as Even Start, Head Start, Reading First, 

14 Early Reading First, State-funded preschool 

15 programs, preschool programs funded under 

16 section 619 or other provisions of part B of the 

17 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

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

19 programs; 

20 (B) the State will provide professional de21 velopment for teachers and staff of local edu22 cational agencies and eligible providers that re23 ceive subgrants through the grant regarding 

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1 matics, and positive behavior) before the chil2 dren enter kindergarten, throughout the school 

3 year, and into the summer after kindergarten; 

4 (C) the State will assist Kindergarten Plus 

5 programs funded under the grant to provide ex6 emplary parent education and parental involve7 ment activities, such as— 

8 (i) training and materials to assist 

9 parents in being their children’s first 

10 teachers at home; or 

11 (ii) home visiting; 

12 (D) the State will conduct outreach to par13 ents with eligible students, including parents 

14 whose native language is not English, parents 

15 of children with disabilities, and parents of mi16 gratory children; and 

17 (E) the State educational agency will en18 sure that each Kindergarten Plus program 

19 funded under the grant uses developmentally 

20 appropriate practices, including practices and 

21 materials that are culturally and linguistically 

22 appropriate for the population of children being 

23 served in the Kindergarten Plus program. 


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1 SEC. 7. LOCAL APPLICATION. 

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

3 under section 4(d)(3), a local educational agency shall 

4 submit an application to the State educational agency at 

5 such time and containing such information as the State 

6 educational agency determines appropriate. 

7 (b) CONSULTATION.—The application shall be devel8 oped by the local educational agency in consultation with 

9 early childhood education teachers, principals, pupil serv10 ices personnel, administrators, paraprofessionals, other 

11 school staff, early childhood education providers (including 

12 Head Start agencies, State prekindergarten program 

13 staff, and child care providers), teacher organizations, par14 ents, and parent organizations. 

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

16 include a description of— 

17 (1) the standards, research-based and develop18 mentally appropriate curricula, teaching practices, 

19 and ongoing assessments for the purposes of improv20 ing instruction and services, to be used by the local 

21 educational agency that— 

22 (A) are aligned with the State learning 

23 standards and expectations for what children 

24 should know and be able to do when the chil25 dren enter kindergarten and grade 1, as set by 

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1 (B) include— 

2 (i) language skills, including an ex3 panded use of vocabulary; 

4 (ii) interest in and appreciation of 

5 books, reading, writing alone or with oth6 ers, and phonological and phonemic aware7 ness; 

8 (iii) premathematics knowledge and 

9 skills, including aspects of classification, 

10 seriation, number sense, spatial relations, 

11 and time; 

12 (iv) other cognitive abilities related to 

13 academic achievement; 

14 (v) social and emotional development, 

15 including self-regulation skills; 

16 (vi) physical development, including 

17 gross and fine motor development skills; 

18 (vii) in the case of limited English 

19 proficiency, progress toward the acquisition 

20 of the English language; and 

21 (viii) approaches to learning; 

22 (2) how the local educational agency will ensure 

23 that the Kindergarten Plus program funded under 

24 the subgrant uses curricula and practices that— 


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1 (A) are developmentally, culturally, and 

2 linguistically appropriate for the population of 

3 children served in the program; and 

4 (B) are aligned with the State learning 

5 standards and expectations for children in kin6 dergarten and grade 1; 

7 (3) how the Kindergarten Plus program will im8 prove the school readiness of children served by the 

9 local educational agency under the subgrant, espe10 cially in mathematics and reading; 

11 (4) how the Kindergarten Plus program will 

12 provide continuity of services and learning for chil13 dren who were previously served by a different pro14 gram; 

15 (5) how the local educational agency will ensure 

16 that the Kindergarten Plus program has appropriate 

17 services and accommodations in place to serve chil18 dren with disabilities and children who are limited 

19 English proficient; 

20 (6) how the local educational agency will per21 form a needs assessment to avoid duplication with 

22 other programs within the geographic area served by 

23 the local educational agency; 

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1 (A) transition Kindergarten Plus partici2 pants into local elementary school programs 

3 and services; 

4 (B) ensure the development and use of sys5 tematic, coordinated records on the educational 

6 development of each child participating in the 

7 Kindergarten Plus program through periodic 

8 meetings and communications among— 

9 (i) the Kindergarten Plus program 

10 teachers; 

11 (ii) elementary school staff; and 

12 (iii) local early childhood education 

13 program providers, including Head Start 

14 agencies, State prekindergarten program 

15 staff, and center-based and family child 

16 care providers; 

17 (C) provide parent and child orientation 

18 sessions conducted by teachers and staff; and 

19 (D) provide a qualified staff person to be 

20 in charge of coordinating the transition serv21 ices; 

22 (8) how the local educational agency will pro23 vide instructional and environmental accommoda24 tions in the Kindergarten Plus program for children 

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1 abilities, migratory children, neglected or delinquent 

2 youth, Indian children served under part A of title 

3 VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

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

5 and immigrant children; 

6 (9) how the local educational agency will con7 duct outreach to parents of eligible students, includ8 ing parents whose native language is not English, 

9 parents of children with disabilities, and parents of 

10 migratory children, which may include— 

11 (A) activities to provide parents early expo12 sure to the school environment, including meet13 ings with teachers and staff; 

14 (B) activities to better engage and inform 

15 parents on the benefits of the Kindergarten 

16 Plus program and other programs; and 

17 (C) other efforts to ensure that parents 

18 have a level of comfort with the Kindergarten 

19 Plus program and the school environment; 

20 (10) how the local educational agency will assist 

21 the Kindergarten Plus program to provide exemplary 

22 parent education and parental involvement activities, 

23 such as— 


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1 (A) training and materials to assist par2 ents in being their children’s first teachers at 

3 home; or 

4 (B) home 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 recruitment, 

22 retention, training, and professional development of 

23 teachers, paraprofessionals, and other staff as need24 ed. 


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1 (3) Additional services, as needed, including 

2 snacks and meals, mental health care, health care, 

3 linguistic assistance, special education and related 

4 services, and transportation services associated with 

5 the needs of the children in the program. 

6 (4) Transition services to ensure children make 

7 a smooth transition into first grade and proper com8 munication is made with the elementary school on 

9 the educational development of each child served 

10 under the Kindergarten Plus program. 

11 (5) Outreach and recruitment activities, includ12 ing community forums and public service announce13 ments in local media in various languages if nec14 essary to ensure that all individuals in the commu15 nity are aware of the availability of the Kindergarten 

16 Plus program. 

17 (6) Parental involvement programs, including 

18 materials and resources to help parents become more 

19 involved in their child’s learning at home. 

20 (7) Extended day services for the eligible stu21 dents of working families, including working with ex22 isting programs in the community to coordinate 

23 services if possible. 

24 (8) Child care services, provided through coordi25 nation with local center-based child care and family 


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1 child care providers, and Head Start agencies, before 

2 and after the Kindergarten Plus program for the 

3 children participating in the Kindergarten Plus pro4 gram, to accommodate the schedules of working 

5 families. 

6 (9) Enrichment activities, such as— 

7 (A) art, music, and other creative arts; 

8 (B) outings and field trips; and 

9 (C) other experiences that support chil10 dren’s curiosity, motivation to learn, knowledge, 

11 and skills. 

12 (b) ELIGIBLE PROVIDER GRANTS AND APPLICA13 TIONS.—The local educational agency may use subgrant 

14 funds received under this Act to award a grant to an eligi15 ble provider to enable the eligible provider to carry out 

16 a Kindergarten Plus program for the local educational 

17 agency. Each eligible provider desiring a grant under this 

18 subsection shall submit an application to the local edu19 cational agency that contains the descriptions set forth in 

20 section 7 as applied to the eligible provider. 

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

22 Plus program under this Act, a local educational agency 

23 is encouraged to explore ways to develop continuity in the 

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

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1 kindergarten, through the kindergarten year, and during 

2 the summer after kindergarten. 

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

4 Plus program under this Act, a local educational agency 

5 shall coordinate with existing programs in the community 

6 to provide extended care and comprehensive services for 

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

8 SEC. 9. TEACHER AND PERSONNEL QUALITY STANDARDS. 

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

10 local educational agency shall ensure that— 

11 (1) each Kindergarten Plus classroom funded 

12 under the subgrant has— 

13 (A) a highly qualified teacher, as defined 

14 in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec15 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

16 7801); or 

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

18 local educational agency is providing the Kin19 dergarten Plus program in accordance with sec20 tion 8(b), a teacher that, at a minimum, has— 

21 (i) a bachelor’s degree in early child22 hood education or a related field; and 

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1 (2) a qualified paraprofessional that meets the 

2 requirements for paraprofessionals under section 

3 1119 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

4 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6319), is in each Kinder5 garten Plus classroom assisted under the subgrant; 

6 (3) Kindergarten Plus teachers and paraprofes7 sionals assisted under the subgrant are compensated 

8 on a salary scale comparable to kindergarten 

9 through grade 3 teachers and paraprofessionals in 

10 public schools served by the local educational agency; 

11 and 

12 (4) class sizes for Kindergarten Plus programs 

13 funded under the subgrant do not exceed the class 

14 size and ratio parameters set at the State or local 

15 level for the traditional kindergarten program. 

16 SEC. 10. DIRECT GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN17 CIES. 

18 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—If a State educational agen20 cy does not apply for a grant under this Act or does 

21 not have an application approved under section 6, 

22 then the Secretary is authorized to award a grant to 

23 a local educational agency within the State to enable 

24 the local educational agency to pay the Federal 


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1 share of the costs of carrying out a Kindergarten 

2 Plus program. 

3 (2) FEDERAL SHARE AND IN-KIND CONTRIBU4 TIONS.—The Federal share and in-kind contribution 

5 provisions described in subsections (c) and (d) of 

6 section 5 shall apply to grants awarded under this 

7 section. 

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

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

10 educational agency operates a full-day kindergarten pro11 gram that, at a minimum, is targeted to kindergarten-age 

12 children who are from families with incomes below 185 

13 percent of the poverty line within the State. 

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

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

16 the Secretary an application that— 

17 (1) contains the descriptions set forth in section 

18 7; and 

19 (2) includes an assurance that the Kindergarten 

20 Plus program funded under the grant will serve eli21 gible students. 

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

23 a local educational agency receiving a grant under this sec24 tion in the same manner as the sections apply to a local 


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1 educational agency receiving a subgrant under section 

2 5(a). 

3 SEC. 11. EVALUATION, COLLECTION, AND DISSEMINATION 

4 OF INFORMATION. 

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

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

7 the local educational agencies in the State that receive a 

8 subgrant under this Act, shall create an evaluation mecha9 nism to determine the effectiveness of the Kindergarten 

10 Plus programs in the State that are funded under this 

11 Act, taking into account— 

12 (1) information from the local needs assess13 ment, conducted in accordance with section 7(c)(6), 

14 including— 

15 (A) the number of eligible students in the 

16 geographic area; 

17 (B) the number of children served by the 

18 Kindergarten Plus programs, disaggregated by 

19 family income, race, ethnicity, native language, 

20 and prior enrollment in an early childhood edu21 cation program; 

22 (C) the number of children with disabilities 

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1 (D) the number of children who are limited 

2 English proficient and served by the Kinder3 garten Plus programs; 

4 (2) the recruitment of teachers and staff for the 

5 Kindergarten Plus programs, and the retention of 

6 such personnel in the programs for more than 1 

7 year; 

8 (3) the provision of services for children and 

9 families served by the Kindergarten Plus programs, 

10 including parent education, home visits, and com11 prehensive services for families who need such serv12 ices; 

13 (4) the opportunities for professional develop14 ment for teachers and staff; and 

15 (5) the curricula used in the Kindergarten Plus 

16 programs. 

17 (b) COMPARISON.—The evaluation process may in18 clude comparison groups of similar children who do not 

19 participate in the Kindergarten Plus programs. 

20 (c) INFORMATION COLLECTION AND REPORTING.— 

21 The information necessary for the evaluation shall be col22 lected yearly by the State and reported every 2 years by 

23 the State to the Secretary. 

24 (d) ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVENESS.—The Secretary 

25 shall conduct an analysis of the overall effectiveness of the 


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1 Kindergarten Plus programs assisted under this Act and 

2 make the analysis available to Congress, and the public, 

3 biannually. 

4 SEC. 12. SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT. 

5 Funds made available under this Act shall be used 

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

7 funds available to carry out activities assisted under this 

8 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 2011 and such sums as may be necessary for each 

13 of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 

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