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grams to deliver services pursuant to section 
648(b); 
‘‘(I) to develop a plan for increasing the 
participation of children underrepresented in 
State early childhood education and child care 
programs, including Head Start, State pre-
school programs, and programs carried out 
under the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.); 
‘‘(J) developing a Statewide professional 
development and career ladder plan for early 
care and education in the State; and 
‘‘(K) assisting 2- and 4-year public and 
private institutions of higher education to de-
velop articulation agreements concerning de-
grees in early childhood and related fields. 
‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be con-
strued to provide the Early Learning Council with 
authority to modify, supersede, or affect the oper-
ation of this subchapter. 
‘‘(5) Funds made available under this section 
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other 
Federal, State, and local funds that would otherwise 
be expended to carry out the purposes of this sec-
tion.’’. 
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SEC. 11. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS AND STAND-
ARDS. 
Section 644 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9839) 
is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) STANDARDS.—Each Head Start agency 
shall observe standards of organization, manage-
ment, and administration which will ensure, so far 
as reasonably possible, that all program activities 
are conducted in a manner consistent with the pur-
poses of this subchapter and the objective of pro-
viding 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 pol-
icy. Each agency shall also provide for reasonable 
public access to information, including public hear-
ings at the request of appropriate community groups 
and reasonable public access to books and records of 
the agency or other agencies engaged in program ac-
tivities or operations involving the use of authority 
or funds for which it is responsible. 
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‘‘(2) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Each Head Start 
agency shall make available to the public a report 
published at least once in each fiscal year that dis-
closes the following information from the then most 
recently concluded fiscal year, except that reporting 
such information shall not reveal personally identifi-
able information about an individual child or parent: 
‘‘(A) The total amount of public and pri-
vate funds received and the amount from each 
source. 
‘‘(B) An explanation of budgetary expendi-
tures and proposed budget for the following fis-
cal year. 
‘‘(C) The total number of children and 
families served and percent of average monthly 
enrollment, including the percent 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 medical and dental exams. 
‘‘(F) Information about parent involvement 
activities. 
‘‘(G) The agency’s efforts to prepare chil-
dren for kindergarten. 
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‘‘(H) Any other information required by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) 
PROCEDURAL
CONDUCT.—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 effectiveness; 
‘‘(C) guard against personal or financial 
conflicts of interest; and 
‘‘(D) define employee duties in an appro-
priate manner which 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 
which is in violation of law.’’, and 
(2) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol-
lows: 
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