‘‘(iii) Recruitment, selection and en-
rollment priorities. 
‘‘(iv) 
Funding 
applications 
and 
amendments to funding applications for 
Head Start or Early Head Start prior to 
submission of such applications. 
‘‘(v) Budget planning for program ex-
penditures. 
‘‘(vi) Bylaws for the operation of the 
Policy Council including procedures by 
which Policy Council members are chosen. 
‘‘(vii) Program personnel policies, in-
cluding standards of conduct for program 
staff, contractors and volunteers. 
‘‘(viii) Decisions regarding employ-
ment of Head Start staff other than the 
director and executive director. 
‘‘(ix) Activities to support the active 
involvement of parents in supporting pro-
gram operations. 
‘‘(x) Program responsiveness to com-
munity and parent needs. 
‘‘(C) TRAINING.—Appropriate training and 
technical assistance shall be provided to the 
members of the Policy Council to ensure that 
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the members understand the information the 
members receive and effectively oversee and 
participate in the programs of the Head Start 
agency or delegate. 
‘‘(3) IMPASSE POLICY.—The Secretary shall de-
velop policies and procedures describing how Head 
Start agencies will implement shared decision-mak-
ing, including a process for resolving any impasse 
between the Governing Body and the Policy Council. 
‘‘(d) COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION.—To be 
so designated, a Head Start agency must collaborate and 
coordinate with public and private entities to improve the 
available services to Head Start children and families, in-
cluding the following activities: 
‘‘(1) Conduct outreach to schools in which chil-
dren participating in Head Start programs enroll, 
local educational agencies, the local business commu-
nity, community-based organizations, faith-based or-
ganizations, museums, and libraries to generate sup-
port and leverage the resources of the entire local 
community in order to improve school readiness. 
‘‘(2) In communities where both public pre-
kindergarten programs and Head Start programs 
operate, a Head Start agency shall collaborate and 
coordinate activities with the local educational agen-
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cy or other public agency responsible for the oper-
ation of the prekindergarten program and providers 
of prekindergarten, including outreach activities to 
identify eligible children, as possible. 
‘‘(3) Head Start agency staff shall, with the 
permission of the parents of children enrolled in 
Head Start programs, regularly communicate with 
the elementary schools such children will be attend-
ing— 
‘‘(A) to share information about such chil-
dren; and 
‘‘(B) to ensure a smooth transition to ele-
mentary school for such children. 
‘‘(4) Each Head Start agency shall collaborate, 
as appropriate, with providers of social and commu-
nity services available to children and families par-
ticipating in Head Start programs, and may support 
such partnerships with financial agreements, when 
applicable, for the provision of such services. 
‘‘(5) A Head Start agency shall take steps to 
coordinate activities with the local educational agen-
cy serving the community involved and with schools 
in which children participating in a Head Start pro-
gram operated by such agency will enroll following 
such program, including— 
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‘‘(A) collaborating on the shared use of 
transportation and facilities; 
‘‘(B) collaborating to enhance the effi-
ciency of services while increasing the program 
participation of underserved populations of eli-
gible children; and 
‘‘(C) exchanging information on the provi-
sion of noneducational services to such children. 
‘‘(6) The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Education, shall— 
‘‘(A) evaluate the effectiveness of the 
projects and activities funded under section 
642A; 
‘‘(B) disseminate to Head Start agencies 
information (including information from the 
evaluation required by subparagraph (A)) on ef-
fective policies and activities relating to the 
transition of children from Head Start pro-
grams to public schools; and 
‘‘(C) provide technical assistance to such 
agencies to promote and assist such agencies to 
adopt and implement such effective policies and 
activities. 
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‘‘(e) QUALITY STANDARDS, CURRICULA AND ASSESS-
MENT.—To be so designated, each Head Start agency 
shall— 
‘‘(1) take steps to ensure, to the maximum ex-
tent possible, that children maintain the develop-
mental and educational gains achieved in Head Start 
programs and build upon such gains in further 
schooling; 
‘‘(2) establish a program with standards set 
forth in section 641A(a)(1), with particular atten-
tion to the standards set forth in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of such section; 
‘‘(3) implement a research-based early child-
hood curriculum that promotes young children’s 
school readiness in the areas of language and cog-
nitive 
development, 
early 
reading 
and 
premathematics skills, socio-emotional development, 
physical development, and approaches to learning. 
Such curricula shall be— 
‘‘(A) based on scientifically based research 
and have standardized training procedures and 
curriculum materials to support implementa-
tion; 
‘‘(B) comprehensive, linked to ongoing as-
sessment, with developmental and learning 
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goals and measurable objectives; and focused on 
improving the learning environment, teaching 
practices, family involvement, and child out-
comes across all areas of development; and 
‘‘(C) aligned to the Head Start Child Out-
comes Framework developed by the Secretary 
and to State early learning standards, as appro-
priate; 
‘‘(4) use ongoing, research-based assessment 
methods that are developmentally appropriate, cul-
turally and linguistically responsive, and tied to chil-
dren’s daily activities in order to support the edu-
cational instruction of children in the program, in-
cluding language skills, prereading knowledge and 
premathematics knowledge. Assessment instruments 
shall be those designed and validated for making de-
cisions about teaching and learning and aligned with 
the programs curricula and section 641A(a)(1); 
‘‘(5) use high-quality research-based develop-
mental screening tools that have been demonstrated 
to be standardized, reliable, valid, and accurate for 
children from a range of racial, ethnic, linguistic, 
and cultural backgrounds, for the purpose of meet-
ing the relevant performance standards; 
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‘‘(6) adopt, in consultation with experts in child 
development and with classroom teachers, an assess-
ment to be used when hiring or evaluating any class-
room teacher in a center-based Head Start program. 
Such assessment shall measure whether such teacher 
has mastered the functions described in section 
648A(a)(1) and attained a level of literacy appro-
priate to implement Head Start curricula; 
‘‘(7) use the information provided from the as-
sessment conducted under section 640A(C)(2)(H) to 
adopt a professional development plan that leads to 
improved teacher effectiveness; and 
‘‘(8) establish measurable objectives for the pro-
vision of health, educational, nutritional, and social 
services related to the program mission and to 
school readiness and provided under this subchapter. 
‘‘(f) FUNDED ENROLLMENT; WAITING LIST.—Each 
Head Start agency shall enroll 100 percent of its funded 
enrollment and maintain an active waiting list at all times 
with ongoing outreach to the community and activities to 
identify underserved populations. 
‘‘(g) 
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
AND
TRAINING 
PLAN.—In order to receive funds under this subchapter, 
a Head Start agency shall develop an annual technical as-
sistance and training plan. Such plan shall be based on 
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the agency’s self-assessment, the community-wide needs 
assessment, the needs of parents and children to be serv-
iced by such agency, and the results of the reviews con-
ducted under section 641A(c). 
‘‘(h) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.—In order to receive 
funds under this subchapter, a Head Start agency shall 
document strong fiscal controls, including the employment 
of well-qualified fiscal staff with a history of successful 
management of a public or private organization.’’. 
SEC. 9. HEAD START TRANSITION AND ALIGNMENT WITH K- 
12 EDUCATION. 
Section 642A of the of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
9837a) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 642A. HEAD START TRANSITION AND ALIGNMENT 
WITH K-12 EDUCATION. 
‘‘Each Head Start agency shall take steps to coordi-
nate with the local educational agency serving the commu-
nity involved and with schools in which children partici-
pating in a Head Start program operated by such agency 
will enroll following such program to promote continuity 
of services and effective transitions, including— 
‘‘(1) developing and implementing a systematic 
procedure for transferring, with parental consent, 
Head Start program records for each participating 
child to the school in which such child will enroll; 
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‘‘(2) establishing ongoing channels of commu-
nication between Head Start staff and their counter-
parts in the schools (including teachers, social work-
ers, McKinney-Vento liaisons as established under 
section 722 (g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)), and health staff) to facilitate co-
ordination of programs; 
‘‘(3) establish on-going communication for de-
veloping continuity of developmentally appropriate 
curricula between Head Start and local educational 
agencies to ensure an effective transition and appro-
priate shared expectations for children’s learning 
and development as they make such transition to 
school; 
‘‘(4) organizing and participating in joint train-
ing, including transition-related training for school 
staff and Head Start staff; 
‘‘(5) conducting meetings involving parents, 
kindergarten or elementary school teachers, and 
Head Start program teachers to discuss the edu-
cational, developmental, and other needs of indi-
vidual children; 
‘‘(6) developing and implementing a family out-
reach and support program in cooperation with enti-
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ties carrying out parental involvement efforts under 
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) and family 
outreach and support efforts under subtitle B of title 
VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11431–11435); 
‘‘(7) assisting families, administrators, and 
teachers in enhancing educational and developmental 
continuity and continuity in parental involvement ac-
tivities between Head Start services and elementary 
school classes; 
‘‘(8) linking the services provided in such Head 
Start program with the education services, including 
services 
relating 
to 
language, 
literacy, 
and 
numeracy, provided by such local educational agen-
cy; 
‘‘(9) helping parents (including grandparents 
and kinship caregivers, as appropriate) to under-
stand the importance of parental involvement in a 
child’s academic success while teaching them strate-
gies for maintaining parental involvement as their 
child moves from Head Start to elementary school; 
‘‘(10) developing and implementing a system to 
increase program participation of underserved popu-
lations of eligible children; and 
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‘‘(11) coordinating activities and collaborating 
to ensure that curricula used in the Head Start pro-
gram are aligned with— 
‘‘(A) the Head Start Child Outcomes 
Framework as developed by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) State early learning standards, as ap-
propriate, with regard to cognitive, social, emo-
tional, and physical competencies that children 
entering kindergarten are expected to dem-
onstrate.’’. 
SEC. 10. LOCAL AND STATE INTEGRATION OF EARLY 
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. 
The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831) is amended 
by inserting after section 642A the following: 
‘‘SEC. 642B. LOCAL AND STATE INTEGRATION OF EARLY 
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. 
‘‘(a) LOCAL INTEGRATION.—In general, Head Start 
agencies shall enter into ongoing partnerships with local 
educational agencies and with State-funded preschool and 
other early childhood programs. 
‘‘(1) MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.—Each 
Head Start agency shall enter into a memorandum 
of understanding with any local educational agencies 
or local councils, responsible for managing publicly 
funded prekindergarten programs in the service area 
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of the Head Start agency (or if such agencies and 
such councils are not applicable in the service area, 
with the largest provider of publicly funded pre-
kindergarten in the service area), that shall include 
plans to coordinate the following activities: 
‘‘(A) Educational activities, curricula, and 
instruction. 
‘‘(B) Public information dissemination and 
access to programs for families contacting any 
of the early childhood programs. 
‘‘(C) Selection priorities for eligible chil-
dren to be served by programs. 
‘‘(D) Service delivery areas. 
‘‘(E) Staff training, including opportunities 
for joint staff training on topics such as aca-
demic content standards, instructional methods, 
and social and emotional development. 
‘‘(F) Program technical assistance. 
‘‘(G) Provision of additional services to 
meet the needs of working parents. 
‘‘(H) Planning and parent education for 
smooth transitions to kindergarten as required 
in section 642A(3) and 642A(6). 
‘‘(I) Provision and use of facilities, trans-
portation, and other program elements. 
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‘‘(J) Other elements mutually agreed to by 
the parties to such memorandum. 
‘‘(2) TIMING
OF
MEMORANDA.—Each Head 
Start agency shall enter into a memorandum of un-
derstanding under paragraph (1) not later than 1 
year after the effective date of this section. 
‘‘(3) 
SECRETARIAL
REVIEW.—Each 
memo-
randum of understanding entered into under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted to the Secretary not 
later than 30 days after entering into such memo-
randum. 
‘‘(A) If a Head Start agency is unable to 
comply with the requirement in paragraph (1) 
the Head Start agency shall notify the Sec-
retary and the chief executive officer of the 
State not later than 30 days after determining 
that they are unable to enter into such memo-
randum. The Secretary, in cooperation with the 
State Early Learning Council and the State Di-
rector of Head Start Collaboration, shall evalu-
ate the causes of failure to enter into a memo-
randum of understanding under paragraph (1). 
With the assistance of the State Early Learning 
Council and the State Director of Head Start 
Collaboration, all parties shall again attempt to 
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enter into a memorandum of understanding 
under paragraph (1). Then if no such memo-
randum of understanding is entered into, the 
Secretary shall make 1 of the following deter-
minations: 
‘‘(i) The local educational agency, 
local council, or other appropriate entity is 
unable or unwilling to enter into such a 
memorandum despite reasonable efforts on 
the part of the Head Start agency. 
‘‘(ii) The Head Start agency has not 
engaged in reasonable efforts to success-
fully negotiate and enter into a memo-
randum of understanding pursuant to 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(iii) There is an absence of publicly 
funded prekindergarten in the service area 
of the Head Start agency. 
‘‘(B) If the Secretary determines the Head 
Start agency is not making reasonable efforts 
to enter into a memorandum of understanding 
pursuant to paragraph (1), the Head Start 
agency shall be found to be noncompliant with 
program performance standards. 
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‘‘(C) If the Secretary concludes that the 
local educational agency, local council, or other 
appropriate entity is not making reasonable ef-
forts to reach such a memorandum of under-
standing, the Head Start agency shall not be 
found out of compliance with paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) REVISION OF MEMORANDA.—Each memo-
randum of understanding shall be revised and re-
newed annually by the parties to such memorandum, 
in alignment with the beginning of the school year. 
‘‘(5) ABSENCE OF PREKINDERGARTEN.—In the 
absence of publicly funded prekindergarten in the 
service area of a Head Start agency, the Head Start 
agency shall submit notice to the Secretary and the 
chief executive officer of the State and shall work 
with the State Early Learning Council and the State 
Director of Head Start Collaboration to improve co-
ordination in their service area. 
‘‘(b) STATE EARLY LEARNING COUNCILS.—From 
the amounts reserved under section 640(a)(2)(C)(iii), the 
Secretary shall award, upon submission of a written re-
quest and pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (2), 
an early learning collaboration grant to each State for the 
purposes of supporting a State Early Learning Council re-
sponsible for advancing the development of a coordinated 
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early childhood services delivery system in the State. A 
State that receives a grant under this subparagraph 
shall— 
‘‘(1) establish a State Early Learning Council, 
which shall include— 
‘‘(A) the State Director of Head Start Col-
laboration; 
‘‘(B) representatives from the State pre-
school programs; 
‘‘(C) representatives of local educational 
agencies; 
‘‘(D) the State official who oversees child 
care programs; 
‘‘(E) the State official who oversees section 
619 and part C of the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 et 
seq.); 
‘‘(F) the State official who oversees the 
State educational agency; 
‘‘(G) representatives from Head Start 
agencies located in the State, including migrant 
and seasonal Head Start programs and Indian 
Head Start programs; 
‘‘(H) representatives of local child care 
programs or organizations; and 
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‘‘(I) a representative of the State agency 
responsible for health and mental health care; 
except that the chief executive officer of the State 
may designate an existing entity to serve as the 
Early Learning Council if such entity includes rep-
resentatives described in this paragraph; 
‘‘(2) ensure that allotted funds distributed to a 
State for a fiscal year to carry out this subsection 
may be used by the State to pay not more than 50 
percent of the cost of carrying out this subsection; 
‘‘(3) direct the early learning council to improve 
the coordination and quality of early childhood serv-
ices within the State, including— 
‘‘(A) to increase coordination and collabo-
ration among State preschool, Head Start pro-
grams, child care programs, early childhood 
special education, and other early childhood 
programs, including in the areas of outcomes 
and standards, technical assistance, coordina-
tion of services, cross-sector professional devel-
opment and training, community outreach, com-
munication, and better serving the needs of 
working families through provision of full-day 
and full-year early education services; 
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‘‘(B) to work with State agencies respon-
sible for education, child care, and early inter-
vention to provide leadership and assistance to 
local Head Start programs, local education 
agencies, and State and locally funded pre-
school and child care programs to increase inte-
gration 
among 
early 
childhood 
programs 
through adoption of local memoranda of under-
standing described in subparagraph (A) and 
other means; 
‘‘(C) to work with State agencies respon-
sible for education, child care, and early inter-
vention to provide leadership and assistance to 
develop developmentally appropriate standards 
for children birth through the early elementary 
grades to effect a smooth transition to and suc-
cess in the early elementary grades; 
‘‘(D) to develop or conduct periodic State-
wide needs assessments concerning early care 
and education programs for children from birth 
to school entry; 
‘‘(E) to work to identify and address bar-
riers to and opportunities for integration be-
tween entities carrying out Federal and State 
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child development, child care, and early child-
hood education programs; 
‘‘(F) to develop recommendations regard-
ing means of establishing a unified data collec-
tion system for early care and education pro-
grams operating throughout the State; 
‘‘(G) to address coordination of early 
learning programs with health care (including 
mental and behavioral health care), welfare, 
family literacy and services for homeless chil-
dren; 
‘‘(H) to support a State system of early 
childhood education, and training and technical 
assistance that improves the quality of early 
learning programs and the capacity of such pro-
grams to deliver services pursuant to section 
648(b); 
‘‘(I) to develop a plan for increasing the 
participation of children underrepresented in 
State early childhood education and child care 
programs, including Head Start, State pre-
school programs, and programs carried out 
under the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.); 
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‘‘(J) developing a Statewide professional 
development and career ladder plan for early 
care and education in the State; and 
‘‘(K) assisting 2- and 4-year public and 
private institutions of higher education to de-
velop articulation agreements concerning de-
grees in early childhood and related fields. 
‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be con-
strued to provide the Early Learning Council with 
authority to modify, supersede, or affect the oper-
ation of this subchapter. 
‘‘(5) Funds made available under this section 
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other 
Federal, State, and local funds that would otherwise 
be expended to carry out the purposes of this sec-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 11. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS AND STAND-
ARDS. 
Section 644 of the of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
9839) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) STANDARDS.—Each Head Start agency 
shall observe standards of organization, manage-
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ment, and administration which will ensure, so far 
as reasonably possible, that all program activities 
are conducted in a manner consistent with the pur-
poses of this subchapter and the objective of pro-
viding assistance effectively, efficiently, and free of 
any taint of partisan political bias or personal or 
family favoritism. Each such agency shall establish 
or adopt rules to carry out this section, which shall 
include rules to assure full staff accountability in 
matters governed by law, regulations, or agency pol-
icy. Each agency shall also provide for reasonable 
public access to information, including public hear-
ings at the request of appropriate community groups 
and reasonable public access to books and records of 
the agency or other agencies engaged in program ac-
tivities or operations involving the use of authority 
or funds for which it is responsible. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Each Head Start 
agency shall make available to the public a report 
published at least once in each fiscal year that dis-
closes the following information from the then most 
recently concluded fiscal year, except that reporting 
such information shall not reveal personally identifi-
able information about an individual child or parent: 
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‘‘(A) The total amount of public and pri-
vate funds received and the amount from each 
source. 
‘‘(B) An explanation of budgetary expendi-
tures and proposed budget for the following fis-
cal year. 
‘‘(C) The total number of children and 
families served and percent of average monthly 
enrollment, including the percent of eligible 
children served. 
‘‘(D) The results of the most recent review 
by the Secretary and the financial audit. 
‘‘(E) The percentage of enrolled children 
that received medical and dental exams. 
‘‘(F) Information about parent involvement 
activities. 
‘‘(G) The agency’s efforts to prepare chil-
dren for kindergarten. 
‘‘(H) Any other information required by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) 
PROCEDURAL
CONDUCT.—Each 
such 
agency shall adopt for itself and other agencies 
using funds or exercising authority for which it is 
responsible, rules designed to— 
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‘‘(A) establish specific standards governing 
salaries, salary increases, travel and per diem 
allowances, and other employee benefits; 
‘‘(B) assure that only persons capable of 
discharging their duties with competence and 
integrity are employed and that employees are 
promoted or advanced under impartial proce-
dures calculated to improve agency performance 
and effectiveness; 
‘‘(C) guard against personal or financial 
conflicts of interest; and 
‘‘(D) define employee duties in an appro-
priate manner which will in any case preclude 
employees from participating, in connection 
with the performance of their duties, in any 
form of picketing, protest, or other direct action 
which is in violation of law.’’, and 
(2) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(f) FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) The Secretary shall establish uniform pro-
cedures for Head Start agencies to request approval 
to purchase facilities, or to request approval of the 
purchase (after December 31, 1986) of facilities, to 
be used to carry out Head Start programs. The Sec-
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retary shall suspend any proceedings pending 
against any Head Start agency to claim costs in-
curred in purchasing such facilities until the agency 
has been afforded an opportunity to apply for ap-
proval of the purchase and the Secretary has deter-
mined whether the purchase will be approved. The 
Secretary shall not be required to repay claims pre-
viously satisfied by Head Start agencies for costs in-
curred in the purchase of such facilities. 
‘‘(2) Financial assistance provided under this 
subchapter may not be used by a Head Start agency 
to purchase a facility (including paying the cost of 
amortizing the principal and paying interest on 
loans) to be used to carry out a Head Start program 
unless the Secretary approves a request that is sub-
mitted by such agency and contains— 
‘‘(A) a description of the consultation con-
ducted by the Head Start agency with the pro-
viders in the community demonstrating capacity 
and capability to provide services under this 
subchapter, and of the potential for collabora-
tion with such providers and the cost effective-
ness of such collaboration as opposed to the 
cost effectiveness of the purchase of a facility; 
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‘‘(B) a description of the site of the facility 
proposed to be purchased or that was previously 
purchased; 
‘‘(C) the plans and specifications of such 
facility; 
‘‘(D) information demonstrating that— 
‘‘(i) the proposed purchase will result, 
or the previous purchase has resulted, in 
savings when compared to the costs that 
would be incurred to acquire the use of an 
alternative facility to carry out such pro-
gram; or 
‘‘(ii) the lack of alternative facilities 
will prevent, or would have prevented, the 
operation of such program; 
‘‘(E) in the case of a request regarding a 
previously purchased facility, information dem-
onstrating that the facility will be used prin-
cipally as a Head Start center, or a direct sup-
port facility for a Head Start program; and 
‘‘(F) such other information and assur-
ances as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(3) Upon a determination by the Secretary 
that suitable facilities are not otherwise available to 
Indian tribes to carry out Head Start programs, and 
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that the lack of suitable facilities will inhibit the op-
eration of such programs, the Secretary may author-
ize the use of financial assistance, from the amount 
reserved under section 640(a)(2)(A), to make pay-
ments for the purchase of facilities owned by such 
tribes. The amount of such a payment for such a fa-
cility shall not exceed the fair market value of the 
facility.’’. 
SEC. 12. PARTICIPATION IN HEAD START PROGRAMS. 
Section 645 of the of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
9840) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1)(B)(i) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(i) programs assisted under this sub-
chapter may include, to a reasonable ex-
tent, participation of children in the area 
served who would benefit from such pro-
grams, including children referred by child 
welfare services, but whose families do not 
meet the low-income criteria prescribed 
pursuant to subparagraph (A) (A homeless 
child shall be deemed to meet the low-in-
come criteria.); and’’, and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(3) The amount of a basic allowance provided under 
section 403 of title 37, United States Code, on behalf of 
an individual who is a member of the uniformed services 
for housing that is acquired or constructed under the au-
thority of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United 
States Code, or any other related provision of law, shall 
not be considered to be income for purposes of deter-
mining the eligibility of a child of the individual for pro-
grams assisted under this subchapter. 
‘‘(4)(A) Upon written request and pursuant to the 
requirements of this paragraph, a Head Start agency may 
use funds under section 640(a) to serve infants and tod-
dlers if the agency submits an application to the Secretary 
containing the following information, as specified in rules 
issued by the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) the amount of funds under section 
640(a) that are proposed to be used in accord-
ance with section 645A(b); 
‘‘(ii) a community-wide needs assessment 
demonstrating how the use of such funds would 
best meet the needs of the community; 
‘‘(iii) a description of how the needs of 
pregnant women, and of infants and toddlers, 
will be addressed in accordance with section 
645A(b), and with regulations prescribed by the 
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Secretary pursuant to section 641A in areas in-
cluding the agency’s approach to child develop-
ment and provision of health services, approach 
to family and community partnerships, and ap-
proach to program design and management; 
‘‘(iv) a description of how the needs of eli-
gible Head Start children will be met in the 
community; 
‘‘(v) assurances that the agency will par-
ticipate in technical assistance activities (includ-
ing a planning period, start-up site visits, and 
national training activities) in the same manner 
as recipients of grants under section 645A; and 
‘‘(vi) evidence that the agency meets the 
same eligibility criteria as recipients of grants 
under section 645A. 
‘‘(B) An application that satisfies the require-
ments specified in subparagraph (A) shall be ap-
proved by the Secretary unless the Secretary finds 
that— 
‘‘(i) the agency lacks adequate capacity 
and capability to carry out an effective Early 
Head Start program; or 
‘‘(ii) the information provided under sub-
paragraph (A) is inadequate. 
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‘‘(C) Any Head Start agency approved under 
subparagraph (B) shall be considered to be an Early 
Head Start agency and such funds under (i) shall be 
subject to the same rules, regulations, and condi-
tions as apply to recipients of grants under section 
645A.’’, 
(2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘(age 3 to 
compulsory school attendance)’’, and 
(3) in subsection (d) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
an Indian tribe that operates both a Head Start program 
and an Early Head Start program under section 645A 
may, at its discretion, at any time during the grant period 
involved, reallocate funds between the Head Start pro-
gram and the Early Head Start program in order to ad-
dress fluctuations in client population, including pregnant 
women and children birth to compulsory school age. The 
reallocation of such funds between programs by an Indian 
tribe shall not serve as the basis for the Secretary to re-
duce a base grant (as defined in section 641A(g)(1)) for 
either program in succeeding years.’’. 
SEC. 13. EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS. 
Section 645A is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 645A. EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES 
WITH CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS OF AGE. 
‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
grants, in accordance with this section for programs (to 
be known as ‘Early Head Start programs’) that provide 
family-centered services for low-income families with very 
young children designed to promote the development of the 
children, and to enable their parents to fulfill their roles 
as parents and to move toward self-sufficiency. 
‘‘(b) SCOPE AND DESIGN OF PROGRAMS.—In car-
rying out a program described in subsection (a), an entity 
receiving assistance under this section shall— 
‘‘(1) provide, either directly or through referral, 
early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child 
development and family support services that will 
enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellec-
tual development of participating children; 
‘‘(2) ensure that the level of services provided 
to families responds to their needs and cir-
cumstances; 
‘‘(3) promote positive parent-child interactions; 
‘‘(4) provide services to parents to support their 
role as parents (including parenting skills training 
and training in basic child development) and to help 
the families move toward self-sufficiency (including 
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educational and employment services as appro-
priate); 
‘‘(5) coordinate services with services provided 
by programs in the State (including home-based 
services) and programs in the community (including 
programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities 
and programs for homeless infants and toddlers) to 
ensure a comprehensive array of services (such as 
health and mental health services and family support 
services); 
‘‘(6) ensure formal linkages with local Head 
Start programs in order to provide for continuity of 
services for children and families; 
‘‘(7) in the case of a Head Start agency that 
operates a program and that also provides Head 
Start services through the age of mandatory school 
attendance, ensure that children and families partici-
pating in the program receive such services through 
such age; 
‘‘(8) ensure formal linkages with the agencies 
and entities described in section 644(b) of the Indi-
viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1444(b)) and providers of early intervention services 
for infants and toddlers with disabilities under the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
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U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) and the agency responsible for 
administering section 106 of the Child Abuse Pre-
vention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a); 
‘‘(9) develop and implement a systematic proce-
dure for transitioning children and parents from an 
Early Head Start program under this section into a 
Head Start program or other local early childhood 
education program; 
‘‘(10) establish channels of communication be-
tween staff of Early Head Start programs under 
this section and staff of Head Start programs or 
other local early childhood education programs, to 
facilitate the coordination of programs; and 
‘‘(11) meet such other requirements concerning 
design and operation of the program described in 
subsection (a) as the Secretary may establish. 
‘‘(c) PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE.—Persons 
who may participate in programs described in subsection 
(a) include— 
‘‘(1) pregnant women; and 
‘‘(2) families with children under age 3; 
who meet the income criteria specified for families in sec-
tion 645(a)(1). 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS.—To be eligible 
to receive assistance under this section, an entity shall 
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submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. Entities that may apply to carry out 
activities under this section include— 
‘‘(1) entities operating Head Start programs 
under this subpart; 
‘‘(2) Indian Head Start programs; and 
‘‘(3) other public entities, and nonprofit or for- 
profit private entities, including community-based 
and faith-based organizations, capable of providing 
child and family services that meet the standards for 
participation in programs under this subchapter and 
meet such other appropriate requirements relating to 
the activities under this section as the Secretary may 
establish. 
‘‘(e) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—From the 
portion specified in section 640(a)(6), the Secretary shall 
award grants under this subsection on a competitive basis 
to applicants meeting the criteria specified in subsection 
(d) (giving priority to entities with a record of providing 
early, continuous, and comprehensive childhood develop-
ment and family services). 
‘‘(f) DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants to eligible 
applicants under this section, the Secretary shall— 
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