and with schools in which children participating in 
a Head Start program operated by such agency will 
enroll following such program, including—
‘‘(A) collaborating on the shared use of 
transportation and facilities; 
‘‘(B) collaborating to enhance the efficiency 
of services while increasing the program partici-
pation of underserved populations of eligible 
children; and 
‘‘(C) exchanging information on the provi-
sion of noneducational services to such children. 
‘‘(4) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.—In order to pro-
mote the continued involvement of the parents (in-
cluding grandparents and kinship caregivers, as ap-
propriate) of children that participate in Head Start 
programs in the education of their children upon 
transition to school, the Head Start agency shall work 
with the local educational agency—
‘‘(A) to provide training to the parents—
‘‘(i) to inform the parents about their 
rights and responsibilities concerning the 
education of their children; and 
‘‘(ii) to enable the parents—
‘‘(I) to understand and work with 
schools in order to communicate with 
teachers and other school personnel; 
‘‘(II) to support the schoolwork of 
their children; and 
‘‘(III) to participate as appro-
priate in decisions relating to the edu-
cation of their children; and 
‘‘(B) to take other actions, as appropriate 
and feasible, to support the active involvement of 
the parents with schools, school personnel, and 
school-related organizations.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated—
(A) by striking ‘‘A’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A); 
(D) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); and 
(E) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
following: 
‘‘(B) collaborating to increase the program par-
ticipation of underserved populations of eligible chil-
dren; and’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) Head Start agencies shall implement a research-
based early childhood curricula that promotes young chil-
dren’s school readiness in the areas of language and cog-
nitive development, early reading and premathematics 
skills, socio-emotional skills, physical development, and ap-
proaches to learning. Such curricula shall be—
‘‘(A) based on scientifically based research and 
have standardized training procedures and published 
curriculum materials to support implementation; and 
‘‘(B) comprehensive, outcomes based, and linked 
to ongoing assessment with instructional goals and 
measurable objectives. 
‘‘(9) Head Start agencies shall use ongoing, research-
based assessment methods that are developmentally appro-
priate, culturally and linguistically responsive, and tied to 
children’s daily activities in order to support the edu-
cational instruction of children in the program, including 
language skills, prereading knowledge and premathematics 
knowledge. Assessment instruments shall be those designed 
and validated for making decisions about teaching and 
learning and aligned with the program’s curricula and Sec-
tion 641A(a)(1). 
‘‘(10) For the purpose of meeting the performance 
standards, Head Start agencies shall use high-quality re-