adequately meeting its governance and financial 
management requirements. 
‘‘(5) PUBLIC
COMMENT; 
REPORT
TO
CON-
GRESS.—No later than 6 months after receiving the 
report described in paragraph (4), the Secretary 
shall publish a proposed system for application eval-
uation in the Federal Register, providing at least 90 
days for public comment and shall provide a report 
to the Education and Labor Committee of the U.S. 
House of Representatives and the Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions Committee of the U.S. 
Senate that provides a detailed description of such 
proposed system, including clear rationale for any 
differences between the proposed system and the 
recommendations of the expert panel, if any such 
differences exist. 
‘‘(6) IMPLEMENTATION
OF
APPLICATION
RE-
VIEW SYSTEM.—After the Secretary has reviewed all 
public comments and finalized the system of applica-
tion renewal, the Secretary will use this system to 
determine which grantees are successfully delivering 
a high quality comprehensive early education pro-
gram. Grantees who are determined under such sys-
tem to be— 
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‘‘(A) successfully delivering a high quality 
comprehensive early education program shall 
have their application renewed for a period of 
5 years; 
‘‘(B) under-performing and may enter into 
an open competition as described in subpara-
graph (e); and 
‘‘(C) notwithstanding paragraph (B), if an 
Indian Head Start agency is determined to be 
underperforming, the Secretary shall engage in 
government-to-government consultation with the 
appropriate tribal government or governments 
for the purpose of establishing a performance 
enhancement plan for that agency. Such plan is 
to be developed and implemented within 6 
months of the Secretary’s determination. Not 
more than 6 months after implementation of 
that plan, the Secretary shall re-evaluate the 
performance of the Indian Head Start agency. 
If the Indian Head Start agency remains 
underperforming, the Secretary shall conduct 
an open competition as described in subpara-
graph (e), subject to the following limitations: 
‘‘(i) Except as provided in paragraph 
(ii), a non-Indian Head Start agency may 
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not receive a grant to carry out an Indian 
Head Start program. 
‘‘(ii) In a community in which there is 
no Indian Head Start agency available for 
designation to carry out an Indian Head 
Start program, a non-Indian Head Start 
agency, on an interim basis, may receive a 
grant to carry out an Indian Head Start 
program, but only until such time as an 
Indian Head Start agency in such commu-
nity becomes available. 
‘‘(d) TRANSPARENCY, RELIABILITY, AND VALID-
ITY.—The Secretary shall ensure the system of application 
evaluation is fair, consistent, and transparent and applied 
in a manner that awards 5 year grants in a timely manner 
to Head Start agencies providing a high quality com-
prehensive early education program. The Secretary shall 
periodically evaluate whether the criteria are being applied 
in a manner that is transparent, reliable, and valid. 
‘‘(e) DESIGNATION WHEN NO ENTITY HAS PRI-
ORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If no entity in a commu-
nity is determined to be successfully delivering a 
high quality comprehensive early education program, 
as specified in subsection (c), the Secretary shall, 
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after conducting an open competition, designate for 
a 5-year period a Head Start agency from among 
qualified applicants in such community. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS
IN
DESIGNATION.—In 
selecting from among qualified applicants for des-
ignation as a Head Start agency, the Secretary shall 
consider the effectiveness of each such applicant to 
provide Head Start services, based on— 
‘‘(A) any past performance of such appli-
cant in providing services comparable to Head 
Start services, including how effectively such 
applicant provided such comparable services; 
‘‘(B) the plan of such applicant to provide 
comprehensive health (including mental and be-
havioral health), educational, nutritional, social, 
and other services needed to prepare children to 
succeed in school and in life; 
‘‘(C) the plan of such applicant to attract 
and retain qualified staff capable of delivering 
a high quality comprehensive early education 
program, including demonstrating the ability to 
provide adequate salary and benefits to main-
tain a high quality staff; 
‘‘(D) the ability of such applicant to main-
tain child-teacher ratios and family service 
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worker caseloads that reflect best practices and 
are tied to high quality service delivery; 
‘‘(E) the capacity of such applicant to 
serve eligible children with curriculum and 
teaching practices that are based on scientif-
ically based research, are developmentally ap-
propriate, and that promote the school readi-
ness of children participating in the program; 
‘‘(F) the plan of such applicant to meet 
standards set forth in section 641A(a)(1), with 
particular attention to the standards set forth 
in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such section; 
‘‘(G) the proposed budget and plan of such 
applicant to maintain strong fiscal controls and 
cost effective fiscal management; 
‘‘(H) the plan of such applicant to coordi-
nate the Head Start program the applicant pro-
poses to carry out, with other local early learn-
ing programs for young children, including— 
‘‘(i) programs implementing grants 
under the Early Reading First and Even 
Start programs under subparts 2 and 3 of 
part B of title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6371 et seq., 6381 et seq.); 
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‘‘(ii) and programs under section 619 
and part C of the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 
et seq.); 
‘‘(iii) State prekindergarten programs; 
‘‘(iv) child care programs; and 
‘‘(v) the educational programs that 
the children participating in the Head 
Start program will enter at the age of com-
pulsory school attendance; 
‘‘(I) the plan of such applicant to coordi-
nate the Head Start program that the applicant 
proposes to carry out, with public and private 
entities that are willing to commit resources to 
assist the Head Start program in meeting its 
program needs; 
‘‘(J) the plan of such applicant— 
‘‘(i) to seek the involvement of parents 
(including grandparents and kinship care-
givers, as appropriate) of children partici-
pating in the proposed Head Start pro-
gram, in activities (at home and, if prac-
ticable, at the location of the Head Start 
program) designed to help such parents be-
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come full partners in the education of their 
children; 
‘‘(ii) to afford such parents the oppor-
tunity to participate in the development 
and overall conduct of the program at the 
local level; 
‘‘(iii) to offer (directly or through re-
ferral to local entities, such as entities car-
rying out Even Start programs under sub-
chapter 3 of part B of title I of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6381 et seq.), public and 
school libraries, and entities carrying out 
family support programs) to such par-
ents— 
‘‘(I) family literacy services; and 
‘‘(II) parenting skills training; 
‘‘(iv) to offer to parents of partici-
pating children, mental health services (ei-
ther directly or through referral to local 
entities), including substance abuse coun-
seling and information on maternal depres-
sion and on the effect of drug-exposure on 
infants and fetal alcohol syndrome; 
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‘‘(v) at the option of such applicant, 
to offer (directly or through referral to 
local entities) to such parents— 
‘‘(I) training in basic child devel-
opment (including cognitive, social, 
and emotional development); 
‘‘(II) assistance in developing lit-
eracy and communication skills; 
‘‘(III) opportunities to share ex-
periences with other parents (includ-
ing parent mentor relationships); 
‘‘(IV) regular in-home visitation; 
‘‘(V) 
mental 
and 
behavioral 
health services; or 
‘‘(VI) any other activity designed 
to help such parents become full part-
ners in the education of their children; 
‘‘(vi) to provide, with respect to each 
participating family, a family needs assess-
ment that includes consultation with such 
parents about the benefits of parent in-
volvement and about the activities de-
scribed in subparagraph (H) in which such 
parents may choose to become involved 
(taking into consideration their specific 
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family needs, work schedules, and other re-
sponsibilities); and 
‘‘(vii) to extend outreach to fathers, in 
appropriate cases, in order to strengthen 
the role of fathers in families, in the edu-
cation of their young children, and in the 
Head Start program, by working directly 
with fathers and father figures through ac-
tivities such as— 
‘‘(I) in appropriate cases, includ-
ing fathers in home visits and pro-
viding culturally appropriate opportu-
nities for direct father-child inter-
actions; and 
‘‘(II) targeting increased male 
participation in the conduct of the 
program; 
‘‘(K) the plan of such applicant to meet 
the needs of limited English proficient children 
and their families, including procedures to iden-
tify such children, plans to provide trained per-
sonnel, and plans to provide services to assist 
the children in making progress toward the ac-
quisition of the English language, while making 
meaningful progress in attaining the knowledge, 
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skills, abilities, and development described in 
section 641A(a)(1)(B); 
‘‘(L) the plan of such applicant to meet 
the diverse cultural needs of the population 
served; 
‘‘(M) the plan of such applicant to meet 
the needs of children with disabilities; 
‘‘(N) the plan of such applicant who choos-
es to assist younger siblings of children who will 
participate in the Head Start program to obtain 
health services from other sources; 
‘‘(O) the plan of such applicant to collabo-
rate with other entities carrying out public or 
private early childhood education and child care 
programs in the community; 
‘‘(P) the plan of such applicant to meet the 
needs of homeless children, including transpor-
tation needs, and children in foster care and 
children and families experiencing toxic stress; 
‘‘(Q) the plan of such applicant to main-
tain a qualified staff, including a teaching staff 
qualified to implement research-based curricula 
aligned with the Head Start Child Outcomes 
Framework developed by the Secretary and to 
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the early learning standards in State in which 
such program would operate; 
‘‘(R) the plan of such applicant to enter 
into memoranda of understanding with local 
educational agencies within the service area, as 
described in section 642B(a); and 
‘‘(S) other factors related to the require-
ments of this subchapter. 
‘‘(f) INTERIM PROVIDER.—If no agency in the com-
munity receives priority designation under subsection (c), 
and there is no qualified applicant in the community, the 
Secretary shall designate a qualified agency to carry out 
the Head Start program in the community on an interim 
basis until a qualified applicant from the community is 
so designated. 
‘‘(g) PARENT AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.— 
The Secretary shall require that the practice of signifi-
cantly involving parents and area residents affected by the 
program in the selection of Head Start agencies be contin-
ued. 
‘‘(h) COMMUNITY.—For purposes of this subchapter, 
a community may be a city, county, or multicity or multi-
county unit within a State, an Indian reservation (includ-
ing Indians in any off-reservation area designated by an 
appropriate tribal government in consultation with the 
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