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thereof that area used for program purposes), reasonably
evaluated, and employee and employer contributions.
(d) Fees collected for services pursuant to section 105
(a)(8) shall be deemed financial assistance for purposes
of section 104 (a)(3).
(e) If, with respect to any fiscal year, a prime sponsor
or project applicant provides nonFederal contributions for
any program, service, or activity exceeding its require-
ments, such excess may be applied toward meeting the re-
quirements for such contributions for the subsequent fiscal
year under this part.
(f) No State or locality shall reduce its expenditures
for early childhood education or child care programs by
reason of assistance under this part.
TITLE II—TRAINING, TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, PLANNING, AND
EVALUATION
SEC. 201. PRESERVICE AND INSERVICE TRAINING.
The Secretary is authorized to make payments to
provide financial assistance to enable individuals employed
or preparing for employment in early childhood education
program assisted under this Act, including volunteers, to
participate in programs of preservice or inservice training
for professional and nonprofessional personnel, to be con-
ducted by any agency carrying out an early childhood edu-
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cation program, or any institution of higher education, in-
cluding a community college, or by any combination
thereof.
SEC. 202. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PLANNING.
The Secretary shall, directly or through grant or con-
tract, make technical assistance available to prime spon-
sors and to project applicants participating or seeking to
participate in programs assisted under this title on a con-
tinuing basis to assist them in planning, developing, and
carrying out early childhood education programs.
SEC. 203. EVALUATION.
(a) The Secretary shall make an evaluation of Fed-
eral involvement in early childhood education activities
and services, which shall include—
(1) enumeration and description of all Federal
activities which affect early childhood education;
(2) analysis of expenditures of Federal funds
for such activities and services;
(3) determination of the effectiveness of such
activities and services;
(4) the extent to which preschool, minority
group, and economically disadvantaged children and
their parents have participated in programs under
this title; and
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(5) such recommendations to Congress as the
Secretary may deem appropriate.
(b) The results of the evaluation required by sub-
section (a) of this section shall be reported to Congress
not later than two years after enactment of this title.
(c) The Secretary shall establish such procedures as
may be necessary to conduct an annual evaluation of Fed-
eral involvement in early childhood education programs,
and shall report the results of each such evaluation to
Congress.
(d) Prime sponsors and project applicants assisted
under this Act and departments and agencies of the Fed-
eral Government shall, upon request by the Secretary,
make available, consistent with other provisions of law,
such information as the Secretary determines is necessary
for purposes of making the evaluation required under sub-
section (c) of this section.
(e) The Secretary may enter into contracts with pub-
lic or private agencies, organizations, or individuals to
carry out the provisions of this section.
(f) The Secretary shall reserve for the purposes of
this section not less than 1 percent, and may reserve for
such purposes not more than 2 percent, of the amounts
available under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 5(a) of
this Act for any fiscal year.
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SEC. 204. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION SERVICES.
(a) The Secretary shall, after consultation with other
Federal agencies and with the Committee established pur-
suant to subsection (c) of this section, promulgate a com-
mon set of program standards which shall be applicable
to all programs providing early childhood education serv-
ices with Federal assistance under this Act, to be known
as the Federal Standards for Early Childhood Education.
If the Secretary disapproves the Committee’s rec-
ommendations, the Secretary shall state the reasons there-
for.
(b) The Secretary shall, within sixty days after enact-
ment of this title, appoint a Special Committee on Federal
Standards for Early Childhood Education, which shall in-
cluded parents of children enrolled in early childhood edu-
cation programs, representatives of public and private
agencies administering early childhood education pro-
grams, and organization specialists, and others interested
in the development of children. Not less than one-half of
the membership of the Committee shall consist of parents
of children participating in programs conducted under
title I of this Act. Such Committee shall participate in the
development of Federal Standards for Early Childhood
Education and modifications thereof as provided in sub-
section (a).
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SEC. 205. DEVELOPMENT OF UNIFORM MINIMUM CODE FOR
FACILITIES.
(a) The Secretary shall, within sixty days after enact-
ment of this bill appoint a special committee to develop
a uniform minimum code for facilities, to be used in licens-
ing early childhood education facilities. Such standards
shall deal principally with those matters essential to the
health, safety, and physical comfort of the children and
the relationship of such matters to the Federal Standards
for Early Childhood Education.
(b) The special committee appointed under this sec-
tion shall include parents of children participating in child
development programs and representatives of State and
local licensing agencies, public health officials, fire preven-
tion officials, the construction industry and unions, public
and private agencies or organizations administering early
childhood education programs, and national agencies or
organizations interested in the development of children.
Not less than one-third of the membership of the commit-
tee shall consist of parents of children enrolled in such
programs.
(c) Within one year after its appointment, the special
committee shall complete a proposed uniform minimum
code for facilities and shall hold public hearings on the
proposed code prior to submitting its final recommenda-
tion to the Secretary for approval.
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(d) After considering the recommendations submitted
by the special committee in accordance with subsection (c),
the Secretary shall promulgate standards which shall be
applicable to all facilities receiving Federal financial as-
sistance under this Act or in which programs receiving
Federal financial assistance under this Act are operated.
If the Secretary disapproves the committee’s recommenda-
tions, the Secretary shall state the reasons therefor. The
Secretary shall also distribute such standards and urge
their adoption by States and local governments. The Sec-
retary may from time to time modify the uniform code
for facilities in accordance with procedures set forth in
this section.
TITLE 
III—MODEL 
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT EARLY CHILD-
HOOD 
EDUCATION 
PRO-
GRAMS
SEC. 301. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
(a) The Secretary is authorized to provide financial
assistance for the purpose of establishing and operating
model early childhood education programs (including the
lease, rental, or construction of necessary facilities and the
acquisition of necessary equipment and supplies) for the
children of civilian employees of the Federal Government.