the Secretary determines is necessary for purposes of
making the evaluation required under subsection (c) of
this section.
(e) CONTRACTS.—The Secretary may enter into con-
tracts with public or private agencies, organizations, or in-
dividuals to carry out the provisions of this section.
(f) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall reserve for
the purposes of this section not less than 1 percent, and
may reserve for such purposes not more than 2 percent,
of the amounts available under paragraphs (2) and (3)
of section 5(a) of this Act for any fiscal year.
SEC. 204. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION SERVICES.
(a) PROGRAM STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall,
after consultation with other Federal agencies and with
the Committee established pursuant to subsection (c) of
this section, promulgate a common set of program stand-
ards which shall be applicable to all programs providing
early childhood education services with Federal assistance
under this Act, to be known as the Federal Standards for
Early Childhood Education. If the Secretary disapproves
the Committee’s recommendations, the Secretary shall
state the reasons therefor.
(b) COMMITTEE
APPOINTMENTS.—The Secretary
shall, within sixty days after enactment of this title, ap-
point a Special Committee on Federal Standards for Early
Childhood Education, which shall included parents of chil-
dren enrolled in early childhood education programs, rep-
resentatives of public and private agencies administering
early childhood education programs, and organization spe-
cialists, and others interested in the development of chil-
dren. Not less than one-half of the membership of the
Committee shall consist of parents of children partici-
pating in programs conducted under title I of this Act.
Such Committee shall participate in the development of
Federal Standards for Early Childhood Education and
modifications thereof as provided in subsection (a).
SEC. 205. DEVELOPMENT OF UNIFORM MINIMUM CODE FOR
FACILITIES.
(a) UNIFORM MINIMUM CODE.—The Secretary shall,
within sixty days after enactment of this bill appoint a
special committee to develop a uniform minimum code for
facilities, to be used in licensing early childhood education
facilities. Such standards shall deal principally with those
matters essential to the health, safety, and physical com-
fort of the children and the relationship of such matters
to the Federal Standards for Early Childhood Education.
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The special committee appointed
under this section shall include parents of children partici-
pating in child development programs and representatives
of State and local licensing agencies, public health offi-
cials, fire prevention officials, the construction industry
and unions, public and private agencies or organizations
administering early childhood education programs, and
national agencies or organizations interested in the devel-
opment of children. Not less than one-third of the mem-
bership of the committee shall consist of parents of chil-
dren enrolled in such programs.
(c) PUBLIC HEARINGS.—Within one year after its
appointment, the special committee shall complete a pro-
posed uniform minimum code for facilities and shall hold
public hearings on the proposed code prior to submitting
its final recommendation to the Secretary for approval.
(d) PROMULGATION OF STANDARDS.—After consid-
ering the recommendations submitted by the special com-
mittee in accordance with subsection (c), the Secretary
shall promulgate standards which shall be applicable to
all facilities receiving Federal financial assistance under
this Act or in which programs receiving Federal financial
assistance under this Act are operated. If the Secretary
disapproves the committee’s recommendations, the Sec-
retary shall state the reasons therefor. The Secretary shall
also distribute such standards and urge their adoption by
States and local governments. The Secretary may from
time to time modify the uniform code for facilities in ac-
cordance with procedures set forth in this section.
TITLE 
III—MODEL 
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT EARLY CHILD-
HOOD 
EDUCATION 
PRO-
GRAMS
SEC. 301. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
(a) MODEL PROGRAMS.—The Secretary is authorized
to provide financial assistance for the purpose of estab-
lishing and operating model early childhood education pro-
grams (including the lease, rental, or construction of nec-
essary facilities and the acquisition of necessary equip-
ment and supplies) for the children of civilian employees
of the Federal Government.
(b) AGENCY COMMITTEE.—Civilian employees of any
Federal agency or group of such agencies employing eighty
working parents of young children who desire to partici-
pate in a program eligible for assistance under this part
shall—
(1) designate or create for such purpose an
agency committee, the membership of which shall be
broadly representative of the working parents inter-
ested in utilizing these services who are employed by
the agency or agencies; and
(2) submit to the Secretary a plan approved by
the official in charge of such agency or agencies,
which—
(A) provides that the early childhood edu-
cation program shall be administered under the
direction of the agency committee;
(B) provides that the program will meet
the Federal Standards for Early Childhood
Education approved pursuant to section 204
and the uniform minimum code for facilities ap-
proved pursuant to section 205.
(C) provides a means of determining pri-
ority of eligibility among parents wishing to use
the service program;
(D) provides for a scale of fees based upon
the parents’ financial status; and
(E) provides for competent management,
staffing, and facilities for such program.
(c) OFFICIAL PLAN APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall
not make payments under this section unless the Secretary
has received approval of the plan from the official in
charge of the agency whose employees will be served by
the early childhood education program.
SEC. 302. PAYMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 80 percent of the
total cost of the early childhood education program under
this part shall be paid from Federal funds available under
this title.
(b) PUBLIC OR PRIVATE FUNDS.—The share of the
total cost not available under paragraph (a) may be pro-
vided through public or private funds and may be in the
form of cash, goods, services, or facilities (or portions
thereof that are used for program purposes), reasonable
evaluated, fees collected from parents, and union and em-
ployer contributions.
(c) EXCESS AMOUNTS.—If, with respect to any fiscal
year, a program under this part provides contributions ex-
ceeding its requirements under this section, such excess
may be used to meet the requirements of such contribu-
tions for the subsequent fiscal year.
TITLE IV—RESEARCH AND
DEMONSTRATIONS
SEC. 401. DECLARATION OF PURPOSES.
The purposes of this part are to focus national re-
search efforts to attain a fuller understanding of the proc-
ess of early child development and the effects of organized
programs upon these processes; to develop effective pro-
grams for research into child development; and to assure
that the result of research and development efforts are re-
flected in the conduct of programs affecting children
through the improvement and expansion of early childhood
education and related programs.
SEC. 402. RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.
(a) RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—
In order to further the purposes of this part, the Secretary
shall carry out a program of research and demonstration
projects, which shall include but not be limited to—
(1) research to determine the nature of child
development processes and the impact of various in-
fluences upon them, to develop techniques to meas-
ure and evaluate child development, to develop
standards to evaluate professional and paraprofes-
sional early childhood education personnel, to deter-
mine how early childhood development and education
and related programs conducted in either home or
institutional settings affect child development proc-
esses;
(2) research to test alternative methods of pro-
viding early childhood education and related services,
and to develop and test innovative approaches to
achieve maximum development of children and pro-
grams for training adolescent youth in child develop-
ment;
(3) evaluation of research findings and the de-
velopment of these findings and the effective applica-
tion thereof; and
(4) dissemination and application of research
and development efforts and demonstration projects
to early childhood education and related programs,
using regional demonstration centers and advisory
services where feasible.
(b) AUTHORITY.—In order to carry out the program
provided for in subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized
to make grants to or enter into contracts or other arrange-
ments with public or private nonprofit agencies (including
other Government agencies), organizations, and institu-
tions, and to enter into contracts with private agencies,
organizations, institutions, and individuals.
SEC. 403. COORDINATION OF RESEARCH.
(a) FUND TRANSFERS.—Funds available to any Fed-
eral department or agency for the purposes stated in sec-
tion 401 or the activities stated in section 402(a) shall
be available for transfer, with the approval of the head
of the department or agency involved, in whole or in part,
to the Secretary for such use as is consistent with the pur-
poses for which such funds were provided, and the funds
so transferred shall be expendable by the Secretary for the
purpose for which the transfer was made.
(b) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordinate
all early childhood education research, training, and devel-
opment efforts conducted with the Federal Government
and, to the extent feasible, by other agencies, organiza-
tions, and individuals.
(c) ANNUAL MEETINGS.—Representatives from the
National Institute for Early Childhood Development, the
Federal agencies administering the Social Security Act
and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the
Department of Health and Human Services Administra-
tion for Children and Families, the Department of Labor,
and other appropriate agencies, shall meet at least annu-
ally and at such more frequent times as they may deem
necessary, in order to assure coordination of child develop-
ment and early childhood education and related activities
under their respective jurisdictions and to carry out the
provisions of this title so as to assure—
(1) maximum utilization of available resources
through the prevention of duplication of activities;
(2) a division of labor, insofar as is compatible
with the purposes of each of the agencies or authori-
ties specified in this paragraph, to assure maximum
progress toward the achievement of the purposes of
this title; and
(3) recommendation of priorities for federally
funded research and development activities related
to the purposes of this title and those stated in sec-
tion 3.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act, the term—
(1) ‘‘children’’ means individuals who have not
attained the age of 8;
(2) ‘‘children with disabilities’’ any such child
as defined in section 602 of the Individuals With
Disabilities Education Act;
(3) ‘‘early childhood education programs’’
means programs provided on a full-day basis which
provide the educational, nutritional, social, medical,
psychological, and physical services needed for young
children to attain their full potential;
(4) 
‘‘economically 
disadvantaged 
children’’
means any child of a family having an annual in-
come below the lower living standards budget (ad-
justed for regional and metropolitan, urban, and
rural differences, and family size), as determined an-
nually by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the De-
partment of Labor;
(5) ‘‘institution of higher education’’ means any
such institution as defined in section 1201 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965.
(6) ‘‘limited English proficiency’’ means such
individual as defined in section 7003(a) of the Bilin-
gual Education Act.
(7) ‘‘local educational agency’’ means any such
agency as defined in section 1471 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965;
(8) ‘‘locality’’ means any city or other munici-
pality or any county or other political subdivision of
a State having general governmental powers, or any
combination thereof;
(9) ‘‘minority group’’ means persons who are
African-American, Native American, Alaskan Native,
Native Hawaiian, Hispanic American, Asian Amer-
ican, Pacific Island American, Arab Americans, Per-
sian Americans and, as determined by the Secretary,
or children who are from environments in which a
dominant language is other than English.
(10) ‘‘parent’’ means any person who has day-
to-day parental responsibility for any child;
(11) ‘‘program’’ includes any program, service,
or activity, which is conducted full or part-time, day
or night, in early childhood education facilities, in
schools, in neighborhood centers, or in homes, or
which provides early childhood education for children
whose parents are working or receiving education or
training;
(12) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Edu-
cation;
(13) ‘‘single parent’’ means any person who has
sole day-to-day responsibility for any child;
(14) ‘‘State’’ means each of the fifty States, the
District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Is-
lands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and Palau (until the effective date of the
Compact of Free Association with the Government
of Palau); and
(15) ‘‘working mother’’ means any mother who
requires child care services under this Act in order
to undertake or continue full or part-time work,
training, or education outside the home.
SEC. 502. NUTRITION SERVICES.
In accordance with the purposes of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Education shall establish procedures to assure
that adequate nutrition services will be provided in early
childhood education programs under this Act. Such serv-
ices shall make use of the Special Food Services Program
for children as defined under the National School Lunch
Act of 1946 and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to the
fullest extent appropriate and consistent with the provi-
sions of such Acts.
SEC. 503. SPECIAL PROVISIONS.
(a) GENERAL
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may
make such grants, contracts, or agreements, establish
such procedures, policies, rules, and regulations, and make
such payments, in installments and in advance or by way
of reimbursement, or otherwise allocate or expend funds
made available under this title, including necessary adjust-
ments in payments on account of overpayment or under-
payment. Subject to the provisions of section 504, the Sec-
retary may also withhold funds otherwise payable under
this Act in order to recover any amounts expended in the
current or immediately prior fiscal year in violation of any
provision of this title or any term or condition of assist-
ance under this title.
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe
regulations to assure that programs under this title have
adequate internal administrative controls, accounting re-
quirements, personnel standards, evaluation procedures,
and other policies as may be necessary to promote the ef-
fective use of funds.
(c) PROHIBITION
ON DISCRIMINATION.—The Sec-
retary shall not provide financial assistance for any pro-
gram under this Act unless the grant, contract, or agree-
ment with respect thereto specifically provides that no per-
son with responsibilities in the operation of such program
will discriminate with respect to any program participant
or any applicant for participation in such program because
of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orienta-
tion, political affiliation, or beliefs.
(d) PROHIBITION ON POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.—The
Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any
program under this Act which involves political activities;
and neither the program, the funds provided therefor, nor
personnel employed in the administration thereof, shall be,
in any way or to any extent, engaged in the conduct of
political activities.
(e) PROHIBITION
ON SECTARIAN INSTRUCTION.—
The Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for
any program under this Act unless the Secretary deter-
mines that no funds will be used for, and no person will
be employed under the program on, the construction, oper-
ation, or maintenance of so much of any facility as is for
use for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious
worship.
(f) PROHIBITION ON MEDICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL
EXAMINATION.—A child participating in a program as-
sisted under this Act shall not be required to undergo
medical or psychological examination (except to the extent
related to learning ability), or treatment, if the child’s par-
ent or guardian objects thereto.
SEC. 504. WITHHOLDING OF GRANTS.
Whenever the Secretary, after reasonable notice and
opportunity for a hearing to any prime sponsor or project
applicant, finds—
(1) that there has been a failure to comply sub-
stantially with any requirement set forth in the plan
of any such prime sponsor approved under section
104;
(2) that there has been a failure to comply sub-
stantially with any requirement set forth in the ap-
plication of any such project applicant approved pur-
suant section 105; or
(3) that in the operation of any program or
project carried out by any such prime sponsor or
project applicant under this Act there is a failure to
comply substantially with any applicable provision of
this Act or regulation promulgated thereunder; the
Secretary shall notify such prime sponsor or project
applicant of his/her findings and that no further
payments may be made to such sponsor or applicant
under this Act until the Secretary is satisfied that
there is no longer any such failure to comply, or the
noncompliance will be promptly corrected. The Sec-
retary may authorize the continuation of payments
with respect to any project assisted under this Act
which is being carried out pursuant to such plan or
application and which is not involved in the non-
compliance.
SEC. 505. PUBLIC INFORMATION.
(a) PUBLIC ACCESS.—Applications for designation as
prime sponsors, comprehensive early childhood education
plans, project applications, and all written material per-
taining thereto shall be made readily available without
charge on the public by the prime sponsor, the applicant,
and the Secretary.
(b) NO EXPERIMENTATION.—The Secretary is di-
rected to establish appropriate procedures to ensure that
no child shall be the subject of any research or experimen-
tation under this Act other than routine testing and nor-
mal program evaluation unless the parent or guardian of
such child is informed of such research or experimentation
and is given an opportunity as of right to except such child
therefrom.
(c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act shall be
construed or applied in such a manner as to infringe upon
or usurp the moral and legal rights and responsibilities
of parents or guardians with respect to the moral, mental,
emotional, or physical development of their children. Nor
shall any section of this Act be construed or applied in
such a manner as to permit any invasion of privacy other-
wise protected by law, or to abridge any legal remedies
for any such invasion which is otherwise provided by law.
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