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(C) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking
‘‘projects; and’’ and inserting ‘‘projects, includ-
ing regulations that require that the facilities
used by Head Start agencies (including Early
Head Start agencies and including any delegate
agencies) for regularly scheduled center-based
and combination program option classroom
activities—
‘‘(i) shall be in compliance with State
and local requirements concerning licensing
for such facilities; and
‘‘(ii) shall be accessible by State and
local authorities for purposes of monitoring
and ensuring compliance; and’’;
(D) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (B)—
(I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the
date of enactment of this section’’ and
inserting ‘‘the date of enactment of the
Head Start for School Readiness Act’’;
(II) in clause (ii), by striking
‘‘the date of enactment of this Act’’ and
inserting ‘‘the date of enactment of the
Head Start for School Readiness Act’’;
(III) in clause (iii)—
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(aa) by striking ‘‘early child-
hood education and development’’
and inserting ‘‘early childhood
education and care’’; and
(bb) by inserting ‘‘homeless
children, children in foster care,’’
after ‘‘children with disabilities,’’;
(IV) in clause (vi), by striking
‘‘including the language’’ and all that
follows and inserting ‘‘and the lan-
guage background and family structure
of such children, and changes in the
population and number of such chil-
dren who are in foster care or are
homeless children’’;
(V) by striking clause (vii) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(vii) the need for Head Start agencies
to maintain close and frequent communica-
tions with parents, including conducting
periodic meetings to discuss the progress of
individual children in Head Start pro-
grams; and
‘‘(viii) the unique challenges faced by
individual programs, including those pro-
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grams that are seasonal or short term and
those programs that serve rural popu-
lations;’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘the date of enactment of the Coats
Human Services Reauthorization Act of
1998.’’ and inserting ‘‘the date of enactment
of the Head Start for School Readiness Act;
and’’; and
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(D) consult with Indian tribes, American
Indian and Alaska Native experts in early child-
hood education and care, linguists, and the Na-
tional Indian Head Start Directors Association
on the review and promulgation of standards
under this subchapter (including standards for
language acquisition and school readiness).’’;
(E) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) EVALUATIONS
AND
CORRECTIVE
ACTIONS
FOR DELEGATE AGENCIES.—
‘‘(A) PROCEDURES.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(ii), the Head Start agency shall establish
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procedures relating to its delegate agencies,
including—
‘‘(I) procedures for evaluating del-
egate agencies;
‘‘(II) procedures for defunding
delegate agencies; and
‘‘(III) procedures for appealing a
defunding decision relating to a dele-
gate agency.
‘‘(ii) TERMINATION.—The Head Start
agency may not terminate a delegate agen-
cy’s contract or reduce a delegate agency’s
service area without showing cause or dem-
onstrating the cost-effectiveness of such a de-
cision.
‘‘(B) EVALUATIONS.—Each Head Start
agency—
‘‘(i) shall evaluate its delegate agencies
using the procedures established pursuant to
this section, including subparagraph (A);
and
‘‘(ii) shall inform the delegate agencies
of the deficiencies identified through the
evaluation that shall be corrected.