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‘‘(A) who is enrolled or preparing to enroll
in a Head Start program (which may include
an Early Head Start program), or other early
care and education program;
‘‘(B)(i) who was not born in the United
States or whose native language is a language
other than English;
‘‘(ii)(I) who is a Native American, Alaska
Native, or a native resident of an outlying area
(as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7801)); and
‘‘(II) who comes from an environment
where a language other than English has had a
significant impact on the child’s level of English
language proficiency; or
‘‘(iii) who is migratory, whose native lan-
guage is a language other than English, and who
comes from an environment where a language
other than English is dominant; and
‘‘(C) whose difficulties in speaking or un-
derstanding the English language may be suffi-
cient to deny such child—
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‘‘(i) the ability to successfully achieve
in a classroom in which the language of in-
struction is English; or
‘‘(ii) the opportunity to participate
fully in society.
‘‘(23) The term ‘unresolved area of noncompli-
ance’ means failure to correct a noncompliance item
within 120 days, or within such additional time (if
any) authorized by the Secretary, after receiving from
the Secretary notice of such noncompliance item, pur-
suant to section 641A(d).’’.
SEC. 4. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HEAD START PRO-
GRAMS.
Section 638 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9833)
is amended by inserting ‘‘for a period of 5 years’’ after
‘‘provide financial assistance to such agency’’.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 639 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9834)
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 639. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter
$7,350,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $7,650,000,000 for fis-
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sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 and
2012.
‘‘(b) SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.—From the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make
available to carry out research, demonstration, and evalua-
tion activities, including longitudinal studies under section
649, not more than $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009
through 2012, of which not more than $7,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 shall be available to carry
out impact studies under section 649(g).’’.
SEC. 6. ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.
(a) ALLOTMENT.—Section 640(a) of the Head Start
Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(A) Indian Head Start programs, services for
children with disabilities, and migrant and seasonal
Head Start programs, except that the Secretary shall
reserve for each fiscal year for use by Indian Head
Start and migrant and seasonal Head Start pro-
grams (referred to in this paragraph as ‘covered pro-
grams’), on a nationwide basis, a sum that is the
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is not less than 4 percent of the amount appropriated
under section 639 for that fiscal year (for Indian
Head Start programs) and a percentage specified by
the Secretary that is not less than 5 percent of that
appropriated amount (for migrant and seasonal
Head Start programs) (referred to in this paragraph
as the ‘specified percentages’), except that—
‘‘(i) if reserving the specified percentages
would reduce the number of children served by
Head Start programs, relative to the number of
children served on the date of enactment of the
Head Start for School Readiness Act, taking into
consideration an appropriate adjustment for in-
flation, the Secretary shall reserve percentages
that approach, as closely as practicable, the spec-
ified percentages and that do not cause such a
reduction; and
‘‘(ii) notwithstanding any other provision
of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall reserve
for each fiscal year for use by Indian Head Start
programs and by migrant and seasonal Head
Start programs, on a nationwide basis, not less
than the amount that was obligated for use by
Indian Head Start programs and by migrant
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and seasonal Head Start programs for the pre-
vious fiscal year;’’;
(B) by striking subparagraph (C) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(C) training and technical assistance activities
that are sufficient to meet the needs associated with
program expansion and to foster program and man-
agement improvement activities as described in any
of paragraphs (1) through (18) of section 648(d), in
an amount for each fiscal year that is not less than
2 percent of the amount appropriated under section
639 for such fiscal year, of which—
‘‘(i) 50 percent shall be made available to
Head Start agencies to use directly, or by estab-
lishing local or regional agreements with com-
munity experts, institutions of higher education,
or private consultants, for any of the following
training and technical assistance activities,
including—
‘‘(I) activities that ensure that Head
Start programs meet or exceed the perform-
ance 
standards 
described 
in 
section
641A(a)(1);
‘‘(II) activities that ensure that Head
Start programs have adequate numbers of
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trained, qualified staff who have skills in
working with children and families, includ-
ing children who are limited English pro-
ficient and their families and children with
disabilities;
‘‘(III) activities to pay expenses, in-
cluding direct training for expert consult-
ants working with any staff, to improve the
management and implementation of Head
Start services and systems;
‘‘(IV) activities that help ensure that
Head Start programs have qualified staff
who can promote language skills and lit-
eracy growth of children and who can pro-
vide children with a variety of skills that
have been identified as predictive of later
reading achievement, school success, and the
skills, knowledge, abilities, development, and
progress 
described 
in 
section
641A(a)(1)(B)(ii);
‘‘(V) activities to improve staff quali-
fications and to assist with the implementa-
tion of career development programs and to
encourage the staff to continually improve
their skills and expertise, including devel-
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oping partnerships with programs that re-
cruit, train, place, and support college stu-
dents in Head Start centers to deliver an
innovative early childhood development pro-
gram to preschool children;
‘‘(VI) activities that help local pro-
grams ensure that the arrangement, condi-
tion, and implementation of the learning
environments in Head Start programs are
conducive to providing effective program
services to children and families;
‘‘(VII) activities to provide training
necessary to improve the qualifications of
Head Start staff and to support staff train-
ing, child counseling, health services, and
other services necessary to address the needs
of children enrolled in Head Start pro-
grams, including children from families in
crises, children who experience chronic vio-
lence or homelessness, children who experi-
ence substance abuse in their families, and
children under 3 years of age, where appli-
cable;
‘‘(VIII) activities to provide classes or
in-service-type programs to improve or en-
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hance parenting skills, job skills, adult and
family literacy, including financial lit-
eracy, or training to become a classroom
aide or bus driver in a Head Start pro-
gram;
‘‘(IX) additional activities determined
appropriate for the improvement of Head
Start agencies’ programs, as determined in
the agencies’ technical assistance and train-
ing plans; or
‘‘(X) any other activities regarding the
use of funds as determined by the Secretary;
‘‘(ii) 50 percent shall be made available to
the Secretary—
‘‘(I) to provide directly training and
technical assistance on early childhood edu-
cation and care or to support, through
grants or other arrangements, a State sys-
tem of training and technical assistance
(which may include such a system for a
consortium of States within a region); and
‘‘(II) to assist local programs (includ-
ing Indian Head Start programs and mi-
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in meeting the performance standards de-
scribed in section 641A(a)(1); and
‘‘(iii) not less than $3,000,000 of the
amount in clause (ii) appropriated for such fis-
cal year shall be made available to carry out ac-
tivities described in section 648(d)(4);’’;
(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking
‘‘agencies;’’ and inserting ‘‘agencies);’’; and
(D) by adding at the end of the flush matter
at the end the following: ‘‘In no case shall the
Secretary use funds appropriated under this sub-
chapter to expand or create additional slots or
services in non-Indian and non-migrant and
seasonal Head Start programs until the amounts
based on the specified percentages for Indian
Head Start programs and migrant and seasonal
Head Start programs pursuant to subparagraph
(A) are reached. The Secretary shall require each
Head Start agency to report at the end of each
budget year on how funds provided to carry out
subparagraph (C)(i) were used.’’;
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i)(I)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘60 percent of such ex-
cess amount for fiscal year 1999’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘2003;’’; and
(ii) by inserting the following: ‘‘30 per-
cent of such excess amount for fiscal year
2008, and 40 percent of such excess amount
for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012;’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘perform-
ance standards’’ and all that follows and
inserting ‘‘performance standards pursuant
to section 641A(a)(1).’’;
(ii) by striking clause (ii) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(ii) Ensuring that such programs have ade-
quate numbers of qualified staff, and that such staff
is furnished adequate training, including training to
promote 
the 
development 
of 
language,
premathematics, and pre-literacy skills in young chil-
dren and in working with limited English proficient
children, children in foster care, children referred by
child welfare services, and children with disabilities,
when appropriate.’’;
(iii) by striking clause (iii) and insert-
ing the following:
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‘‘(iii) Developing and financing the salary scales
and benefits standards under section 644(a) and sec-
tion 653, in order to ensure that salary levels and
benefits are adequate to attract and retain qualified
staff for such programs.’’;
(iv) by striking clause (iv) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(iv) Using salary increases to—
‘‘(I) assist with the implementation of qual-
ity programs and improve staff qualifications;
‘‘(II) ensure that staff can promote the lan-
guage skills and literacy growth of children and
can provide children with a variety of skills that
have been identified, through scientifically based
early reading research, as predictive of later
reading achievement, as well as the skills, knowl-
edge, abilities, development, and progress de-
scribed in section 641A(a)(1)(B)(ii); and
‘‘(III) encourage the staff to continually im-
prove their skills and expertise—
‘‘(aa) through the implementation of
career development programs; and
‘‘(bb) through the completion of post-
secondary coursework in early childhood
education.’’;
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(v) in clause (v)—
(I) by striking ‘‘community-wide’’
and inserting ‘‘communitywide’’; and
(II) by inserting ‘‘, including col-
laborations to increase program par-
ticipation by underserved populations
of eligible children’’ before the period;
and
(vi) by striking clauses (vii) and (viii)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(vii) Providing assistance to complete postsec-
ondary coursework, to enable Head Start teachers to
improve competencies and the resulting child out-
comes, including informing the teachers of the avail-
ability of Federal and State incentive and loan for-
giveness programs.
‘‘(viii) Promoting the regular attendance and
stability of all Head Start children with particular
attention to highly mobile children, including chil-
dren of migrant or seasonal farmworkers (where ap-
propriate), homeless children, and children in foster
care.
‘‘(ix) Making such other improvements in the
quality of such programs as the Secretary may des-
ignate.’’;
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(C) in subparagraph (C)—
(i) in clause (i)(I), by striking the last
sentence and inserting ‘‘Salary increases, in
excess of cost-of-living allowances, provided
with such funds shall be subject to the spe-
cific standards governing salaries and sal-
ary increases established pursuant to section
644(a).’’;
(ii) in clause (ii)—
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
clause (I), by striking ‘‘education per-
formance’’ and all that follows through
‘‘641A(a)(1)(B)’’and inserting ‘‘stand-
ards and measures described in section
641A’’;
(II) in subclause (I), by inserting
‘‘, pre-literacy,’’ after ‘‘language’’;
(III) by striking subclause (II)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(II) to help limited English proficient chil-
dren attain the knowledge, skills, abilities, and
development 
specified 
in 
section
641A(a)(1)(B)(ii) and to promote the acquisition
of the English language by such children and
their families;’’; and
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(IV) by striking subclause (IV)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(IV) to provide education and training
necessary to improve the qualifications of Head
Start staff, particularly assistance to enable
more instructors to be fully competent and to
meet the degree requirements under section
648A(a)(2)(A), and to support staff training,
child counseling, and other services necessary to
address the challenges of children participating
in Head Start programs, including children
from immigrant, refugee, and asylee families,
children from families in crisis, homeless chil-
dren, children in foster care, children referred to
Head Start programs by child welfare agencies,
and children who are exposed to chronic violence
or substance abuse.’’;
(iii) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘,
educational staff who have the qualifica-
tions described in section 648A(a),’’ after
‘‘ratio’’;
(iv) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘pro-
grams, including’’ and all that follows and
inserting ‘‘programs.’’;
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(v) by redesignating clause (vi) as
clause (x); and
(vi) by inserting after clause (v) the
following:
‘‘(vi) To conduct outreach to homeless families in
an effort to increase the program participation of
homeless children.
‘‘(vii) To conduct outreach to migrant and sea-
sonal farmworker families and families with limited
English proficient children.
‘‘(viii) To partner with institutions of higher
education and nonprofit organizations, including
community-based organizations, that recruit, train,
place, and support college students, to serve as men-
tors and reading partners to preschool children in
Head Start programs.
‘‘(ix) To upgrade the qualifications and skills of
educational personnel to meet the professional stand-
ards described in section 648A(a)(1), including cer-
tification and licensure as bilingual education teach-
ers, as teachers of English as a second language, and
for other educational personnel who serve limited
English proficient children.’’;
(3) in paragraph (4), in the first sentence—
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’; and
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(B) any amount available after all allotments
are made under subparagraph (A) for such fiscal year
shall be distributed as follows:
‘‘(i) Each State shall receive an amount
sufficient to serve the same number of children in
Head Start programs in each State as were
served on the date of enactment of the Head
Start for School Readiness Act, taking into con-
sideration an appropriate adjustment for infla-
tion.
‘‘(ii) After ensuring that each State has re-
ceived the amount described in clause (i), the
Secretary shall distribute the remaining balance,
by—
‘‘(I) distributing 65 percent of the bal-
ance among the States serving less than 60
percent (as determined by the Secretary) of
children who are 3 or 4 years of age from
families whose income is below the poverty
line, by allotting to each of those States an
amount that bears the same relationship to
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that 65 percent as the number of children
who are less than 5 years of age from fami-
lies whose income is below the poverty line
(referred to in this clause as ‘young low-in-
come children’) in that State bears to the
number of young low-income children in all
those States; and
‘‘(II) distributing 35 percent of the bal-
ance among the States, by allotting to each
State an amount that bears the same rela-
tionship to that 35 percent as the number
of young low-income children in that State
bears to the number of young low-income
children in all the States.’’;
(4) in paragraph (5)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after
‘‘paragraph (4)’’ the following: ‘‘(and amounts
reserved, before such allotments, for national ad-
ministrative offices)’’;
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (E)
and (F) as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respec-
tively;
(C) by striking subparagraphs (B), (C), and
(D) and inserting the following:
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‘‘(B)(i) From the reserved sums, the Secretary shall
award a collaboration grant to each State and to each na-
tional administrative office serving Indian Head Start pro-
grams and migrant and seasonal Head Start programs to
facilitate collaboration between Head Start agencies and
entities (including the State or national administrative of-
fice) that carry out other activities designed to benefit low-
income families and children from birth to school entry. The
national administrative offices shall use the funds made
available through the grants to carry out the authorities
and responsibilities described in subparagraphs (B) and
(C).
‘‘(ii) Grants described in clause (i) shall be used to—
‘‘(I) assist Head Start agencies to collaborate
with entities involved in State and local planning
processes to better meet the needs of low-income fami-
lies and children from birth to school entry;
‘‘(II) assist Head Start agencies to coordinate
activities with the State agency responsible for ad-
ministering the State program carried out under the
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) and entities providing re-
source and referral services in the State, to make full-
working-day and full calendar year services available
to children;
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‘‘(III) promote alignment of Head Start services
with the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework and,
as appropriate, State early learning standards;
‘‘(IV) promote better linkages between Head
Start agencies and other child and family agencies,
including agencies that provide health, mental health,
or family services, or other child or family supportive
services, such as services provided under section 619
or part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 et seq.); and
‘‘(V) carry out the activities of the State Director
of Head Start Collaboration authorized in subpara-
graph (D).
‘‘(C) In order to improve coordination and delivery
of early childhood education and care to children in the
State, a State that receives a collaboration grant under sub-
paragraph (B) shall—
‘‘(i) appoint or designate an individual to serve
as, or carry out the responsibilities of, the State Di-
rector of Head Start Collaboration;
‘‘(ii) ensure that the State Director of Head
Start Collaboration holds a position with sufficient
authority and access to ensure that the collaboration
described in subparagraph (B) is effective and in-
volves a range of State agencies; and
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‘‘(iii) involve the State Head Start Association
in the selection of the Director and involve the Asso-
ciation in determinations relating to the ongoing di-
rection of the collaboration office involved.
‘‘(D) The State Director of Head Start Collaboration,
shall—
‘‘(i) not later than 1 year after the State receives
a collaboration grant under subparagraph (B), con-
duct an assessment that—
‘‘(I) addresses the needs of Head Start agen-
cies in the State with respect to collaboration, co-
ordination of services, and alignment of services
with the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework
and, as appropriate, State early learning stand-
ards;
‘‘(II) shall be updated on an annual basis;
and
‘‘(III) shall be made available to the general
public within the State;
‘‘(ii) develop a strategic plan that is based on the
assessment described in clause (i) that will—
‘‘(I) enhance collaboration and coordination
of Head Start services with other entities pro-
viding early childhood education and care (such
as child care or services offered by museums),
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health care, mental health care, welfare, child
protective services, education and community
service activities, family literacy services, read-
ing readiness programs (including such pro-
grams offered by public and school libraries),
services relating to children with disabilities,
other early childhood education and care for lim-
ited English proficient children and homeless
children, and services provided for children in
foster care and children referred to Head Start
programs by child welfare agencies, including
agencies and State officials responsible for such
services;
‘‘(II) assist Head Start agencies to develop
a plan for the provision of full-working-day, full
calendar year services for children enrolled in
Head Start programs who need such care;
‘‘(III) assist Head Start agencies to align
services with the Head Start Child Outcomes
Framework and, as appropriate, State early
learning standards; and
‘‘(IV) enable Head Start agencies in the
State to better access professional development
opportunities for Head Start staff, such as by—
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‘‘(aa) working with local Head Start
agencies to meet the degree requirements de-
scribed in section 648A(a)(2)(A), including
providing distance learning opportunities
for Head Start staff, where needed to make
higher education more accessible to Head
Start staff; and
‘‘(bb) enabling the State Head Start
agencies to better conduct outreach to eligi-
ble families;
‘‘(iii) promote partnerships between Head Start
agencies, State and local governments, and the pri-
vate sector to help ensure that children from low-in-
come families, who are in Head Start programs or
are preschool age, are receiving comprehensive services
to prepare the children to enter school ready to learn;
‘‘(iv) consult with the chief State school officer,
local educational agencies, and providers of early
childhood education and care, regarding early child-
hood education and care at both the State and local
levels;
‘‘(v) promote partnerships (such as the partner-
ships involved with the Free to Grow initiative) be-
tween Head Start agencies, schools, law enforcement,
relevant community-based organizations, and sub-
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stance abuse and mental health treatment agencies to
strengthen family and community environments and
to reduce the impact on child development of sub-
stance abuse, child abuse, domestic violence, and other
high risk behaviors that compromise healthy develop-
ment;
‘‘(vi) promote partnerships between Head Start
agencies and other organizations in order to enhance
the Head Start curriculum, including partnerships to
promote inclusion of more books in Head Start class-
rooms and partnerships to promote coordination of
activities with the Ready-to-Learn Television pro-
gram carried out under subpart 3 of part D of title
II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6775 et seq.); and
‘‘(vii) identify other resources and organizations
(both public and private) for the provision of in-kind
services to Head Start agencies in the State.
‘‘(E)(i) The Governor of the State shall—
‘‘(I) designate or establish a council to serve as
the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Edu-
cation and Care, for children from birth to school
entry (in this subchapter referred to as the ‘State Ad-
visory Council’); and
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‘‘(II) designate an individual to coordinate ac-
tivities of the State Advisory Council, as described in
clause (iv)(I).
‘‘(ii) The Governor may designate an existing entity
to serve as the State Advisory Council, if the entity includes
representatives consistent with clause (iii).
‘‘(iii) Members of the State Advisory Council shall in-
clude, to the maximum extent possible—
‘‘(I) the State Director of Head Start Collabora-
tion;
‘‘(II) a representative of the State educational
agency and local educational agencies;
‘‘(III) a representative of institutions of higher
education;
‘‘(IV) a representative (or representatives) of the
State agency (or agencies) responsible for health or
mental health care;
‘‘(V) a representative of the State agency respon-
sible for professional standards, certification, and li-
censing for early childhood educators;
‘‘(VI) a representative of the State agency re-
sponsible for child care;
‘‘(VII) early childhood educators, including pro-
fessionals with expertise in second language acquisi-
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tion and instructional strategies in teaching limited
English proficient children;
‘‘(VIII) kindergarten teachers and teachers in
grades 1 through 3;
‘‘(IX) health care professionals;
‘‘(X) child development specialists, including spe-
cialists in prenatal, infant, and toddler development;
‘‘(XI) a representative of the State agency re-
sponsible for assisting children with developmental
disabilities;
‘‘(XII) a representative of the State agency re-
sponsible for programs under section 619 or part C
of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 et seq.);
‘‘(XIII) a representative of the State interagency
coordinating councils established under section 641 of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
U.S.C. 1441);
‘‘(XIV) a representative of the State Head Start
Association (where appropriate), and other represent-
atives of Head Start programs in the State;
‘‘(XV) a representative of the State network of
child care resource and referral agencies;
‘‘(XVI) a representative of community-based or-
ganizations;
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‘‘(XVII) a representative of State and local pro-
viders of early childhood education and care;
‘‘(XVIII) a representative of Indian Head Start
programs (where appropriate) and a representative of
migrant and seasonal Head Start programs (where
appropriate);
‘‘(XIX) parents;
‘‘(XX) religious and business leaders;
‘‘(XXI) the head of the State library administra-
tive agency;
‘‘(XXII) representatives of State and local orga-
nizations and other entities providing professional de-
velopment to early childhood educators and child care
providers;
‘‘(XXIII) a representative from the Office of Co-
ordinator for Education of Homeless Children and
Youths in the State;
‘‘(XXIV) a State legislator; and
‘‘(XXV) a representative of other entities deter-
mined to be relevant by the Governor of the State.
‘‘(iv)(I) The State Advisory Council shall be respon-
sible for, in addition to responsibilities assigned to the
council by the Governor of the State—
‘‘(aa) conducting a periodic statewide needs as-
sessment concerning early childhood education and
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care for children from birth to school entry and as-
sessing the availability of high quality prekinder-
garten services for low-income children in the State;
‘‘(bb) identifying barriers to, and opportunities
for, collaboration and coordination among entities
carrying out federally-funded and State-funded child
development, child care, and early childhood edu-
cation programs;
‘‘(cc) developing recommendations regarding
means of establishing a unified data collection system
for early childhood education and care throughout the
State;
‘‘(dd) developing a statewide professional devel-
opment and career ladder plan for early childhood
education and care in the State;
‘‘(ee) assisting 2-year and 4-year public and pri-
vate institutions of higher education, which may in-
clude assisting the institutions with development of
articulation agreements or model programs of early
childhood education and care, including practica or
internships for students to spend time in a Head
Start or prekindergarten program; and
‘‘(ff) undertaking collaborative efforts to develop,
and make recommendations for improvements in,
State early learning standards.
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‘‘(II) The State Advisory Council shall hold public
hearings and provide an opportunity for public comment
on the activities described in subclause (I). The State Advi-
sory Council shall submit a statewide strategic report ad-
dressing the activities described in subclause (I) to the State
Director of Head Start Collaboration and the Governor of
the State.
‘‘(III) After submission of a statewide strategic report
under subclause (II), the State Advisory Council shall meet
periodically to review any implementation of the rec-
ommendations in such report and any changes in State and
local needs.
‘‘(F)(i)(I) Prior to carrying out paragraph (4), the
Secretary shall reserve a portion to carry out this subpara-
graph for a fiscal year. The Secretary shall reserve the por-
tion from the amount (if any) by which the funds appro-
priated under section 639(a) for the fiscal year exceed the
adjusted prior year appropriation (as defined in paragraph
(3)(A)(ii)), without reducing the share available for quality
improvement funds described in paragraph (3)(B).
‘‘(II) To the extent consistent with subclause (I), the
Secretary shall reserve $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
Funds reserved under this subclause shall remain available
for obligation through fiscal year 2012.
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‘‘(ii) The Secretary shall use the portion reserved
under clause (i) to award, on a competitive basis, one-time
startup grants of not less than $500,000 to eligible States
to enable such States to pay for the Federal share of the
cost of further developing and implementing the rec-
ommendations and plans for which the State’s State Advi-
sory Council is responsible under subparagraph (E)(iv)(I).
Such grants shall—
‘‘(I) facilitate the development of high-quality
systems of early childhood education and care de-
signed to improve school preparedness;
‘‘(II) increase and make effective use of existing
and new delivery systems and funds for early child-
hood education and care; and
‘‘(III) enhance existing early childhood education
and care (in existence on the date on which the grant
involved is awarded).
‘‘(iii) To be eligible to receive a grant under this sub-
paragraph, a State shall prepare and submit to the Sec-
retary an application, for a 3-year period, at such time,
in such manner, and containing such information as the
Secretary shall require, including—
‘‘(I) a description of the State’s State Advisory
Council’s 
responsibilities 
under 
subparagraph
(E)(iv)(I);
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‘‘(II) a description, for each fiscal year, of how
the State will make effective use of funds available
under this subparagraph, with funds described in
clause (iv), to create an early childhood education
and care system, by developing or enhancing pro-
grams and activities described in subparagraph
(E)(iv)(I);
‘‘(III) a description of the State early learning
standards and the State’s goals for increasing the
number of children entering kindergarten ready to
learn;
‘‘(IV) information identifying the agency or joint
interagency office and individual designated to carry
out the activities under this subparagraph, which
may be the individual designated under subpara-
graph (E)(i)(II); and
‘‘(V) a description of how the State plans to sus-
tain activities under this subparagraph beyond the
grant period.
‘‘(iv) The Federal share of the cost described in clause
(ii) shall be 30 percent, and the State shall provide the non-
Federal share.
‘‘(v) Funds made available under this subparagraph
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other Fed-
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eral, State, and local funds expended to carry out activities
related to early childhood education and care in the State.
‘‘(vi) Not later than 18 months after the date a State
receives a grant under this subparagraph, the State shall
submit an interim report to the Secretary. A State that re-
ceives a grant under this subparagraph shall submit a final
report to the Secretary at the end of the grant period.’’;
and
(D) in subparagraph (G), as redesignated
by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph—
(i) in clause (i)(I), by striking ‘‘child
care and early childhood education pro-
grams and resources’’ and inserting ‘‘early
childhood education and care programs and
resources’’; and
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘Federal
child care or early childhood education’’
and inserting ‘‘Federal early childhood edu-
cation or child care’’; and
(5) in paragraph (6)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘7.5
percent’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘not
less than 12 percent for fiscal year 2008, not less
than 14 percent for fiscal year 2009, not less
than 16 percent for fiscal year 2010, not less
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than 18 percent for fiscal year 2011, and not less
than 20 percent for fiscal year 2012, of the
amount 
appropriated 
pursuant 
to 
section
639(a).’’;
(B) by striking subparagraph (B);
(C) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ‘‘re-
quired to be’’ each place it appears; and
(D) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (B).
(b) MINIMUM ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENT FOR CHIL-
DREN WITH DISABILITIES.—The first sentence of section
640(d) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(d)) is amend-
ed to read as follows: ‘‘The Secretary shall establish policies
and procedures to assure that, for fiscal year 2008 and
thereafter, not less than 10 percent of the total number of
children actually enrolled by each Head Start agency and
each delegate agency will be children with disabilities who
are eligible for special education or early intervention serv-
ices, as appropriate, as determined under the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.),
and that the Head Start agency or delegate agency involved
will collaborate with the State or local agency providing
services under section 619 or part C of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 et seq.)
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to ensure the provision of services to meet the special needs
of such children.’’.
(c) SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS.—Section 640(f) of
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(f)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(f) The’’ and inserting ‘‘(f)(1)
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
the Head Start for School Readiness Act, the’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘needs.’’ and inserting ‘‘needs,
including models that leverage the capacity and capa-
bilities of the delivery system of early childhood edu-
cation and care.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) In establishing the procedures the Secretary shall
establish procedures to provide for—
‘‘(A) the conversion of part-day programs to full-
day programs or part-day slots to full-day slots; and
‘‘(B) serving additional infants and toddlers
pursuant to section 645(a)(5).’’.
(d) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—Section 640(g)(2) of the
Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(g)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(C) the extent to which the applicant has un-
dertaken communitywide strategic planning and
needs assessments involving other community organi-
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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, children in foster care, and
homeless children including the local educational
agency 
liaison 
designated 
under 
section
722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii));’’;
(2) in subparagraph (D)—
(A) by striking ‘‘community’’ the first place
it appears and inserting ‘‘communitywide’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘other local’’ and inserting
‘‘the State and local’’;
(3) in subparagraph (E)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘would like to participate
but’’ after ‘‘community who’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘early childhood program’’
and inserting ‘‘early childhood education and
care program’’;
(4) in subparagraph (G), by inserting ‘‘leverage
the existing delivery systems of such services (existing
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as of the date of the allocation decision) and’’ after
‘‘manner that will’’; and
(5) in subparagraph (H), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing the local educational 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’’.
(e) VEHICLE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.—Section 640(i)
of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(i)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(i)(1)’’;
(2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by add-
ing at the end the following: ‘‘The regulations shall
also establish requirements to ensure the appropriate
supervision of, and appropriate background checks
for, individuals with whom the agencies contract to
transport those children.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2)(A) Section 1310.12(a) of title 45, Code of Federal
Regulations, shall take effect 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
‘‘(B)(i) Not later than 60 days after the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the Department
of Transportation submits its study on occupant protection
on Head Start transit vehicles (related to Government Ac-
countability Office report GAO–06–767R), the Secretary of
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Health and Human Services shall review and shall revise
as necessary the allowable alternate vehicle standards de-
scribed in part 1310 of that title (or any corresponding
similar regulation or ruling) relating to allowable alternate
vehicles used to transport children for a Head Start pro-
gram. In making any such revision, the Secretary shall re-
vise the standards to be consistent with the findings con-
tained in such study, including making a determination
on the exemption of such a vehicle from Federal seat spacing
requirements, and Federal supporting seating requirements
related to compartmentalization, if such vehicle meets all
other applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards, in-
cluding standards for seating systems, occupant crash pro-
tection, seat belt assemblies, and child restraint anchorage
systems consistent with that part 1310 (or any cor-
responding similar regulation or ruling).
‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), until such
date as the Secretary of Health and Human Services com-
pletes the review and any necessary revision specified in
clause (i), the provisions of section 1310.12(a) of that title
relating to Federal seat spacing requirements, and Federal
supporting 
seating 
requirements 
related 
to
compartmentalization, for allowable alternate vehicles used
to transport children for a Head Start program, shall not
apply to such a vehicle if such vehicle meets all other appli-