(i) whether the foster care facility is 
licensed and payments are made by the 
State or local agency for the care of the 
child; 
(ii) whether adoption subsidy pay-
ments are being made prior to the finaliza-
tion of an adoption; or 
(iii) whether there are Federal match-
ing funds for any payments described in 
clause (i) or (ii) that are made. 
(6) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 
the chief executive officer of a State. 
(7) HIGH-NEED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high-need 
school’’ means an elementary school in which not 
less than 50 percent of the enrolled students are 
children from low-income families, as defined in sec-
tion 2221(b)(3)(B) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6641(b)(3)(B)). 
(8) HIGH-NEED
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘‘high-need local educational agency’’ 
means a local educational agency that serves a high 
percentage of high-need schools. 
(9) HOMELESS
CHILD.—The term ‘‘homeless 
child’’ means an individual who is a homeless child 
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or youth under section 725 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434). 
(10) INFANT
OR
TODDLER
WITH
A
DIS-
ABILITY.—The term ‘‘infant or toddler with a dis-
ability’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1432). 
(11) KEY
PROGRAMMATIC
STRATEGIES.—The 
term ‘‘key programmatic strategies’’ means strate-
gies related to— 
(A) nutrition and physical activity; 
(B) recommended practices for age-appro-
priate exposure to screen media; and 
(C) the integration and utilization of in-
structional methods to assist learning across 
disciplines, including methods that use the arts, 
language, literacy, mathematics, science, and 
social studies. 
(12) LOW-INCOME CHILD.—The term ‘‘low-in-
come child’’ means a child who is a member of a 
family with a family income that is at or below 200 
percent of the poverty line. 
(13) OUTLYING
AREAS.—The term ‘‘outlying 
areas’’ means the United States Virgin Islands, 
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Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(14) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’ 
means the official poverty line (as defined by the Of-
fice of Management and Budget)— 
(A) adjusted to reflect the percentage 
change in the Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers, issued by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, occurring in the 1-year period 
or other interval immediately preceding the date 
such adjustment is made; and 
(B) adjusted for family size. 
(15) SPECIALIZED
INSTRUCTIONAL
SUPPORT 
PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘specialized instructional 
support personnel’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 8101(47)(A) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7801(47)). 
(16) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
(b) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.— 
(1) RESERVATION.—From the total amount ap-
propriated to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in col-
laboration with the Secretary of Education, shall— 
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(A) reserve not less than 1 percent and not 
more than 2 percent for payments to Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations; 
(B) reserve 1⁄2 of 1 percent for the outlying 
areas to be distributed among the outlying 
areas on the basis of their relative need, as de-
termined by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services in accordance with the pur-
poses of this section; 
(C) reserve 1⁄2 of 1 percent for eligible 
local entities that serve children in families who 
are engaged in migrant or seasonal agricultural 
labor; 
(D) reserve not more than 1 percent or 
$30,000,000, whichever amount is less, for na-
tional activities, including administration, tech-
nical assistance, and evaluation; and 
(E) reserve 5 percent for State leadership 
activities described in subsection (c), including 
the grants described in such subsection. 
(2) ALLOTMENT FORMULA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), from the total amount ap-
propriated to carry out this section for a fiscal 
year that remains after making the reservations 
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under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, in collaboration with the 
Secretary of Education, shall allot to each State 
for the fiscal year that has an application ap-
proved under subsection (d) an amount that 
bears the same ratio to such remainder as the 
number of children who are below the age of 6 
who reside within the State and whose families 
have an income at or below 200 percent of the 
poverty line for the most recent year for which 
satisfactory data are available, bears to the 
number of such children who reside in all such 
States for such most recent fiscal year for 
which satisfactory data are available. 
(B) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT AMOUNT.—No 
State receiving an allotment under subpara-
graph (A) for a fiscal year shall receive less 
than 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the total amount allot-
ted under such subparagraph for the fiscal 
year. 
(c) STATE RESERVATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The State leadership activi-
ties described in this subsection shall improve equi-
table access to high-quality preschool programs oper-
ated by eligible providers across the State, including 
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