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improvement activities authorized under the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990; and 
‘‘(iv) carrying out other activities consistent with the State’s 
plan and application, pursuant to subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) To be eligible to receive a grant under this paragraph, 
a State shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a plan and 
application, for a 3-year period, at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Secretary shall require, 
including— 
‘‘(i) the statewide strategic report described in paragraph 
(1)(D)(ii), including a description of the State Advisory Council’s 
responsibilities under paragraph (1)(D)(i); 
‘‘(ii) a description, for each fiscal year, of how the State 
will make effective use of funds available under this paragraph, 
with funds described in subparagraph (C), to create an early 
childhood education and care system, by developing or 
enhancing programs and activities consistent with the state-
wide strategic report described in paragraph (1)(D)(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 paragraph, which may be the individual designated 
under paragraph (1)(A)(ii); and 
‘‘(v) a description of how the State plans to sustain activities 
under this paragraph beyond the grant period. 
‘‘(C) The Federal share of the cost of activities proposed to 
be conducted under subparagraph (A) shall be 30 percent, and 
the State shall provide the non-Federal share. 
‘‘(D) Funds made available under this paragraph shall be used 
to supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local 
funds expended to carry out activities related to early childhood 
education and care in the State. 
‘‘(E) Not later than 18 months after the date a State receives 
a grant under this paragraph, the State shall submit an interim 
report to the Secretary. A State that receives a grant under this 
paragraph shall submit a final report to the Secretary at the end 
of the grant period. Each report shall include— 
‘‘(i) a description of the activities and services carried out 
under the grant, including the outcomes of such activities and 
services in meeting the needs described in the periodic needs 
assessment and statewide strategic report; 
‘‘(ii) information about how the State used such funds to 
meet the goals of this subsection through activities to develop 
or enhance high-quality systems of early childhood education 
and care, increase effectiveness of delivery systems and use 
of funds, and enhance existing programs and services; 
‘‘(iii) information regarding the remaining needs described 
in the periodic statewide needs assessment and statewide stra-
tegic report that have not yet been addressed by the State; 
and 
‘‘(iv) any other information that the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(F) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to provide 
the State Advisory Council with authority to modify, supersede, 
or negate the requirements of this subchapter.’’.
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SEC. 12. SUBMISSION OF PLANS. 
Section 643 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9838) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: ‘‘This section shall not apply 
to contracts, agreements, grants, loans, or other assistance for 
Indian Head Start programs or migrant or seasonal Head Start 
programs.’’. 
SEC. 13. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS. 
Section 644 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9839) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a)(1) Each Head Start agency shall observe standards of 
organization, management, and administration that will ensure, 
so far as reasonably possible, that all program activities are con-
ducted in a manner consistent with the purposes of this subchapter 
and the objective of providing 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 
policy. Each agency shall also provide for reasonable public access 
to information, including public hearings at the request of appro-
priate community groups and reasonable public access to books 
and records of the agency or other agencies engaged in program 
activities or operations involving the use of authority or funds 
for which it is responsible. 
‘‘(2) Each Head Start agency shall make available to the public 
a report published at least once in each fiscal year that discloses 
the following information from the most recently concluded fiscal 
year, except that reporting such information shall not reveal person-
ally identifiable information about an individual child or parent: 
‘‘(A) The total amount of public and private funds received 
and the amount from each source. 
‘‘(B) An explanation of budgetary expenditures and pro-
posed budget for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) The total number of children and families served, 
the average monthly enrollment (as a percentage of funded 
enrollment), and the percentage 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 med-
ical and dental exams. 
‘‘(F) Information about parent involvement activities. 
‘‘(G) The agency’s efforts to prepare children for kinder-
garten. 
‘‘(H) Any other information required by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) Each such agency shall adopt for itself and other agencies 
using funds or exercising authority for which it is responsible, 
rules designed to— 
‘‘(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 effective-
ness;
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‘‘(C) guard against personal or financial conflicts of interest; 
and 
‘‘(D) define employee duties in an appropriate manner that 
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 that is in violation 
of law.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E) 
as subparagraphs (B) through (F), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as 
redesignated by clause (i), the following: 
‘‘(A) a description of the efforts by the agency to coordinate 
or collaborate with other providers in the community to seek 
assistance, including financial assistance, prior to the use of 
funds under this section;’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, from the amount 
reserved under section 640(a)(2)(A),’’. 
SEC. 14. PARTICIPATION IN HEAD START PROGRAMS. 
Section 645 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a)(1)(A) The Secretary shall by regulation prescribe eligibility 
for the participation of persons in Head Start programs assisted 
under this subchapter. 
‘‘(B) Except as provided in paragraph (2), such regulation shall 
provide— 
‘‘(i) that children from low-income families shall be eligible 
for participation in programs assisted under this subchapter 
if their families’ incomes are below the poverty line, or if 
their families are eligible or, in the absence of child care, 
would potentially be eligible for public assistance; 
‘‘(ii) that homeless children shall be deemed to be eligible 
for such participation; 
‘‘(iii) that programs assisted under this subchapter may 
include— 
‘‘(I) to a reasonable extent (but not to exceed 10 percent 
of participants), participation of children in the area served 
who would benefit from such programs but who are not 
eligible under clause (i) or (ii); and 
‘‘(II) from the area served, an additional 35 percent 
of participants who are not eligible under clause (i) or 
(ii) and whose families have incomes below 130 percent 
of the poverty line, if— 
‘‘(aa) the Head Start agency involved establishes 
and implements outreach and enrollment policies and 
procedures that ensure such agency is meeting the 
needs of children eligible under clause (i) or (ii) (or 
subclause (I) if the child involved has a disability) 
prior to meeting the needs of children eligible under 
this subclause; and 
‘‘(bb) in prioritizing the selection of children to 
be served, the Head Start agency establishes criteria
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that provide that the agency will serve children eligible 
under clause (i) or (ii) prior to serving the children 
eligible under this subclause; 
‘‘(iv) that any Head Start agency serving children eligible 
under clause (iii)(II) shall report annually to the Secretary 
information on— 
‘‘(I) how such agency is meeting the needs of children 
eligible under clause (i) or (ii), in the area served, including 
local demographic data on families of children eligible 
under clause (i) or (ii); 
‘‘(II) the outreach and enrollment policies and proce-
dures established by the agency that ensure the agency 
is meeting the needs of children eligible under clause (i) 
or (ii) (or clause (iii)(I) if the child involved has a disability) 
prior to meeting the needs of children eligible under clause 
(iii)(II); 
‘‘(III) the efforts, including outreach efforts (that are 
appropriate to the community involved), of such agency 
to be fully enrolled with children eligible under clause 
(i) or (ii); 
‘‘(IV) the policies, procedures, and selection criteria 
such agency is implementing to serve eligible children, 
consistent with clause (iii)(II); 
‘‘(V) the agency’s enrollment level, and enrollment level 
over the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which the 
report is submitted; 
‘‘(VI) the number of children served by the agency, 
disaggregated by whether such children are eligible under 
clause (i), clause (ii), clause (iii)(I), or clause (iii)(II); and 
‘‘(VII) the eligibility criteria category of the children 
on the agency’s waiting list; 
‘‘(v) that a child who has been determined to meet the 
eligibility criteria described in this subparagraph and who is 
participating in a Head Start program in a program year shall 
be considered to continue to meet the eligibility criteria through 
the end of the succeeding program year. 
‘‘(C) In determining, for purposes of this paragraph, whether 
a child who has applied for enrollment in a Head Start program 
meets the eligibility criteria, an entity may consider evidence of 
family income during the 12 months preceding the month in which 
the application is submitted, or during the calendar year preceding 
the calendar year in which the application is submitted, whichever 
more accurately reflects the needs of the family at the time of 
application.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3)(A) In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) The term ‘dependent’ has the meaning given the term 
in paragraphs (2)(A) and (4)(A)(i) of section 401(a) of title 
37, United States Code. 
‘‘(ii) The terms ‘member’ and ‘uniformed services’ have the 
meanings given the terms in paragraphs (23) and (3), respec-
tively, of section 101 of title 37, United States Code. 
‘‘(B) The following amounts of pay and allowance of a member 
of the uniformed services shall not be considered to be income 
for purposes of determining the eligibility of a dependent of such 
member for programs funded under this subchapter:
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‘‘(i) The amount of any special pay payable under section 
310 of title 37, United States Code, relating to duty subject 
to hostile fire or imminent danger. 
‘‘(ii) The amount of basic allowance payable under section 
403 of such title, including any such amount that is provided 
on behalf of the member for housing that is acquired or con-
structed under the alternative authority for the acquisition 
and improvement of military housing under subchapter IV of 
chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, or any other related 
provision of law. 
‘‘(4) After demonstrating a need through a communitywide stra-
tegic planning and needs assessment, a Head Start agency may 
apply to the Secretary to convert part-day sessions, particularly 
consecutive part-day sessions, into full-working-day sessions. 
‘‘(5)(A) Upon written request and pursuant to the requirements 
of this paragraph, a Head Start agency may use funds that were 
awarded under this subchapter to serve children age 3 to compul-
sory school age, in order to serve infants and toddlers if the agency 
submits an application to the Secretary containing, as specified 
in rules issued by the Secretary, all of the following information: 
‘‘(i) The amount of such funds that are proposed to be 
used in accordance with section 645A(b). 
‘‘(ii) A communitywide strategic planning and needs assess-
ment 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 
Secretary pursuant to section 641A in areas including the 
agency’s approach to child development and provision of health 
services, approach to family and community partnerships, and 
approach to program design and management. 
‘‘(iv) A description of how the needs of eligible children 
will be met in the community. 
‘‘(v) Assurances that the agency will participate in technical 
assistance activities (including planning, start-up site visits, 
and national training activities) in the same manner as recipi-
ents of grants under section 645A. 
‘‘(vi) Evidence that the agency meets the same eligibility 
criteria as recipients of grants under section 645A. 
‘‘(B) An application that satisfies the requirements specified 
in subparagraph (A) shall be approved 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 subparagraph (A) is 
inadequate. 
‘‘(C) In approving such applications, the Secretary shall take 
into account the costs of serving persons under section 645A. 
‘‘(D) Any Head Start agency with an application approved under 
subparagraph (B) shall be considered to be an Early Head Start 
agency and shall be subject to the same rules, regulations, and 
conditions as apply to recipients of grants under section 645A, 
with respect to activities carried out under this paragraph.’’; 
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(age 
3 to compulsory school attendance)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)—
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(A) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, an Indian 
tribe or tribes that operates both an Early Head Start program 
under section 645A and a Head Start program may, at its discretion, 
at any time during the grant period involved, reallocate funds 
between the Early Head Start program and the Head Start program 
in order to address fluctuations in client populations, including 
pregnant women and children from birth to compulsory school 
age. The reallocation of such funds between programs by an Indian 
tribe or tribes during a year shall not serve as the basis for the 
Secretary to reduce a base grant (as defined in section 640(a)(7)) 
for either program in succeeding years.’’. 
SEC. 15. EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS. 
Section 645A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840a) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 645A. EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘for programs’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall make grants to entities (referred to in this sub-
chapter as ‘Early Head Start agencies’) in accordance with 
this section for programs (referred to in this subchapter as 
‘Early Head Start programs’)’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) provide services to parents to support their role as 
parents (including parenting skills training and training in 
basic child development) and services to help the families move 
toward self-sufficiency (including educational and employment 
services, as appropriate);’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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 tod-
dlers) to ensure a comprehensive array of services (such as 
health and mental health services and family support serv-
ices);’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (9), 
as paragraphs (7), (10), (11), and (12), respectively; 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: 
‘‘(6) ensure that children with documented behavioral prob-
lems, including problems involving behavior related to prior 
or existing trauma, receive appropriate screening and referral;’’; 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (7), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (C), the following: 
‘‘(8) develop and implement a systematic procedure for 
transitioning children and parents from an Early Head Start 
program to a Head Start program or other local early childhood 
education and development program; 
‘‘(9) establish channels of communication between staff of 
the Early Head Start program, and staff of a Head Start
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program or other local providers of early childhood education 
and development programs, to facilitate the coordination of 
programs;’’; and 
(F) by striking paragraph (11), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (C), and inserting the following: 
‘‘(11) ensure formal linkages with providers of early inter-
vention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities under 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 
et seq.), with the State interagency coordinating council, as 
established in part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), and with the agency respon-
sible for administering section 106 of the Child Abuse Preven-
tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a);’’; 
(4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘income criteria specified 
for families in section 645(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘eligibility cri-
teria specified in section 645(a)(1), including the criteria speci-
fied in section 645(a)(1)(B)(ii)’’; 
(5) in subsection (d), by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) entities operating Head Start programs under this 
subchapter; 
‘‘(2) entities operating Indian Head Start programs or 
migrant or seasonal Head Start programs; and 
‘‘(3) other public entities, and nonprofit or for-profit private 
entities, including community-based and faith-based organiza-
tions, capable of providing child and family services that meet 
the standards for participation in programs under this sub-
chapter and meet such other appropriate requirements relating 
to the activities under this section as the Secretary may estab-
lish.’’; 
(6) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘From’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘under this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary 
shall award grants under this section’’; 
(7) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(g) MONITORING, TRAINING, TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, 
AND 
EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—In order to ensure the successful oper-
ation of programs assisted under this section, the Secretary 
shall use funds made available under section 640(a)(2)(E) to 
monitor the operation of such programs, and funds made avail-
able under section 640(a)(2)(C)(i)(I) to provide training and 
technical assistance tailored to the particular needs of such 
programs, consistent with section 640(c). 
‘‘(2) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—Of the portion set aside under section 
640(a)(2)(C)(i)(I)— 
‘‘(i) not less than 50 percent shall be made avail-
able to Early Head Start agencies to use directly, which 
may include, at their discretion, the establishment of 
local or regional agreements with community experts, 
institutions of higher education, or private consultants, 
for training and technical assistance activities in order 
to make program improvements identified by such 
agencies; 
‘‘(ii) not less than 25 percent shall be available 
to the Secretary to support a State-based training and 
technical assistance system, or a national system,
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described in section 648(e), including infant and toddler 
specialists, to support Early Head Start agencies, con-
sistent with subparagraph (B); and 
‘‘(iii) the remainder of such amount shall be made 
available to the Secretary to assist Early Head Start 
agencies in meeting and exceeding the standards 
described in section 641A(a)(1) (directly, or through 
grants, contracts, or other agreements or arrangements 
with an entity with demonstrated expertise relating 
to infants, toddlers, and families) by— 
‘‘(I) providing ongoing training and technical 
assistance to Early Head Start agencies, including 
developing training and technical assistance mate-
rials and resources to support program develop-
ment and improvement and best practices in pro-
viding services to children and families served by 
Early Head Start programs; 
‘‘(II) supporting a national network of infant 
and toddler specialists designed to improve the 
quality of Early Head Start programs; 
‘‘(III) providing ongoing training and technical 
assistance on Early Head Start program develop-
ment and improvement for regional staff charged 
with monitoring and overseeing the administration 
of the program carried out under this section; and 
‘‘(IV) if funds remain after the activities 
described in subclauses (I), (II), and (III) are car-
ried out, carry out 1 or more of the following 
activities: 
‘‘(aa) Providing support and program plan-
ning and implementation assistance for new 
Early Head Start agencies, including for agen-
cies who want to use funds as described in 
section 645(a)(5) to serve infants and toddlers. 
‘‘(bb) Creating special training and tech-
nical assistance initiatives targeted to serving 
high-risk populations, such as children in the 
child welfare system and homeless children. 
‘‘(cc) Providing professional development 
designed to increase program participation for 
underserved populations of eligible children. 
‘‘(B) CONTRACTS.—For the purposes of supporting a 
State-based system, as described in subparagraph (A)(ii), 
that will meet the needs of Early Head Start agencies 
and provide high-quality, sustained, and intensive training 
and technical assistance on programming for infants and 
toddlers to Early Head Start agencies, and in order to 
help such agencies meet or exceed the standards described 
in section 641A(a)(1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) use funds reserved under subparagraph (A)(ii) 
in combination with funds reserved under section 
640(a)(2)(C)(i)(II)(bb) to ensure the contracts described 
in section 648(e)(1) provide for a minimum of 1 full- 
time specialist with demonstrated expertise in the 
development of infants and toddlers; and
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‘‘(ii) ensure that such contracts and the services 
provided in the contracts are integrated with and aug-
ment the contracts awarded and services provided 
under section 648(e);’’; and 
(8) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) CENTER-BASED STAFF.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure that, not later than September 30, 2010, all 
teachers providing direct services to children and families 
participating in Early Head Start programs located in Early 
Head Start centers, have a minimum of a child development 
associate credential, and have been trained (or have equivalent 
coursework) in early childhood development; and 
‘‘(2) establish staff qualification goals to ensure that not 
later than September 30, 2012, all such teachers have been 
trained (or have equivalent coursework) in early childhood 
development with a focus on infant and toddler development. 
‘‘(i) STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
‘‘(1) HOME VISITOR STAFF STANDARDS.—In order to further 
enhance the quality of home visiting services provided to fami-
lies of children participating in home-based, center-based, or 
combination program options under this subchapter, the Sec-
retary shall establish standards for training, qualifications, and 
the conduct of home visits for home visitor staff in Early Head 
Start programs. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF STANDARDS.—The standards for training, 
qualifications, and the conduct of home visits shall include 
content related to— 
‘‘(A) structured child-focused home visiting that pro-
motes parents’ ability to support the child’s cognitive, 
social, emotional, and physical development; 
‘‘(B) 
effective 
strengths-based 
parent 
education, 
including methods to encourage parents as their child’s 
first teachers; 
‘‘(C) early childhood development with respect to chil-
dren from birth through age 3; 
‘‘(D) methods to help parents promote emergent literacy 
in their children from birth through age 3, including use 
of research-based strategies to support the development 
of literacy and language skills for children who are limited 
English proficient; 
‘‘(E) ascertaining what health and developmental serv-
ices the family receives and working with providers of 
these services to eliminate gaps in service by offering 
annual 
health, 
vision, 
hearing, 
and 
developmental 
screening for children from birth to entry into kindergarten, 
when needed; 
‘‘(F) strategies for helping families coping with crisis; 
and 
‘‘(G) the relationship of health and well-being of preg-
nant women to prenatal and early child development.’’. 
SEC. 16. APPEALS, NOTICE, AND HEARING. 
Section 646(a) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9841(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘procedures to assure that’’;
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(2) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting ‘‘procedures 
to assure that’’ after the paragraph designation; 
(3) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(3) procedures to assure that financial assistance under 
this subchapter may be terminated or reduced, and an applica-
tion for refunding may be denied, after the recipient has been 
afforded reasonable notice and opportunity for a full and fair 
hearing, including— 
‘‘(A) a right to file a notice of appeal of a decision 
not later than 30 days after notice of the decision from 
the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) access to a full and fair hearing of the appeal, 
not later than 120 days after receipt by the Secretary 
of the notice of appeal; 
‘‘(4) procedures (including mediation procedures) are devel-
oped and published, to be used in order to— 
‘‘(A) resolve in a timely manner conflicts potentially 
leading to an adverse action between— 
‘‘(i) recipients of financial assistance under this 
subchapter; and 
‘‘(ii) delegate agencies, or policy councils of Head 
Start agencies; 
‘‘(B) avoid the need for an administrative hearing on 
an adverse action; and 
‘‘(C) prohibit a Head Start agency from expending 
financial assistance awarded under this subchapter for the 
purpose of paying legal fees, or other costs incurred, pursu-
ant to an appeal under paragraph (3); 
‘‘(5) procedures to assure that the Secretary may suspend 
financial assistance to a recipient under this subchapter— 
‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), for not 
more than 30 days; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a recipient under this subchapter 
that has multiple and recurring deficiencies for 180 days 
or more and has not made substantial and significant 
progress toward meeting the goals of the grantee’s quality 
improvement plan or eliminating all deficiencies identified 
by the Secretary, during the hearing of an appeal described 
in paragraph (3), for any amount of time; and 
‘‘(6) procedures to assure that in cases where a Head Start 
agency prevails in a decision under paragraph (4), the Secretary 
may determine and provide a reimbursement to the Head Start 
agency for fees deemed reasonable and customary.’’. 
SEC. 17. RECORDS AND AUDITS. 
Section 647 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9842) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) Each recipient of financial assistance under this subchapter 
shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain, and annually submit to the Secretary, a 
complete accounting of the recipient’s administrative expenses 
(including a detailed statement identifying the amount of finan-
cial assistance provided under this subchapter used to pay 
expenses for salaries and compensation and the amount (if 
any) of other funds used to pay such expenses);
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‘‘(2) not later than 30 days after the date of completion 
of an audit conducted in the manner and to the extent provided 
in chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known 
as the ‘Single Audit Act of 1984’), submit to the Secretary 
a copy of the audit management letter and of any audit findings 
as they relate to the Head Start program; and 
‘‘(3) provide such additional documentation as the Secretary 
may require.’’. 
SEC. 18. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING. 
Section 648 of the of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9843) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 648. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING. 
‘‘(a) SECRETARIAL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—From the funds provided under section 
640(a)(2)(C)(i), the Secretary shall provide, directly or through 
grants, contracts, or other agreements or arrangements as the 
Secretary considers appropriate, technical assistance and 
training for Head Start programs for the purposes of improving 
program quality and helping prepare children to succeed in 
school. 
‘‘(2) PROCESS.—The process for determining the technical 
assistance and training activities to be carried out under this 
section shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that the needs of local Head Start agencies 
and programs relating to improving program quality and 
to program expansion are addressed to the maximum 
extent practicable; and 
‘‘(B) incorporate mechanisms to ensure responsiveness 
to local needs, including an ongoing procedure for obtaining 
input from the individuals and agencies carrying out Head 
Start programs. 
‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES.—In providing training and technical assist-
ance and for allocating resources for such assistance under 
this section, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) give priority consideration to— 
‘‘(i) activities to correct program and management 
deficiencies identified through reviews carried out 
pursuant to section 641A(c) (including the provision 
of assistance to local programs in the development 
of 
quality 
improvement 
plans 
under 
section 
641A(d)(2)); 
‘‘(ii) assisting Head Start agencies in ensuring the 
school readiness of children; and 
‘‘(iii) activities that supplement those funded with 
amounts provided under section 640(a)(5)(B) to address 
the training and career development needs of classroom 
staff (including instruction for providing services to 
children with disabilities, and for activities described 
in section 1222(d) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965), and non-classroom staff, 
including home visitors and other staff working directly 
with families, including training relating to increasing 
parent involvement and services designed to increase 
family literacy and improve parenting skills; and 
‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable—
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‘‘(i) assist Head Start agencies in the development 
of collaborative initiatives with States and other enti-
ties within the States, to foster effective professional 
development systems for early childhood education and 
development services; 
‘‘(ii) provide technical assistance and training, 
either directly or through a grant, contract, or coopera-
tive agreement with an entity that has experience in 
the development and operation of successful family 
literacy services programs, for the purpose of— 
‘‘(I) assisting Head Start agencies providing 
family literacy services, in order to improve the 
quality of such family literacy services; and 
‘‘(II) enabling those Head Start agencies that 
demonstrate effective provision of family literacy 
services, based on improved outcomes for children 
and their parents, to provide technical assistance 
and training to other Head Start agencies and 
to service providers that work in collaboration with 
such agencies to provide family literacy services; 
‘‘(iii) assist Head Start agencies and programs in 
conducting and participating in communitywide stra-
tegic planning and needs assessments, including the 
needs of homeless children and their families, and 
in conducting self-assessments; 
‘‘(iv) assist Head Start agencies and programs in 
developing and implementing full-working-day and full 
calendar year programs where community need is 
clearly identified and making the transition to such 
programs, with particular attention to involving par-
ents and programming for children throughout the day, 
and assist the agencies and programs in expediting 
the sharing of information about innovative models 
for providing full-working-day, full calendar year serv-
ices for children; 
‘‘(v) assist Head Start agencies in better serving 
the needs of families with very young children, 
including providing support and program planning and 
implementation assistance for Head Start agencies that 
apply to serve or are serving additional infants and 
toddlers, in accordance with section 645(a)(5); 
‘‘(vi) assist Head Start agencies and programs in 
the development of sound management practices, 
including financial management procedures; 
‘‘(vii) assist in efforts to secure and maintain ade-
quate facilities for Head Start programs; 
‘‘(viii) assist Head Start agencies in developing 
innovative program models, including mobile and 
home-based programs; 
‘‘(ix) provide support for Head Start agencies 
(including policy councils and policy committees) that 
meet the standards described in section 641A(a) but 
that have, as documented by the Secretary through 
reviews conducted pursuant to section 641A(c), pro-
grammatic, quality, and fiscal issues to address;
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‘‘(x) assist Head Start agencies and programs in 
improving outreach to, increasing program participa-
tion of, and improving the quality of services available 
to meet the unique needs of— 
‘‘(I) homeless children; 
‘‘(II) limited English proficient children and 
their families, particularly in communities that 
have experienced a large percentage increase in 
the population of limited English proficient individ-
uals, as measured by the Bureau of the Census; 
and 
‘‘(III) children with disabilities, particularly if 
such program’s enrollment opportunities or funded 
enrollment for children with disabilities is less 
than 10 percent; 
‘‘(xi) assist Head Start agencies and programs to 
increase the capacity of classroom staff to meet the 
needs of eligible children in Head Start classrooms 
that are serving both children with disabilities and 
children without disabilities; 
‘‘(xii) assist Head Start agencies and programs to 
address the unique needs of programs located in rural 
communities, including— 
‘‘(I) removing barriers related to the recruit-
ment and retention of Head Start teachers in rural 
communities; 
‘‘(II) 
developing 
innovative 
and 
effective 
models of professional development for improving 
staff qualifications and skills for staff living in 
rural communities; 
‘‘(III) removing barriers related to outreach 
efforts to eligible families in rural communities; 
‘‘(IV) removing barriers to parent involvement 
in Head Start programs in rural communities; 
‘‘(V) removing barriers to providing home vis-
iting services in rural communities; and 
‘‘(VI) removing barriers to obtaining health 
screenings for Head Start participants in rural 
communities; 
‘‘(xiii) provide training and technical assistance to 
members of governing bodies, policy councils, and, as 
appropriate, policy committees, to ensure that the 
members can fulfill their functions; 
‘‘(xiv) provide activities that help ensure that Head 
Start programs have qualified staff who can promote 
prevention of childhood obesity by integrating develop-
mentally appropriate research-based initiatives that 
stress the importance of physical activity and healthy, 
nutritional choices in daily classroom and family rou-
tines; 
‘‘(xv) assist Indian Head Start agencies to provide 
on-site and off-site training to staff, using approaches 
that identify and enhance the positive resources and 
strengths of Indian children and families, to improve 
parent and family engagement and staff development, 
particularly with regard to child and family develop-
ment; and
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‘‘(xvi) assisting Head Start agencies in selecting 
and using the measures described in section 641A(b). 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.—The Secretary shall provide, either 
directly or through grants, contracts or other arrangements, funds 
from section 640(a)(2)(C)(i)(II)(cc) to— 
‘‘(1) support an organization to administer a centralized 
child development and national assessment program leading 
to recognized credentials for personnel working in early child-
hood education and development programs; and 
‘‘(2) support training for personnel— 
‘‘(A) providing services to limited English proficient 
children and their families (including services to promote 
the acquisition of the English language); 
‘‘(B) providing services to children determined to be 
abused or neglected or children referred by or receiving 
child welfare services; 
‘‘(C) in helping children cope with community violence; 
‘‘(D) to recognize common health, including mental 
health, problems in children for appropriate referral; 
‘‘(E) to address the needs of children with disabilities 
and their families; 
‘‘(F) to address the needs of migrant and seasonal 
farmworker families; and 
‘‘(G) to address the needs of homeless families. 
‘‘(c) OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall develop and implement 
a program of outreach to recruit and train professionals from diverse 
backgrounds to become Head Start teachers in order to reflect 
the communities in which Head Start children live and to increase 
the provision of quality services and instruction to children with 
diverse backgrounds. 
‘‘(d) FUNDS TO AGENCIES.—Funds made available under section 
640(a)(2)(C)(i)(II)(aa) shall be used by a Head Start agency to pro-
vide high-quality, sustained, and intensive training and technical 
assistance as follows: 
‘‘(1) For 1 or more of the following: 
‘‘(A) Activities that ensure that Head Start programs 
meet or exceed the standards described in section 
641A(a)(1). 
‘‘(B) Activities that ensure that Head Start programs 
have adequate numbers of trained, qualified staff who have 
skills in working with children and families, including chil-
dren and families who are limited English proficient and 
children with disabilities and their families. 
‘‘(C) Activities to improve the management and 
implementation of Head Start services and systems, 
including direct training for expert consultants working 
with staff. 
‘‘(D) Activities that help ensure that Head Start pro-
grams have qualified staff who can promote language skills 
and literacy growth of children and who can provide chil-
dren 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). 
‘‘(E) Activities to improve staff qualifications and to 
assist with the implementation of career development pro-
grams and to encourage the staff to continually improve
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their skills and expertise, including developing partner-
ships with programs that recruit, train, place, and support 
college students in Head Start centers to deliver an innova-
tive early learning program to preschool children. 
‘‘(F) Activities that help local programs ensure that 
the arrangement, condition, and implementation of the 
learning environments in Head Start programs are condu-
cive to providing effective program services to children 
and families. 
‘‘(G) Activities to provide training necessary to improve 
the qualifications of Head Start staff and to support staff 
training, child counseling, health services, and other serv-
ices necessary to address the needs of children enrolled 
in Head Start programs, including children from families 
in crises, children who experience chronic violence or 
homelessness, children who experience substance abuse in 
their families, and children under 3 years of age, where 
applicable. 
‘‘(H) Activities to provide classes or in-service-type pro-
grams to improve or enhance parenting skills, job skills, 
and adult and family literacy, including financial literacy, 
or training to become a classroom aide or bus driver in 
a Head Start program. 
‘‘(I) Additional activities deemed appropriate to the 
improvement of Head Start programs, as determined by 
the technical assistance and training plans of the Head 
Start agencies. 
‘‘(2) To support enhanced early language and literacy 
development of children in Head Start programs, and to provide 
the children with high-quality oral language skills and with 
environments that are rich in literature in which to acquire 
language and early literacy skills. Each Head Start agency, 
in consultation with the State-based training and technical 
assistance system, as appropriate, shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) all of the agency’s Head Start teachers receive 
ongoing training in language and emergent literacy 
(referred to in this subsection as ‘literacy training’), 
including appropriate curricula and assessment to improve 
instruction and learning; 
‘‘(B) such literacy training shall include training in 
methods to promote vocabulary development and phono-
logical awareness (including phonemic awareness) in a 
developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate 
manner and support children’s development in their native 
language; 
‘‘(C) the literacy training shall include training in how 
to work with parents to enhance positive language and 
early literacy development at home; 
‘‘(D) the literacy training shall include specific methods 
to best address the needs of children who are limited 
English proficient; 
‘‘(E) the literacy training shall include training on how 
to best address the language and literacy needs of children 
with disabilities, including training on how to work with 
specialists in language development; and
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‘‘(F) the literacy training shall be tailored to the early 
childhood literacy background and experience of the 
teachers involved; 
except that funds made available under section 640(a)(2)(C)(i) 
shall not be used for long-distance travel expenses for training 
activities available locally or regionally or for training activities 
substantially similar to locally or regionally available training 
activities. 
‘‘(e) STATE-BASED
TRAINING
AND
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE 
SYSTEM.—For the purposes of delivering a State-based training 
and technical assistance system (which may include a consortium 
of 2 or more States within a region) or a national system in 
the case of migrant or seasonal Head Start and Indian Head Start 
programs, as described in section 640(a)(2)(C)(i)(II)(bb), that will 
meet the needs of local grantees, as determined by such grantees, 
and provide high-quality, sustained, and intensive training and 
technical assistance to Head Start agencies and programs in order 
to improve their capacity to deliver services that meet or exceed 
the standards described in section 641A(a)(1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) enter into contracts in each State with 1 or more 
entities that have a demonstrated expertise in supporting the 
delivery of high-quality early childhood education and develop-
ment programs, except that contracts for a consortium of 2 
or more States within a geographic region may be entered 
into if such a system is more appropriate to better meet the 
needs of local grantees within a region, as determined by such 
grantees; 
‘‘(2) ensure that the entities described in subparagraph 
(1) determine the types of services to be provided through 
consultation with— 
‘‘(A) local Head Start agencies (including Indian Head 
Start agencies and migrant or seasonal Head Start agen-
cies, as appropriate); 
‘‘(B) the State Head Start collaboration office; and 
‘‘(C) the State Head Start Association; 
‘‘(3) encourage States to supplement the funds authorized 
in section 640(a)(2)(C)(i)(II)(bb) with Federal, State, or local 
funds other than funds made available under this subchapter, 
to expand training and technical assistance activities beyond 
Head Start agencies to include other providers of other early 
childhood education and development programs within a State; 
‘‘(4) provide a 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, not 
later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year, summarizing 
the funding for such contracts and the activities carried out 
thereunder; 
‘‘(5) periodically evaluate the effectiveness of the delivery 
of services in each State in promoting program quality; and 
‘‘(6) ensure that in entering into such contracts as described 
in paragraph (1), such entities will address the needs of 
grantees in both urban and rural communities. 
‘‘(f) INDOOR AIR QUALITY.—The Secretary shall consult with 
appropriate Federal agencies and other experts, as appropriate, 
on issues of air quality related to children’s health and inform 
Head Start agencies of existing programs or combination of pro-
grams that provide methods for improving indoor air quality.
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‘‘(g) CAREER ADVANCEMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—From amounts allocated under section 
640(a)(2)(C) the Secretary is authorized to award demonstration 
grants, for a period of not less than 5 years, to historically 
Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, 
and Tribal Colleges and Universities— 
‘‘(A) to implement education programs that increase 
the number of associate, baccalaureate, and graduate 
degrees in early childhood education and related fields 
that are earned by Head Start agency staff members, par-
ents of children served by such agencies, and members 
of the communities involved; 
‘‘(B) to provide assistance for stipends and costs related 
to tuition, fees, and books for enrolling Head Start agency 
staff members, parents of children served by such an 
agency, and members of the communities involved in 
courses required to complete the degree and certification 
requirement to become teachers in early childhood edu-
cation and related fields; 
‘‘(C) to develop program curricula to promote high- 
quality services and instruction to children with diverse 
backgrounds, including— 
‘‘(i) in the case of historically Black colleges and 
universities, to help Head Start Agency staff members 
develop skills and expertise needed to teach in pro-
grams serving large numbers of African American chil-
dren; 
‘‘(ii) in the case of Hispanic-serving institutions, 
programs to help Head Start Agency staff members 
develop skills and expertise needed to teach in pro-
grams serving large numbers of Hispanic children, 
including programs to develop the linguistic skills and 
expertise needed to teach in programs serving a large 
number of children with limited English proficiency; 
and 
‘‘(iii) in the case of Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities, to help Head Start Agency staff members 
develop skills and expertise needed to teach in pro-
grams serving large numbers of Indian children, 
including programs concerning tribal culture and lan-
guage; 
‘‘(D) to provide other activities to upgrade the skills 
and qualifications of educational personnel to meet the 
professional standards in subsection (a) to better promote 
high-quality services and instruction to children and par-
ents from populations served by historically Black colleges 
and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, or Tribal 
Colleges and Universities; 
‘‘(E) to provide technology literacy programs for Indian 
Head Start agency staff members and families of children 
served by such agency; and 
‘‘(F) to develop and implement the programs described 
under subparagraph (A) in technology-mediated formats, 
including through such means as distance learning and 
use of advanced technology, as appropriate.
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‘‘(2) OTHER
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall, using 
resources within the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices— 
‘‘(A) provide appropriate technical assistance to histori-
cally Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving 
institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities receiving 
grants under this section, including coordinating with the 
White House Initiative on historically Black colleges and 
universities; and 
‘‘(B) ensure that the American Indian Programs Branch 
of the Office of Head Start of the Administration for Chil-
dren and Families of the Department of Health and Human 
Services can effectively administer the programs under 
this section and provide appropriate technical assistance 
to Tribal Colleges and Universities under this section. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—Each historically Black college or 
university, Hispanic-serving institution, or Tribal College or 
University desiring a grant under this section shall submit 
an application, in partnership with at least 1 Head Start agency 
enrolling large numbers of students from the populations served 
by historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving 
institutions, or Tribal Colleges and Universities, to the Sec-
retary, at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require, including a certifi-
cation that the institution of higher education has established 
a formal partnership with 1 or more Head Start agencies for 
the purposes of conducting the activities described in paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 502 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a). 
‘‘(B) The term ‘historically Black college or university’ 
has the meaning given the term ‘part B institution’ in 
section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1061(2)). 
‘‘(C) The term ‘Tribal College or University’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 316(b) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)). 
‘‘(5) TEACHING REQUIREMENT.—A student at an institution 
receiving a grant under this subsection who receives assistance 
under a program funded under this subsection shall teach 
in a center-based Head Start program for a period of time 
equivalent to the period for which they received assistance 
or shall repay such assistance.’’. 
SEC. 19. STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT. 
Section 648A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9843a) is 
amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) CLASSROOM TEACHERS.— 
‘‘(1) PROFESSIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that each Head Start classroom in a center-based pro-
gram is assigned 1 teacher who has demonstrated competency 
to perform functions that include— 
‘‘(A) planning and implementing learning experiences 
that advance the intellectual and physical development