(2) update such reviews and the findings and 
conclusions therefrom at least every 5 years. 
(f) REPORTING.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress on 
the results of implementing this section. 
SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTING THE INTERVENTIONS IN HEAD 
START PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary for the 
Administration for Children and Families shall award 
grants to participating Head Start agencies to implement 
the interventions, best practices, curricula, and staff 
trainings that are identified pursuant to section 2. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
ensure that grants awarded under this section are award-
ed to grantees representing a diversity of geographic areas 
across the United States, including urban, suburban, and 
rural areas. 
SEC. 4. EVALUATING IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERVEN-
TIONS IN HEAD START PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation and in coordination with the 
Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children 
and Families, shall— 
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(1) determine whether the interventions, best 
practices, curricula, and staff trainings implemented 
pursuant to section 3— 
(A) are effectively implemented pursuant 
to section 3 and other relevant provisions of law 
such that the anticipated effect sizes of the 
interventions, best practices, curricula, and 
staff trainings are achieved; and 
(B) yield long-term savings; 
(2) develop a method for making the determina-
tion required by paragraph (1); 
(3) ensure that such method includes com-
petency and testing approaches, performance or out-
come measures, or any other methods deemed appro-
priate by the Assistant Secretary, taking into consid-
eration existing monitoring components of the Head 
Start and Early Head Start programs; and 
(4) the Assistant Secretaries shall solicit public 
input on the design, findings, and conclusions of this 
process and shall consider whether updates are nec-
essary at least every 5 years. 
(b) PROCESS.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall— 
(1) conduct any research and evaluation studies 
needed; and 
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(2) solicit public input on— 
(A) the design of the method developed 
pursuant to subsection (a)(2); and 
(B) the resulting findings and conclusions. 
(c) TIMING.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall— 
(1) develop the method required by subsection 
(a)(2) and make the initial determination required 
by subsection (a)(1) not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) update such method and determination at 
least every 5 years. 
SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTING THE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK 
FOR HEAD START PROGRAMS. 
(a) EVALUATION METHOD.—The Assistant Secretary 
for the Administration for Children and Families shall im-
plement the evaluation method developed pursuant to sec-
tion 4(a) in the Head Start program as a voluntary mech-
anism for interested Head Start programs or Early Head 
Start centers to evaluate the extent to which such pro-
grams or centers have effectively implemented the inter-
ventions, best practices, curricula, and staff trainings 
identified pursuant to section 2, with minimal burden or 
disruption to programs and centers interested in partici-
pating. 
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(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Assistant Sec-
retary for the Administration for Children and Families 
shall provide guidance, tools, resources, and technical as-
sistance to grantees for implementing and evaluating 
interventions, best practices, curricula, and staff trainings 
identified pursuant to section 2 and optimizing the per-
formance of such grantees on the annual evaluations. 
SEC. 6. BEST PRACTICE CENTERS. 
The Assistant Secretary for the Administration for 
Children and Families may fund up to 5 Best Practice 
Centers in Early Childhood Training in universities and 
colleges to prepare future Head Start agencies and staff 
able to deliver the interventions, best practices, curricula, 
and staff trainings identified pursuant to section 2. 
SEC. 7. FUNDING. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for the period 
of fiscal years 2021 through 2030 for carrying out sec-
tions 3(b), 4, 6, and 7. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Amounts 
authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) are au-
thorized to remain available until expended. 
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