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‘‘(2) establishing ongoing channels of commu-
nication between Head Start staff and their counter-
parts in the schools (including teachers, social work-
ers, McKinney-Vento liaisons as established under 
section 722 (g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)), and health staff) to facilitate co-
ordination of programs; 
‘‘(3) establish on-going communication for de-
veloping continuity of developmentally appropriate 
curricula between Head Start and local educational 
agencies to ensure an effective transition and appro-
priate shared expectations for children’s learning 
and development as they make such transition to 
school; 
‘‘(4) organizing and participating in joint train-
ing, including transition-related training for school 
staff and Head Start staff; 
‘‘(5) conducting meetings involving parents, 
kindergarten or elementary school teachers, and 
Head Start program teachers to discuss the edu-
cational, developmental, and other needs of indi-
vidual children; 
‘‘(6) helping parents of limited English Pro-
ficient children understand the method of instruction 
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and other services provided by the school in which 
such child will enroll after participation in Head 
Start and as appropriate, information provided to 
parents of limited English proficient children under 
section 3302 of title III of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7012); 
‘‘(7) developing and implementing a family out-
reach and support program in cooperation with enti-
ties carrying out parental involvement efforts under 
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) and family 
outreach and support efforts under subtitle B of title 
VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11431–11435); 
‘‘(8) assisting families, administrators, and 
teachers in enhancing educational and developmental 
continuity and continuity in parental involvement ac-
tivities between Head Start services and elementary 
school classes; 
‘‘(9) linking the services provided in such Head 
Start program with the education services, including 
services 
relating 
to 
language, 
literacy, 
and 
numeracy, provided by such local educational agen-
cy; 
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‘‘(10) helping parents (including grandparents 
and kinship caregivers, as appropriate) to under-
stand the importance of parental involvement in a 
child’s academic success while teaching them strate-
gies for maintaining parental involvement as their 
child moves from Head Start to elementary school; 
‘‘(11) developing and implementing a system to 
increase program participation of underserved popu-
lations of eligible children; and 
‘‘(12) coordinating activities and collaborating 
to ensure that curricula used in the Head Start pro-
gram are aligned with— 
‘‘(A) the Head Start Child Outcomes 
Framework as developed by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) State early learning standards, as ap-
propriate, with regard to cognitive, social, emo-
tional, and physical competencies that children 
entering kindergarten are expected to dem-
onstrate.’’. 
SEC. 10. LOCAL AND STATE INTEGRATION OF EARLY 
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. 
The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831) is amended 
by inserting after section 642A the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 642B. LOCAL AND STATE INTEGRATION OF EARLY 
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. 
‘‘(a) LOCAL INTEGRATION.—In general, Head Start 
agencies shall enter into ongoing partnerships with local 
educational agencies and with State-funded preschool and 
other early childhood programs. 
‘‘(1) MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.—Each 
Head Start agency shall enter into a memorandum 
of understanding with any local educational agencies 
or local councils, responsible for managing publicly 
funded prekindergarten programs in the service area 
of the Head Start agency (or if such agencies and 
such councils are not applicable in the service area, 
with the largest provider of publicly funded pre-
kindergarten in the service area), that shall include 
plans to coordinate the following activities: 
‘‘(A) Educational activities, curricula, and 
instruction. 
‘‘(B) Public information dissemination and 
access to programs for families contacting any 
of the early childhood programs. 
‘‘(C) Selection priorities for eligible chil-
dren to be served by programs. 
‘‘(D) Service delivery areas. 
‘‘(E) Staff training, including opportunities 
for joint staff training on topics such as aca-
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demic content standards, instructional methods, 
and social and emotional development. 
‘‘(F) Program technical assistance. 
‘‘(G) Provision of additional services to 
meet the needs of working parents. 
‘‘(H) Planning and parent education for 
smooth transitions to kindergarten as required 
in section 642A(3) and 642A(6). 
‘‘(I) Provision and use of facilities, trans-
portation, and other program elements. 
‘‘(J) Other elements mutually agreed to by 
the parties to such memorandum. 
‘‘(2) TIMING
OF
MEMORANDA.—Each Head 
Start agency shall enter into a memorandum of un-
derstanding under paragraph (1) not later than 1 
year after the effective date of this section. 
‘‘(3) 
SECRETARIAL
REVIEW.—Each 
memo-
randum of understanding entered into under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted to the Secretary not 
later than 30 days after entering into such memo-
randum. 
‘‘(A) If a Head Start agency is unable to 
comply with the requirement in paragraph (1) 
the Head Start agency shall notify the Sec-
retary and the chief executive officer of the 
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State not later than 30 days after determining 
that they are unable to enter into such memo-
randum. The Secretary, in cooperation with the 
State Early Learning Council and the State Di-
rector of Head Start Collaboration, shall evalu-
ate the causes of failure to enter into a memo-
randum of understanding under paragraph (1). 
With the assistance of the State Early Learning 
Council and the State Director of Head Start 
Collaboration, all parties shall again attempt to 
enter into a memorandum of understanding 
under paragraph (1). Then if no such memo-
randum of understanding is entered into, the 
Secretary shall make 1 of the following deter-
minations: 
‘‘(i) The local educational agency, 
local council, or other appropriate entity is 
unable or unwilling to enter into such a 
memorandum despite reasonable efforts on 
the part of the Head Start agency. 
‘‘(ii) The Head Start agency has not 
engaged in reasonable efforts to success-
fully negotiate and enter into a memo-
randum of understanding pursuant to 
paragraph (1). 
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‘‘(iii) There is an absence of publicly 
funded prekindergarten in the service area 
of the Head Start agency. 
‘‘(B) If the Secretary determines the Head 
Start agency is not making reasonable efforts 
to enter into a memorandum of understanding 
pursuant to paragraph (1), the Head Start 
agency shall be found to be noncompliant with 
program performance standards. 
‘‘(C) If the Secretary concludes that the 
local educational agency, local council, or other 
appropriate entity is not making reasonable ef-
forts to reach such a memorandum of under-
standing, the Head Start agency shall not be 
found out of compliance with paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) REVISION OF MEMORANDA.—Each memo-
randum of understanding shall be revised and re-
newed annually by the parties to such memorandum, 
in alignment with the beginning of the school year. 
‘‘(5) ABSENCE OF PREKINDERGARTEN.—In the 
absence of publicly funded prekindergarten in the 
service area of a Head Start agency, the Head Start 
agency shall submit notice to the Secretary and the 
chief executive officer of the State and shall work 
with the State Early Learning Council and the State 
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Director of Head Start Collaboration to improve co-
ordination in their service area. 
‘‘(b) STATE EARLY LEARNING COUNCILS.—From 
the amounts reserved under section 640(a)(2)(C)(iii), the 
Secretary shall award, upon submission of a written re-
quest and pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (2), 
an early learning collaboration grant to each State for the 
purposes of supporting a State Early Learning Council re-
sponsible for advancing the development of a coordinated 
early childhood services delivery system in the State. A 
State that receives a grant under this subparagraph 
shall— 
‘‘(1) establish a State Early Learning Council, 
which shall include— 
‘‘(A) the State Director of Head Start Col-
laboration; 
‘‘(B) representatives from the State pre-
school programs; 
‘‘(C) representatives of local educational 
agencies; 
‘‘(D) the State official who oversees child 
care programs; 
‘‘(E) the State official who oversees section 
619 and part C of the Individuals with Disabil-
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