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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2817 

To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 and 

the Head Start Act to promote child care and early learning, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 22, 2021 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. BONAMICI, 

Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mrs. 

MCBATH, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. WILD, Mr. COURTNEY, 

Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. 

DELAURO, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. 

MEEKS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. 

KAPTUR, Ms. MENG, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. BASS, Mr. KILMER, Mr. 

LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. TITUS, Ms. CASTOR of 

Florida, Ms. JACOBS of California, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. 

SCANLON, Mr. EVANS, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 

York, Mr. CARSON, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. 

BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, 

Mr. LIEU, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SOTO, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. MOORE

of Wisconsin, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. VARGAS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 

Ms. PINGREE, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. 

WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. MFUME, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. 

UNDERWOOD, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. 

SWALWELL, Ms. ROSS, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, and Ms. MCCOLLUM) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant 


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Act of 1990 and the Head Start Act to promote child 

care and early learning, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Child Care for Work5 ing Families Act’’. 

6 TITLE I—CHILD CARE AND 

7 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 

8 SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 

9 Section 658A(b) of the Child Care and Development 

10 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 note) is amend11 ed— 

12 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(1) to ensure that no low- to moderate-income 

15 family pays more than 7 percent of its household in16 come on child care;’’; 

17 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(2) to support working parents in making 

20 their own decisions regarding the child care services 

21 that best suit their family’s needs;’’; 

22 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘high-quality,’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘high-quality and inclusive, and’’; and 


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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘, as well as before- and 

2 after-school and summer care for school-age 

3 children,’’ after ‘‘services’’; 

4 (4) in paragraph (5), by inserting before the 

5 semicolon the following: ‘‘, and to help child care 

6 programs meet evidence-based or national standards 

7 to improve the quality of child care’’; 

8 (5) in paragraph (6)— 

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘, including children with 

10 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis11 abilities’’ before the semicolon; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

13 (6) in paragraph (7)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘high-quality’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘high-quality and inclusive’’; and 

16 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

17 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (7) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(8) to support the development and improve20 ment of statewide systems to support the needs of 

21 infants and toddlers with disabilities and children 

22 with disabilities, better coordinate child care and 

23 other services, and assist States in increasing the 

24 number of child care providers that provide high25 quality and inclusive care to families of infants and 


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1 toddlers with disabilities and families of children 

2 with disabilities.’’. 

3 SEC. 102. APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 Section 658B of the Child Care and Development 

5 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended 

6 to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 658B. APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap9 propriated and there are appropriated, out of any money 

10 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 

11 ‘‘(1) to carry out this subchapter 

12 $20,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, 

13 $30,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, and 

14 $40,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and 

15 ‘‘(2) to carry out this subchapter (other than 

16 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 658O(a)) such 

17 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025 and 

18 each subsequent fiscal year. 

19 ‘‘(b) TERRITORIES, INDIAN TRIBES.—There are au20 thorized to be appropriated and there are appropriated, 

21 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro22 priated to carry out paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 

23 658O(a) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 

24 2025 and each subsequent fiscal year.’’. 


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1 SEC. 103. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. 

2 Section 658C of the Child Care and Development 

3 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858a) is amended 

4 to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 658C. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILD CARE PROGRAM. 

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

7 administer a child care program under which families in 

8 eligible States shall be provided an opportunity to obtain 

9 child care for eligible children, subject to the requirements 

10 of this subchapter. 

11 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE FOR EVERY ELIGIBLE CHILD.— 

12 Beginning on October 1, 2024, every family who applies 

13 for assistance under this subchapter with respect to a child 

14 who resides in a State with an approved application under 

15 section 658E and who is determined, by a lead agency (or 

16 other entity designated by a lead agency), to be an eligible 

17 child as defined in section 658P, shall be offered assist18 ance in accordance with and subject to the requirements 

19 and limitations of this subchapter.’’. 

20 SEC. 104. LEAD AGENCY. 

21 Section 658D of the Child Care and Development 

22 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a grant’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘payments’’; and 


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1 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting before 

2 the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including by certi3 fying the eligibility of children’’. 

4 SEC. 105. APPLICATION AND PLAN. 

5 (a) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 658E(c) of the 

6 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

7 U.S.C. 9858c(c)) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

10 (i) by striking the matter preceding 

11 clause (i) and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) SUPPORTING WORKING PARENTS.— 

13 Support working parents by providing assur14 ances that—’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking clause (i)(II) and in16 serting the following: 

17 ‘‘(II) to enroll such child with a 

18 child care provider who has received a 

19 child care certificate on behalf of such 

20 parent or parents;’’; 

21 (B) in subparagraph (E)— 

22 (i) in clause (i)— 

23 (I) by striking subclause (II) and 

24 inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(II) the State’s tiered and 

2 transparent system for measuring the 

3 quality of child care providers, de4 scribed in subparagraph (W)(i), in5 cluding— 

6 ‘‘(aa) a description of the 

7 national standards or other 

8 equally rigorous and evidence9 based standards tied to child out10 comes that the State uses for 

11 purposes of subparagraph 

12 (W)(i)(II)(aa); 

13 ‘‘(bb) the payment rates re14 ferred to in paragraph (4), for 

15 providers at each tier of such 

16 system; and 

17 ‘‘(cc) the number and per18 centage of eligible providers at 

19 each tier of such system, in total 

20 and disaggregated by geographic 

21 location, by provider race and 

22 ethnicity, and by the race and 

23 ethnicity of the children served, 

24 unless the disaggregation in25 volved would reveal personally 


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1 identifiable information about an 

2 individual provider or child;’’; 

3 (II) in subclause (IV), by insert4 ing ‘‘the program carried out under 

5 title II of the Child Care for Working 

6 Families Act,’’ after ‘‘9831 et seq.),’’; 

7 (III) in subclause (VI), by insert8 ing ‘‘(including for families who speak 

9 languages other than English)’’ after 

10 ‘‘family engagement’’; and 

11 (IV) in subclause (VII), by strik12 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

13 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe14 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

15 and 

16 (iii) by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(iii) information about the State’s 

19 wage ladder described in subparagraph 

20 (G)(iii); and 

21 ‘‘(iv) information on opportunities for 

22 staff of child care providers to improve 

23 their skills and credentials, including infor24 mation about training opportunities and 


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1 professional organizations that provide 

2 such training.’’; 

3 (C) in subparagraph (G)— 

4 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and pro5 fessional development requirements’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘, professional development, and 

7 compensation requirements’’; 

8 (ii) in clause (ii)(V)— 

9 (I) by redesignating item (dd) as 

10 item (ee); 

11 (II) in item (cc), by striking 

12 ‘‘and’’; and 

13 (III) by inserting after item (cc) 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(dd) infants and toddlers 

16 with disabilities; and’’; 

17 (iii) by redesignating clauses (iii) and 

18 (iv) as clauses (v) and (vi), respectively; 

19 and 

20 (iv) by inserting after clause (ii) the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(iii) COMPENSATION.—The plan 

23 shall provide a description of the State’s 

24 wage ladder for staff of eligible child care 

25 providers, and an assurance that wages for 


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1 such staff will, at a minimum, meet the re2 quirements of paragraph (4)(B)(iii)(II). 

3 ‘‘(iv) STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.— 

4 The plan shall demonstrate how the State 

5 will facilitate participation of staff of eligi6 ble child care providers in organizations 

7 that foster the professional development 

8 and stakeholder engagement of the child 

9 care workforce.’’; 

10 (D) in subparagraph (I), by striking clause 

11 (ii) and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(ii) may include other requirements, 

13 such as— 

14 ‘‘(I) requirements relating to nu15 trition, access to physical activity, or 

16 any other subject area determined by 

17 the State to be necessary to promote 

18 child development or to protect chil19 dren’s health and safety; and 

20 ‘‘(II) a requirement to comply 

21 with the standards recommended in 

22 the Department of Health and 

23 Human Services’ report entitled ‘Car24 ing for our Children Basics: Health 

25 and Safety Foundations for Early 


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1 Care and Education’ issued on June 

2 25, 2015.’’; 

3 (E) in subparagraph (K)(i), in the matter 

4 preceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘, not later 

5 than 2 years after the date of enactment of the 

6 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 

7 of 2014,’’; 

8 (F) in subparagraph (M)— 

9 (i) by adding ‘‘investment of quality 

10 child care amounts described in section 

11 658G(a)(1),’’ after ‘‘parents,’’; 

12 (ii) by redesignating clause (iv) as 

13 clause (vi); 

14 (iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘, as 

15 defined by the State; and’’ and inserting a 

16 semicolon; and 

17 (iv) by inserting after clause (iii) the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(iv) infants and toddlers with disabil20 ities; 

21 ‘‘(v) children who are dual language 

22 learners; and’’; 

23 (G) in subparagraph (N)— 


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1 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

2 adding at the end the following ‘‘AND CON3 TINUITY OF CARE’’; 

4 (ii) in clause (i)— 

5 (I) in subclause (I), by striking 

6 ‘‘child’s parent’’ and all that follows 

7 and inserting ‘‘child’s parent as par8 ticipating in an eligible activity (as de9 fined in section 658P), a change in 

10 family income for the child’s family, 

11 or a change in custody or guardian12 ship of the child.’’; and 

13 (II) by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(III) LONGER-TERM PERIOD.— 

16 The plan shall demonstrate that each 

17 child who, on the date the child is de18 termined to be an eligible child, is a 

19 child in foster care or a homeless 

20 child, and who receives assistance 

21 under this subchapter prior to reach22 ing the age of compulsory school at23 tendance, shall remain eligible for 

24 such assistance and shall receive such 

25 assistance, if so desired by the child’s 


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1 family, until such child reaches the 

2 age of compulsory school attend3 ance.’’; 

4 (iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘(espe5 cially parents in families receiving assist6 ance under the program of block grants to 

7 States for temporary assistance for needy 

8 families under part A of title IV of the So9 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 

10 seq.))’’; 

11 (iv) in clause (iii)— 

12 (I) by striking ‘‘At the option of 

13 the State, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘of attendance at 

15 a job training or educational pro16 gram’’ and inserting ‘‘of participation 

17 in an eligible activity (as defined in 

18 section 658P)’’; and 

19 (III) by striking ‘‘resume attend20 ance at a job training or educational 

21 program’’ and inserting ‘‘resume par22 ticipation in an eligible activity (as so 

23 defined)’’; and 

24 (v) by striking clause (iv); 

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1 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘with pro2 grams operating’’ and all that follows and 

3 inserting ‘‘with programs, operating at the 

4 Federal, State, and local levels for chil5 dren, that are— 

6 ‘‘(I) preschool programs, pro7 grams funded under title II of the 

8 Child Care for Working Families Act, 

9 programs funded under the Head 

10 Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), 

11 tribal early childhood programs, and 

12 other early childhood programs, in13 cluding those serving infants and tod14 dlers with disabilities or children with 

15 disabilities; 

16 ‘‘(II) programs serving homeless 

17 children and children in foster care; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(III) programs funded under 

20 the Individuals with Disabilities Edu21 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).’’; 

22 (ii) by striking clause (ii); and 

23 (iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 

24 clause (ii); 

25 (I) in subparagraph (Q)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘LOW-INCOME POPU2 LATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘CHILDREN IN

3 UNDERSERVED AREAS, CHILDREN WITH

4 DISABILITIES, AND INFANTS AND TOD5 DLERS WITH DISABILITIES’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘The plan’’ and all 

7 that follow and inserting ‘‘The plan shall 

8 describe the process the State proposes to 

9 use, with respect to investments made to 

10 increase access to programs providing 

11 high-quality and inclusive child care and 

12 development services, to give priority for 

13 those investments to areas that have sig14 nificant concentrations of poverty and un15 employment and that do not have such 

16 services, and to areas that do not have 

17 such services for children with disabilities 

18 and infants and toddlers with disabilities.’’; 

19 (J) in subparagraph (R), by inserting ‘‘and 

20 a group of parents who use a variety of child 

21 care services that reflects the variety of child 

22 care services provided in the State’’ before the 

23 period; 

24 (K) by striking subparagraph (S) and in25 serting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(S) PROHIBITION ON SUSPENSIONS, EX2 PULSIONS, AND AVERSIVE BEHAVIORAL INTER3 VENTIONS.—The plan shall provide an assur4 ance that the State will provide assistance to 

5 carry out this subchapter only to eligible child 

6 care providers that prohibit— 

7 ‘‘(i) the use of suspension and expul8 sion of children; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the use of aversive behavioral 

10 interventions.’’; 

11 (L) in subparagraph (T)— 

12 (i) in clause (i)— 

13 (I) in the matter preceding sub14 clause (I), by striking ‘‘(or develop 

15 such guidelines if the State does not 

16 have such guidelines as of the date of 

17 enactment of the Child Care and De18 velopment Block Grant Act of 2014)’’; 

19 and 

20 (II) in subclause (I), by striking 

21 ‘‘research-based’’ and inserting ‘‘evi22 dence-based’’; and 

23 (ii) in clause (iv)— 

24 (I) by striking subclauses (II) 

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1 (II) by striking ‘‘Federal Govern2 ment’’ and all that follows through 

3 ‘‘mandate’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 

4 Government to mandate’’; and 

5 (III) by striking ‘‘section;’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘section.’’; 

7 (M) in subparagraph (U)— 

8 (i) in clause (i)— 

9 (I) by striking ‘‘or a major’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘, a major’’; and 

11 (II) by inserting before the pe12 riod the following ‘‘, or a public health 

13 emergency declared under section 319 

14 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 247d)’’; 

16 (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘the 

17 State’s lead agency established or des18 ignated under section 635(a)(10) of the In19 dividuals with Disabilities Education Act 

20 (20 U.S.C. 1435(a)(10)),’’ after ‘‘the State 

21 resource and referral system,’’; and 

22 (iii) in clause (iii)(I), by inserting ‘‘in23 fants and toddlers with disabilities,’’ after 

24 ‘‘children with disabilities,’’; and 

25 (N) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(W) TIERED AND TRANSPARENT SYSTEM

2 FOR MEASURING THE QUALITY OF CHILD CARE

3 PROVIDERS.—The plan shall describe how the 

4 State will develop or revise with input (from 

5 early childhood education and development ex6 perts, from a diverse group of child care pro7 viders working in a variety of child care set8 tings, from families, and from organizations 

9 representing child care directors, teachers, and 

10 other staff), within 3 years after the date of 

11 submission of the State application, systems for 

12 measuring the quality of eligible child care pro13 viders who provide services for which assistance 

14 is made available under this subchapter, that 

15 are inclusive and appropriate for child care pro16 viders and that consist of— 

17 ‘‘(i) a tiered and transparent system 

18 for measuring the quality of eligible child 

19 care providers who serve eligible children, 

20 that— 

21 ‘‘(I) applies to eligible child care 

22 providers (except providers of family, 

23 friend, or neighbor care that elect to 

24 be covered under clause (ii)); 


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1 ‘‘(II) includes a set of standards, 

2 for determining the tier of quality of 

3 a child care provider, that— 

4 ‘‘(aa) uses the degree to 

5 which the provider meets national 

6 standards (which may be Head 

7 Start program performance 

8 standards described in section 

9 641A(a) of the Head Start Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 9836a(a)) or stand11 ards for national accreditation of 

12 early learning programs) or other 

13 equally rigorous and evidence14 based standards that are tied to 

15 child outcomes; and 

16 ‘‘(bb) includes indicators 

17 that are appropriate for different 

18 types of providers, including child 

19 care centers and family child care 

20 providers, and are appropriate 

21 for providers serving different 

22 age groups (including mixed age 

23 groups) of children, while main24 taining a high level of quality 

25 child care by all of the different 


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1 types of providers and for all of 

2 the different age groups (includ3 ing mixed age groups); 

4 ‘‘(III) includes a different set of 

5 standards that includes different indi6 cators, to be applied, when appro7 priate, for care during nontraditional 

8 hours of operation; and 

9 ‘‘(IV) in conjunction with the in10 creasing payment rates under para11 graph (4) (increasing due to factors 

12 specified in paragraph (4) such as the 

13 cost estimation model and quality 

14 basis for payment rates), provides for 

15 sufficient resources to enable stand16 ards at the entry tier for such system 

17 to increase in rigor over time; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) a separate system of quality 

19 standards for providers concerning develop20 mentally appropriate and age-appropriate 

21 care that— 

22 ‘‘(I) applies to eligible child care 

23 providers of family, friend, or neigh24 bor care (except such providers that 


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1 elect to be covered under clause (i)); 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(II) includes standards for care 

4 during nontraditional hours of oper5 ation and traditional hours of oper6 ation. 

7 ‘‘(X) PROHIBITION ON CHARGING MORE

8 THAN COPAYMENT.—The plan shall provide 

9 that, after the systems described in subpara10 graph (W) are in effect, child care providers re11 ceiving financial assistance under this sub12 chapter may not charge the family of an eligible 

13 child more than the total of— 

14 ‘‘(i) the financial assistance provided 

15 to the family under this subchapter; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) any applicable copayment pursu17 ant to paragraph (5). 

18 ‘‘(Y) POLICIES TO SUPPORT CHILDREN

19 WITH DISABILITIES AND INFANTS AND TOD20 DLERS WITH DISABILITIES.—The plan shall 

21 provide a description of— 

22 ‘‘(i) how the State will ensure that eli23 gible child care providers, except for pro24 viders of family, friend, or neighbor care 

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1 graph (W)(ii), will prioritize children with 

2 disabilities and infants and toddlers with 

3 disabilities for slots in programs carried 

4 out by the providers; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) how the State will work with the 

6 State’s lead agency established or des7 ignated under section 635(a)(10) of the In8 dividuals with Disabilities Education Act 

9 (20 U.S.C. 1435(a)(10)), local educational 

10 agencies, and early intervention services 

11 providers to provide services and supports 

12 described in the Individuals with Disabil13 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et 

14 seq.) in inclusive child care settings to chil15 dren with disabilities, and to infants and 

16 toddlers with disabilities, who are eligible 

17 children. 

18 ‘‘(Z) CHILD CARE EQUITY REVIEW.—The 

19 plan shall provide a description of how the 

20 State used the results of the child care equity 

21 review required under section 658K to inform 

22 the distribution of funds under this subchapter, 

23 including funds distributed under section 658G, 

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1 quality inclusive child care for children in the 

2 State. 

3 ‘‘(AA) POLICIES TO SUPPORT CHILDREN

4 WHO ARE DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNERS.—The 

5 plan shall provide a description of how the 

6 State will ensure that eligible child care pro7 viders will support children who are dual lan8 guage learners, and their families, enrolled in 

9 programs carried out by the providers, includ10 ing how the State will support child care pro11 viders to, to the greatest extent possible, iden12 tify each child’s home language through a home 

13 language survey, engage with the families in a 

14 culturally responsive manner, provide materials 

15 and information in a format and language that 

16 is accessible to parents, and recognize the 

17 child’s home language as an asset and support 

18 language development in the child’s home lan19 guage. 

20 ‘‘(BB) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 

21 The plan shall describe how the lead agency in22 tends to make information that is publicly avail23 able about the State’s child care program and 

24 policies, in particular the information referred 

25 to in subparagraphs (E), (I), and (T), available 


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1 in formats accessible to parents and child care 

2 providers in the State, which shall include mak3 ing such information available in the languages 

4 most commonly spoken in the State to the 

5 greatest extent possible within 5 years after the 

6 date of enactment of the Child Care for Work7 ing Families Act. 

8 ‘‘(CC) ENROLLMENT PRACTICES.—The 

9 plan shall describe how the lead agency will en10 sure that families have access to a low-barrier 

11 enrollment (including re-enrollment) process 

12 that is accessible to families with diverse char13 acteristics, including families with adults or 

14 children with disabilities or infants and toddlers 

15 with disabilities, homeless families, families with 

16 limited access to Internet connectivity, families 

17 living in rural areas, and families of dual lan18 guage learners, by implementing activities such 

19 as allowing for simplified enrollment for sib20 lings, coordinating with other State agencies to 

21 streamline enrollment processes across public 

22 assistance programs, requiring minimal paper23 work, allowing for enrollment through a State 

24 or local Web site, and providing flexible submis25 sion deadlines.’’; 


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1 (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—The State shall use 

4 amounts provided to the State for each fiscal year 

5 under this subchapter for child care services, pro6 vided on a sliding fee scale basis, the activities de7 scribed in section 658G, and State administration.’’; 

8 (3) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and in9 serting the following: 

10 ‘‘(4) PAYMENT RATES.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State plan 

12 shall— 

13 ‘‘(i) certify that payment rates for the 

14 provision of child care services for which 

15 assistance is provided in accordance with 

16 this subchapter— 

17 ‘‘(I) will be based on a cost esti18 mation model that is described in sub19 paragraph (B) and is approved by the 

20 Secretary of Health and Human Serv21 ices; and 

22 ‘‘(II) will correspond to dif23 ferences in quality based on the 

24 State’s tiered and transparent system 

25 for measuring the quality of child care 


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1 providers, described in paragraph 

2 (2)(W)(i), and based on the standards 

3 described in paragraph (2)(W)(ii); and 

4 ‘‘(ii) specify whether the State is 

5 electing— 

6 ‘‘(I) to include, in those payment 

7 rates, a bonus for serving children 

8 during nontraditional hours or chil9 dren (including infants and toddlers) 

10 described in paragraph (2)(M); or 

11 ‘‘(II) to waive the copayment de12 scribed in paragraph (5) for a child 

13 who has been identified as eligible for 

14 assistance from child protective serv15 ices. 

16 ‘‘(B) COST ESTIMATION MODEL.—The 

17 State plan shall— 

18 ‘‘(i) demonstrate that the State has, 

19 after consulting with the entities and indi20 viduals described in subparagraph (D), de21 veloped and used (not earlier than 3 years 

22 before the date of the submission of the 

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1 mation model for the rates of such child 

2 care services in the State— 

3 ‘‘(I) for providers at each of the 

4 tiers of the State’s tiered and trans5 parent system for measuring the qual6 ity of child care providers described in 

7 paragraph (2)(W)(i) (which rates re8 flect variations in the cost of child 

9 care services by geographic area, type 

10 of provider, and age of child, and the 

11 additional costs associated with pro12 viding high-quality and inclusive child 

13 care services for children with disabil14 ities and infants and toddlers with 

15 disabilities); and 

16 ‘‘(II) for providers that meet the 

17 standards described in paragraph 

18 (2)(W)(ii); 

19 ‘‘(ii) demonstrate that the State— 

20 ‘‘(I) prepared a detailed report 

21 containing the child care costs esti22 mated with the State cost estimation 

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1 scribed in clause (iii)(II) were applied 

2 in the estimation of such costs; and 

3 ‘‘(II) made the estimated costs 

4 widely available (not later than 30 

5 days after the completion of the esti6 mation) through periodic means, in7 cluding posting the estimated costs on 

8 the Internet; 

9 ‘‘(iii) describe how the State will set 

10 payment rates for child care services, for 

11 which assistance is provided in accordance 

12 with this subchapter— 

13 ‘‘(I) in accordance with the most 

14 recent estimates from the most recent 

15 cost estimation model used pursuant 

16 to clause (i), so that providers at each 

17 tier of the tiered and transparent sys18 tem for measuring program quality 

19 receive payment that is not less than 

20 the cost of meeting the requirements 

21 of such tier; and 

22 ‘‘(II) that maintain an effective 

23 and diverse workforce by ensuring 

24 wages for staff of child care providers 

25 that— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) are comparable to 

2 wages for elementary educators 

3 with similar credentials and expe4 rience in the State; and 

5 ‘‘(bb) at a minimum, provide 

6 a living wage for all staff of child 

7 care providers; and 

8 ‘‘(iv) describe how the State will pro9 vide for timely payment for child care serv10 ices provided under this subchapter. 

11 ‘‘(C) PAYMENT PRACTICES.—The State 

12 plan shall include— 

13 ‘‘(i) a certification that the payment 

14 practices of child care providers in the 

15 State that serve children who receive as16 sistance under this subchapter reflect gen17 erally accepted payment practices of child 

18 care providers in the State that serve chil19 dren who do not receive assistance under 

20 this subchapter, including the practice of 

21 paying the providers the payment rate de22 scribed in subparagraph (A)(i) based on 

23 the number of children enrolled and not 

24 the number of children in daily attendance, 

25 so as to provide stability of funding and 


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1 encourage more child care providers to 

2 serve children who receive assistance under 

3 this subchapter; 

4 ‘‘(ii) an assurance that the State will 

5 implement enrollment and eligibility poli6 cies that support the fixed costs of pro7 viding child care services by delinking pro8 vider payment rates from an eligible child’s 

9 occasional absences due to holidays or un10 foreseen circumstances such as illness; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) a description of how the State 

12 will use direct contracts or grants to sup13 port the stability of child care providers in 

14 the State, and to increase the supply and 

15 improve the quality of child care services in 

16 the State as required under paragraph 

17 (2)(M). 

18 ‘‘(D) ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS CON19 SULTED.—The entities and individuals referred 

20 to in subparagraph (B)(i) are the State Advi21 sory Council on Early Childhood Education and 

22 Care designated or established in section 

23 642B(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Head Start Act (42 

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1 ministrators of local child care programs and 

2 Head Start programs, organizations rep3 resenting child care directors, teachers, and 

4 other staff, local child care resource and refer5 ral agencies, organizations representing parents 

6 of children with disabilities and parents of in7 fants and toddlers with disabilities, the State 

8 interagency coordinating council established 

9 under section 641 of the Individuals with Dis10 abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1441), the 

11 State advisory panel established under section 

12 612(a)(21) of the Individuals with Disabilities 

13 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(21)), and 

14 other appropriate entities. 

15 ‘‘(5) SLIDING SCALE FOR COPAYMENTS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

17 subparagraphs (B)(i) and (C), the State plan 

18 shall provide an assurance that the State will 

19 require— 

20 ‘‘(i) a family receiving assistance 

21 under this subchapter to pay a full copay22 ment referred to in subparagraph (B) (or, 

23 for a family receiving part-time care, a re24 duced copayment that is the proportionate 

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1 ‘‘(ii) another entity to pay the copay2 ment (full or reduced) on behalf of the 

3 family, voluntarily or in accordance with 

4 Federal law. 

5 ‘‘(B) SLIDING SCALE.—Such full copay6 ment shall be based on a sliding scale that pro7 vides that, for a family with a family income— 

8 ‘‘(i) of not more than 75 percent of 

9 State median income for a family of the 

10 same size, the family shall not pay a co11 payment, toward the cost of the child care 

12 involved for all eligible children in the fam13 ily; 

14 ‘‘(ii) of more than 75 percent but not 

15 more than 100 percent of State median in16 come for a family of the same size, the co17 payment shall be more than 0 but not 

18 more than 2 percent of that family income, 

19 toward such cost for all such children; 

20 ‘‘(iii) of more than 100 percent but 

21 not more than 125 percent of State me22 dian income for a family of the same size, 

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1 come, toward such cost for all such chil2 dren; and 

3 ‘‘(iv) of more than 125 percent but 

4 not more than 150 percent of State me5 dian income for a family of the same size, 

6 the copayment shall be more than 4 but 

7 not more than 7 percent of that family in8 come, toward such cost for all such chil9 dren. 

10 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE.—The State shall not 

11 require a family with a child that is eligible for 

12 a Head Start program under the Head Start 

13 Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) to pay a copay14 ment under this paragraph for any eligible child 

15 in the family. 

16 ‘‘(D) INFORMATION.—The State shall 

17 make publicly available and accessible, including 

18 on the State’s internet Web site, the income 

19 ranges in dollar amounts that correspond to 

20 each of the income categories described in 

21 clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subparagraph (B) 

22 and the copayments required from families in 

23 each such category, by family size.’’. 


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1 (b) REPORT.—Section 658E of the Child Care and 

2 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c) 

3 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—The lead agency shall submit to the 

5 Secretary within 40 months after the date of submission 

6 of the application described in subsection (a) a report out7 lining the process by which the lead agency developed or 

8 revised the State’s systems for measuring the quality of 

9 eligible child care providers who provide services for which 

10 assistance is made available under this subchapter. The 

11 report shall include a discussion of the stakeholders, in12 cluding early childhood education and development ex13 perts, child care providers working in a variety of child 

14 care settings, families, and organizations representing 

15 child care directors, teachers, and other staff, from whom 

16 the lead agency sought input during this process as re17 quired under subsection (c)(2)(W).’’. 

18 SEC. 106. LIMITATIONS. 

19 Section 658F of the Child Care and Development 

20 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858d) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking the section heading and insert22 ing the following: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 658F. LIMITATIONS.’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or recipient 

25 of a child care certificate’’; and 


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1 (3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘section 

2 658O(c)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 658O(b)(5)’’. 

3 SEC. 107. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CHILD 

4 CARE. 

5 Section 658G of the Child Care and Development 

6 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9848e) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘A 

9 State’’ and all that follows through ‘‘for activi10 ties’’ and inserting ‘‘A State that receives a 

11 payment under section 658J shall reserve and 

12 use the quality child care amount described in 

13 paragraph (2) for activities’’; 

14 (i) by adding ‘‘for all age groups of el15 igible children’’ before ‘‘, and is in align16 ment with’’; and 

17 (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and 

18 inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(2) QUALITY CHILD CARE AMOUNT.—Such 

20 State shall reserve and use— 

21 ‘‘(A) during fiscal years 2022 through 

22 2024, from the payment made to the State for 

23 a fiscal year, a quality child care amount equal 

24 to 50 percent of the State allotment under sec25 tion 658O; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) during fiscal year 2025 and each sub2 sequent fiscal year, from the total of the quar3 terly payments made to the State for a par4 ticular fiscal year, a quality child care amount 

5 equal to not more than 10 percent of the 

6 amount made available to the State to carry out 

7 this subchapter for that particular fiscal year 

8 (and shall reserve and use a proportional 

9 amount, from each quarterly payment made to 

10 the State for that particular fiscal year).’’; and 

11 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Quality child care amounts 

15 reserved under subsection (a) shall be used to carry 

16 out activities that— 

17 ‘‘(A) consist of— 

18 ‘‘(i) the activities described in para19 graph (2); 

20 ‘‘(ii) the activities described in sub21 paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3), 

22 and the activities described in paragraph 

23 (3)(C) under the circumstances described 

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1 ‘‘(iii) the activities described in para2 graph (4); 

3 ‘‘(iv) at the election of the State, the 

4 activities described in paragraph (5); 

5 ‘‘(v) one or more of the activities de6 scribed in a subparagraph of paragraph 

7 (6); 

8 ‘‘(vi) one or more of the activities de9 scribed in paragraph (7); 

10 ‘‘(vii) the activities described in para11 graph (8); 

12 ‘‘(viii) one or more activities described 

13 in a subparagraph of paragraph (9); 

14 ‘‘(ix) at the election of the State, re15 modeling, renovation, or repair permitted 

16 under section 658F(b); and 

17 ‘‘(x) at the election of the State dur18 ing fiscal years 2022 through 2024, not19 withstanding section 658F(b), construc20 tion, permanent improvement, or major 

21 renovation, with priority for funding for 

22 such activities given to underserved com23 munities and underserved populations as 

24 identified— 


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1 ‘‘(I) in the Statewide assessment 

2 of the State’s needs under subsection 

3 (a); 

4 ‘‘(II) in the child care equity re5 view described in section 

6 658E(c)(2)(Z); and 

7 ‘‘(III) as applicable, in the state8 wide needs assessment conducted 

9 under section 9212(f) of the Every 

10 Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. 

11 9831 note); and 

12 ‘‘(B) will improve the quality of child care 

13 services provided in the State. 

14 ‘‘(2) SUPPLY BUILDING ACTIVITIES.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State shall use 

16 quality child care amounts to implement activi17 ties that increase the supply of eligible child 

18 care providers, and the number of available 

19 slots in the State for child care assisted under 

20 this subchapter, in underserved communities 

21 and for underserved populations identified as 

22 described in paragraph (1)(A)(x). 

23 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION.—Assistance pro24 vided under this paragraph may be adminis25 tered by local or regional child care resource 


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1 and referral organizations, community develop2 ment financial institutions, or other entities 

3 with which the State has contracted in the past. 

4 ‘‘(C) ACTIVITIES.—Activities funded under 

5 this paragraph shall include each of the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(i) STARTUP GRANTS AND SUPPLY

8 EXPANSION GRANTS.—The State shall 

9 make grants to child care providers, with 

10 priority for providers seeking to provide 

11 child care in underserved communities and 

12 for underserved populations described in 

13 subparagraph (A), to support providers in 

14 paying for startup costs and assist pro15 viders in meeting health and safety re16 quirements and achieving licensure, which 

17 may include conducting remodeling, ren18 ovation, or repair permitted under section 

19 658F(b). For fiscal years 2022 through 

20 2024, such grants may also be used for 

21 construction, permanent improvement, or 

22 major renovation, as allowable under para23 graph (1)(A)(x), of a building or facility. 

24 The State shall ensure that all providers 

25 that receive funding provided under this 


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1 paragraph participate, in a timely manner, 

2 the State’s tiered and transparent system 

3 for measuring the quality of eligible child 

4 care providers described in section 

5 658E(c)(2)(W)(i). 

6 ‘‘(ii) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The 

7 State shall provide technical assistance to 

8 increase the supply of eligible child care 

9 providers in the State, such as providing 

10 business startup support, conducting out11 reach to recruit new child care providers, 

12 providing support to enable providers to 

13 achieve licensure (including providing sup14 port, for child care providers operating le15 gally without a child care license, to obtain 

16 such license), offering orientations for new 

17 child care providers, and supporting the 

18 development of shared services models for 

19 child care programs. 

20 ‘‘(3) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.—A 

21 State shall use quality child care amounts to im22 prove the quality of child care providers across the 

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1 tem described in section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i), including 

2 by— 

3 ‘‘(A)(i) making quality startup grants (in4 cluding, in the case of providers of family, 

5 friend, or neighbor care, grants for activities 

6 described in paragraph (8)(H)) to child care 

7 providers that are not yet participating in the 

8 tiered and transparent system for measuring 

9 the quality of child care providers described in 

10 section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i), in a fiscal year, and 

11 that commit to improve quality so that the pro12 vider involved can participate in that system in 

13 the subsequent fiscal year; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) in making those grants, by giving pri15 ority for funding to underserved communities 

16 and for underserved populations identified as 

17 described in paragraph (1)(A)(x); 

18 ‘‘(B) making quality improvement grants 

19 to child care providers that meet the require20 ments for a tier of the State tiered and trans21 parent system for measuring the quality of 

22 child care providers described in section 

23 658E(c)(2)(W)(i), in a fiscal year, and that 

24 commit to improve quality so that the provider 


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1 involved can meet the requirements for a higher 

2 tier in the subsequent 3 fiscal years; and 

3 ‘‘(C) renewing a grant described in sub4 paragraph (A) or (B) at the end of the applica5 ble grant period, for a provider that dem6 onstrates sufficient progress in meeting the 

7 goals for the grant. 

8 ‘‘(4) ACTIVITIES TO ASSIST HOMELESS CHIL9 DREN AND CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.—A State 

10 shall use quality child care amounts for activities 

11 that improve access to child care services for home12 less children and children in foster care, including— 

13 ‘‘(A) the use of procedures to permit im14 mediate enrollment of homeless children and 

15 children in foster care while required docu16 mentation is obtained; 

17 ‘‘(B) training and technical assistance on 

18 identifying and serving homeless children and 

19 their families, and children in foster care and 

20 their foster families; and 

21 ‘‘(C) specific outreach to homeless families 

22 and foster families. 

23 ‘‘(5) CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may use qual2 ity child care amounts to establish or support 

3 a system of local or regional child care resource 

4 and referral organizations that is coordinated, 

5 to the extent determined appropriate by the 

6 State, by a statewide public or private non7 profit, community-based or regionally based, 

8 lead child care resource and referral organiza9 tion. 

10 ‘‘(B) LOCAL OR REGIONAL ORGANIZA11 TIONS.—The local or regional child care re12 source and referral organizations supported as 

13 described in subparagraph (A) shall— 

14 ‘‘(i) provide parents in the State with 

15 consumer education information referred 

16 to in section 658E(c)(2)(E) (except as oth17 erwise provided in that section), concerning 

18 the full range of child care and early child19 hood education options (including faith20 based child care providers, Head Start 

21 agencies (including Early Head Start 

22 agencies), and community-based child care 

23 providers), analyzed by child care provider, 

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1 through dual language child care pro2 grams, child care provided through emer3 gency child care centers, and inclusive 

4 child care options for children with disabil5 ities and infants and toddlers with disabil6 ities, in their political subdivisions or re7 gions in formats and languages accessible 

8 to all parents in such political subdivisions 

9 or regions, including parents of dual lan10 guage learners; 

11 ‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, work 

12 directly with families who receive assist13 ance under this subchapter to offer the 

14 families support and assistance, using in15 formation described in clause (i) in con16 junction with available data on parent sat17 isfaction and provider training and experi18 ence, to make an informed decision about 

19 which child care providers they will use, in 

20 an effort to ensure that the families are 

21 enrolling their children in the most appro22 priate child care setting to suit their needs 

23 and one that provides high-quality and in24 clusive care, which may include providing 

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1 gators who can help parents make such de2 cisions; 

3 ‘‘(iii) collect data and provide infor4 mation on the coordination of services and 

5 supports, including services provided under 

6 section 619 and part C of the Individuals 

7 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

8 1419, 1431 et seq.), for children with dis9 abilities and infants and toddlers with dis10 abilities, and services provided under the 

11 Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

12 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 

13 ‘‘(iv) collect data (and, where appro14 priate, enable real time collection of data) 

15 and provide information on the supply of 

16 and demand for child care services, by age 

17 of child to the extent practicable, in polit18 ical subdivisions or regions within the 

19 State and submit such information to the 

20 State; 

21 ‘‘(v) to the extent practicable, make 

22 data and information described in sub23 clause (iv) available to parents through on24 line referral registry services provided by 

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1 zations or other nonprofit entities in the 

2 State; 

3 ‘‘(vi) work to establish partnerships 

4 with public agencies and private entities, 

5 including faith-based child care providers, 

6 Head Start agencies (including Early Head 

7 Start agencies), and community-based 

8 child care providers, and incorporate the 

9 effective use of data and technology to in10 crease the supply and quality of child care 

11 services in the State; 

12 ‘‘(vii) as appropriate, coordinate their 

13 activities with the activities of the State 

14 lead agency and local agencies that admin15 ister funds made available in accordance 

16 with this subchapter; and 

17 ‘‘(viii) work to establish partnerships 

18 with the parent resource centers estab19 lished under section 672 of the Individuals 

20 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

21 1472) to provide information about inclu22 sive child care options for children with 

23 disabilities and infants and toddlers with 

24 disabilities, including children with more 


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1 significant disabilities and children with 

2 complex medical needs. 

3 ‘‘(6) TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP4 MENT.—A State shall use quality child care amounts 

5 for supporting training and professional development 

6 that is culturally and linguistically appropriate for 

7 the child care workforce, and individuals working in 

8 Head Start programs (including Early Head Start 

9 programs), through activities such as those included 

10 under section 658E(c)(2)(G), in addition to at least 

11 one activity consisting of— 

12 ‘‘(A)(i) offering training, coaching, or pro13 fessional development opportunities for child 

14 care providers that relate to the use of evi15 dence-based, developmentally appropriate and 

16 age-appropriate strategies to promote the social, 

17 emotional, physical, adaptive, communication, 

18 and cognitive development of children, including 

19 key programmatic strategies; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) offering specialized training for child 

21 care providers caring for those populations 

22 prioritized in section 658E(c)(2)(Q), homeless 

23 children, children in foster care, children who 

24 are dual language learners, and children with 


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1 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis2 abilities; 

3 ‘‘(B) incorporating the effective use of data 

4 to guide program improvement; 

5 ‘‘(C) implementing effective behavior man6 agement strategies (and related training), in7 cluding implementing multitiered systems of 

8 support such as support through positive behav9 ior interventions and supports, and trauma in10 formed care, that— 

11 ‘‘(i) promote positive social and emo12 tional development; 

13 ‘‘(ii) prevent and reduce challenging 

14 behaviors, including by setting consistent 

15 expectations for all students; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) eliminate suspensions, expul17 sions, and aversive behavioral interven18 tions; 

19 ‘‘(D) providing training and outreach on 

20 engaging parents and families in culturally and 

21 linguistically appropriate ways, including for 

22 parents and families of dual language learners, 

23 to expand their knowledge, skills, and capacity 

24 to become meaningful partners in supporting 

25 their children’s positive development; 


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1 ‘‘(E) providing training corresponding to 

2 the nutritional and physical activity needs of 

3 children to promote healthy development; 

4 ‘‘(F) providing training or professional de5 velopment for child care providers regarding the 

6 early neurological development of children; 

7 ‘‘(G) connecting staff members of child 

8 care providers with available Federal and State 

9 financial aid, or other resources, that would as10 sist the staff members in pursuing relevant 

11 postsecondary training; 

12 ‘‘(H) creating or expanding a statewide 

13 scholarship program for child care providers to 

14 obtain credentials related to child care; 

15 ‘‘(I) creating or expanding an apprentice16 ship program registered under the Act of Au17 gust 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘Na18 tional Apprenticeship Act’; 50 Stat. 664, chap19 ter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), for child care 

20 providers in the early years of providing child 

21 care; 

22 ‘‘(J) providing training, scholarship oppor23 tunities, or apprenticeships for multilingual 

24 adults in order to expand the supply of high25 quality, dual language child care programs; 


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1 ‘‘(K) supporting articulation agreements 

2 between public institutions of higher education 

3 that offer 2-year programs and public institu4 tions of higher education that offer 4-year pro5 grams, for the purposes of facilitating, for child 

6 care providers or individuals seeking to become 

7 such providers, the transfer of postsecondary 

8 credits for coursework related to child care 

9 from such institutions with 2-year programs to 

10 such institutions with 4-year programs; 

11 ‘‘(L) providing training and professional 

12 development on child developmental milestones 

13 and evidence-based developmental screening 

14 practices that help identify infants, toddlers, 

15 and children to be referred for evaluation con16 cerning eligibility for services under the Individ17 uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

18 1400 et seq.); 

19 ‘‘(M) undertaking efforts to improve the 

20 diversity of staff of eligible providers, including 

21 efforts to recruit a more diverse workforce; 

22 ‘‘(N) providing training and professional 

23 development related to the impact of trauma on 

24 social-emotional development and to imple25 menting best practices in trauma-informed care; 


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1 ‘‘(O) providing access to trained early 

2 childhood mental health consultants to help 

3 child care providers and other program manage4 ment personnel implement mental health pro5 motion and prevention strategies; or 

6 ‘‘(P) developing and providing professional 

7 development on competencies for early child8 hood educators, including specialized com9 petencies for educators serving infants and tod10 dlers. 

11 ‘‘(7) PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR INFANTS

12 AND TODDLERS.—A State shall use quality child 

13 care amounts to promote and expand child care pro14 viders’ ability to provide developmentally appropriate 

15 services for infants and toddlers through activities 

16 that shall include at least one activity consisting 

17 of— 

18 ‘‘(A)(i) training and professional develop19 ment; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) coaching and technical assistance on 

21 this age group’s unique needs from statewide 

22 networks of qualified infant-toddler specialists; 

23 ‘‘(B) improving infant and toddler compo24 nents within the State’s tiered and transparent 

25 system for measuring the quality of child care 


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1 providers described in section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i), 

2 for child care providers for infants and toddlers, 

3 or developing infant and toddler components in 

4 a State’s child care licensing regulations or 

5 early learning and development guidelines; 

6 ‘‘(C) improving the ability of parents to ac7 cess transparent and easy to understand con8 sumer information about high-quality and inclu9 sive care for infants and toddlers; 

10 ‘‘(D) providing supports to implement or 

11 sustain partnerships with Early Head Start 

12 agencies; 

13 ‘‘(E) carrying out other activities deter14 mined by the State to improve the quality of in15 fant and toddler care provided in the State, and 

16 for which there is evidence that the activities 

17 will lead to improved infant and toddler health 

18 and safety, infant and toddler cognitive and 

19 physical development, infant and toddler well20 being, or infant and toddler social and emo21 tional development, including providing health 

22 and safety training (including training in safe 

23 sleep practices, first aid, and cardiopulmonary 

24 resuscitation) for providers and caregivers; or 


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1 ‘‘(F) carrying out other activities to pro2 mote and expand child care providers’ ability to 

3 provide developmentally appropriate services for 

4 infants and toddlers. 

5 ‘‘(8) INCLUSIVE CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH

6 DISABILITIES AND INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH

7 DISABILITIES.—A State shall use quality child care 

8 amounts for activities to improve the supply of eligi9 ble child care providers that provide high-quality and 

10 inclusive care for children with disabilities and in11 fants and toddlers with disabilities through activi12 ties, which shall include— 

13 ‘‘(A) offering training, professional devel14 opment, or coaching opportunities for child care 

15 providers that relate to the use of evidence16 based, developmentally appropriate, and age-ap17 propriate strategies in inclusive settings to pro18 mote the social, emotional, physical, adaptive, 

19 communication, and cognitive development of 

20 children with disabilities and infants and tod21 dlers with disabilities, and their peers; 

22 ‘‘(B) improving the ability of parents to 

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1 sive care for children with disabilities and in2 fants and toddlers with disabilities; 

3 ‘‘(C) promoting and expanding child care 

4 providers’ ability to provide developmentally ap5 propriate services for infants and toddlers with 

6 disabilities through improved coordination of 

7 systems, services, and other activities with the 

8 providers and individuals who provide services 

9 or supports under the Individuals with Disabil10 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.); 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(D) specific outreach to families with— 

13 ‘‘(i) parents with disabilities (as de14 fined in section 3 of the Americans with 

15 Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

16 12102)); 

17 ‘‘(ii) children with disabilities; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) infants and toddlers with dis19 abilities. 

20 ‘‘(9) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—A State shall use 

21 quality child care amounts for at least one activity 

22 consisting of— 

23 ‘‘(A) improving upon the development or 

24 implementation of the early learning and devel25 opmental guidelines described in section 


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1 658E(c)(2)(T) by providing technical assistance 

2 to eligible child care providers that enhances 

3 the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional de4 velopment, including early childhood develop5 ment, of participating preschool and school6 aged children and supports their overall well7 being; 

8 ‘‘(B) developing, implementing, or enhanc9 ing the State’s tiered and transparent system 

10 for measuring the quality of child care pro11 viders, as described in section 

12 658E(c)(2)(W)(i); 

13 ‘‘(C) facilitating compliance with State re14 quirements for inspection, monitoring, training, 

15 and health and safety, and with State licensing 

16 standards; 

17 ‘‘(D) evaluating and assessing the quality 

18 and effectiveness of child care programs (taking 

19 into account whether such programs also pro20 vide services funded under the Head Start Act) 

21 and services offered in the State, including eval22 uating how such programs positively impact 

23 children; 

24 ‘‘(E) supporting child care providers in the 

25 voluntary pursuit of accreditation by a national 


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1 accrediting body with demonstrated, valid, and 

2 reliable program standards of high quality; 

3 ‘‘(F) supporting State or local efforts to 

4 develop or adopt high-quality program stand5 ards relating to health, mental health, social 

6 and emotional development, nutrition, physical 

7 activity, and physical development; 

8 ‘‘(G) activities that improve the availability 

9 of child care services, activities that improve ac10 cess to child care services, and any other activ11 ity that the State determines to be appropriate 

12 to meet the purposes of this subchapter, with 

13 priority being given for services (including giv14 ing priority access to services through providers 

15 at the highest tier of the system described in 

16 section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i)) to homeless children, 

17 children in foster care, children of families with 

18 very low family incomes (taking into consider19 ation family size), children who are dual lan20 guage learners, children with disabilities, and 

21 infants and toddlers with disabilities; 

22 ‘‘(H) supporting State or local efforts to 

23 expand Early Head Start-Child Care Partner24 ships; 


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1 ‘‘(I) activities to improve the quality of 

2 providers of family, friend, or neighbor care, 

3 which may include— 

4 ‘‘(i) establishing or expanding the op5 eration of community- or neighborhood6 based family, friend, or neighbor care net7 works, which may include networks that 

8 support the implementation of shared serv9 ices models; 

10 ‘‘(ii) offering education, training, busi11 ness development, apprenticeship, men12 toring, or leadership development opportu13 nities for the providers; 

14 ‘‘(iii) conducting home visits and 

15 coaching that provide one-on-one advice 

16 and support; 

17 ‘‘(iv) conducting play and learn ses18 sions or other types of peer networking; 

19 ‘‘(v) facilitating participation in the 

20 program carried out under this subchapter 

21 or the child and adult care food program 

22 established under section 17 of the Richard 

23 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 1766); 


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1 ‘‘(vi) assistance in achieving licensure, 

2 if the provider wants to become licensed; 

3 ‘‘(vii) recruiting providers of family, 

4 friend, or neighbor care to build the supply 

5 of high-quality and inclusive care by such 

6 providers; 

7 ‘‘(viii) recruiting providers of family, 

8 friend, or neighbor care to become eligible 

9 child care providers providing child care 

10 services under this subchapter, to build the 

11 supply of high-quality and inclusive care by 

12 providers of family, friend, or neighbor 

13 care; and 

14 ‘‘(ix) providing training on effective 

15 instruction for children of diverse back16 grounds and children with disabilities, in17 fants and toddlers with disabilities, and 

18 children who are dual language learners; 

19 ‘‘(J)(i) supporting eligible child care pro20 viders to eliminate suspensions, expulsions, and 

21 aversive behavioral interventions, including 

22 through adaptations and interventions by spe23 cial educators, mental health consultants, and 

24 other community resources, such as behavior 


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1 coaches, psychologists, and other appropriate 

2 specialists; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) promoting multitiered systems of sup4 port such as positive behavioral interventions 

5 and supports and trauma informed care that 

6 promote positive social and emotional develop7 ment and reduce challenging behaviors; 

8 ‘‘(K) activities to improve the supply and 

9 quality of child care programs and services to 

10 provide high-quality and inclusive care for 

11 school-age children, which may include— 

12 ‘‘(i) establishing or expanding high13 quality and inclusive school-age child care 

14 standards and a system of supports for 

15 such care that align with best practices for 

16 before- and after-school care and summer 

17 care; 

18 ‘‘(ii) enhancing professional develop19 ment and technical assistance opportuni20 ties for providers of school-age care; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) improving the ability of parents 

22 to access transparent and easy to under23 stand consumer information about high24 quality and inclusive school-age care; 


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1 ‘‘(L) establishing or expanding high-quality 

2 and inclusive community- or neighborhood3 based family and child development centers, 

4 which shall serve as resources for child care 

5 providers in order to improve the quality of 

6 early childhood services provided to children 

7 from low-income families and to help eligible 

8 child care providers improve their capacity to 

9 offer high-quality and inclusive, age-appropriate 

10 care; 

11 ‘‘(M) activities that promote simple and 

12 streamlined enrollment, in high-quality and in13 clusive child care services, including child care 

14 services provided under this subchapter, that is 

15 accessible to diverse types of families, which 

16 may include activities that establish or improve 

17 systems that also allow families to enroll in 

18 early childhood care and education services or 

19 public assistance programs available in the 

20 State, such as those listed in subparagraphs 

21 (E)(i)(IV) and (O) of section 658E(c)(2), 

22 through use of data sharing agreements, identi23 fication of eligible families, and use of a single 

24 or common application that is available on a 

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1 ‘‘(N) establishing or expanding the oper2 ation of community- or neighborhood-based 

3 family child care networks, which may include 

4 networks that support the implementation of 

5 shared services models described in subpara6 graph (O); 

7 ‘‘(O) developing or expanding the use of 

8 shared services models, including through 

9 shared services alliances administered by non10 profit organizations or child care resource and 

11 referral organizations, to reduce the operational 

12 burden on child care providers through the co13 ordination of services such as operations and 

14 business support, information technology serv15 ices, accounting services, human resources serv16 ices, training and professional development, en17 rollment services, and quality assessment serv18 ices; 

19 ‘‘(P) establishing, maintaining, improving, 

20 or expanding a system, such as a substitute 

21 pool system, to support child care providers in 

22 a variety of child care settings in finding quali23 fied, temporary staff when needed and to 

24 strengthen the pipeline for early childhood edu25 cators; or 


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1 ‘‘(Q) supporting eligible child care pro2 viders in providing accessible comprehensive 

3 services for children and their families, includ4 ing— 

5 ‘‘(i) screenings of vision, hearing, 

6 health (including mental health), dental 

7 health, and development (including early 

8 literacy and math skill development), which 

9 shall be coordinated with the activities car10 ried out through the comprehensive child 

11 find system under the Individuals with 

12 Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

13 1400 et seq.); 

14 ‘‘(ii) consultation with child care 

15 health consultants to assess, plan, imple16 ment, and evaluate strategies to achieve 

17 high-quality safe and healthy child care en18 vironments that are trauma-informed 

19 strategies and support the mental and 

20 physical health of children; 

21 ‘‘(iii)(I) family engagement opportuni22 ties that take into account the language 

23 spoken in the child’s home, such as parent 

24 conferences (with opportunities for parents 


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1 to provide input about the child’s develop2 ment); and 

3 ‘‘(II) support services, such as parent 

4 education, home visiting, and family lit5 eracy services; 

6 ‘‘(iv)(I) nutrition services, including 

7 provision of nutritious meals and snack op8 tions aligned with the requirements in the 

9 most recent guidelines promulgated by the 

10 Secretary of Agriculture for the Child and 

11 Adult Care Food Program authorized 

12 under section 17 of the Richard B. Russell 

13 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 1766); and 

15 ‘‘(II) regular, age-appropriate, nutri16 tion education for children and their fami17 lies; 

18 ‘‘(v) programs, carried out in coordi19 nation with local educational agencies and 

20 entities providing services and supports au21 thorized under part B and part C of the 

22 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 

23 (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.; 1431 et seq.), to 

24 ensure the full participation of infants and 

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1 disabilities in high-quality and inclusive 

2 child care settings; 

3 ‘‘(vi) physical activity programs 

4 that— 

5 ‘‘(I) are aligned with evidence6 based guidelines, such as those rec7 ommended by the Health and Medi8 cine Division of the National Acad9 emies of Sciences, Engineering, and 

10 Medicine; and 

11 ‘‘(II) take into account and ac12 commodate the needs of children with 

13 disabilities and infants and toddlers 

14 with disabilities; or 

15 ‘‘(vii) on-site service coordination, to 

16 the maximum extent feasible.’’. 

17 SEC. 108. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT. 

18 Section 658I of the Child Care and Development 

19 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858g) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)— 

21 (A) by striking paragraph (2) and insert22 ing the following: 

23 ‘‘(2) collect, publish, and make available to the 

24 public a listing of State child care standards, includ25 ing licensing standards, health and safety standards, 


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1 and the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 

2 section 658E(c)(2)(W), at least once every 3 years;’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 

4 after the semicolon; 

5 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘this 

6 subchapter;’’ and inserting ‘‘this subchapter, 

7 which shall include information about evidence8 based curricula that are developmentally appro9 priate and support development across the es10 sential domains of early childhood develop11 ment.’’; and 

12 (D) by striking paragraph (5); 

13 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(A), in the matter fol14 lowing clause (ii), by striking ‘‘State allotment’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘State payments’’; and 

16 (3) by striking subsection (c). 

17 SEC. 109. STATE QUARTERLY PAYMENTS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 658J of the Child Care 

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

20 9858h) is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 658J. PAYMENTS TO STATES. 

22 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 ‘‘(1) FMAP.—The term ‘FMAP’ has the mean24 ing given the term in the first sentence of section 


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1 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 1396d(b)). 

3 ‘‘(2) INFANT OR TODDLER.—The term ‘infant 

4 or toddler’ means a child under age 3. 

5 ‘‘(b) PAYMENTS TO STATES.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para7 graphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall pay to each 

8 State with an application approved under section 

9 658E an amount for each quarter equal to the 

10 FMAP of expenditures in the quarter— 

11 ‘‘(A) for child care assistance under the 

12 plan for eligible children, other than such chil13 dren who are infants or toddlers; and 

14 ‘‘(B) to carry out activities under section 

15 658G, subject to the limit specified in section 

16 658G(a)(2). 

17 ‘‘(2) CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE FOR INFANTS OR

18 TODDLERS.—The Secretary shall pay to each State 

19 with such an approved application an amount for 

20 each quarter equal to 90 percent of expenditures in 

21 the quarter for child care assistance under the plan 

22 for eligible children who are infants or toddlers. 

23 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall 

24 pay to each State with such an approved application 

25 an amount for each quarter equal to 50 percent of 


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1 expenditures in the quarter for the costs of adminis2 tration incurred by the State in carrying out sections 

3 658H and 658K, and other reasonable costs in4 curred by the State to administer the plan. 

5 ‘‘(c) ADVANCE PAYMENT; RETROSPECTIVE ADJUST6 MENT.—The Secretary may make payments under this 

7 section for each quarter on the basis of advance estimates 

8 of expenditures submitted by the State and such other in9 vestigation as the Secretary may find necessary, and may 

10 reduce or increase the payments as necessary to adjust 

11 for any overpayment or underpayment for previous quar12 ters. 

13 ‘‘(d) FLEXIBILITY IN SUBMITTAL OF CLAIMS.— 

14 Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing 

15 a State from claiming as expenditures in a quarter ex16 penditures that were incurred in a previous quarter. 

17 ‘‘(e) STATE ENTITLEMENT.—This subchapter rep18 resents the obligation of the Federal Government to pro19 vide, to States with approved applications under section 

20 658E, for payments under this section from amounts pro21 vided under section 658B(a). Those States are entitled to 

22 payments under this section.’’. 

23 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

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1 SEC. 110. REPORTING. 

2 Section 658K(a) of the Child Care and Development 

3 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858i(a)) is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)(B)— 

6 (A) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

7 (B) by transferring clause (xi) so as to ap8 pear after clause (x); 

9 (C) in clause (xi), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after 

10 the semicolon; and 

11 (D) inserting after clause (xi) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(xii) whether the children receiving 

14 assistance under this subchapter are either 

15 children with disabilities or infants and 

16 toddlers with disabilities;’’; 

17 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

19 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

20 (B) in subparagraph (E), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

21 after the semicolon; 

22 (C) by striking the flush text between sub23 paragraphs (E) and (F); 

24 (D) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 

25 period and inserting a comma; and 

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1 ‘‘during the period for which such report is required 

2 to be submitted.’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(3) CHILD CARE EQUITY REVIEW.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each lead agency that 

6 receives funds to carry out this subchapter shall 

7 complete every 3 years, prior to submitting a 3- 

8 year State plan under section 658E, a child 

9 care equity review, with families (including fam10 ilies of children with disabilities and families of 

11 infants and toddlers with disabilities), child care 

12 providers (including child care directors, teach13 ers, and staff of the providers), and community 

14 leaders engaged in the review, to inform the 

15 distribution of funds under section 658G. 

16 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF REVIEW.—Each child 

17 care equity review shall include data on each of 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(i) The percentage of children receiv20 ing child care services funded under this 

21 subchapter, disaggregated by— 

22 ‘‘(I) race and ethnicity; 

23 ‘‘(II) family income; 

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1 ‘‘(IV) status as an infant or tod2 dler with a disability or child with a 

3 disability; 

4 ‘‘(V) status as a homeless child; 

5 ‘‘(VI) status as a child in foster 

6 care; and 

7 ‘‘(VII) status (to the extent the 

8 status is known) as a dual language 

9 learner. 

10 ‘‘(ii) The geographic location of child 

11 care providers funded under this sub12 chapter. 

13 ‘‘(iii) The quality features of child 

14 care services provided by providers funded 

15 under this subchapter, compared to the 

16 quality features of child care services pro17 vided by other child care providers, to the 

18 extent possible, including data on quality 

19 features such as— 

20 ‘‘(I) amount of staff wages; 

21 ‘‘(II) length of staff retention; 

22 ‘‘(III) presence of coaching and 

23 professional development activities; 

24 ‘‘(IV) number of provider clo25 sures; 


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1 ‘‘(V) a measure of parent satis2 faction; and 

3 ‘‘(VI) presence of provision of in4 formation in languages other than 

5 English. 

6 ‘‘(iv) The quality features of child 

7 care services received by children and 

8 funded under this subchapter, 

9 disaggregated (unless the disaggregation 

10 involved would reveal personally identifi11 able information about an individual pro12 vider or child) by the children’s— 

13 ‘‘(I) race and ethnicity; 

14 ‘‘(II) family income; 

15 ‘‘(III) age; 

16 ‘‘(IV) status as an infant or tod17 dler with a disability or child with a 

18 disability; 

19 ‘‘(V) status as a homeless child; 

20 ‘‘(VI) status as a child in foster 

21 care; and 

22 ‘‘(VII) status (to the extent the 

23 status is known) as a dual language 

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1 ‘‘(v) Whether there are inequities in 

2 how quality features are distributed among 

3 children served under this subchapter. 

4 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months 

5 after completing the review required under sub6 paragraph (A), the lead agency shall prepare 

7 and submit to the Secretary a report, in such 

8 manner as the Secretary shall require, that in9 cludes the data described in subparagraph (B) 

10 and a summary of the State’s progress towards 

11 improving equitable access to high-quality inclu12 sive child care for children in the State. Such 

13 report shall be made publicly available on the 

14 internet Web site of the lead agency. 

15 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—In using State adminis16 tration funds made available under section 

17 658J(b)(3) to carry out the child care equity 

18 review under this paragraph, a State may use 

19 the funds to complete community engagement 

20 activities related to the review.’’. 

21 SEC. 111. PRIORITY; WEB SITE. 

22 Section 658L of the Child Care and Development 

23 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858j) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) in the first sentence, by striking 

2 ‘‘Committee on Education and the Workforce’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘Committee on Education and 

4 Labor’’; and 

5 (B) in the third sentence, by striking 

6 ‘‘658E(c)(3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

7 658G(b)(9)(G)’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(B)— 

9 (A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘a Quality 

10 Rating and Improvement System or’’ and in11 serting ‘‘a tiered and transparent system for 

12 measuring the quality of child care providers 

13 described in section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i) and’’; 

14 (B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

15 end; 

16 (C) in clause (v), by striking the period 

17 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (D) inserting at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(vi) information about— 

20 ‘‘(I) high-quality and inclusive 

21 care for children with disabilities and 

22 infants and toddlers with disabilities, 

23 including child care with early inter24 vention services under part C of the 

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1 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) 

2 for infants and toddlers with disabil3 ities and their families, and child care 

4 with services and supports under part 

5 B of the Individuals with Disabilities 

6 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et 

7 seq.) for children with disabilities; and 

8 ‘‘(II) other Federal, State, or 

9 local programs that may support in10 clusive child care for infants and tod11 dlers, or children, referred to in sub12 clause (I).’’. 

13 SEC. 112. NONDISCRIMINATION. 

14 Section 658N of the Child Care and Development 

15 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858l) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘this 

18 section’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; 

19 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

20 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 

21 (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 

22 (D) in paragraph (3)— 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘(1)(B), (2), and (3)’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘(1)(B) and (2)’’; 

3 (iii) by striking ‘‘and admissions’’; 

4 and 

5 (iv) by striking ‘‘or admissions’’; 

6 (2) in subsection (b)— 

7 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘STATE LAW’’ and inserting ‘‘OTHER LAWS’’; 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘Nothing’’ and inserting 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) EXPENDITURES.—Nothing’’; and 

12 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(2) RIGHTS, REMEDIES, PROCEDURES, OR

14 STANDARDS.—Nothing in this subchapter shall be 

15 construed to invalidate or limit rights, remedies, pro16 cedures, or legal standards available to victims of 

17 discrimination in employment or in provision of pro18 grams and activities under any other Federal law or 

19 law of a State or political subdivision of a State, in20 cluding the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 

21 2000a et seq.), title IX of the Education Amend22 ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section 504 

23 or 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 

24 794, 794a), or the Americans with Disabilities Act 

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1 imposed by this subchapter are in addition to those 

2 imposed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 

3 2000a et seq.), title IX of the Education Amend4 ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section 504 

5 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), 

6 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 

7 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(c) NONDISCRIMINATION IN PROGRAMS AND AC10 TIVITIES.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as described in 

12 paragraph (2), no person in the United States shall, 

13 on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, reli14 gion, national origin, sex (including sexual orienta15 tion and gender identity), or disability, be excluded 

16 from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or 

17 be subjected to discrimination under any program or 

18 activity funded in whole or in part, with funds made 

19 available under this subchapter or with amounts ap20 propriated for grants, contracts, or certificates ad21 ministered with such funds. 

22 ‘‘(2) PREFERENCE IN ENROLLMENT.—If assist23 ance provided under this subchapter, and any other 

24 Federal or State program, amounts to less than 80 

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1 vider that receives such assistance, a child care pro2 vider may select children for child care slots that are 

3 not funded directly with assistance provided under 

4 this subchapter because such children or their family 

5 members participate on a regular basis in other ac6 tivities of the organization that owns or operates 

7 such provider.’’. 

8 SEC. 113. INDIAN TRIBES AND NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 658O of the Child Care 

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

11 9858m) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking the heading and inserting the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 658O. INDIAN TRIBES, TERRITORIES, AND NATIONAL 

15 ACTIVITIES.’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘not to exceed one half 

19 of 1 percent of the amount appropriated 

20 under this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘a 

21 portion of the amount appropriated under 

22 section 658B(b)’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘to be allotted’’ and all 

24 that follows and inserting the following: 

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1 ‘‘(A) in accordance with the respective 

2 needs of those territories; and 

3 ‘‘(B) taking into consideration— 

4 ‘‘(i) the population of eligible children, 

5 and the population of eligible children from 

6 low-income families, to be served by the 

7 territory involved; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) the cost of child care in the terri9 tory.’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘(2) INDIANS TRIBES’’ 

12 and all that follows through ‘‘658B in’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—The 

14 Secretary shall reserve the remainder of 

15 the amount appropriated under section 

16 658B(b) in’’; 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 

19 (iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 

20 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘reserve 

21 up to $1,500,000 of the amount appropriated 

22 under this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘reserve 

23 and use such sums as the Secretary may deter24 mine to be necessary of the amount appro25 priated under section 658B(a)’’; 


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1 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘reserve 

up to 1 2 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the amount appro3 priated under this subchapter’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘reserve and use such sums as the Secretary 

5 may determine to be necessary of the amount 

6 appropriated under section 658B(a)’’; and 

7 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘reserve 

1 8 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the amount appropriated 

9 under this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘reserve 

10 and use such sums as the Secretary may deter11 mine to be necessary of the amount appro12 priated under section 658B(a)’’; 

13 (3) by striking subsection (b); 

14 (4) in subsection (c)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

16 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

17 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

19 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (iii) by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(C)(i) the population of Indian or Native 

23 Hawaiian eligible children, and the population 

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1 from low-income families, to be served by the 

2 Indian tribe or tribal organization; 

3 ‘‘(ii) the cost of child care in the area to 

4 be served by the tribe or organization; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) whether awarding a grant or contract 

6 to the tribe or organization will increase the 

7 number of programs that reach standards de8 scribed in subsection (a)(1)(B)(iii);’’; 

9 (B) by striking paragraph (4); and 

10 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 

11 (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 

12 (5) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub13 section (b); 

14 (6) by striking subsection (d); 

15 (7) in subsection (e)— 

16 (A) by striking paragraphs (1) through 

17 (3); 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘(e) REALLOTMENTS.—’’ 

19 and all that follows through ‘‘Any’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘(e) REALLOTMENTS.—Any’’; and 

21 (C) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ each place 

22 it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 

23 (8) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 

2 October 1, 2025. 

3 SEC. 114. DEFINITIONS. 

4 Section 658P of the Child Care and Development 

5 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘child care provider on be8 half of a’’ before ‘‘parent’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘who may use such certifi10 cate only as payment’’; 

11 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

12 (A) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

13 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 

14 and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec15 tively; 

16 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘85 

18 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘150 percent (100 per19 cent for fiscal year 2022, 115 percent for fiscal 

20 year 2023, and 130 percent for fiscal year 

21 2024)’’; and 

22 (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and in23 serting the following: 

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1 ‘‘(i) resides with a parent or parents 

2 who are participating in an eligible activ3 ity; 

4 ‘‘(ii) is receiving, or needs to receive, 

5 protective services and resides with a par6 ent or parents not described in clause (i), 

7 which shall include homeless children, chil8 dren in foster care, and children who are 

9 in contact with child protective services; or 

10 ‘‘(iii) resides with a parent or parents 

11 who are more than 65 years of age.’’; and 

12 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(16) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY.—In paragraph (4), 

14 the term ‘eligible activity’ shall include, at minimum, 

15 activities consisting of— 

16 ‘‘(A) full-time or part-time employment, in17 cluding self-employment; 

18 ‘‘(B) job search activities; 

19 ‘‘(C) job training; 

20 ‘‘(D) secondary, postsecondary, or adult 

21 education, such as education through a pro22 gram of high school classes, a course of study 

23 at an institution of higher education, classes to24 ward an equivalent of a high school diploma 


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1 recognized by State law, or English as a Second 

2 Language classes; 

3 ‘‘(E) health treatment (including mental 

4 health and substance use treatment) for a con5 dition that prevents the individual from partici6 pating in other eligible activities; 

7 ‘‘(F) activities to prevent child abuse and 

8 neglect, or family violence prevention or inter9 vention activities; 

10 ‘‘(G) employment and training activities 

11 under the supplemental nutrition assistance 

12 program established under the Food and Nutri13 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 

14 ‘‘(H) work activities under the program of 

15 block grants to States for temporary assistance 

16 for needy families under part A of title IV of 

17 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(I) taking leave under the Family and 

20 Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et 

21 seq.) (or equivalent provisions for Federal em22 ployees), a State or local paid or unpaid family, 

23 medical, or disability leave program, or a pro24 gram of employer-provided leave. 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘foster care’ 

2 means 24-hour substitute care for a child 

3 placed away from the child’s parents or guard4 ians and for whom the State or tribal agency 

5 has placement and care responsibility. The term 

6 includes care through a placement in a foster 

7 family home, a foster home of a relative, a 

8 group home, an emergency shelter, a residential 

9 facility, a child care institution, or a pre-adop10 tive home. 

11 ‘‘(B) RULE.—A child shall be considered 

12 to be in foster care in accordance with subpara13 graph (A) regardless of— 

14 ‘‘(i) whether the foster care facility is 

15 licensed and payments are made by the 

16 State, tribal, or local agency for the care of 

17 the child; 

18 ‘‘(ii) whether adoption subsidy pay19 ments are being made prior to the finaliza20 tion of an adoption; or 

21 ‘‘(iii) whether there are Federal 

22 matching funds for any payments de23 scribed in clause (i) or (ii) that are made. 

24 ‘‘(18) HIGH-QUALITY AND INCLUSIVE CARE.— 

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1 spect to care (including child care), means care pro2 vided by an eligible child care provider— 

3 ‘‘(A) that is at the highest tier of the 

4 State’s tiered and transparent system for meas5 uring the quality of child care providers, under 

6 section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i); 

7 ‘‘(B) for whom the percentage of children 

8 served by the provider who are children with 

9 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis10 abilities reflects the prevalence of children with 

11 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis12 abilities among children within the State; and 

13 ‘‘(C) that provides care for children with 

14 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis15 abilities alongside children who are— 

16 ‘‘(i) not infants and toddlers with dis17 abilities; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) not children with disabilities. 

19 ‘‘(19) HOMELESS CHILD.—The term ‘homeless 

20 child’ means an individual who is a homeless child 

21 or youth under section 725 of the McKinney-Vento 

22 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434). 

23 ‘‘(20) INFANT OR TODDLER WITH A DIS24 ABILITY.—The term ‘infant or toddler with a dis25 ability’ has the meaning given the term in section 


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1 632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 

2 Act (20 U.S.C. 1432). 

3 ‘‘(21) KEY PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGIES.—The 

4 term ‘key programmatic strategies’ means strategies 

5 related to— 

6 ‘‘(A) nutrition and physical activity; 

7 ‘‘(B) recommended practices for age-ap8 propriate exposure to screen media; and 

9 ‘‘(C) the integration and utilization of in10 structional methods to assist learning across 

11 disciplines, including methods that use the arts, 

12 language, literacy, mathematics, science, and 

13 social studies.’’. 

14 SEC. 115. PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 

15 Section 658Q(b) of the Child Care and Development 

16 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858o(b)) is amend17 ed by striking ‘‘in a manner—’’ and all that follows 

18 through ‘‘to disfavor’’ and inserting ‘‘in a manner to dis19 favor’’. 

20 SEC. 116. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

21 Section 658S of the Child Care and Development 

22 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858q) is amended— 

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1 ‘‘(a) CHILD CARE NOT TREATED AS INCOME.—Not2 withstanding’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION FOR COLLECTIVE

5 BARGAINING.—Nothing in this subchapter shall be con6 strued to alter, diminish, or otherwise affect the rights, 

7 remedies, and procedures afforded to individuals employed 

8 by schools or local educational agencies, or teachers and 

9 other staff employed by child care providers— 

10 ‘‘(1) under Federal, State, or local laws (includ11 ing applicable regulations or court orders); or 

12 ‘‘(2) under the terms of collective bargaining 

13 agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other 

14 agreements between schools, agencies, or providers 

15 that are referred to in this subsection, and their em16 ployees. 

17 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES FOR ELIGIBLE CHILDREN.— 

18 For purposes of determining whether a child is an eligible 

19 child for purposes of this subchapter— 

20 ‘‘(1) a State may not use eligibility require21 ments that are more restrictive than the require22 ments specified in this subchapter, including section 

23 658P; 

24 ‘‘(2) for a child of a parent who seeks to meet 

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1 pating in an education program as an eligible activ2 ity (as defined in section 658P), that parent shall 

3 not be required to participate in any additional eligi4 ble activity (as so defined), or be required to hold 

5 any minimum grade point average, to meet that re6 quirement; and 

7 ‘‘(3) a child who became an eligible child when 

8 the child’s family met the income requirements of 

9 section 658P(4)(B) for an initial fiscal year shall be 

10 considered to remain an eligible child for the subse11 quent fiscal year if— 

12 ‘‘(A) the State median income for that fis13 cal year drops below the State median income 

14 for the initial fiscal year, and as a result such 

15 child’s family income now exceeds 150 percent 

16 (or the corresponding percentage specified in 

17 section 658P(4)(B)) of the State median in18 come; and 

19 ‘‘(B) the child meets the other require20 ments of section 658P. 

21 ‘‘(d) NONPOSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAM.— 

22 For purposes of section 401 of the Act entitled ‘An Act 

23 to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a)(1) 

24 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 

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1 under this subchapter shall be considered to be a program 

2 of nonpostsecondary education.’’. 

3 SEC. 117. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 

4 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 

5 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is amended by striking 

6 the subchapter heading and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘Subchapter C—Child Care and Development 

8 Assistance’’. 

9 SEC. 118. TRANSITION RULES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal years 2022 through 

11 2024, the Secretary of Health and Human Services— 

12 (1) shall make allotments and payments to 

13 States, territories, and Indian tribes under section 

14 658J and 658O of the Child Care and Development 

15 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858h, 

16 9858m), as in effect immediately before the date of 

17 enactment of this Act, subject to subsection (b); 

18 (2) shall reserve funds according to paragraphs 

19 (3) through (5) of section 658O(a) of that Act (42 

20 U.S.C. 9858m(a)); and 

21 (3) shall carry out section 658E(c)(3) of that 

22 Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3)) by applying subpara23 graph (C) of that section, as in effect immediately 

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1 (b) ADJUSTMENTS.—During fiscal years 2022 

2 through 2024, the Secretary shall have authority to make 

3 such adjustments as may be necessary to carry out sub4 section (a) and to transition to making quarterly payments 

5 under section 658J and allotments under section 658O(a) 

6 of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

7 1990, as amended by this Act. 

8 SEC. 119. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

9 This title, and the amendments made by this title, 

10 take effect on October 1, 2021, except as otherwise pro11 vided in this title. 

12 TITLE II—HIGH-QUALITY 

13 PRESCHOOL 

14 SEC. 201. FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES TO ESTABLISH 

15 VOLUNTARY HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL 

16 PROGRAMS. 

17 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) CHILD WITH A DISABILITY.—The term 

19 ‘‘child with a disability’’ has the meaning given the 

20 term in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabil21 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401). 

22 (2) DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNER.—The term 

23 ‘‘dual language learner’’ means an individual who is 

24 limited English proficient, as defined in section 637 

25 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832). 


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1 (3) ELIGIBLE CHILD.—The term ‘‘eligible 

2 child’’ means a child who is— 

3 (A) age 3, 4, or 5; 

4 (B) not yet enrolled in kindergarten; and 

5 (C) a member of a family with a family in6 come that does not exceed 150 percent of the 

7 State median income for a family of the same 

8 size. 

9 (4) ELIGIBLE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘eligible 

10 provider’’ includes a local educational agency, Head 

11 Start program funded under the Head Start Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), licensed child care center, li13 censed family child care home, and community– or 

14 neighborhood–based family child care network, 

15 that— 

16 (A) participates in the State’s tiered and 

17 transparent system for measuring program 

18 quality described in section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i) of 

19 the Child Care and Development Block Grant 

20 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)(W)(i)); and 

21 (B) meets the highest tier of such system. 

22 (5) FOSTER CARE.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘foster care’’ 

24 means 24-hour substitute care for a child 

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1 ians and for whom the State agency has place2 ment and care responsibility. The term includes 

3 care through a placement in a foster family 

4 home, a foster home of a relative, a group 

5 home, an emergency shelter, a residential facil6 ity, a child care institution, or a pre-adoptive 

7 home. 

8 (B) RULE.—A child shall be considered to 

9 be in foster care in accordance with subpara10 graph (A) regardless of— 

11 (i) whether the foster care facility is 

12 licensed and payments are made by the 

13 State or local agency for the care of the 

14 child; 

15 (ii) whether adoption subsidy pay16 ments are being made prior to the finaliza17 tion of an adoption; or 

18 (iii) whether there are Federal match19 ing funds for any payments described in 

20 clause (i) or (ii) that are made. 

21 (6) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 

22 the chief executive officer of a State. 

23 (7) HIGH-NEED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high-need 

24 school’’ means an elementary school in which not 

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1 children from low-income families, as defined in sec2 tion 2221(b)(3)(B) of the Elementary and Sec3 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

4 6641(b)(3)(B)). 

5 (8) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN6 CY.—The term ‘‘high-need local educational agency’’ 

7 means a local educational agency that serves a high 

8 percentage of high-need schools. 

9 (9) HOMELESS CHILD.—The term ‘‘homeless 

10 child’’ means an individual who is a homeless child 

11 or youth under section 725 of the McKinney-Vento 

12 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434). 

13 (10) INFANT OR TODDLER WITH A DIS14 ABILITY.—The term ‘‘infant or toddler with a dis15 ability’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

16 632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 

17 Act (20 U.S.C. 1432). 

18 (11) KEY PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGIES.—The 

19 term ‘‘key programmatic strategies’’ means strate20 gies related to— 

21 (A) nutrition and physical activity; 

22 (B) recommended practices for age-appro23 priate exposure to screen media; and 

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1 disciplines, including methods that use the arts, 

2 language, literacy, mathematics, science, and 

3 social studies. 

4 (12) LOW-INCOME CHILD.—The term ‘‘low-in5 come child’’ means a child who is a member of a 

6 family with a family income that is at or below 200 

7 percent of the poverty line. 

8 (13) OUTLYING AREAS.—The term ‘‘outlying 

9 areas’’ means the United States Virgin Islands, 

10 Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 

11 the Northern Mariana Islands. 

12 (14) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’ 

13 means the official poverty line (as defined by the Of14 fice of Management and Budget)— 

15 (A) adjusted to reflect the percentage 

16 change in the Consumer Price Index For All 

17 Urban Consumers, issued by the Bureau of 

18 Labor Statistics, occurring in the 1-year period 

19 or other interval immediately preceding the date 

20 such adjustment is made; and 

21 (B) adjusted for family size. 

22 (15) SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT

23 PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘specialized instructional 

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1 in section 8101(47)(A) of the Elementary and Sec2 ondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7801(47)). 

3 (16) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

4 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 

5 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

6 (b) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.— 

7 (1) RESERVATION.—From the total amount ap8 propriated to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 

9 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in col10 laboration with the Secretary of Education, shall— 

11 (A) reserve not less than 1 percent and not 

12 more than 2 percent for payments to Indian 

13 tribes and tribal organizations; 

(B) reserve 1 14 ⁄2 of 1 percent for the outlying 

15 areas to be distributed among the outlying 

16 areas on the basis of their relative need, as de17 termined by the Secretary of Health and 

18 Human Services in accordance with the pur19 poses of this section; 

(C) reserve 1 20 ⁄2 of 1 percent for eligible 

21 local entities that serve children in families who 

22 are engaged in migrant or seasonal agricultural 

23 labor; 

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1 tional activities, including administration, tech2 nical assistance, and evaluation; and 

3 (E) reserve 5 percent for State leadership 

4 activities described in subsection (c), including 

5 the grants described in such subsection. 

6 (2) ALLOTMENT FORMULA.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

8 subparagraph (B), from the total amount ap9 propriated to carry out this section for a fiscal 

10 year that remains after making the reservations 

11 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Health 

12 and Human Services, in collaboration with the 

13 Secretary of Education, shall allot to each State 

14 for the fiscal year that has an application ap15 proved under subsection (d), for the purpose of 

16 providing grants to eligible providers to offer 

17 high-quality preschool, an amount that bears 

18 the same ratio to such remainder as the num19 ber of children who are below the age of 6 who 

20 reside within the State and whose families have 

21 an income at or below 200 percent of the pov22 erty line for the most recent year for which sat23 isfactory data are available, bears to the num24 ber of such children who reside in all such 


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1 States for such most recent fiscal year for 

2 which satisfactory data are available. 

3 (B) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT AMOUNT.—No 

4 State receiving an allotment under subpara5 graph (A) for a fiscal year shall receive less 

than 1 6 ⁄2 of 1 percent of the total amount allot7 ted under such subparagraph for the fiscal 

8 year. 

9 (c) STATE RESERVATION.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts reserved 

11 under subsection (b)(1)(E), a State shall carry out 

12 the State leadership activities described in this sub13 section to improve equitable access to high-quality 

14 preschool programs operated by eligible providers 

15 across the State, including programs in high-need 

16 local educational agencies, which shall include— 

17 (A) ongoing professional development op18 portunities for school principals, school super19 intendents, teachers, specialized instructional 

20 support personnel, and teacher assistants to im21 prove their practices, which may include activi22 ties that— 

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1 priate practices and preparing classrooms 

2 with materials and equipment for young 

3 children; 

4 (ii) promote children’s development 

5 across all of the essential domains of early 

6 learning and development; 

7 (iii) improve curricula and teacher8 child interaction; 

9 (iv) incorporate the inclusion of key 

10 programmatic strategies into classroom in11 struction; 

12 (v) increase effective family engage13 ment, including for families of dual lan14 guage learners; 

15 (vi) provide effective instruction for 

16 children of diverse backgrounds and chil17 dren with disabilities and dual language 

18 learners; 

19 (vii) improve social and emotional de20 velopment; 

21 (viii) incorporate positive behavioral 

22 interventions and supports and principles 

23 of trauma-informed care; 

24 (ix) align preschool curricula with ele25 mentary school standards and curricula; 


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1 (x) engage teachers, teacher leaders, 

2 early childhood educators, and other pro3 fessionals in joint professional learning op4 portunities, as described in section 

5 2103(b)(3)(G) of the Elementary and Sec6 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

7 6613(b)(3)(G)); and 

8 (xi) improve the transition of children 

9 from preschool to elementary school; 

10 (B) completing the Preschool Equity Re11 view and distributing grants as described in 

12 paragraph (2) in accordance with the results of 

13 such review; 

14 (C) expanding or establishing scholarships, 

15 counseling, and compensation initiatives to 

16 cover the cost of tuition, fees, materials, trans17 portation, and release time for staff of eligible 

18 providers to pursue credentials and degrees, in19 cluding bachelor’s degrees; and 

20 (D) partnerships between institutions of 

21 higher education and eligible providers, includ22 ing high-need local educational agencies, to im23 prove access to early childhood educators, in24 cluding educators serving dual language learn25 ers and children with disabilities. 


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1 (2) GRANTS TO IMPROVE EQUITABLE ACCESS

2 TO HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—From amounts reserved 

4 under subsection (b)(1)(E), a State shall make 

5 grants to rectify resource inequities in preschool 

6 programs and expand access to high-quality 

7 preschool programs for all children, including 

8 children described in items (aa) through (dd) of 

9 subparagraph (B)(ii)(I). Such grants shall be 

10 awarded to high-need local educational agencies 

11 in order to improve their capacity to offer high12 quality preschool programs for eligible children, 

13 which may include paying the costs of renova14 tion. 

15 (B) PRESCHOOL EQUITY REVIEW.— 

16 (i) IN GENERAL.—Each State making 

17 grants under subparagraph (A) shall com18 plete an annual Preschool Equity Review 

19 that informs the distribution of funds 

20 under such subparagraph. 

21 (ii) CONTENTS OF REVIEW.—Each 

22 Preschool Equity Review shall include data 

23 on— 

24 (I) the percentage of children 

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1 funded under this section, 

2 disaggregated by status as— 

3 (aa) children with disabil4 ities; 

5 (bb) low-income children; 

6 (cc) children from major 

7 ethnic and racial groups; and 

8 (dd) dual language learners; 

9 (II) the geographic location of 

10 preschool programs funded under this 

11 section; 

12 (III) the quality of preschool pro13 grams funded under the section, com14 pared to such programs not funded 

15 under this section; and 

16 (IV) resource inequities between 

17 preschool programs, including pro18 grams serving a high percentage of 

19 children described in items (aa) 

20 through (dd) of subclause (I). 

21 (d) STATE APPLICATION.—In order to receive an al22 lotment under this section, the Governor of a State shall 

23 submit an application at such time and in such manner 

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1 laboration with the Secretary of Education, may require. 

2 Such application shall include each of the following: 

3 (1) A description of how the State will provide 

4 access to high-quality preschool during the school 

5 day for eligible children in the State within 3 years, 

6 which shall include the following: 

7 (A) How the State plans to distribute 

8 funds from the State’s allotment to eligible pro9 viders, including an assurance that the Gov10 ernor will designate a State-level entity (such as 

11 an agency or joint interagency office) for the 

12 administration of the grant. 

13 (B) An explanation of how the State will 

14 ensure that eligible providers receiving funds 

15 under this section will use research–based cur16 ricula that are aligned with State early learning 

17 standards that are developmentally appropriate 

18 and include, at a minimum, each of the fol19 lowing domains: 

20 (i) Language development. 

21 (ii) Literacy. 

22 (iii) Mathematics. 

23 (iv) Science. 

24 (v) Creative arts. 

25 (vi) Social and emotional development. 


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1 (vii) Approaches to learning. 

2 (viii) Physical development. 

3 (C) How the State will coordinate services 

4 provided under this section with services and 

5 supports provided under the Child Care and 

6 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 

7 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.), section 619 and part C of 

8 the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 

9 (20 U.S.C. 1419; 1431 et seq.), the Head Start 

10 Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), the Preschool De11 velopment Grants program under section 9212 

12 of the Every Student Succeeds Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 9831 note), the Elementary and Secondary 

14 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 

15 seq.), the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) and the mater17 nal, infant, and early childhood home visiting 

18 programs assisted under section 511 of the So19 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711). 

20 (D) How the State will improve transitions 

21 from early childhood education to elementary 

22 school, including how the State will ensure that 

23 preschool programs— 


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1 (i) share relevant data between early 

2 childhood educators and kindergarten 

3 teachers; 

4 (ii) share instructional, behavioral, 

5 and other information between early child6 hood educators and kindergarten teachers 

7 to best support the transition of children 

8 with disabilities who may need services and 

9 supports provided under part B of the In10 dividuals with Disabilities Education Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) into general edu12 cation settings; and 

13 (iii) share information about the pro14 ficiency of dual language learners in both 

15 English and their native language. 

16 (E) How the State will provide ongoing 

17 monitoring and support and conduct evalua18 tions of preschool programs funded under this 

19 section. 

20 (F) How the State has reviewed the stra21 tegic plan developed under section 9212 of the 

22 Every Student Succeeds Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 

23 note) or engaged in a similar strategy to facili24 tate coordination of existing early learning and 

25 care programs in a mixed delivery system. 


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1 (G) If the State funds full-day kinder2 garten programs, but such full-day kinder3 garten programs are not available to all chil4 dren who are eligible to attend such programs 

5 in the State, how the State plans to increase 

6 the number of children in the State who are en7 rolled in full-day kindergarten programs and a 

8 strategy to implement such a plan. 

9 (H) If the State does not fund full-day 

10 kindergarten programs, a description of how 

11 the State plans to establish such programs to 

12 strengthen the educational continuum for chil13 dren who will be involved in the State’s high14 quality preschool program supported under this 

15 title. 

16 (2) An assurance that all preschool programs 

17 funded under this section will— 

18 (A) offer programming that meets the du19 ration requirements in the program perform20 ance standards applicable to Head Start pro21 grams described in section 641A of the Head 

22 Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9836a); 

23 (B) adopt policies and practices to provide 

24 expedited enrollment, including prioritization, 

25 to— 


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1 (i) homeless children; 

2 (ii) children in foster care; and 

3 (iii) migratory children; 

4 (C) conduct outreach to families of— 

5 (i) homeless children; 

6 (ii) dual language learners; 

7 (iii) children in foster care; 

8 (iv) children with disabilities; 

9 (v) infants and toddlers with disabil10 ities; and 

11 (vi) migratory children; 

12 (D) provide salaries to staff of eligible pro13 viders that are on the same pay scale as ele14 mentary school educators with similar creden15 tials and experience; 

16 (E) require high staff qualifications for 

17 teachers, including, at a minimum, meeting the 

18 staff qualifications included in the quality 

19 standards of the National Institute for Early 

20 Education Research that are in effect on the 

21 date of enactment of this Act by not later than 

22 4 years after the date the State first receives an 

23 allotment under this section; and 

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1 sure the full and effective participation of such 

2 learners and their families. 

3 (3) An assurance that the State will provide as4 sistance under this section only to eligible providers 

5 that prohibit the use of suspension, expulsion, and 

6 aversive behavioral interventions. 

7 (4) An assurance that the State will meet the 

8 requirements of clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 

9 658E(c)(2)(T) of the Child Care and Development 

10 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

11 9858c(c)(2)(T)(ii) and (iii)). 

12 (e) USE OF FUNDS.—A State that receives an allot13 ment under subsection (b)(2) for a fiscal year shall use 

14 the allotment to carry out the activities described in the 

15 State’s application described in subsection (d). 

16 (f) MATCH REQUIRED.—A State that receives an al17 lotment under subsection (b)(2) for a fiscal year shall pro18 vide matching funds from non-Federal sources in an 

19 amount equal to 10 percent of the Federal funds that such 

20 State receives under such subsection for the fiscal year. 

21 (g) REPORTING.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State that receives an 

23 allotment under subsection (b)(2) shall prepare an 

24 annual report, in such manner and containing such 


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1 information as the Secretary of Health and Human 

2 Services may reasonably require. 

3 (2) CONTENTS.—A report prepared under para4 graph (1) shall contain, at a minimum— 

5 (A) a description of the manner in which 

6 the State has used the funds made available 

7 through the allotment and a report of the ex8 penditures made with the funds; 

9 (B) a summary of the State’s progress to10 ward providing access to high-quality preschool 

11 programs for eligible children; 

12 (C) an evaluation of the State’s progress 

13 towards improving equitable access to high14 quality preschool, as measured by the Preschool 

15 Equity Review described in subsection 

16 (c)(2)(B), disaggregated by the categories 

17 under subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii)(I); 

18 (D) the number and percentage of children 

19 in the State participating in eligible preschool 

20 programs, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, 

21 family income, child age, disability, and whether 

22 the children are homeless children, children in 

23 foster care, or dual language learners; 

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1 dergarten programs, disaggregated by race, 

2 family income, child age, disability, and whether 

3 the children are homeless children, children in 

4 foster care, or dual language learners, with in5 formation on whether such programs are of6 fered— 

7 (i) for a full-day; and 

8 (ii) at no cost to families; 

9 (F) data on the kindergarten readiness of 

10 children across the State; and 

11 (G) data regarding coordination efforts 

12 with other child care and early childhood edu13 cation programs, including those funded under 

14 the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.). 

15 (h) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—If a State reduces its com17 bined fiscal effort per child for its State preschool 

18 program or State supplemental assistance funds for 

19 Head Start programs assisted under the Head Start 

20 Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) for any fiscal year that 

21 a State receives an allotment under subsection 

22 (b)(2) relative to the previous fiscal year, the Sec23 retary of Health and Human Services, in collabora24 tion with the Secretary of Education, shall reduce 

25 support for such State under such subsection by the 


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1 same amount as the decline in State effort for such 

2 fiscal year. 

3 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Health and 

4 Human Services, in collaboration with the Secretary 

5 of Education, may waive the requirements of para6 graph (1) if— 

7 (A) the Secretaries determine that a waiv8 er would be appropriate due to a precipitous de9 cline in the financial resources of a State as a 

10 result of unforeseen economic hardship or a 

11 natural disaster that has necessitated across12 the-board reductions in State services during 

13 the 5-year period preceding the date of the de14 termination, including for early childhood edu15 cation programs; or 

16 (B) due to the circumstances of a State re17 quiring reductions in specific programs, includ18 ing early childhood education, the State pre19 sents to the Secretaries a justification and dem20 onstration why other programs could not be re21 duced and how early childhood programs in the 

22 State will not be disproportionately harmed by 

23 such State action. 

24 (i) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds received 

25 under this section shall be used to supplement and not 


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1 supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds ex2 pended on early childhood education programs in the 

3 State. 

4 (j) APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be ap5 propriated, and there is appropriated, to carry out this 

6 section, $8,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

7 through 2032. 

8 TITLE III—HEAD START 

9 EXTENDED DURATION 

10 SEC. 301. EXTENDED DURATION. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 9801 et seq.) is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating section 657C (42 U.S.C. 

14 9852c) as section 657D; and 

15 (2) by inserting after section 657B (42 U.S.C. 

16 9852b) the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 657C. EXTENDED DURATION. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants 

19 to Head Start agencies (including Early Head Start agen20 cies) funded under this subchapter to enable such agen21 cies— 

22 ‘‘(1) to provide access to a full school year and 

23 a full school day of services; 

24 ‘‘(2) in the case of a migrant and seasonal 

25 Head Start agency, to provide access to additional 


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1 service hours to ensure continuous Head Start serv2 ices as determined by the Secretary; or 

3 ‘‘(3) in the case of a Head Start agency (in4 cluding an Early Head Start agency) that already 

5 meets the full-day, full-year services needs within its 

6 community, to enhance the quality of Head Start 

7 services (including Early Head Start services) pro8 vided to children served by such agency. 

9 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

11 grant under this section, a Head Start agency shall 

12 submit an application at such time and in such man13 ner as the Secretary may require. Such application 

14 shall include— 

15 ‘‘(A) evidence of— 

16 ‘‘(i) the number and percentage of 

17 slots— 

18 ‘‘(I) in the agency’s Head Start 

19 center-based programs (that are not 

20 Early Head Start programs)— 

21 ‘‘(aa) that are currently 

22 funded (as of the date of submis23 sion of the application); and 


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1 ‘‘(bb) in which services are 

2 provided for at least the equiva3 lent of 1,020 hours per year; and 

4 ‘‘(II) in the agency’s Early Head 

5 Start center-based programs— 

6 ‘‘(aa) that are currently 

7 funded (as of that date); and 

8 ‘‘(bb) in which services are 

9 provided for at least the equiva10 lent of 1,380 hours per year; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of 

12 slots, in the agency’s Head Start family 

13 child care programs— 

14 ‘‘(I) that are currently funded 

15 (as of that date); and 

16 ‘‘(II) in which services are pro17 vided for at least the equivalent of 

18 1380 hours per year; 

19 ‘‘(B) a description of an approach, using 

20 the current community-wide strategic planning 

21 and needs assessment described in section 

22 640(g)(1)(C) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 9835(g)(1)(C)) and current program schedule 

24 (current as of the date of submission of the ap25 plication), that transitions all of the agency’s 


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1 Head Start programs to a full school day, full 

2 school year program schedule; and 

3 ‘‘(C) a budget justification that estimates 

4 the supplemental funding necessary to provide 

5 for incremental ongoing operating costs for the 

6 extended hours of service under such a program 

7 schedule for the current enrollment in the agen8 cy’s Head Start programs. 

9 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) MIGRANT AND SEASONAL HEAD

11 START.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A migrant and 

13 seasonal Head Start agency may apply for 

14 a grant described in subsection (a) without 

15 meeting the requirements specified in para16 graph (1) to ensure continuous Head Start 

17 services are provided to children enrolled in 

18 a migrant and seasonal Head Start pro19 gram. To be eligible to receive the grant, 

20 the agency shall submit an application at 

21 such time and in such manner as the Sec22 retary may require. 

23 ‘‘(ii) PRIORITY.—In making grants to 

24 applicants described in clause (i), the Sec25 retary shall give priority to a migrant and 


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1 seasonal Head Start agency operating for 

2 fewer than 8 months per year. 

3 ‘‘(B) FULL-DAY, FULL-YEAR HEAD START

4 AGENCIES.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A Head Start 

6 agency (including an Early Head Start 

7 agency) that certifies to the Secretary that 

8 it is meeting the full-day, full-year need 

9 within its community may apply for a 

10 grant to enhance the quality of services 

11 provided to children enrolled in its Head 

12 Start program (including its Early Head 

13 Start program) in accordance with sub14 section (c)(2). 

15 ‘‘(ii) APPLICATION.—A Head Start 

16 agency (including Early Head Start agen17 cy) that meets the requirements of clause 

18 (i) shall submit an application, which shall 

19 include— 

20 ‘‘(I) the proposed uses of funds 

21 in accordance with subsection (c)(2); 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(II) how such uses of funds re24 late to the community-wide strategic 


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1 planning and needs assessment de2 scribed under section 640(g)(1)(C). 

3 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) EXTENDED DURATION.—A Head Start 

5 agency that meets the requirements of paragraph 

6 (1) or (2) of subsection (a) receiving a grant under 

7 this section shall use the grant funds to cover the 

8 costs associated with extending those hours of serv9 ice for the current enrollment, such as additional 

10 costs for— 

11 ‘‘(A) the purchase, rental, renovation, and 

12 maintenance of additional facilities; 

13 ‘‘(B) ongoing purchases of classroom sup14 plies; 

15 ‘‘(C) staff providing services during the ex16 tended hours; and 

17 ‘‘(D) professional development to staff 

18 transitioning to providing services during the 

19 extended hours. 

20 ‘‘(2) ENHANCING PROGRAM QUALITY.—A Head 

21 Start agency (including an Early Head Start agen22 cy) that meets the requirements of subsection (a)(3) 

23 shall use funds for the activities authorized under 

24 section 640(a)(5)(B). 


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1 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—The Head Start agency 

2 shall not use the grant funds to expand the number 

3 of children served in the Head Start program (in4 cluding the Early Head Start program) of the agen5 cy. 

6 ‘‘(d) RESERVATIONS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) ACTIVITIES.—From the total amount ap8 propriated to carry out this section, the Secretary 

9 shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) for making grants for the activities 

11 described in subsection (c)(1)(A), reserve 

12 $4,000,000,000 of the funds appropriated for 

13 fiscal year 2022; and 

14 ‘‘(B) for making grants for the activities 

15 described in any of subparagraphs (B) through 

16 (D) of subsection (c)(1), reserve— 

17 ‘‘(i) $490,000,000 of the funds appro18 priated for fiscal year 2022; 

19 ‘‘(ii) $610,000,000 of the funds ap20 propriated for fiscal year 2023; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) $730,000,000 of the funds ap22 propriated for fiscal year 2024. 

23 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall prioritize 

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1 agencies) that are applying to use funds to carry out 

2 the activities described in subsection (a)(1). 

3 ‘‘(3) MIGRANT OR SEASONAL HEAD START PRO4 GRAMS.—From the amount appropriated to carry 

5 out this section for a fiscal year and reserved under 

6 paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall reserve 4.5 

7 percent for migrant or seasonal Head Start pro8 grams. 

9 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

10 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec11 tion— 

12 ‘‘(1) $4,490,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

13 ‘‘(2) $610,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 

14 ‘‘(3) $730,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 

15 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 ‘‘(1) FULL SCHOOL DAY; FULL SCHOOL

17 YEAR.—The terms ‘full school day’ and ‘full school 

18 year’ mean such a day and year, respectively, within 

19 the meaning of the Head Start Program Perform20 ance standards issued under section 641A(a). 

21 ‘‘(2) MIGRANT AND SEASONAL HEAD START

22 AGENCY.—The term ‘migrant and seasonal Head 

23 Start agency’ means an agency that is funded under 

24 this subchapter to provide a migrant and seasonal 

25 Head Start program.’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 640 of the 

2 Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835) is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a)(6), by striking ‘‘appro4 priated under this subchapter’’ each place it appears 

5 and inserting ‘‘appropriated under section 639’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (g)(3)(A)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘amount appropriated’’ 

8 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘amount 

9 appropriated under section 639’’; 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘services provided under 

11 this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘services pro12 vided under this subchapter (other than section 

13 657C)’’; and 

14 (C) by striking ‘‘agency under this sub15 chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘agency under this sub16 chapter (other than section 657C)’’. 

17 SEC. 302. APPROPRIATION FOR WAGES. 

18 (a) APPROPRIATION.—There is authorized to be ap19 propriated, and there is appropriated, out of any funds 

20 in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

21 $4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and each subsequent 

22 fiscal year, to carry out subsection (b). 

23 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Using funds made available 

24 under subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human 

25 Services shall assist Head Start agencies (including Early 


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1 Head Start agencies) funded under the Head Start Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), to the extent needed to ensure 

3 that their teachers and staff— 

4 (1) receive wages that are comparable to wages 

5 for elementary educators with similar credentials 

6 and experience in the State; or 

7 (2) at a minimum, receive a living wage. 

8 (c) APPLICATION.—In carrying out subsection (b), 

9 the Secretary shall apply the Head Start Act, except to 

10 the extent that subsection (b) is inconsistent with that 

11 Act. 

12 TITLE IV—APPROPRIATIONS 

13 FOR SUPPORTS AND SERV14 ICES FOR INCLUSIVE CHILD 

15 CARE FOR INFANTS, TOD16 DLERS, AND CHILDREN WITH 

17 DISABILITIES 

18 SEC. 401. APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUPPORTS AND SERVICES 

19 FOR INCLUSIVE CHILD CARE FOR INFANTS, 

20 TODDLERS, AND CHILDREN WITH DISABIL21 ITIES. 

22 There is authorized to be appropriated and there is 

23 appropriated for each State for each quarter an amount 

24 that is equal to 5 percent of the payment to such State 

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1 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858h) 

2 to be used by— 

3 (1) the State’s lead agency designated or estab4 lished under section 635(a)(10) of the Individuals 

5 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

6 1435(a)(10)) to provide early intervention services 

7 for infants and toddlers with disabilities (as defined 

8 in section 632 of the Individuals with Disabilities 

9 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1432)) and their families 

10 in settings that provide high-quality inclusive care to 

11 such children; and 

12 (2) the State to provide services and supports 

13 to children with disabilities (as defined in section 

14 658P of the Child Care and Development Block 

15 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n)) in settings 

16 that provide high-quality inclusive care to such chil17 dren. 

18 TITLE V—MATERNAL, INFANT, 

19 AND EARLY CHILDHOOD 

20 HOME VISITING PROGRAM 

21 SEC. 501. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

22 It is the sense of Congress that— 

23 (1) from the prenatal period to the first day of 

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1 gresses at a pace exceeding that of any subsequent 

2 stage of life; 

3 (2) as reported by the National Academy of 

4 Sciences in 2001, striking disparities exist in what 

5 children know and can do that are evident well be6 fore they enter kindergarten; these differences are 

7 strongly associated with social and economic cir8 cumstances, and they are predictive of subsequent 

9 academic performance; 

10 (3) research has consistently demonstrated that 

11 investments in high-quality programs that serve in12 fants and toddlers better position those children for 

13 success in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary 

14 education as well as helping children develop the 

15 critical physical, emotional, social, and cognitive 

16 skills that they will need for the rest of their lives; 

17 (4) in 2011, there were 11,000,000 infants and 

18 toddlers living in the United States and 49 percent 

19 of these children came from low-income families liv20 ing with incomes at or below 200 percent of the 

21 Federal poverty guidelines; 

22 (5) the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood 

23 Home Visiting (MIECHV) program was authorized 

24 by Congress to facilitate collaboration and partner25 ship at the Federal, State, and community levels to 


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1 improve health and development outcomes for at-risk 

2 children, including those from low-income families, 

3 through evidence-based home visiting programs; 

4 (6) MIECHV is an evidence-based policy initia5 tive and its authorizing legislation requires that at 

6 least 75 percent of funds dedicated to the program 

7 must support programs to implement evidence-based 

8 home visiting models, which includes the home-based 

9 model of Early Head Start; 

10 (7) in fiscal year 2016, MIECHV served ap11 proximately 160,000 parents and children, which is 

12 only a small portion of those eligible, in 893 counties 

13 covering all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 

14 5 territories; and 

15 (8) Congress should increase its investment in 

16 MIECHV to support the work of States to help 

17 more at-risk families voluntarily receive home visits 

18 from home visitors to— 

19 (A) promote maternal, infant, and child 

20 health; 

21 (B) improve school readiness and achieve22 ment; 

23 (C) prevent potential child abuse or neglect 

24 and injuries; 


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1 (D) support family economic self-suffi2 ciency; 

3 (E) reduce crime or domestic violence; and 

4 (F) improve coordination or referrals for 

5 community resources and supports. 

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