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‘‘(B) the nature of the Head Start services 
and of the Early Head Start services provided 
to limited English proficient children and their 
families, including the types, content, duration, 
intensity, and costs of family services, language 
assistance, and educational services; 
‘‘(C) procedures in Head Start programs 
for assessing language needs and for making 
the transition of limited English proficient chil-
dren to kindergarten, including the extent to 
which Head Start programs meet the require-
ments of section 642A for limited English pro-
ficient children; 
‘‘(D) the qualifications and training pro-
vided to Head Start teachers and Early Head 
Start teachers who serve limited English pro-
ficient children and their families; 
‘‘(E) the home languages of Head Start 
and Early Head Start teachers; 
‘‘(F) the rate of progress made by limited 
English proficient children and their families in 
Head Start programs and in Early Head Start 
programs, including—
‘‘(i) the rate of progress made by lim-
ited English proficient children toward
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meeting the additional educational stand-
ards described in section 641A(a)(1)(B)(ii) 
while enrolled in Head Start programs; 
‘‘(ii) a description of the type of as-
sessment or assessments used to determine 
the rate of progress made by limited 
English proficient children; 
‘‘(iii) the correlation between such 
progress and the type and quality of in-
struction and educational programs pro-
vided to limited English proficient children; 
and 
‘‘(iv) the correlation between such 
progress and the health and family services 
provided by Head Start programs to lim-
ited English proficient children and their 
families; and 
‘‘(G) the extent to which Head Start pro-
grams make use of funds under section 
640(a)(3) to improve the quality of Head Start 
services provided to limited English proficient 
children and their families. 
‘‘(i) CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND PROGRAMS AF-
FECTED BY HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA.—
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‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subsection 
is to evaluate the status of Head Start and Early 
Head Start programs affected by Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita as well as the challenges those 
programs have faced in reestablishing themselves 
and reenrolling eligible children and families, with 
the ultimate goal of providing all Head Start and 
Early Head Start programs with recommendations 
for developing and implementing disaster plans. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—The term ‘areas affected by 
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita’ means any parish or 
county for which it was determined that assistance 
was warranted from the Federal Government under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) as a 
result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 
‘‘(3) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
study on the status of children and families partici-
pating in Head Start and Early Head Start pro-
grams in areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and 
Rita. 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of the Improving Head Start 
Act of 2007, the Secretary shall prepare and submit
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to Congress a report containing the results of such 
study, including 
‘‘(A) information on the population served, 
including—
‘‘(i) the number of children and fami-
lies participating in Head Start and Early 
Head Start programs in areas affected by 
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita before and 
after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; 
‘‘(ii) the demographics of such chil-
dren and families; and 
‘‘(iii) the geographical distribution of 
such children and families; 
‘‘(B) information on staff and programs, 
including—
‘‘(i) the number and geographic dis-
tribution of staff serving Head Start and 
Early Head Start children and families 
from areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina 
and Rita; 
‘‘(ii) the current status, including em-
ployment status and geographic location, 
of Head Start and Early Head Start staff 
serving in areas affected by Hurricanes