‘‘(B) APPROVAL.—Subject to paragraph 
(6), not later than 60 days after the date of re-
ceipt of a proposed amendment under subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall provide to the 
grantee a written notice describing whether the 
proposed amendment has been approved or dis-
approved. 
‘‘(6) APPEAL OF SECRETARIAL DECISIONS ON 
WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A grantee may appeal 
a determination of the Secretary to disapprove 
a waiver request under subsection (c)(5) or an 
amendment request under paragraph (5)(B)— 
‘‘(i) by amending and resubmitting to 
the Secretary the request and explanation 
in accordance with paragraph (3)(K) or 
(5), as applicable; or 
‘‘(ii) by requesting reconsideration of 
the request. 
‘‘(B) TIMEFRAME.—An appeal under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be submitted to the Sec-
retary by not later than the 30 days after the 
date of receipt of a notification of disapproval 
of— 
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‘‘(i) a waiver request under paragraph 
(4)(B)(i)(II); or 
‘‘(ii) an amendment request under 
paragraph (5)(B). 
‘‘(C) FINAL
DETERMINATION.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date of receipt of an ap-
peal under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall provide to the grantee a written notice of 
the final approval or disapproval status of the 
waiver or amendment request, as applicable. 
‘‘(7) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
include in each notification of approval of an 
application under paragraph (4) the terms and 
conditions of that approval, including— 
‘‘(i) the date on which the eligible en-
tity may begin implementing the dem-
onstration project; 
‘‘(ii) the services and support to be 
provided for the demonstration project by 
the Administration for Children and Fami-
lies and the Department of Health and 
Human Services; 
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‘‘(iii) the responsibilities of the grant-
ee regarding implementation of the dem-
onstration project; 
‘‘(iv) the terms of distribution to the 
demonstration project of funds from the el-
igible underlying programs identified in the 
approved application, to be made in ac-
cordance with a payment schedule deter-
mined by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(v) a requirement that the grantee 
shall comply with all legal requirements 
applicable to the eligible underlying pro-
grams that have not been waived by the 
Secretary pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(8) SELECTION
CRITERIA.—The Secretary 
may give priority to a demonstration project of suffi-
cient scope and scale to be the basis of a thorough 
evaluation of any new approach or alternative meth-
od that best— 
‘‘(A) addresses the unique challenges and 
barriers to effective and efficient programming; 
and 
‘‘(B) ensures access to high-quality early 
childhood education services in tribal commu-
nities. 
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‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE UNDERLYING PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A program eligible to be an 
underlying program from which a demonstration 
project receives financial assistance shall be one of 
the following: 
‘‘(A) The social and economic development 
strategies program carried out under section 
803. 
‘‘(B) The Native American language pres-
ervation and maintenance program carried out 
under section 803C, including the Esther Mar-
tinez initiative. 
‘‘(C) The early childhood infrastructure de-
velopment grant program carried out under sec-
tion 805B(c). 
‘‘(D) The early childhood professional de-
velopment grant program carried out under sec-
tion 805B(d). 
‘‘(E) The program of block grants to 
States and Indian tribes for temporary assist-
ance for needy families for funding for childcare 
carried out under section 418 of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 618). 
‘‘(F) The tribal maternal, infant, and early 
childhood home visiting program carried out 
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under section 511 of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 711). 
‘‘(G) A Head Start program or an Early 
Head Start program carried out under the 
Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) (ex-
cept if there has been a determination under 
section 641(c)(7)(A)(iii) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 
9836(c)(7)(A)(iii)) that the Head Start or 
Early Head Start agency of the Indian tribe 
submitting an application under subsection (d) 
has not been delivering a high-quality and com-
prehensive Head Start or Early Head Start 
program). 
‘‘(H) The child care and development block 
grant program carried out under the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9858 et seq.). 
‘‘(I) Any additional program identified by 
the Secretary under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—After consultation 
with the Work Group, the Secretary may in-
clude in a report under subsection (f)(2) a pro-
posal to designate any additional program ad-
ministered by the Secretary of Health and 
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Human Services as an eligible underlying pro-
gram for purposes of the demonstration pro-
gram under this section, subject to the condi-
tion that the additional program shall be con-
sistent with the purposes of the demonstration 
program. 
‘‘(B) DEEMED
APPROVAL.—If Congress 
fails to act on a proposal of the Secretary under 
subparagraph (A) by the date that is 180 days 
after the date of receipt of the applicable re-
port, the proposal shall be deemed to be ap-
proved by Congress. 
‘‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each grantee shall 
submit to the Secretary semiannual reports de-
scribing the progress achieved and monitoring 
conducted by the grantee in carrying out the 
demonstration project. 
‘‘(B) REPORT CONTENTS.—Subject to sub-
section (g)(4)(B), each report submitted under 
subparagraph (A) shall include, with respect to 
the period covered by the report— 
‘‘(i) an identification of— 
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‘‘(I) to support the objectives of 
the demonstration project; and 
‘‘(II) to ensure appropriate use of 
Federal funding. 
‘‘(C) STANDARD FORM.—The Secretary, in 
consultation with the Work Group, shall develop 
a standard report form— 
‘‘(i) to be used by all grantees to 
achieve compliance with this paragraph; 
and 
‘‘(ii) that can be used with respect to 
any eligible underlying program. 
‘‘(2) SECRETARIAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years 
after the date on which the first demonstration 
project is implemented under this section, and 
not less frequently than once every 5 years 
thereafter for the duration of the demonstration 
program, the Secretary shall submit to the con-
gressional committees described in subpara-
graph (B) a report that describes— 
‘‘(i) any evidence-based developments 
achieved as a result of the demonstration 
program under this section; 
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‘‘(ii) the progress and impacts of the 
demonstration projects carried out under 
this section; and 
‘‘(iii) with respect to the initial report 
required under this subparagraph, a rec-
ommendation regarding the ways in which 
the application process for competitively 
awarded eligible underlying programs can 
be reduced and streamlined for grantees 
under this section. 
‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The 
congressional committees referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) are— 
‘‘(i) in the Senate— 
‘‘(I) the Committee on Indian Af-
fairs; and 
‘‘(II) the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions; and 
‘‘(ii) in the House of Representa-
tives— 
‘‘(I) the Subcommittee on Indian, 
Insular and Alaska Native Affairs; 
and 
‘‘(II) the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce. 
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‘‘(g) 
MONITORING
AND
OVERSIGHT; 
TERMI-
NATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Work Group, shall implement a coordinated 
monitoring and oversight system that applies to all 
eligible underlying programs, including— 
‘‘(A) review of the reports described in 
subsection (f); and 
‘‘(B) onsite visits to demonstration proj-
ects, as the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary. 
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE.—For each demonstration 
project, the Secretary shall use the reports described 
in subsection (f) and other relevant information as 
the basis for determining whether a grantee has 
complied with— 
‘‘(A) the terms and conditions of the dem-
onstration project; and 
‘‘(B) any policy, procedure, or guidance 
issued under paragraph (4). 
‘‘(3) TERMINATION.—The Secretary may termi-
nate funding to a demonstration project if— 
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‘‘(A) pursuant to the monitoring and over-
sight system under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary determines that— 
‘‘(i) the implementation of the dem-
onstration project deviates significantly 
from the approved application without the 
prior approval of the Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) noncompliance under paragraph 
(2) has occurred; and 
‘‘(iii) the grantee has failed to correct 
the noncompliance described in clause (ii) 
after sufficient opportunity, as determined 
by the Secretary, to correct the noncompli-
ance; or 
‘‘(B) the grantee submits to the Secretary 
a written request to terminate the demonstra-
tion project, including an explanation of the 
reasons for termination, as required by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(4) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary may issue policies, 
procedures, and guidance relating to perform-
ance-based standards of accountability and in-
ternal controls necessary for a grantee and eli-
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gible underlying program to ensure appropriate 
use of Federal funding. 
‘‘(B) RESTRICTION.—The Secretary shall 
not require a grantee to maintain a separate 
record for each eligible underlying program that 
traces the use of funds by the demonstration 
project back to each individual eligible under-
lying program. 
‘‘(5) EVALUATION
CRITERIA.—The Secretary, 
in consultation with Indian tribes and grantees, shall 
develop and promulgate regulations prescribing the 
parameters and evaluation criteria for assessing the 
quality of a demonstration project. 
‘‘(h) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Assistant Secretary for Children 
and Families (referred to in this subsection as 
the ‘Secretary’), shall distribute to each grantee 
financial assistance using amounts appropriated 
to each applicable eligible underlying program 
identified by the grantee in the application 
under subsection (d)(3) in proportions to be de-
termined by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(B) 
DETERMINATION.—The 
Secretary 
shall determine the amounts allocated to each 
grantee from each applicable eligible underlying 
program using the funding schedules or for-
mulas employed by the applicable eligible un-
derlying program. 
‘‘(2) UNUSED FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (C), any grant amounts that are 
not obligated or expended by the grantee on or 
before September 30 of the fiscal year for which 
the amounts were distributed under paragraph 
(1) shall remain available to the grantee until 
September 30 of the following fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) REVERSION OF FUNDS.—Any grant 
amounts that are not obligated or expended by 
the grantee on or before the deadline described 
in subparagraph (A) shall revert to the Sec-
retary for reallocation to the eligible underlying 
programs for grants to eligible entities in the 
original proportions described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(C) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A), grant amounts specifi-
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cally reserved in the budget described in 
subsection (d)(3)(I) for construction proj-
ects shall remain available to the grantee 
until the end of the 5th fiscal year fol-
lowing the fiscal year for which the 
amounts were distributed under paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(ii) REVERSION
OF
FUNDS.—Any 
grant amounts described in clause (i) that 
are not obligated or expended by the 
grantee on or before the deadline described 
in that clause shall revert to the Secretary 
for reallocation to the eligible underlying 
programs for grants to eligible entities in 
the original proportions described in para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of amounts available to the 
Secretary and not otherwise obligated, the Secretary 
shall reserve each fiscal year $3,000,000 for admin-
istration of the demonstration program, of which— 
‘‘(A) not less than 80 percent shall be used 
for technical assistance and evaluation capacity 
building activities under subsection (i); and 
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‘‘(B) not more than 20 percent shall be 
used for oversight, grant application technical 
assistance, and demonstration program evalua-
tion. 
‘‘(4) CONSOLIDATION
OF
FUNDS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law and in propor-
tions determined by the grantee, a grantee may con-
solidate financial assistance received from each eligi-
ble underlying program, subject to the condition that 
the grantee shall stipulate in the application under 
subsection (d)(3) that the grantee shall use the 
funds for the respective statutory and integrated 
purposes of the eligible underlying programs. 
‘‘(5) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, a grantee may use 
not more than 15 percent of the total amount of fi-
nancial assistance received under this section for ad-
ministrative costs. 
‘‘(6) FUNDING
LEVEL
MAINTENANCE.—The 
Secretary shall not reduce the amount of funding al-
located to an eligible underlying program as a result 
of the eligible underlying program being part of a 
demonstration project. 
‘‘(i) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Work Group, shall provide to grantees 
technical assistance and training relating to— 
‘‘(A) demonstration project administration; 
‘‘(B) monitoring and evaluation capacity 
development; 
‘‘(C) coordination with tribal, Federal, 
State, and local agencies; or 
‘‘(D) any other activity to achieve the ob-
jectives of this section that is— 
‘‘(i) authorized by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(ii) recommended by the Work 
Group. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION
ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary may provide to an entity approved by the 
Work Group financial assistance to carry out— 
‘‘(A) an evaluation of the demonstration 
program to quantify any changes resulting from 
the demonstration program, based on perform-
ance indicators and outcome measurements 
used by grantees to evaluate progress in achiev-
ing the objectives of each demonstration 
project; 
‘‘(B) development and implementation of 
unified data collection and reporting systems; 
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‘‘(C) semiannual training and technical as-
sistance meetings and other activities sponsored 
by the Administration for Children and Fami-
lies; or 
‘‘(D) any other technical assistance and 
training activity authorized under paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(3) 
TRIBAL
EARLY
CHILDHOOD
WORK 
GROUP.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To assist in achieving 
the purposes of the demonstration program 
under this section, the Secretary shall establish 
a tribal early childhood demonstration program 
work group. 
‘‘(B) MEMBERSHIP.—The Work Group 
shall be comprised of representatives of— 
‘‘(i) the National Indian Child Care 
Association; 
‘‘(ii) the Early Head Start Tribal 
Partnership; 
‘‘(iii) the National Indian Head Start 
Directors Association; 
‘‘(iv) the Indian Health Service; 
‘‘(v) Tribal Child Care Development 
Fund Program Administrators; 
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‘‘(vi) early childhood research centers 
with expertise in tribal early childhood pro-
grams, including the Tribal Early Child-
hood Research Center at the University of 
Colorado; 
‘‘(vii) to the extent feasible, a diverse 
sampling of Indian tribes participating in 
the demonstration program under this sec-
tion; 
‘‘(viii) the Administration for Native 
Americans; 
‘‘(ix) the Tribal Home Visiting Pro-
gram; 
‘‘(x) the National Indian Education 
Association; 
‘‘(xi) the American Indian Higher 
Education Consortium; and 
‘‘(xii) such other organizations, agen-
cies, and entities as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(C) DUTIES.—The Work Group shall ad-
vise the Secretary regarding the development 
and implementation of— 
‘‘(i) the demonstration project report-
ing forms described in subsection (f)(1)(C); 
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‘‘(ii) the coordinated monitoring and 
oversight system described in subsection 
(g)(1); and 
‘‘(iii) the technical assistance and 
training described in this section. 
‘‘SEC. 805B. EARLY CHILDHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE DEVEL-
OPMENT GRANT PROGRAM; EARLY CHILD-
HOOD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 
‘‘(1) to increase the number of highly qualified 
early childhood care and development service pro-
viders— 
‘‘(A) who are Indian; or 
‘‘(B) who work for programs serving tribal 
communities; and 
‘‘(2) to ensure tribal early childhood care and 
development center infrastructure is safe and condu-
cive to serving the needs of the tribal communities 
that use that infrastructure. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means a demonstration project carried out 
under section 805A that identified in the application 
under subsection (c)(3)(C)(iii) of that section the 
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program carried out under subsection (c) or (d), as 
applicable, as one of the eligible underlying pro-
grams to be used by the demonstration project. 
‘‘(2) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 7151 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7491). 
‘‘(c) EARLY CHILDHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE DEVEL-
OPMENT GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish 
a program under which the Secretary shall make grants 
to eligible entities— 
‘‘(1) to build facilities for early childhood care 
and development centers; or 
‘‘(2) to upgrade existing childhood learning and 
development facilities. 
‘‘(d) EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP-
MENT GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a program under which the Secretary shall make 
grants to eligible entities to reimburse early child-
hood educators for out-of-pocket costs associated 
with obtaining early childhood certification or cre-
dentials. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.— 
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‘‘(A) SERVICE FOR REIMBURSEMENT.—El-
igible entities receiving a grant under para-
graph (1) shall require early childhood edu-
cators who receive reimbursement under the 
grant to fulfill a period of obligated service with 
the demonstration project of the eligible entity 
in accordance with subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) PERIOD OF OBLIGATED SERVICE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall provide each eligible entity receiving a 
grant under paragraph (1) with a form 
contract for obligated service that the eligi-
ble entity shall use to carry out subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENT.—Before receiv-
ing reimbursement, the early childhood ed-
ucator and the eligible entity shall enter 
into a contract described in clause (i). 
‘‘(e) ALLOCATION OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) EARLY CHILDHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE DE-
VELOPMENT GRANTS.—In making grants under sub-
section (c), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) allocate to an eligible entity such 
amounts as are requested in the application of 
the eligible entity; or 
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‘‘(B) if funding is insufficient to fulfill the 
total amount requested by all eligible entities, 
fully fund a selection of eligible entities based 
on the following criteria: 
‘‘(i) The likelihood of completing the 
proposed infrastructure project within the 
timeframe of the demonstration project. 
‘‘(ii) The ability of the infrastructure 
project to address outstanding health and 
safety concerns. 
‘‘(iii) Any other criteria identified by 
the Secretary, in consultation with the 
tribal early childhood demonstration pro-
gram work group established under section 
805A(i)(3). 
‘‘(2) EARLY
CHILDHOOD
PROFESSIONAL
DE-
VELOPMENT GRANT.—In making grants under sub-
section (d), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) allocate to an eligible entity such 
amounts as are requested in the application of 
the eligible entity; or 
‘‘(B) if funding is insufficient to fulfill the 
total amount requested by all eligible entities, 
allocate funds to each eligible entity based on 
the proportion that— 
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‘‘(i) the number of children served by 
the eligible entity; bears to 
‘‘(ii) the total number of children 
served by all eligible entities approved for 
funding under subsection (d). 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) EARLY CHILDHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE DE-
VELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (c)— 
‘‘(A) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2017 through 2021; and 
‘‘(B) such sums as are necessary for each 
fiscal year thereafter. 
‘‘(2) EARLY
CHILDHOOD
PROFESSIONAL
DE-
VELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (d)— 
‘‘(A) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2017 through 2021; and 
‘‘(B) such sums as are necessary for each 
fiscal year thereafter.’’. 
SEC. 3. TRIBAL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR RECRUIT-
MENT AND RETENTION. 
(a) LOAN FORGIVENESS
FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD 
EDUCATORS.— 
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(1) FFEL LOANS.—Section 428J of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–10) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘section 465(a)(2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (A) or (B) of section 465(a)(2)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(3)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘OR SPECIAL EDUCATION’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘SPECIAL
EDUCATION, 
OR
TRIBAL 
EARLY
CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT
PRO-
GRAMS’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by strik-
ing the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) an early childhood teacher— 
‘‘(i) who meets the requirements of 
subsection (b); and 
‘‘(ii) whose qualifying employment for 
purposes of such subsection is in an early 
childhood learning and development pro-
gram— 
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‘‘(I) that is operated by an In-
dian tribe (as defined in section 4 of 
the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450b)); or 
‘‘(II) that serves a large percent-
age of Indian children, as defined by 
the Secretary.’’. 
(2) FEDERAL DIRECT LOANS.—Section 460 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087j) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘section 465(a)(2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (A) or (B) of section 465(a)(2)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(3)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘OR SPECIAL EDUCATION’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘SPECIAL
EDUCATION, 
OR
TRIBAL 
EARLY
CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT
PRO-
GRAMS’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by strik-
ing the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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