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‘‘(B) the nature of the Head Start services 
and of the Early Head Start services provided to 
limited English proficient children and their 
families, including the types, content, duration, 
intensity, and costs of family services, language 
assistance, and educational services; 
‘‘(C) procedures in Head Start programs 
for assessing language needs and for making the 
transition of limited English proficient children 
to kindergarten, including the extent to which 
Head Start programs meet the requirements of 
section 642A for limited English proficient chil-
dren; 
‘‘(D) the qualifications and training pro-
vided to Head Start teachers and Early Head 
Start teachers who serve limited English pro-
ficient children and their families; 
‘‘(E) the rate of progress made by limited 
English proficient children and their families in 
Head Start programs and in Early Head Start 
programs, including— 
‘‘(i) the rate of progress made by lim-
ited English proficient children toward 
meeting the additional educational stand-
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ards described in section 641A(a)(1)(B)(ii) 
while enrolled in Head Start programs; 
‘‘(ii) the correlation between such 
progress and the type and quality of in-
struction and educational programs pro-
vided to limited English proficient children; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the correlation between such 
progress and the health and family services 
provided by Head Start programs to lim-
ited English proficient children and their 
families; and 
‘‘(F) the extent to which Head Start pro-
grams make use of funds under section 640(a)(3) 
to improve the quality of Head Start services 
provided to limited English proficient children 
and their families.’’. 
SEC. 21. REPORTS. 
(a) REPORT.—Section 650(a) of the Head Start Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9845(a)) is amended— 
(1) by amending the first sentence to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘At least once during every 2-year period, the Secretary 
shall prepare and submit, to the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the
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Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of 
the Senate, a report concerning the status of children (in-
cluding disabled, homeless, and limited English proficient 
children) in Head Start programs, including the number 
of children and the services being provided to such chil-
dren.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (8) by inserting ‘‘, homeless-
ness’’ after ‘‘background’’. 
(b) NATIONAL REPORTING SYSTEM.—Section 650 of 
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9845) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) NATIONAL REPORTING SYSTEM.—The Secretary 
shall submit annually to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
Senate, a report on the status of the National Reporting 
System developed by the Secretary. Such report shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) information on all contracts, grants, and 
expenses relating to the development and implementa-
tion of the National Reporting System; 
‘‘(2) 
information 
described 
in 
section 
641A(b)(3)(B); and 
‘‘(3) a description of the recommendations made 
by the Technical Working Group, including issues of
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the technical adequacy, purpose, and administration 
of the System, and an explanation of how the Sec-
retary plans to address these recommendations.’’. 
SEC. 22. LIMITATION ON RATE OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR 
COMPENSATION. 
Section 653 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9848) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking the heading; 
(2) by striking ‘‘SEC. 653. The’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 653. WAGES AND COMPENSATION. 
‘‘(a) COMPARABILITY OF WAGES.—The’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL RATE LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, no Federal funds shall be used 
to pay all or any part of the compensation of an individual 
employed by a Head Start agency in carrying out pro-
grams under this subchapter, either as direct or indirect 
costs or any proration thereof, at a rate in excess of the 
rate then payable for level II of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 23. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS. 
The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) is amend-
ed by inserting after section 656 the following: