‘‘The term ‘eligible child’, used with respect to child
care and development services, means a school age
child.’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(15) CHILD CARE; CHILD CARE SERVICES.—
The terms ‘child care’ and ‘child care services’ in-
clude child care and development services.
‘‘(16) CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT SERV-
ICES.—The term ‘child care and development serv-
ices’ means services described in section 658H(f).
‘‘(17) CHILD WITH A DISABILITY.—The term
‘child with a disability’ has the meaning given the
term in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401).
‘‘(18) 
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL; 
SECONDARY
SCHOOL.—The terms ‘elementary school’ and ‘sec-
ondary school’ have the meanings given the terms in
section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).
‘‘(19) SCHOOL AGE CHILD.—The term ‘school
age child’ means an individual who—
‘‘(A)(i) is not less than 5 and not more
than 15 years of age; or
‘‘(ii) at the election of the State involved,
is less than 5 years of age; and
‘‘(B) meets the requirements of subpara-
graphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (4).’’
SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 658B of the Child Care and Development
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘There is’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—There is’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘this subchapter’’ and inserting
‘‘this subchapter (other than section 658H)’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) PROGRAMS FOR CHILD CARE AND DEVELOP-
MENT SERVICES.—There is authorized to be appropriated
and there is appropriated to carry out section 658H,
$1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through
2003.’’
SEC. 103. STATE PLAN.
Section 658E(c) of the Child Care and Development
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) in clause (i)(II), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 658P(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
658T(2)’’; and
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘eligible
provider’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible child care
provider (or, in the case of child care and
development services, an entity described
in section 658H(c))’’; and
(B) in the first sentence of subparagraph
(E)(i)—
(i) by inserting after ‘‘within the
State’’ the following ‘‘(or, in the case of
child care and development services, other
appropriate requirements)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘such requirements’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘such
licensing or appropriate requirements’’;
and
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(E)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(E) PROGRAMS FOR CHILD CARE AND DE-
VELOPMENT SERVICES.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The State plan
shall provide that the State will reserve the
portion described in clause (ii) of the State
allotment under section 658O for each fis-
cal year to carry out activities under sec-
tion 658H.
‘‘(ii) PORTION.—For each fiscal year,
the portion referred to in clause (i) is the
amount that bears the same relationship to
the State allotment for that year as the
amount 
appropriated 
under 
section
658B(b) for that year bears to the total
amount appropriated under section 658B
for that year.’’.
SEC. 104. CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is amended by inserting
after section 658G the following:
‘‘SEC. 658H. CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to
fund quality child care and development services, including
direct services provided outside of normal school hours,
to promote the health and academic achievement of school
age children, and assist the children in avoiding high risk
behaviors.
‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—Each State that receives funds
to carry out this subchapter for a fiscal year shall use the
funds reserved as described in section 658E(c)(3)(E) to
make grants to eligible entities to carry out programs to
expand the availability and affordability of quality child
care and development services, including direct services
provided outside of normal school hours (including before-
and after-school care and weekend, holiday, and summer
care) for school age children.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive
a grant under this section, an entity shall be—
‘‘(1) an elementary school or secondary school;
or
‘‘(2) a community-based organization, including
a community-based entity that operates a child care
center or youth center or is a family child care pro-
vider, that meets such requirements of the type de-
scribed in subparagraphs (E) and (F) of section
658E(c)(3) as the State and local governments in-
volved may prescribe.
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under this section, an entity shall submit an application
to the State at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the State may require. At a minimum,
each application shall contain—
‘‘(1) information demonstrating the manner in
which the entity will carry out a program described
in subsection (b) in a manner that meets the needs,
of the community to be served, for child care and de-
velopment services, including direct services provided
outside of normal school hours;
‘‘(2) an assurance that the entity will carry out
direct services provided through the program dur-
ing—
‘‘(A) at least 3 days in each week that the
program operates, and for at least 3 hours on
each day that the program operates; or
‘‘(B) at least 10 hours in each week that
the program operates;
‘‘(3) information demonstrating the manner in
which the entity will serve children with disabilities;
and
‘‘(4) information demonstrating the manner in
which the entity will carry out the planning, estab-
lishment, implementation, and evaluation of the pro-
gram, and provide staff training for the program, in
coordination with other entities carrying out pro-
grams for children or public transportation pro-
grams in the community.
‘‘(e) PREFERENCE.—In making grants under this
section, a State shall give preference to entities that—
‘‘(1) serve communities with—
‘‘(A) a high rate of poverty, as determined
in accordance with criteria established by the
Secretary; and
‘‘(B) a high incidence of at-risk children;
and
‘‘(2) propose programs that make transpor-
tation services available to the children served, if
needed to enable the children to receive other serv-
ices described in this section, using transportation
provided under other public programs in the commu-
nity, such as transportation provided under the
Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), or under
programs providing services to older individuals,
educational programs, or public transportation pro-
grams.
‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity that receives a
grant under this section shall use the funds made
available through the grant to provide—
‘‘(A) direct services outside of normal
school hours;
‘‘(B) quality services; and
‘‘(C) indirect services.
‘‘(2) DIRECT SERVICES AND RELATED QUALITY
SERVICES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The entity shall use
not less than 75 percent of the funds described
in paragraph (1) to provide two or more of the
direct services described in subparagraph (B) to
school age children and to carry out related
quality services.
‘‘(B) DIRECT SERVICES.—The direct serv-
ices referred to in subparagraph (A) consist
of—
‘‘(i) recreational activities;
‘‘(ii) community-based service pro-
grams that provide for meaningful human,
educational, environmental, or public safe-
ty service;
‘‘(iii) academic assistance and tutor-
ing;
‘‘(iv) mentoring;
‘‘(v) conflict management;
‘‘(vi) health and nutrition services, in-
cluding disease and injury prevention serv-
ices;
‘‘(vii) literacy services;
‘‘(viii) child care (other than another
service described in this subsection); and
‘‘(ix) transportation of school age chil-
dren between—
‘‘(I) school or home; and
‘‘(II) the facility in which the
services are provided.
‘‘(C) QUALITY
SERVICES.—The quality
services referred to in subparagraph (A) consist
of—
‘‘(i) provision of community-based
training, related to the provision of direct
services, for staff of the entity, at times
and in locations that are accessible to the
staff;
‘‘(ii) provision of financial assistance
to the staff to attend courses at an institu-
tion of higher education that are related to
the provision of direct services;
‘‘(iii) provision of financial assistance
to staff to promote staff retention;
‘‘(iv) provision of financial assistance
to enable the child care and development
services program provided by the entity to
obtain accreditation by a nationally recog-
nized accreditation organization;
‘‘(v) data collection relating to direct
services, including the collection of data
described in paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) of
section 658K(a) for family units receiving
assistance under this section, and submis-
sion of the data to the State for inclusion
in 
the 
reports 
described 
in 
section
658K(a)(2); and
‘‘(vi) evaluation of the child care and
development services provided by the entity
in accordance with criteria determined by
the State, and participation in audits de-
scribed in section 658K(b).
‘‘(3) INDIRECT SERVICES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The entity shall use
not more than 25 percent of the funds de-
scribed in paragraph (1) to provide indirect
services that support the sustainability of the
direct services and the accountability of entities
carrying out the direct services.
‘‘(B) SERVICES.—The indirect services re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) may include—
‘‘(i) carrying out activities to provide
increased compensation to staff who pro-
vide the direct services to school age chil-