eligible entity receiving a subgrant under section 7 
or 8 is not making significant progress in meeting 
the purposes of this Act after the submission of a 
report described in subsection (b), then the Sec-
retary may withhold, in whole or in part, further 
payments under this Act in accordance with section 
455 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
U.S.C. 1234d) or take such other action authorized 
by law as the Secretary determines necessary, in-
cluding providing technical assistance upon request 
of the State educational agency, or eligible entity, 
respectively. 
(2) CONSEQUENCES
FOR
SUBGRANT
RECIPI-
ENTS.—A State educational agency or State agency 
that oversees child care programs, as appropriate, 
receiving an award under section 4(b) may refuse to 
award subgrant funds to an eligible entity under sec-
tion 7 or 8 if such State agency finds that the eligi-
ble entity is not making significant progress in meet-
ing the purposes of this Act, after— 
(A) providing technical assistance to the el-
igible entity; and 
(B) affording the eligible entity notice and 
an opportunity for a hearing. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
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(1) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REPORTS.— 
Each State educational agency receiving an award 
under section 6 shall report annually to the Sec-
retary regarding the State educational agency’s 
progress and the progress of the State agency that 
oversees child care programs in addressing the pur-
poses of this Act. Such report shall include, at a 
minimum, a description of— 
(A) the professional development activities 
provided under the award, including types of 
activities and entities involved in providing pro-
fessional development to early childhood pro-
viders, classroom teachers, and other instruc-
tional staff; 
(B) instruction, strategies, activities, cur-
ricula, materials, and assessments used in the 
programs funded under the award; 
(C) the types of programs and program 
settings for children younger than kindergarten 
entry funded under the award and the ages, 
grade levels, and demographic information of 
children served by the programs funded under 
the award, except that individually identifiable 
information shall not be included; 
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(D) the experience and qualifications of 
the instructional staff who provide literacy in-
struction under the programs funded under the 
award, including the experience and qualifica-
tions of those staff working with children with 
disabilities, English language learners, and chil-
dren younger than kindergarten entry; 
(E) key data metrics used for literacy ini-
tiatives; 
(F) student performance on relevant pro-
gram metrics, as identified in the State edu-
cation agency’s implementation plan under sec-
tion 6(b)(2)(C), such as— 
(i) the number of students reading 
and writing on grade level by the end of 
the third grade, disaggregated by the sub-
groups 
described 
in 
section 
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)); and 
(ii) the instruction and activities deliv-
ered to at-risk students served under the 
award; and 
(G) the outcomes of programs and activi-
ties provided under the award. 
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(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY REPORTS.—Each eligible 
entity receiving a subgrant under section 7 or 8 
shall report annually to the State educational agency 
or the State agency that oversees child care pro-
grams, as appropriate, regarding the eligible entity’s 
progress in addressing the purposes of this Act. 
Such report shall include, at a minimum, a descrip-
tion of— 
(A) how the subgrant funds were used; 
(B) the degree of appropriate develop-
mental progress or literacy achievement growth 
of students, including children who are English 
language learners and children with disabilities, 
assisted under the subgrant; 
(C) the professional development of activi-
ties provided under the award, including types 
of activities and entities involved in providing 
professional development to early childhood pro-
viders, classroom teachers, and other instruc-
tional staff; 
(D) instruction, strategies, activities, cur-
ricula, materials, and assessments used in the 
programs funded under the award; 
(E) the types of programs funded under 
the award and the ages, grade levels, and demo-
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graphic information of children served by the 
programs funded under the award, except that 
individually identifiable information shall not be 
included; 
(F) the experience and qualifications of the 
instructional staff who provide literacy instruc-
tion under the programs funded under the 
award, including the experience and qualifica-
tions of those staff working with children with 
disabilities and with English language learners; 
(G) key data metrics used for literacy ini-
tiatives; 
(H) student performance on relevant pro-
gram metrics, as identified in the State edu-
cation agency’s implementation plan under sec-
tion 6(b)(2)(C), such as— 
(i) the number of students reading 
and writing on grade level by the end of 
the third grade, disaggregated by the sub-
groups 
described 
in 
section 
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)); and 
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(ii) the instruction and activities deliv-
ered to at-risk students served under the 
award; 
(I) the outcomes of programs and activities 
provided under the award; and 
(J) the results of an external evaluation, if 
the Secretary determines applicable. 
(c) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Education shall create and implement proce-
dures— 
(A) to assess whether a covered individual 
or entity has a potential conflict of interest; and 
(B) to require the disclosure and mitiga-
tion of any such conflict of interest to ensure 
the integrity of the related program. 
(2) EVALUATION BY THE COMPTROLLER GEN-
ERAL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 
after the creation of the procedures described in 
paragraph (1), the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall report to the Committee on 
Education and Labor of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Health, 
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Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 
on the adequacy of such procedures to identify, 
disclose, and manage conflicts of interest. 
(B) UPDATES.—Beginning not less than 6 
months after the report described in subpara-
graph (A) is filed, the Comptroller General shall 
evaluate the Department’s implementation of 
the procedures described in paragraph (1) and 
report to the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate every 6 months to en-
sure that the Department has adequately imple-
mented such procedures. The Comptroller Gen-
eral shall include in the reports any rec-
ommendations for modifications to such proce-
dures that the Comptroller General determines 
are appropriate to properly identify, disclose, 
and manage conflicts of interest. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this 
subsection: 
(A) The term ‘‘covered individual or enti-
ty’’ means— 
(i) an officer or professional employee 
of the Department of Education; 
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