‘‘(A) From amounts reserved and allotted pursuant to 
paragraphs (2) and (4), the Secretary shall use, for grants 
for programs described in section 645A(a) of this sub-
chapter, a portion of the combined total of such amounts 
equal to at least 10 percent for each of the fiscal years 2006 
through 2011, of the amount appropriated pursuant to sec-
tion 639(a), except as provided in subparagraph (B).’’. 
(b) SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS.—Section 640(f) of 
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(f)) is amended by in-
serting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, includ-
ing models that leverage the existing capacity and capabili-
ties of the delivery system of early childhood education and 
child care’’. 
(c) MAINTENANCE
OF
SERVICE
LEVELS.—Section 
640(g)(2) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(g)(2)) is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘For the purpose of expanding 
Head Start programs, in’’ and inserting ‘‘In’’; 
(2) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(C) the extent to which the applicant has un-
dertaken community-wide strategic planning and 
needs assessments involving other community organi-
zations and Federal, State, and local public agencies 
serving children and families (including organiza-
tions and agencies providing family support services 
and protective services to children and families and 
organizations serving families in whose homes 
English is not the language customarily spoken), and 
individuals, organizations, and public entities serving 
children with disabilities and homeless children in-
cluding the local educational agency liaison des-
ignated under section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKin-
ney-Veto 
Homeless 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
11432(g)(1)(J)(ii));’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘other 
local’’ and inserting ‘‘the State and local’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (E) by inserting ‘‘would 
like to participate but’’ after ‘‘community who’’; 
(5) in subparagraph (G)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘leverage the existing deliv-
ery systems of such services and’’ after ‘‘manner 
that will’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(6) in subparagraph (H)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including the local edu-
cational agency liaison designated under section 
722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)),’’ 
after ‘‘community involved’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘plans to coordinate’’ and 
inserting ‘‘successfully coordinated its activities’’; 
and 
(C) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(7) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(I) the amount of funds used by such agency to 
pay administrative expenses and the amount of avail-
able funds received by such agency under this section 
to serve each enrolled child.’’. 
(d) 
VEHICLE
SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
640(i) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(i)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(i) The’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.—
‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—The’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
waive for a period of up to one year the require-
ments of regulations promulgated under para-
graph (1) for one or more vehicles used by the 
agency or its designee in transporting children
enrolled in a Head Start program or an Early 
Head Start program if—
‘‘(i) such requirements pertain to child 
restraint systems and bus monitors; 
‘‘(ii) the agency demonstrates that 
compliance with such requirements will re-
sult in a significant disruption to the Head 
Start program or the Early Head Start 
program; and 
‘‘(iii) is in the best interest of the 
child. 
‘‘(B) RENEWAL.—The Secretary may renew 
a waiver under subparagraph (A).’’. 
(e) MIGRANT
AND SEASONAL HEAD START PRO-
GRAMS.—Section 640(l) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
9835(l)) is amended—
(1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) In carrying out this subchapter, the Secretary 
shall continue the administrative arrangement at the na-
tional level for meeting the needs of Indian children and 
children of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and shall en-
sure that appropriate funding is provided to meet such 
needs, including training and technical assistance and the 
appointment of a national migrant and seasonal Head