I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5071
To establish comprehensive early childhood education programs, early child-
hood education staff development programs, model Federal Government
early childhood education programs, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 27, 2000
Mrs. MINK of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To establish comprehensive early childhood education pro-
grams, early childhood education staff development pro-
grams, model Federal Government early childhood edu-
cation programs, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Comprehensive Early Childhood Education Act of 2000’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short Title; Table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Purpose.
Sec. 4. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 5. Allocation of funds.
TITLE I—COMPREHENSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
PROGRAMS
Sec. 101. Program authorized.
Sec. 102. Prime sponsors of early childhood education programs.
Sec. 103. Early childhood education councils.
Sec. 104. Comprehensive early childhood education plans.
Sec. 105. Project applications.
Sec. 106. Special grants to States.
Sec. 107. Additional conditions for programs including construction.
Sec. 108. Use of public facilities for early childhood education programs.
Sec. 109. Payments.
TITLE II—TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PLANNING, AND
EVALUATION
Sec. 201. Preservice and inservice training.
Sec. 202. Technical assistance and planning.
Sec. 203. Evaluation.
Sec. 204. Federal standards for early childhood education.
Sec. 205. Development of uniform minimum code for facilities.
TITLE III—MODEL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CHILD
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Sec. 301. Program authorized.
Sec. 302. Payments.
TITLE IV—RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATIONS
Sec. 401. Declaration of purposes.
Sec. 402. Research and demonstration projects.
Sec. 403. Coordination of research.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 501. Definitions.
Sec. 502. Nutrition.
Sec. 503. Special provisions.
Sec. 504. Withholding grants.
Sec. 505. Public information.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings—
(1) comprehensive early childhood education
programs, including a full range of health and social
services, are essential to the achievement of the full
potential of the Nation’s children and should be
available as a matter of right to all children whose
parents or legal guardians shall request them re-
gardless of economic, social, and family back-
grounds;
(2) children with special needs must receive full
consideration in planning any early childhood edu-
cation programs and, pending the availability of
such programs for all children, priority must be
given to preschool children with the greatest eco-
nomic and social need;
(3) no mother should be forced to work outside
the home as a condition for availing here children of
early childhood education programs;
(4) comprehensive early childhood education
programs not only provide a means of delivering a
full range of essential services to children, but can
also furnish meaningful employment opportunities
for many individuals, including older persons, par-
ents, young persons, and volunteers;
(5) it is essential that the planning and oper-
ation of such programs be undertaken as a partner-
ship of parents, community, and State and local gov-
ernment with appropriate assistance from the Fed-
eral Government.
SEC. 3. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to provide every child
with a fair and full opportunity to reach his or her full
potential by establishing and expanding comprehensive
early childhood education through programs that—
(1) recognize and build upon the experience and
success gained through the Head Start program and
similar efforts;
(2) furnish early childhood education services
for those children who need them most, with special
emphasis on preschool programs for economically
disadvantaged children, and for children of working
mothers and single parent families; and
(3) provide that decisions on the nature of
funding of such programs be made at the commu-
nity level with the direct participation of parents of
the children and other individuals and organizations
in the community interested in early childhood edu-
cation;
(4) provide that the development, conduct, and
overall direction of programs be determined at the
community level; and
(5) promote the universal availability of early
childhood education services.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of carrying out
this Act, there is authorized to be appropriated
$4,000,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning October 1,
2000, and such sums as may be necessary in each of the
succeeding fiscal years through 2005. Any amounts appro-
priated for such fiscal year which are not obligated at the
end of such fiscal year may be obligated in the succeeding
fiscal year.
(b) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—For the purpose of pro-
viding training, technical assistance, planning, and such
other activities as the Secretary deems necessary and ap-
propriate to prepare for the implementation of this Act,
there is authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for
the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2000.
SEC. 5. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.
(a) The amounts appropriated for carrying out this
Act for any fiscal year beginning on or after October 1,
2000, shall be made available in the following manner:
(1) $1,000,000,000 shall be used for the pur-
pose of providing assistance under titles I, II, and
IV for early childhood education programs focused
upon young children from low-income families.
(2) Not to exceed 10 percent of the remaining
amounts so appropriated shall be used for the pur-
pose of carrying out titles II, III, and IV, as the
Secretary deems appropriate; and
(3) The remainder of such amounts shall be
used for the purpose of carrying out title I.
(b) RESERVATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amount available
for carrying out comprehensive early childhood edu-
cation programs under title I of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall reserve the following:
(A) Not less than that proportion of the
total amount available for carrying out title I as
is equivalent to that proportion which the total
number of children of migrant agricultural
workers bears to the total number of economi-
cally disadvantaged children in the United
States, which shall be apportioned among pro-
grams serving children of migrant agricultural
workers on an equitable basis, and to the extent
practicable in proportion to the relative num-
bers of children served in each such program.
(B) Not less than that proportion of the
total amount available for carrying out title I as
is equivalent to that proportion which the total
number of children on Federal and State Indian
reservations bears to the total number of eco-
nomically disadvantaged children in the United
States, which shall be apportioned among pro-
grams serving children on Federal and State
Indian reservation on an equitable basis, and to
the extent practicable in proportion to the rel-
ative number of children residing on each such
reservation.
(C) Not less than that proportion of the
total amount available for carrying out title I as
is equivalent to that proportion which the total
number of Native Hawaiian children bears to
the total number of economically disadvantaged
children in the United States, which shall be
apportioned among programs serving Native
Hawaiian children on an equitable basis, and to
the extent practicable in proportion to the rel-
ative numbers of children served in each such
program.
(D) Not less than 10 percent of the total
amount available for carrying out title I, which
shall be made available for the purposes of sec-
tion 101(b)(2)(I) (relating to special activities
for children with disabilities).
(E) Not to exceed 5 percent of the total
amount available for carrying out title I, which
shall be made available under section 102(f)(3)
(relating to model programs).
(2) REMAINING AMOUNTS.—The remainder of
the amounts available for carrying out title I shall
be allocated by the Secretary on an equitable basis,
and to the extent practicable such funds shall be ap-
portioned in such a manner that—
(A) 50 percent of such remainder shall be
apportioned among the States and localities
within each State in proportion to the relative
numbers of economically disadvantaged children
in each such State and locality, respectively;
(B) 25 percent of such remainder shall be
apportioned among the States and localities
within each State in proportion to the relative
numbers of children who have not attained six
years of age in each such State or locality, re-
spectively;
(C) 25 percent of such remainder shall be
apportioned among the States and localities
within each State in proportion to the relative
numbers of children of working mothers and
single parents in each such State and locality,
respectively.
For the purposes of clauses (A), (B), and (C) of this
paragraph, there shall be excluded those children
who are counted under clauses (A), (B), and (C) of
subsection (b)(1) of this section.
(3) 
DETERMINATION.—In 
determining 
the
numbers of children for purposes of allocating and
apportioning funds under this section, the Secretary
shall use the most recent satisfactory data available.
(c) SPECIAL GRANTS.—Not to exceed 5 percent of
the total funds apportioned for use within a State pursu-
ant to subsection (b)(2) may be made available for grants
to the State to carry out the provisions of section 106 of
this Act.
(d) FEDERAL REGISTER.—As soon as practicable
after funds are appropriated to carry out this Act for any
fiscal year, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Reg-
ister the apportionments required by this section.
TITLE 
I—COMPREHENSIVE
EARLY 
CHILDHOOD 
EDU-
CATION PROGRAMS
SEC. 101. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall
provide financial assistance for carrying out early child-
hood education programs under this part to prime spon-
sors and to other public and private nonprofit agencies
and organizations pursuant to plans and applications ap-
proved in accordance with the provisions of this title.
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds available for this part
may be used (in accordance with approved applications)
for the following services and activities—
(1) planning and developing early childhood
education programs, including the operation of pilot
programs to test the effectiveness of new concepts,
programs, and delivery systems;
(2) establishing, maintaining, and operating
early childhood education program, which include—
(A) comprehensive physical and mental
health, social, and cognitive development serv-
ices necessary for children participating in the
program to profit fully from their educational
opportunities and to attain their maximum po-
tential;
(B) food and nutritional services;
(C) rental, remodeling, renovation, alter-
ation, construction, or acquisition of facilities,
including mobile facilities, and the acquisition
of necessary equipment and supplies;
(D) programs designed (i) to meet the spe-
cial needs of minority groups, Native Ameri-
cans, Alaskan Natives and Native Hawaiians,
and migrant children with particular emphasis
on the needs of children with limited English
proficiency for the development of skills in
English and another language spoken in the
home, and (ii) to meet the needs of all children
to understand the history and cultural back-
grounds of the ethnic groups which belong to
their communities and the role of members of
such ethnic groups in the history and cultural
development of the Nation and of the region in
which they reside;
(E) full-day, year-round program of daily
activities designed to develop fully each child’s
potential;
(F) other specially designed health, social,
and educational programs (including after
school, summer, weekend, vacation, and over-
night programs);
(G) medical, dental, psychological, edu-
cational, and other appropriate diagnosis, iden-
tification, and treatment of visual, hearing,
speech, nutritional, and other physical, mental,
and emotional barriers to full participation in
child education and development programs, in-
cluding programs for preschool and other chil-
dren who are emotionally disturbed;
(H) prenatal and other medical services to
expectant mothers who cannot afford such serv-
ices, designed to help reduce malnutrition, in-
fant and maternal mortality, and the incidence
of mental retardation and other disabling condi-
tions, and postpartum and other medical serv-
ices (including family planning information) to
such recent mothers;
(I) incorporation within early childhood
education programs of special activities de-
signed to identify and ameliorate physical, men-
tal, and emotional disabilities and special learn-
ing disabilities;
(J) preservice and inservice education and
other training for professional and paraprofes-
sional personnel;
(K) dissemination of information in the
functional language of those to be served to as-
sure that parents are well informed of early
childhood education programs available to them
and may participate in such programs;
(L) services, including in-home services,
and training in the fundamentals of child devel-
opment, for parents, older family members
functioning in the capacity of parents, youth,
and prospective parents;
(M) programs designed to extend com-
prehensive prekindergarten early childhood edu-
cation techniques and gains (particularly parent
participation) into kindergarten and early pri-
mary grades (one through three), in cooperation
with local educational agencies, including—
(i) the use of former assistant Head
Start teachers or similar early childhood
education teachers as instructional aides
(in addition to those employed by the
schools involved) working closely with
classroom teachers in the kindergarten and
such early primary grades in which are en-
rolled children they taught in Head Start
or other early childhood programs;
(ii) providing for full participation of
parents of the children involved in program
planning, implementation, and decision-
making; and
(iii) for career development opportuni-
ties and advancement through continuing
education and training for instructional
aides involved (including teaching salaries,
educational stipends for tuition, books, and
tutoring, career counseling, arrangements
for academic credit for independent study,
fieldwork based on their teaching assign-
ments, and preservice and inservice train-
ing) and for the classroom teachers and
principals involved; and
(N) such other services and activities as
the Secretary deems appropriate in furtherance
of the purposes of this part; and
(3) staff and other administrative expenses of
early childhood education councils established and
operated in accordance with this title.
SEC. 102. PRIME SPONSORS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVEL-
OPMENT PROGRAMS.
(a) PRIME SPONSORSHIP.—In accordance with the
provisions of this section, a State, locality, combination of
localities, Indian tribe on a Federal or State reservation,
or public or private nonprofit agency or organization,
meeting the requirements of this Act may be designated
by the Secretary as prime sponsor for the purpose of en-
tering into arrangements to carry out early childhood edu-
cation programs under this part, upon the approval by the
Secretary of a prime sponsorship plan, which includes
provisions—
(1) describing the prime sponsorship area to be
served;
(2) setting forth satisfactory provisions of es-
tablishing and maintaining an Early Childhood Edu-
cation Council which meets the requirements of sec-
tion 103 of this Act;
(3) providing that the Early Childhood Edu-
cation Council shall be responsible for developing
and preparing a comprehensive early childhood edu-
cation plan for each fiscal year and any modification
thereof;
(4) setting forth arrangements under which the
Early Childhood Education Council will be respon-
sible for planning, supervising, coordinating, moni-
toring, and evaluating early childhood education pro-
grams in the prime sponsorship area;
(5) providing adequate assurances that staff
and other administrative expenses for the Early
Childhood Education Council under subsection (b)
paragraph (3) of section 101 will not exceed 5 per-
cent of the total cost of comprehensive early child-
hood education programs administered by the prime
sponsor unless such percentage limitation is in-
creased to give special consideration to initial costs
in the first operations year or to other special needs,
in accordance with regulations which the Secretary
shall prescribe; and
(6) providing assurances, to the extent nec-
essary to carry out comprehensive early childhood
education programs in the area to be served, of the
capacity to provide, or to enter into arrangements
with appropriate State, local or other agencies for
linkages to provide—
(A) coordination with educational agencies
and providers of educational services;
(B) health (including family planning) and
mental health services;
(C) nutrition services; and
(D) training of professional and para-
professional personnel.
(b) LOCAL APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall approve
a prime sponsorship plan submitted by a locality which
is a city, country, or other unit of general local govern-
ment, if the Secretary determines that the plan so sub-
mitted meets the requirements of subsection (a) and in-
cludes adequate provisions for carrying out comprehensive
early childhood education programs in area of such local-
ity. In the event that an area under the jurisdiction of
a unit of general local government, a city, county, or other
unit of local government, includes any common geo-
graphical area with that covered by another such unit of
general local government, the Secretary shall designate to
serve such area the unit of general local government which
the Secretary determines has the capability of more effec-
tively carrying out the purposes of this title with respect
to such area and which has submitted a plan which meets
the requirements of this section and includes adequate
provisions for carrying out comprehensive early childhood
education programs in such area.
(c) FAILURE TO MEET REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the event that the Sec-
retary determines that a locality fails to meet the re-
quirements for designation as a prime sponsor under
subsection (b) for the reason that it lacks the capa-
bility of meeting the requirements of paragraph (5)
(concerning the limitation in administrative expenses
for Early Childhood Education Councils) or para-
graph (6) (concerning the capacity to provide or to
enter into arrangements for linkages to provide serv-
ices related to early childhood education) of sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall take steps to encour-
age the submission of a prime sponsorship plan, cov-
ering the area of such locality, by a combination of
section (h), the Secretary may, with respect to the impend-
ing fiscal year when no such prime sponsorship designa-
tion will be in effect, approve a plan submitted by the
State which meets the requirements of subsection (a) and
includes adequate provisions for carrying out comprehen-
sive early childhood education programs in each such area.
(f) AGENCY APPROVAL.—The Secretary may approve
a prime sponsorship plan submitted by a public or private
nonprofit agency, including but not limited to a commu-
nity action agency, single purpose Head Start agency,
community development corporation, parent cooperative,
organization of migrant agricultural workers, organization
of Native Americans, Alaskan Natives or Native Hawai-
ians, employer organizations, or public or private edu-
cational agency or institution if the Secretary determines
that the plan so submitted meets the requirements of sub-
section (a) of this section and includes—
(1) provisions setting forth arrangements for
serving children in a neighborhood or other area
possessing a commonality of interest in the area of
any locality with respect to which there is not prime
sponsorship designation in effect, or with respect to
any portion of an area where the prime sponsor is
found not to be satisfactorily implementing early
childhood education program which adequately
meets the purposes of this part, or for making avail-
able special services, in accordance with criteria es-
tablished by the Secretary, designed to meet the
needs of economically disadvantaged or preschool
children;
(2) arrangements for providing comprehensive
early childhood education programs on a full-day
year-round; or
(3) arrangements for carrying out model pro-
grams especially designed to be responsive to the
needs 
of 
economically 
disadvantaged, 
minority
groups, or limited English proficient preschool chil-
dren.
(g) COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Gov-
ernor of the State shall in accordance with regulations
which the Secretary shall prescribe, be given a reasonable
opportunity to review and offer recommendations to any
applicant submitting a plan for prime sponsorship des-
ignation under this section, and to submit comments to
the Secretary with respect to any plan so submitted.
(h) DISAPPROVAL.—A prime sponsorship plan sub-
mitted under this section may be disapproved or a prior
designation of a prime sponsor may be withdrawn only if
the Secretary, in accordance with regulations prescribed
by the Secretary, has provided—
(1) written notice of intention to disapprove
such plan, including a statement of the reasons,
(2) a reasonable time in which to submit correc-
tive amendments to such plan or undertake other
necessary corrective action, and
(3) an opportunity for a public hearing upon
which basis an appeal to the Secretary may be taken
as of right.
(i) APPEALS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—If any party is dissatisfied
with the Secretary’s final action under subsection
(h) with respect to the disapproval of its plan sub-
mitted under this section or the withdrawal of its
prime sponsorship designation, such party may,
within sixty days after notice of such action, file
with the United States court of appeals for the cir-
cuit in which such party is located a petition for re-
view of that action. A copy of the petition shall be
forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to
the Secretary. The Secretary thereupon shall file in
the court the record of the proceeding on which the
Secretary based his/her action, as provided in section
2112 of title 28, United States Code.
(2) COURT JUDGMENT.—The court shall have
jurisdiction to affirm the action of the Secretary or
to set it aside, in whole or in part. The judgment of
the court shall be subject to review by the Supreme
Court of the United States upon certiorari or certifi-
cation as provided in section 1254 of title 28, United
States Code.
SEC. 103. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION COUNCILS.
(a) MEMBERSHIP.—Each prime sponsor designed
under section 102 shall establish and maintain an Early
Childhood Education Council consisting of not less than
ten members comprised as follows:
(1) PARENTS.—Not less than half of the mem-
bers of such Council shall be parents of children
served in early childhood education programs under
this Act.
(2) REMAINING
MEMBERS.—The remaining
members of such Council shall be appointed by the
chief executive officer or officers of the prime spon-
sor to represent the public, but—
(A) not less than half of such members
shall be persons who are broadly representative
of the general public, including government
agencies, public and private agencies and orga-
nizations in such field as economic opportunity,
health, education, welfare, employment and
training, business or financial organizations or
institutions, labor unions, and employers, and
who are approved by the parent members de-
scribed in paragraph (1); and
(B) the remaining members the number of
which shall be either equal to or one less than
the number of members appointed under clause
(A), shall be persons who are particularly
skilled by virtue of training or experience in
early childhood education, child development,
child health, child welfare, or other child serv-
ices, except that the Secretary may waive the
requirements of this clause (B) to the extent
that the Secretary determines, in accordance
with regulations prescribed by the Secretary,
that such person are not available to the area
to be served.
(b) PROCEDURES.—In accordance with procedures
with the Secretary shall establish pursuant to regulations,
each prime sponsor designed under section 102 shall pro-
vide, with respect to the Early Childhood Education Coun-
cil established and maintained by such prime sponsor,
that—
(1) the parent members described in paragraph
(1) of subsection (a) of this section shall be chosen
by the membership of Head Start policy committees
where they exist, and, at the earliest practicable
time, by project policy committees established pursu-
ant to section 105(a)(2) of this Act;
(2) not less than one-fourth of the total mem-
bership of such Council shall be persons broadly rep-
resentative of the economically disadvantaged;
(3) the terms of office and any other policies
and procedures of an organizational nature, includ-
ing nomination and election procedures, are appro-
priate in accordance with the purposes of this Act;
(4) such Council shall have responsibility for
approving basic goals, policies, actions, and proce-
dures for the prime sponsor, including policies with
respect to planning, general supervision and over-
sight, overall coordination, personnel, budgeting,
funding of projects, and monitoring and evaluation
of projects; and
(5) such Council shall, upon its own initiatives
or upon request of a project applicant or any other
party in interest, conduct public hearings before act-
ing upon applications for financial assistance sub-
mitted by project applicants under this Act.
SEC. 
104. 
COMPREHENSIVE 
EARLY 
CHILDHOOD 
EDU-
CATION PLANS.
(a) ASSISTANCE.—Financial assistance under this
part may be provided by the Secretary for any fiscal year
to a prime sponsor designated pursuant to section 102
only pursuant to a comprehensive early childhood edu-
cation plan which is submitted by such prime sponsor and
approved by the Secretary in accordance with the provi-
sions of this part. Any such plan shall set forth a com-
prehensive program providing early childhood education
services in the prime sponsorship area which—
(1) identifies all early childhood education
needs and goals within the area and describes the
purposes for which the financial assistance will be
used;
(2) meets the needs of children in the prime
sponsorship area, to the extent that available funds
can be reasonably expected to have an effective im-
pact, including infant care and before and after
school programs for children in school with priority
to children who have not attained six years of age;
(3) gives priority to meeting the special needs
of economically disadvantaged children by providing
that not less than 65 percent of the total cost of
programs receiving financial assistance under section
4(b) shall be for early childhood education programs
for economically disadvantaged children;
(4) gives priority thereafter to providing early
childhood education programs and services to chil-
dren of single parents and working mothers not cov-
ered under paragraph (3);
(5) provides procedures for the approval of
project applications submitted in accordance with
section 105;
(6) provides, in the case of a prime sponsor lo-
cated within or adjacent to a metropolitan area, for
coordination with other prime sponsors located with-
in such metropolitan area, and arrangements for co-
operative funding where appropriate, and particu-
larly for such coordination where appropriate meet
the needs for early childhood education services of
children of parents working or participating in train-
ing or otherwise occupied during the day within a
prime sponsorship area other than that in which
they reside;
(7) provides that, to the extent feasible, each
program within the prime sponsorship area will in-
clude children from a range of socioeconomic back-
grounds;
(8) provides comprehensive services (A) to meet
the special needs of minority group children of mi-
grant agricultural workers with particular emphasis
on the needs of children from bilingual families for
development of skills in English and in the other
language spoken in the home, and (B) to meet the
need of all children to understand the history and
cultural background of minority groups which belong
to the communities and the role of members of such
minority groups in the history and cultural develop-
ment of the Nation and the region in which they re-
side;
(9) provides equitably for the early childhood
education needs of children from each minority
group or significant segment of the economically dis-
advantaged residing within the area covered;
(10) provides, to the extent possible, for coordi-
nation of early childhood education programs so as
to keep family units intact or in close proximity dur-
ing the day;
(11) provides for the regular and frequent dis-
semination of information in the functional language
of those to be served, to assure that parents and in-
terested persons in the community are fully informed
of the activities of the Early Childhood Education
Council and of delegate agencies;
(12) provides that, to the extent possible, unem-
ployed or low-income persons residing in commu-
nities served by such projects will receive jobs pro-
viding career ladder opportunities, including in-home
and part-time jobs, and opportunities for training in
programs assisted under title II of this Act;
(13) assures that procedures and mechanisms
for coordination have been developed in cooperation
with preschool program administrators and adminis-
trators of local educational agencies and non-public
schools, at the local level, to provide continuity be-
tween programs for preschool and elementary school
children and to coordinate programs conducted
under this part and programs conducted pursuant to
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831–9852) and the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
as amended;
(14) establishes arrangements in the area
served for the coordination of programs conducted
under the auspices of or with the support of busi-
ness or financial institutions or organizations, indus-
try, labor, employee and labor-management organi-
zations, and other community groups;
(15) contains any arrangements for the delega-
tion, under the supervision of the Early Childhood
Education Council, to any public or private non-
profit agencies, institutions, or organizations, of re-
sponsibilities for the delivery of programs, services,
and activities for which financial assistance is pro-
vided under this title, or for any planning or evalua-
tion services to be made available with respect to
programs under this title; and
(16) contains plans for regularly conducting
surveys and analyses of needs for early childhood
education programs in the prime sponsorship area
and for submitting to the Secretary a comprehensive
annual report and evaluation in such form and con-
taining such information as the Secretary shall re-
quire by regulation.
(b) PLAN
AND PLAN MODIFICATIONS.—No com-
prehensive early childhood education plan or modification
thereof submitted by a prime sponsorship under this sec-
tion shall be approved by the Secretary unless the Sec-
retary determines, in accordance with regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary, that—
(1) each community action agency or single
purpose Head Start agency in the area to be served
previously responsible for the administration of pro-
grams under this part or under the Head Start Act
(42 U.S.C. 9831–9852) has had an opportunity to
submit comments to the prime sponsor and to the
Secretary;
(2) the local educational agency for the area to
be served, and other appropriate educational and
training agencies and institutions, have had an op-
portunity to submit comments to the prime sponsor
and to the Secretary; and
(3) the Governor of the State has had an op-
portunity to submit comments to the prime sponsor
and to the Secretary.
(c) DISAPPROVAL.—A comprehensive early childhood
education plan submitted under this section may be dis-
approved or a prior approval withdrawn only if the Sec-
retary, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the
Secretary, had provided—
(1) written notice of intention to disapprove
such plan, including a statement of the reasons,
(2) reasonable time to submit corrective amend-
ments to such plan or undertake for a public hearing
upon which basis an appeal to the Secretary may be
taken as of right.
(d) JOINT SUBMISSIONS.—In order to contribute to
the effective administration of this Act, the Secretary shall