establish appropriate procedures to permit prime sponsors
to submit jointly a single comprehensive early childhood
education plan for the areas served by such prime spon-
sors.
SEC. 105. PROJECT APPLICATIONS.
(a) ASSISTANCE TO PROJECT APPLICANT.—Finan-
cial assistance under this Act may be provided to a project
applicant for any fiscal year only pursuant to a project
application which is submitted by a public or private agen-
cy and which provides that—
(1) funds will be provided for carrying out any
early childhood education program under this part
only to a qualified public or private agency or orga-
nization, including but not limited to a community
action agency, single purpose Head Start agency,
community development corporation, parent coopera-
tive, organization of migrant agricultural workers,
organization of Native Americans, Alaskan Natives,
and Native Hawaiians, private organization inter-
ested in early childhood education, employer or busi-
ness organization, labor union, employee or labor
management organization, or public or private edu-
cational agency or institution;
(2) project policy committees shall be estab-
lished and maintained, consisting of not less than
ten members, composed so that—
(A) not less than half of the members of
each such committee shall be parents of chil-
dren served in such projects, and
(B) the remaining members of such com-
mittee shall be comprised—
(i) of persons who are representative
of the community and who shall be ap-
proved by the parent members, and
(ii) of persons, the number of which
shall be not less than one-third nor more
than one-half of the number of members
appointed under clause (i), who are par-
ticularly skilled by virtue of training or ex-
perience in early childhood education, child
health, child welfare, or other child serv-
ices, except that the Secretary may waive
the requirement of this clause (ii) to the
extent that he/she determines, in accord-
ance with regulations prescribed by the
Secretary, that such persons are not avail-
able to the area to be served;
(3) provision will be made for direct participa-
tion of such policy committees in the development
and preparation of project applications under this
part;
(4) adequate provision will be made for training
and other administrative expenses of such policy
committee (including necessary expenses to enable
low-income members to participate in council or
committee meetings);
(5) project policy committees shall have respon-
sibility for approving basic goals, policies, actions,
and procedures for the project applicant, including
policies with respect to planning, overall conduct,
personnel, budgeting, location of centers and facili-
ties, and direction and evaluation of projects;
(6) programs assisted under this title will pro-
vide for such comprehensive health, nutritional, edu-
cation, social, and other services, as are necessary
for the full cognitive, emotional and physical devel-
opment of each participating child;
(7) adequate provision will be made for the reg-
ular and frequent dissemination of information in
the functional language of those to be served, to as-
sure that parents and interested persons are fully in-
formed of project activities.
(8)(A) no charge for services provided under an
early childhood education program will be made with
respect to any child who is economically disadvan-
taged, except to the extent that payment will be
made by a third party (including a public agency)
which is authorized or required to pay for such serv-
ices; and
(B) such charges will be made with respect to
a child who is not economically disadvantaged in ac-
cordance with an appropriate fee schedule which
shall be established by the Secretary by regulation
and which is based upon the ability of the family to
pay for such services, including the extent to which
any third party (including a public agency) is au-
thorized or required to make payments for such
services;
(9) children will in no case be excluded from the
programs operated pursuant to this part because of
their participation in non-public preschool or school
programs or because of the intention of their par-
ents to enroll them in non-public schools when they
attain school age;
(10) program will, to the extent appropriate,
employ paraprofessional aides and volunteers, espe-
cially parents, older children, students, older per-
sons, and persons preparing for careers in early
childhood education programs;
(11) there are assurances satisfactory to the
Secretary that the non-Federal share requirements
will be met; and
(12) provisions will be made for such fiscal con-
trol and fund accounting procedures as the Sec-
retary shall prescribe to assure proper disbursement
of and accounting for Federal funds.
(b) PROJECT APPLICATION APPROVAL.—A project
application submitted in accordance with subsection (a) of
this section may be approved by the Secretary if deter-
mined that it meets the purpose of this title.
SEC. 106. SPECIAL GRANTS TO STATES.
Upon application submitted by any State, the Sec-
retary is authorized to provide financial assistance for use
by such State for carrying out activities for the purposes
of—
(1) identifying early childhood education goals
and needs within the State;
(2) assisting in the establishing of Early Child-
hood Education Councils and strengthening the ca-
pability of such Councils to effectively plan, super-
vise, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate early child-
hood education programs;
(3) encouraging the cooperation and participa-
tion of State agencies in providing early childhood
education and related services, including health,
family planning, mental health, nutrition, and fam-
ily, social and rehabilitative services where requested
by appropriate prime sponsors in the development
and implementation of comprehensive early child-
hood education plans;
(4) encouraging the full utilization of resources
and facilities for early childhood education programs
within the State;
(5) disseminating the results of research on
early childhood education programs;
(6) conducting programs for the exchange of
personnel involved in early childhood education pro-
grams within the State;
(7) assisting public and private nonprofit agen-
cies and organizations in the acquisition or improve-
ment of facilities for early childhood education pro-
grams;
(8) assessing State and local licensing codes as
they relate to early childhood education programs
within the State; and
(9) developing information useful in reviewing
prime sponsorship plans under section 102(g) and of
Comprehensive Early Childhood Education Plans
under section 104(b)(3).
SEC. 107. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS FOR PROGRAMS IN-
CLUDING CONSTRUCTION.
(a) CONSTRUCTION.—Applications for financial as-
sistance for projects, including construction, may be ap-
proved only if the Secretary determines that construction
of such facilities is essential to the provision of adequate
early childhood education services, and that rental, ren-
ovation, remodeling, or leasing of adequate facilities is not
practicable.
(b) RECOVERY OF FUNDS.—If any facility assisted
under this title shall cease to be used for the purpose for
which it was constructed, the United States shall be enti-
tled to recover from the applicant or other owner of the
facility an amount which bears to the then value of the
facility (or so much thereof as constituted an approved
project) the same ratio as the amount of such Federal
funds bore to the cost of the facility financed with the
aid of such funds, unless the Secretary determines in ac-
cordance with regulations that there is good cause for re-
leasing the applicant or other owner from the obligation
to do so. Such value shall be determined by agreement
of the parties or by action brought in the United States
district court for the district in which the facility is situ-
ated.
(c) DAVIS-BACON APPLICATION.—All laborers and
mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on
all construction, remodeling, renovation, or alteration
projects assisted under this part shall be paid wages at
rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction
in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor
in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40
U.S.C. 276a–276a–5).
(d) GRANTS.—Any Federal assistance for construc-
tion shall be in the form of grants, and shall not be paid
to other than public or private nonprofit agencies and or-
ganizations. Not more than 15 percent of the total finan-
cial assistance provided to a prime sponsor under this part
shall be used for construction of facilities.
SEC. 108. USE OF PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR CHILD DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAMS.
(a) REPORT.—The Secretary, after consultation with
other appropriate officials of the Federal Government,
shall within sixteen months after enactment of this title
report to the Congress with respect to the extent to which
facilities owned or leased by Federal departments, agen-
cies, and independent authorities could be made available
to public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations,
through appropriate arrangements, for use as facilities for
early childhood education programs under this title during
times and periods when not utilized fully for their usual
purposes, together with his/her recommendations (includ-
ing recommendations for changes in legislation) or pro-
posed actions for such use.
(b) REVIEW.—The Secretary may require, as a condi-
tion to the receipt of assistance under this title, that any
prime sponsor under this title agree to conduct a review
and provide the Secretary with a report as to the extent
to which facilities owned or leased by such prime sponsor,
or by other agencies in the prime sponsorship area, could
be made available, through appropriate arrangements, for
use as facilities for early childhood education programs
under this title, during times and periods when not utilized
for their usual purposes, together with the prime sponsor’s
proposed actions for such use.
SEC. 109. PAYMENTS.
(a) FEDERAL SHARE.—In accordance with this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall pay from the applicable allocation
or apportionment under section 4 the Federal share of the
costs of programs, services, and activities, in accordance
with plans or applications which have been approved as
provided in this part.
(b) PAYMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall pay an
amount not in excess of 90 percent of the cost of
carrying out programs, services, and activities under
this part. The Secretary may, in accordance with
such regulations prescribed by the Secretary, ap-
prove assistance in excess of such percentage if the
Secretary determines that such action is required to
provide adequately for the early childhood education
needs of economically disadvantaged children.
(2) CHILDREN
OF
MIGRANT
AGRICULTURAL
WORKERS.—The Secretary shall pay an amount
equal to 100 percent of the costs of providing early
childhood education programs for children of mi-
grant agricultural workers and their families under
this title.
(3) INDIAN
CHILDREN.—The Secretary shall
pay an amount equal to 100 percent of the costs of
providing early childhood education programs for
children on Federal or State Indian reservations
under this title.
(4) NATIVE
HAWAIIAN
CHILDREN.—The Sec-
retary shall pay an amount equal to 100 percent of
the costs of providing early childhood education pro-
grams for Native Hawaiian children under this title.
(c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share
of the costs of programs, services, and activities assisted
under this part may be provided through public or private
funds and may be in the form of cash, goods, services,
or facilities (or portions thereof that area used for pro-
gram purposes), reasonably evaluated, and employee and
employer contributions.
(d) FEES.—Fees collected for services pursuant to
section 105(a)(8) shall be deemed financial assistance for
purposes of section 104(a)(3).
(e) EXPRESS AMOUNTS.—If, with respect to any fis-
cal year, a prime sponsor or project applicant provides
non-Federal contributions for any program, service, or ac-
tivity exceeding its requirements, such excess may be ap-
plied toward meeting the requirements for such contribu-
tions for the subsequent fiscal year under this part.
(f) NO REDUCTION OF FUNDS.—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-
cation program, or any institution of higher education, in-
cluding a community college, or by any combination there-
of.
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) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall make an eval-
uation of Federal 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
(5) such recommendations to Congress as the
Secretary may deem appropriate.
(b) REPORT.—The results of the evaluation required
by subsection (a) of this section shall be reported to Con-
gress not later than two years after enactment of this title.
(c) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall establish such
procedures as may be necessary to conduct an annual eval-
uation of Federal involvement in early childhood education
programs, and shall report the results of each such evalua-
tion to Congress.
(d) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—Prime spon-
sors and project applicants assisted under this Act and
departments and agencies of the Federal Government
shall, upon request by the Secretary, make available, con-
sistent with other provisions of law, such information as