TITLE II—CHILD CARE AND DE-
VELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 201. ELIGIBILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 658P(4)(C)(i) of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9858n(4)(C)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘job train-
ing or educational program’’ and inserting ‘‘job training 
or educational program (which may be a program of study 
at an institution of higher education (as defined in section 
102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002)), a program of secondary education, or a program 
of study leading to the recognized equivalent of a sec-
ondary school diploma)’’. 
(b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 658E(c)(2) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(W) ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS.—The plan 
shall contain an assurance that the State will 
not use any requirement for the eligibility of a 
child under this subchapter that is more restric-
tive than the requirements of (including regula-
tions issued under) this subchapter, such as a 
family income standard, or a work, training, or 
education standard, that is more restrictive 
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than 
the 
standards 
specified 
in 
section 
658P(4).’’. 
SEC. 202. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
Section 658H(c) of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858f(c)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or a child care cen-
ter covered by section 123(b) of the Preparing and 
Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Child-
hood Teachers Act’’ before ‘‘if such’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, including 
a child care center covered by section 123(b) of the 
Preparing and Resourcing Our Student Parents and 
Early Childhood Teachers Act,’’ before ‘‘shall be in-
eligible’’. 
SEC. 203. INCREASED FEDERAL MATCHING PAYMENTS FOR 
CHILD CARE. 
Section 418(a)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 618(a)(2)(C)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) FEDERAL MATCHING OF STATE EX-
PENDITURES.—The Secretary shall pay to each 
eligible State for a fiscal year an amount equal 
to the lesser of— 
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‘‘(i) the State’s allotment under sub-
paragraph (B); or 
‘‘(ii) the sum of— 
‘‘(I) in the case of a State that 
provides payments for child care as-
sistance for infants and toddlers 
(within the meaning of section 658G 
of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990) at not less 
than 75 percent of the market rates, 
based on the most recent market rate 
survey 
conducted 
under 
section 
658E(c)(4)(B), taking into account 
the geographic area, type of child 
care, and age of the child, 90 percent 
of the State’s expenditures for such 
assistance; and 
‘‘(II) the amount equal to the 
Federal medical assistance percentage 
that applies to the State for the fiscal 
year under section 1905(b) (without 
regard to any adjustments to such 
percentage applicable under that sec-
tion or any other provision of law) of 
so much of the State’s expenditures 
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for child care in that fiscal year for 
children other than infants and tod-
dlers.’’. 
TITLE III—OUTREACH REGARD-
ING THE DEPENDENT CARE 
ALLOWANCE 
FOR 
FEDERAL 
STUDENT AID 
SEC. 301. SHARING DEPENDENT CARE ALLOWANCE INFOR-
MATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID. 
Section 132(h)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a(h)(4)) is amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND INFORMATION’’ after ‘‘DISCLAIMER’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) explaining— 
‘‘(i) that a student with a dependent 
may be eligible to include a dependent care 
allowance described in section 471(a)(8) in 
the student’s cost of attendance; 
‘‘(ii) the effect that a dependent care 
allowance may have on the amount of fi-
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nancial aid available to the student from 
the institution; and 
‘‘(iii) how to apply for the dependent 
care allowance.’’. 
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