II 
Calendar No. 137 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1429 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 7, 2007 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program 
quality, to expand access, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Improving Head Start Act of 2007’’. 
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—The Congress— 
(1) finds that— 
(A) while the steady economic growth and 
low inflation in the United States has yielded 
unprecedented prosperity, many children and 
families in this country have not benefited from 
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this 
prosperity 
and 
continue 
to 
be 
socioeconomically disadvantaged, 
(B) many community- and faith-based or-
ganizations have expertise in moving individuals 
and families from dependency to self-sufficiency 
by providing families with the tools and skills 
they need to participate in the community and 
contribute to our economy, 
(C) the Head Start Act was established to 
help prepare low-income young children to suc-
ceed in school and in life by addressing the 
needs of the whole child and providing com-
prehensive services such as health and nutri-
tion, 
(D) research confirms that children who 
attend Head Start programs enter school better 
prepared than low-income children who do not 
attend the program, are less likely to need spe-
cial education services, to repeat a grade, or 
commit crimes in adolescence, and are more 
likely to graduate from high school, 
(E) community- and faith-based organiza-
tions have participated in Head Start programs 
since the enactment of the Head Start Act in 
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1965 and continue to serve more than 90,000 
children and their families, 
(F) parents have an integral role in the de-
velopment and implementation of Head Start 
programs, community- and faith-based pro-
viders of Head Start services employ parents 
and encourage parents to volunteer in the pro-
grams because parents are children’s most im-
portant and influential teachers, 
(G) community- and faith-based providers 
of Head Start services not only serve the needs 
of low-income children and their families but 
enrich, strengthen and reflect the diversity of 
the communities wherein they reside, and 
(H) the Head Start Act is a critical com-
ponent of America’s civil rights platform, and 
community and faith-based organizations have 
been leaders in the civil rights movement in the 
United States, 
(2) supports the continued role of community 
and faith-based organizations in Head Start pro-
grams as providers of comprehensive services to chil-
dren, families, and communities, and 
(3) extends its gratitude to community- and 
faith-based organizations that provide Head Start 
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services, and to the employees and volunteers for 
their commitment to the education, health, and eco-
nomic well-being of low-income children and families. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
Section 636 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 636. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
‘‘It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote the 
school readiness of low-income children— 
‘‘(1) by enhancing their cognitive, social, and 
emotional development in a learning environment 
that supports children’s growth in language, literacy, 
mathematics, science, social and emotional func-
tioning, physical skills, and approaches to learning; 
and 
‘‘(2) through the provision to low-income chil-
dren and their families of health, educational, nutri-
tional, social, and other services that are determined, 
based on family needs assessments, to be nec-
essary.’’. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 637 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (16) and (17) 
as paragraphs (23) and (24), respectively, 
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (15) as para-
graph (21), respectively, 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through 
(14) as paragraphs (16) through (19), respectively, 
(4) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para-
graph (14), 
(5) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(9) as paragraphs (3) through (10), respectively, 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) The term ‘deficiency’ means— 
‘‘(A) systemic or significant material fail-
ure of a Head Start agency in an area of per-
formance that the Secretary determines in-
volves— 
‘‘(i) a threat to the health, safety, or 
civil rights of children or staff; 
‘‘(ii) a denial to parents of the exer-
cise of their full roles and responsibilities 
related to program governance; 
‘‘(iii) a failure to perform the require-
ments of section 641A(a), as determined 
by the Secretary; 
‘‘(iv) the misuse of funds received 
under this subchapter; 
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‘‘(v) loss of legal status (as deter-
mined by the Secretary) or financial viabil-
ity, loss of permits, debarment from receiv-
ing Federal grants or contracts, or the im-
proper use of Federal funds; or 
‘‘(vi) failure to meet any other of Fed-
eral or State requirement; or 
‘‘(B) material failure of the board of direc-
tors of a Head Start agency to meet its legal 
and fiduciary responsibilities.’’, 
(7) by inserting after paragraph (10), as so re-
designated the following: 
‘‘(11) The term ‘homeless children’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 725(2) of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11434a(2)). 
‘‘(12) The term ‘homeless family’ means the 
family of a homeless child. 
‘‘(13) The term ‘inclusive classroom’ means a 
Head Start classroom that contains both children 
with disabilities and children without disabilities.’’, 
(8) by inserting after paragraph (13), as so re-
designated the following: 
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‘‘(14) The terms ‘limited English proficient’ 
and ‘limited English proficiency’ mean with respect 
to an individual, that such individual— 
‘‘(A)(i) was not born in the United States 
or has a native language that is not English; 
‘‘(ii)(I) is a Native American, an Alaska 
Native, or a native resident of a territory or 
possession of the United States; and 
‘‘(II) comes from an environment in which 
a language that is not English has had a sig-
nificant impact on such individual’s level of 
English language proficiency; or 
‘‘(iii) is migratory, has a native language 
that is not English, and comes from an environ-
ment in which a language that is not English 
is dominant; and 
‘‘(B) has difficulty in speaking or under-
standing the English language to an extent that 
may be sufficient to prevent such individual 
from— 
‘‘(i) successful achievement in class-
rooms in which the language of instruction 
is English; or 
‘‘(ii) fully participating in society.’’, 
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(9) by inserting after paragraph (18), as so re-
designated the following: 
‘‘(19) The term ‘professional development’ 
means high quality activities that will improve the 
knowledge and skills of Head Start teachers and 
staff, as relevant to their roles and functions, in pro-
gram administration and the provision of services 
and instruction, as appropriate, in a manner that 
improves service delivery to eligible children and 
families, including activities that— 
‘‘(A) are part of a sustained effort to im-
prove overall program quality and outcomes for 
eligible children and families; 
‘‘(B) are developed or selected with exten-
sive participation of administrators and teach-
ers from Head Start programs; 
‘‘(C) are developmentally appropriate for 
the children being served; 
‘‘(D) include instruction in ways that Head 
Start personnel may work more effectively with 
parents, as appropriate; 
‘‘(E) are designed to give teachers and 
staff the knowledge and skills to provide in-
struction and appropriate support services to 
children of diverse backgrounds, as appropriate; 
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‘‘(F) if a 1-day or short-term workshop or 
conference, must be as part of the professional 
development plan defined in section 648A(f) 
and be delivered by an institution of higher 
education or other entity with expertise in deliv-
ering training in early childhood development, 
family support, and other assistance designed to 
improve the delivery of Head Start services; 
‘‘(G) assist teachers with— 
‘‘(i) the acquisition of the content 
knowledge and teaching strategies needed 
to provide effective instruction and other 
school readiness services in early language 
and literacy, early mathematics, early 
science, cognitive skills, approaches to 
learning, creative arts, science, physical 
health and development, and social and 
emotional development linked to school 
readiness; 
‘‘(ii) meeting the requirements in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 648A(a), 
as appropriate; 
‘‘(iii) improving classroom manage-
ment skills, as appropriate; 
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‘‘(iv) advancing understanding of ef-
fective instructional strategies that are— 
‘‘(I) based on scientifically based 
research; and 
‘‘(II) aligned with— 
‘‘(aa) the Head Start Child 
Outcomes Framework developed 
by the Secretary and State early 
learning standards, as appro-
priate; and 
‘‘(bb) the curricula, ongoing 
assessments, and other instruc-
tion and services designed to help 
meet the standards described in 
section 641A(a)(1); 
‘‘(v) acquiring the knowledge and 
skills to provide instruction and appro-
priate language and support services to in-
crease the English language skills of lim-
ited English proficient children, as appro-
priate; or 
‘‘(vi) methods of teaching children 
with disabilities, as appropriate.’’, 
(10) by inserting after paragraph (20), as so 
redesignated, the following: 
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‘‘(21) The term ‘scientifically based research’— 
‘‘(A) means research that involves the ap-
plication of rigorous, systematic and objective 
procedures to obtain reliable and valid knowl-
edge relevant to education activities and pro-
grams; and 
‘‘(B) includes research that— 
‘‘(i) employs systematic, empirical 
methods that draw on observation or ex-
periment; 
‘‘(ii) involves rigorous data analyses 
that are adequate to test the stated 
hypotheses and justify the general conclu-
sions drawn; 
‘‘(iii) relies on measurements or obser-
vational methods that provide reliable and 
valid data across evaluators and observers, 
across multiple measurements and observa-
tions, and across studies by the same or 
different investigators; 
‘‘(iv) is evaluated using experimental 
or quasi-experimental designs in which in-
dividuals, entities, programs or activities 
are assigned to different conditions and 
with appropriate controls to evaluate the 
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effects of the condition of interest, with a 
preference for random assignment experi-
ments, or other designs to the extent that 
those designs contain within-condition or 
across-condition controls; 
‘‘(v) ensures that experimental studies 
are presented in sufficient detail and clar-
ity to allow for replication or, at a min-
imum, offer the opportunity to build sys-
tematically on their findings; and 
‘‘(vi) has been accepted by a peer-re-
viewed journal or approved by a panel of 
independent experts through a comparably 
rigorous, objective, and scientific review.’’, 
and 
(11) by amending paragraph (23), as so redes-
ignated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(23) The term ‘State’ means a State, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Co-
lumbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands 
of the United States, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of 
Palau.’’. 
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SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 639 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9834) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 639. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this subchapter $7,350,000,000 
for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 
‘‘(b) SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.—From the amount ap-
propriated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make 
available to carry out research, demonstration, and evalua-
tion activities (including longitudinal studies under section 
649) not more than $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 
2009 through 2012, of which not more than $7,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 shall be 
available to carry out impact studies under section 
649(g).’’. 
SEC. 5. ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS; LIMITATION ON ASSIST-
ANCE. 
(a) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.—Section 640(a) of the 
Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(a) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated 
under section 639, the Secretary shall allot such 
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amounts in accordance with paragraphs (2) through 
(4), and subject to paragraphs (5) and (6). 
‘‘(2) THIRTEEN
PERCENT
SET-ASIDE.—The 
Secretary shall reserve 13 percent of the amount ap-
propriated for each fiscal year for use in accordance 
with the following order of priorities: 
‘‘(A) SPECIAL POPULATIONS.—For Indian 
Head Start programs, services for children with 
disabilities, and migrant and seasonal Head 
Start programs, except that— 
‘‘(i) there shall be made available for 
each fiscal year for use by Indian Head 
Start programs and by migrant and sea-
sonal Head Start programs, on a nation-
wide basis, not less than the amount that 
was obligated for use by Indian Head 
Start programs and by migrant and sea-
sonal Head Start programs for fiscal year 
2007; 
‘‘(ii) migrant and seasonal Head Start 
programs shall receive not less than 5 per-
cent of the amount appropriated for each 
fiscal year until such time as the Secretary 
can make funding decisions to ensure ac-
cess to funding for eligible children of mi-
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grant and seasonal farmworkers is com-
parable to access to funding for other eligi-
ble children based on the data collected 
and reported pursuant to section 648(l), 
except that no future reduction in funding 
shall result in the termination of Head 
Start services provided to any eligible child 
3 years of age or older who is participating 
in any such program on the date a reduc-
tion in funding occurs, and shall, to the ex-
tent possible, continue participation for 
children less than 3 years of age receiving 
services before such reduction in funding; 
and 
‘‘(iii) Indian Head Start programs 
shall receive not less than 3.5 percent of 
the amount appropriated for each fiscal 
year until such time as the Secretary can 
make funding decisions to ensure access to 
funding for eligible Indian children is com-
parable to access to funding for other eligi-
ble children based on the data collected in 
accordance with the requirements of sec-
tion 648(k), except that no future reduc-
tion in funding shall result in the termi-
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nation of Head Start services provided to 
any eligible child 3 years of age or older 
who is participating in any such program 
on the date a reduction in funding occurs, 
and shall, to the extent possible, continue 
participation for children less than 3 years 
of age receiving services before such reduc-
tion in funding. 
‘‘(B) PAYMENTS
TO
TERRITORIES
AND 
FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.—Subject to para-
graph (7), for payments to Guam, American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands of the 
United States, and the Republic of Palau, ex-
cept that payments to the Republic of Palau 
shall not be made after fiscal year 2009. 
‘‘(C) TRAINING
AND
TECHNICAL
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Not less than 2 percent of the amount 
appropriated for such fiscal year for training 
and technical assistance activities to foster pro-
gram quality and management improvement as 
described in section 648, of which— 
‘‘(i) not less than 50 percent shall be 
available to local Head Start agencies to 
make program improvements identified by 
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such agencies to use for the training and 
technical assistance activities described in 
section 648(j); 
‘‘(ii) not less than 30 percent shall be 
available to the Secretary to support a 
State-based system or a national system, 
in the case of migrant and seasonal Head 
Start and Indian Head Start programs, of 
early childhood education training and 
technical assistance to local Head Start 
agencies as described in section 648(n); 
and 
‘‘(iii) the remainder of such amount 
shall be available to the Secretary to assist 
local Head Start agencies in meeting and 
exceeding the standards described in sec-
tion 641A(a)(1), including financial assist-
ance to help Head Start programs address 
weaknesses identified by monitoring activi-
ties conducted by the Secretary under sec-
tion 641A(c), except that— 
‘‘(I) not less than $3,000,000 
shall be available to carry out the ac-
tivities described in section 648(c)(4); 
and 
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‘‘(II) no more than $5,000,000 
shall be reserved to carry out the ac-
tivities described in section 642B(b). 
‘‘(D) MONITORING AND TERMINATIONS.— 
For discretionary payments made by the Sec-
retary, including payments for all costs (other 
than compensation of Federal employees) of re-
views of Head Start agencies, programs under 
section 641A(c), and of activities carried out 
under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 
641A(d) related to correcting deficiencies and 
conducting proceedings to terminate the des-
ignation of Head Start agencies. 
‘‘(E) RESEARCH.—For payments for re-
search, demonstration, and evaluation activities 
under section 649. 
No funds reserved under this paragraph or para-
graph (3) may be combined with funds appropriated 
under any other Act if the purpose of combining 
funds is to make a single discretionary grant or a 
single discretionary payment, unless such funds ap-
propriated under this subchapter are separately 
identified in such grant or payment and are used for 
the purposes of this subchapter. 
‘‘(3) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUNDS.— 
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‘‘(A) DETERMINATION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(i) For each of the fiscal years 2008 
through 2012, to provide assistance for ac-
tivities specified in subparagraph (B), the 
Secretary shall reserve, from the amount 
(if any) by which the funds appropriated 
under section 639(a) for a fiscal year ex-
ceed the adjusted prior year appropriation, 
a share equal to the sum of— 
‘‘(I) 60 percent of such excess 
amount; and 
‘‘(II) any additional part of such 
excess amount the Secretary may find 
necessary to address a demonstrated 
need for such activities. 
‘‘(ii) As used in clause (i), the term 
‘adjusted prior year appropriation’ means, 
with respect to a fiscal year, the amount 
appropriated under section 639(a) for the 
preceding fiscal year, adjusted to reflect 
the percentage change in the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers 
(issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) 
during such preceding fiscal year. 
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‘‘(B) 
QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT
ACTIVI-
TIES.—Funds reserved under this paragraph 
shall be used to carry out the following activi-
ties: 
‘‘(i) Not less than one-fourth of the 
amount reserved under this paragraph, to 
improve the compensation, salary scales, 
and benefit standards of educational staff, 
family service workers, and child coun-
selors, as described in sections 644(a) and 
653, to ensure that salary levels and bene-
fits are adequate to attract and retain 
qualified staff for such programs. 
‘‘(ii) Providing on-going professional 
development to teachers that improves 
their understanding of child development, 
content knowledge, and appropriate teach-
ing strategies needed to provide effective 
instruction and other school readiness serv-
ices in the areas of early language and lit-
eracy, early mathematics, cognitive skills, 
approaches to learning, creative arts, 
science, physical health and development, 
and social and emotional development. 
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‘‘(iii) Improving the qualifications and 
skills of educational personnel to meet the 
professional standards established under 
section 648A(a)(1), including providing as-
sistance to complete postsecondary course 
work, subject to section 648A(a)(2)(D). 
‘‘(iv) Ensuring that the physical envi-
ronments of Head Start programs are con-
ducive to providing effective program serv-
ices to children and families, and are ac-
cessible to children with disabilities and 
other individuals with disabilities. 
‘‘(v) Employing additional qualified 
classroom staff necessary to reduce the 
child to teacher ratio in the classroom and 
family to staff ratio for family services 
workers. 
‘‘(vi) Ensuring that such programs 
have qualified staff that can promote lan-
guage skills and literacy growth of children 
and that can provide children with a vari-
ety of skills that have been identified, 
through scientifically based reading re-
search, as predictive of later reading 
achievement. 
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‘‘(vii) Increasing hours of program op-
eration, including— 
‘‘(I) conversion of part-day to 
full-day; and 
‘‘(II) number of weeks operated 
in a calendar year. 
‘‘(viii) Improving the compensation 
and benefits of staff of Head Start agen-
cies in order to improve the quality of 
Head Start programs. 
‘‘(ix) Transportation costs associated 
with transporting Head Start children 
safely, except that— 
‘‘(I) no more than ten percent of 
funds under this paragraph may be 
used for such purposes; 
‘‘(II) a Head Start agency shall 
demonstrate efforts to leverage the 
costs of transportation through col-
laboration with other entities; and 
‘‘(III) a Head Start agency shall 
submit information to the Secretary 
describing how such use of funds is 
necessary to prevent reduction or ter-
mination of transportation services or, 
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in the case of a Head Start agency 
serving a rural community, how such 
use of funds is necessary to improve 
services to such community. 
‘‘(C) ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(i) Funds reserved under subpara-
graph (A) shall be allotted by the Sec-
retary as follows: 
‘‘(I) 80 percent of such funds 
shall be allotted among the States in 
the same proportion as the Secretary 
allots funds among the States under 
paragraph (4) for the respective fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(II) 20 percent of such funds 
shall be allotted among the States, 
geographical areas specified in sub-
section (a)(2)(B) and Indian Head 
Start programs and migrant and sea-
sonal Head Start programs, and used 
to make grants to Head Start agen-
cies, at the discretion of the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(ii) Funds allotted under clause (i) 
shall be used by the Secretary to make 
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grants to Head Start agencies that receive 
grants from funds allotted under para-
graph (4) for such fiscal year, in such 
amounts as the Secretary considers to be 
appropriate, for expenditure for activities 
specified in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(iii) Funds received under this sub-
paragraph shall be used to supplement, not 
to supplant, funds received under para-
graph (2) or (4). 
‘‘(4) GRANT DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 
639(b), the Secretary shall allot the remaining 
amounts appropriated in each fiscal year among the 
States, in accordance with latest satisfactory data so 
that— 
‘‘(A) each State receives an amount which 
is equal to the amount the State received for 
fiscal year 2007; and 
‘‘(B) any amount available after all allot-
ments are made under subparagraph (A) for 
such fiscal year shall be distributed proportion-
ately on the basis of the number of children less 
than 5 years of age from families whose income 
is below the poverty line. 
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For purposes of this paragraph, for each fiscal year 
the Secretary shall use the most recent data avail-
able on the number of children less than 5 years of 
age from families whose income is below the poverty 
line, as published by the Department of Commerce, 
unless the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce 
determine that use of the most recent data available 
would be inappropriate or unreliable. If the Sec-
retary and the Secretary of Commerce determine 
that some or all of the data referred to in this para-
graph are inappropriate or unreliable, the Secre-
taries shall issue a report setting forth their reasons 
in detail. 
‘‘(5) COLLABORATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) From amounts reserved and allotted 
under paragraph (4), the Secretary shall award 
the collaboration grants described in subpara-
graphs (B), (C), and (D). 
‘‘(B)(i) From the reserved sums, the Sec-
retary shall award upon submission of a written 
request, a collaboration grant to each State and 
to each national administrative office serving 
Indian Head Start programs and migrant and 
seasonal Head Start programs to facilitate col-
laboration between Head Start agencies and en-
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tities (including the State or national adminis-
trative office) that carry out other activities de-
signed to benefit low-income families and chil-
dren from birth to school entry. The national 
administrative offices shall use the funds made 
available through the grants to carry out the 
authorities and responsibilities described in sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C). 
‘‘(ii) Grants described in clause (i) shall be 
used to— 
‘‘(I) assist Head Start agencies to col-
laborate with entities involved in State and 
local planning processes to better meet the 
needs of low-income families and children 
from birth to school entry; 
‘‘(II) assist Head Start agencies to co-
ordinate activities 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 entities pro-
viding resource and referral services in the 
State, to make full-working-day and full 
calendar year services available to children; 
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‘‘(III) promote alignment of Head 
Start curricula and continuity of services 
with the Head Start Child Outcomes 
Framework and State early learning stand-
ards, as appropriate; 
‘‘(IV) promote better linkages between 
Head Start agencies and other child and 
family agencies, including agencies that 
provide health, mental health, or family 
services, or other child or family supportive 
services, such as services provided under 
section 619 or part C of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1419, 1431 et seq.); and 
‘‘(V) carry out the activities of the 
State Director of Head Start Collaboration 
authorized in subparagraph (D). 
‘‘(C) In order to improve coordination and 
delivery of early education services to children 
in the State, a State that receives a collabora-
tion grant under subparagraph (B) shall— 
‘‘(i) appoint or designate an individual 
to serve as, or carry out the responsibilities 
of, the State Director of Head Start Col-
laboration; 
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‘‘(ii) ensure that the State Director of 
Head Start Collaboration holds a position 
with sufficient authority and access to en-
sure that the collaboration described in 
subparagraph (B) is effective and involves 
a range of State agencies; and 
‘‘(iii) involve the State Head Start As-
sociation in the selection of the Director 
and involve the Association in determina-
tions relating to the ongoing direction of 
the collaboration office. 
‘‘(D) The State Director of Head Start 
Collaboration shall— 
‘‘(i) not later than 1 year after the 
State receives a collaboration grant under 
subparagraph (B), conduct an assessment 
that— 
‘‘(I) addresses the needs of Head 
Start agencies in the State with re-
spect to collaboration, coordination, 
and alignment of services, and align-
ment of curricula and assessments 
with the Head Start Child Outcomes 
Framework, and with State early 
learning standards, as appropriate; 
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‘‘(II) shall be updated on an an-
nual basis; and 
‘‘(III) shall be made available to 
the general public within the State; 
‘‘(ii) develop a strategic plan that is 
based on the assessment described in 
clause (i) that will— 
‘‘(I) enhance collaboration and 
coordination of Head Start services 
with other entities providing early 
childhood programs and services (such 
as child care or services offered by 
museums), health care, mental health 
care, welfare, child protective services, 
education and community service ac-
tivities, family literacy services, read-
ing readiness programs (including 
such programs offered by public and 
school libraries), services relating to 
children with disabilities, other early 
childhood programs and services for 
limited English proficient children and 
homeless children, and services pro-
vided for children in foster care and 
children referred to Head Start pro-
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grams by child welfare agencies, in-
cluding agencies and State officials re-
sponsible for such services; 
‘‘(II) assist Head Start agencies 
to develop a plan for the provision of 
full-working-day, full calendar year 
services for children enrolled in Head 
Start programs who need such care; 
‘‘(III) assist Head Start agencies 
to align curricula and assessments 
with the Head Start Child Outcomes 
Framework and to the State early 
learning standards, as appropriate; 
and 
‘‘(IV) enable Head Start agencies 
in the State to better access profes-
sional development opportunities for 
Head Start staff, such as by— 
‘‘(aa) working with local 
Head Start agencies to meet the 
degree requirements described in 
section 648A(a)(2)(A), including 
providing distance learning op-
portunities for Head Start staff, 
where needed to make higher 
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education 
more 
accessible 
to 
Head Start staff; and 
‘‘(bb) enabling the State 
Head Start agencies to better 
conduct outreach to eligible fami-
lies; 
‘‘(iii) promote partnerships between 
Head Start agencies, State and local gov-
ernments, and the private sector to help 
ensure that children, who are in Head 
Start programs, are receiving comprehen-
sive services to prepare the children to 
enter school ready to succeed; 
‘‘(iv) consult with the chief State 
school officer, local educational agencies, 
and providers of early childhood education 
and care, regarding early care and edu-
cation services at both the State and local 
levels; 
‘‘(v) promote partnerships between 
Head Start agencies, schools, law enforce-
ment, relevant community-based organiza-
tions, and substance abuse and mental 
health treatment agencies to strengthen 
family and community environments and 
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