‘‘(E) To ensure that the Head Start agen-
cy is operated in compliance with applicable 
Federal, State, and local laws (including regula-
tions), and to monitor agency implementation of 
any corrective action necessary to comply with 
applicable laws (including regulations); 
‘‘(F) To oversee the program planning of 
the Head Start agency, including adoption of 
the Head Start agency philosophy and mission 
statement, adoption of policies for determining 
community needs, setting long- and short-range 
goals and objectives, establishment of criteria 
for selecting families in Head Start or Early 
Head Start programs, and to oversee and ap-
prove the agency’s applications to receive funds 
made available under this subchapter; and 
‘‘(G) To establish, adopt, and periodically 
update a written ‘Standards of Conduct’ that 
establishes standards and procedures for dis-
closing and addressing conflicts of interest, and 
the appearance of conflicts of interest, by board 
members, officers, employees, consultants, and 
agents who provide services or furnish goods to 
the Head Start agency.
‘‘(5) Seek the involvement of parents, area resi-
dents, and local business in the design and imple-
mentation of the program. 
‘‘(6) Provide technical and other support need-
ed to enable parents and area residents to secure on 
their own behalf available assistance from public and 
private sources. 
‘‘(7) Establish effective procedures to facilitate 
the involvement of parents of participating children 
in activities designed to help such parents become 
full partners in the education of their children, and 
to afford such parents the opportunity to participate 
in the development and overall conduct of the pro-
gram at the local level. 
‘‘(8) Conduct outreach to schools in which 
Head Start children enroll, local educational agen-
cies, the local business community, community-based 
organizations, faith-based organizations, museums, 
and libraries to generate support and leverage the 
resources of the entire local community in order to 
improve school readiness. 
‘‘(9) Offer (directly or through referral to local 
entities, such as entities carrying out Even Start 
programs under subpart 3 of part B of chapter 1 of 
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2741 et seq.)), to parents 
of participating children, family literacy services and 
parenting skills training. 
‘‘(10) Offer to parents of participating children 
substance abuse counseling (either directly or 
through referral to local entities), including informa-
tion on drug-exposed infants and fetal alcohol syn-
drome. 
‘‘(11) At the option of such agency, offer (di-
rectly or through referral to local entities), to such 
parents—
‘‘(A) training in basic child development 
(including cognitive development); 
‘‘(B) assistance in developing literacy and 
communication skills; 
‘‘(C) opportunities to share experiences 
with other parents (including parent-mentor re-
lationships); 
‘‘(D) regular in-home visitation; or 
‘‘(E) any other activity designed to help 
such parents become full partners in the edu-
cation of their children. 
‘‘(12) Provide, with respect to each partici-
pating family, a family needs assessment that in-
cludes consultation with such parents about the ben-
efits of parent involvement and about the activities 
described in paragraphs (5) through (8) in which 
such parents may choose to be involved (taking into 
consideration their specific family needs, work sched-
ules, and other responsibilities). 
‘‘(13) Consider providing services to assist 
younger siblings of children participating in its Head 
Start program to obtain health services from other 
sources. 
‘‘(14) Perform community outreach to encour-
age individuals previously unaffiliated with Head 
Start programs to participate in its Head Start pro-
gram as volunteers. 
‘‘(15)(A) Inform custodial parents in single-par-
ent families that participate in programs, activities, 
or services carried out or provided under this sub-
chapter about the availability of child support serv-
ices for purposes of establishing paternity and ac-
quiring child support; and 
‘‘(B) refer eligible parents to the child support 
offices of State and local governments.’’; 
(b) COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION.—Section 
642(c) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9837(c)) is 
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) The head of each Head Start agency shall co-
ordinate and collaborate with the State agency responsible 
for administering the State program carried out under the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9858 et seq.), and other early childhood education 
and development programs, including programs under 
subtitle VII–B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431–11435), Even Start programs 
under subpart 3 of part B of chapter 1 of title I of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 2741 et seq.), and programs under Part C and sec-
tion 619 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1431–1445, 1419), and the Child Abuse Pre-
vention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a), serving the 
children and families served by the Head Start agency to 
carry out the provisions of this subchapter.’’. 
(c) OTHER COORDINATION.—Section 642(d) of the 
Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9837(d)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(4) as paragraph (5) through (7), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—
‘‘(A) LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—In 
communities where both public prekindergarten
programs and Head Start programs operate, a 
Head Start agency shall collaborate and coordi-
nate activities with the local educational agency 
or other public agency responsible for the oper-
ation of the prekindergarten program and pro-
viders of prekindergarten, including outreach 
activities to identify eligible children. 
‘‘(B) ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.—Head Start 
staff shall, with the permission of the parents 
of children enrolled in Head Start programs, 
regularly communicate with the elementary 
schools such children will be attending—
‘‘(i) to share information about such 
children; 
‘‘(ii) to get advice and support from 
the teachers in such elementary schools 
participating in programs funded under 
title I of subpart 1 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 regard-
ing scientifically based teaching strategies 
and options; and 
‘‘(iii) to ensure a smooth transition to 
elementary school for such children. 
‘‘(C) OTHER
PROGRAMS.—The head of 
each Head Start agency shall coordinate activi-