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pletion of the studies required in that section, 
taking into account: 
‘‘(i) the Federal government’s unique 
trust responsibility to American Indians 
and Alaska Natives; 
‘‘(ii) limitations faced by tribal com-
munities in accessing non-Federal sources 
of funding to supplement Federal funding 
for early childhood programs; and 
‘‘(iii) other factors that uniquely and 
adversely impact children in American In-
dian and Alaska Native communities such 
as highly elevated poverty, unemployment 
and violent crime rates, as well as de-
pressed levels of educational achievement 
and limited access to non-Federal health, 
social and educational resources; 
‘‘(2) in carrying out paragraph (1), consult with 
the Secretary of Education about the Department of 
Education’s systems for collecting and reporting 
data about, and maintaining records on, American 
Indian and Alaska Native students; 
‘‘(3) not later than 9 months after the effective 
date of this subsection, publish in the Federal Reg-
ister a notice of how the Secretary plans to carry out 
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paragraph (1) and shall provide a period for public 
comment. To the extent practicable, the Secretary 
shall consider comments received before submitting 
a report to the Congress; 
‘‘(4) not later than 1 year after the effective 
date of this subsection, submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, detailing 
how the Department of Health and Human Services 
plans to carry out paragraph (1); 
‘‘(5) through regulation, ensure the confiden-
tiality of any personally identifiable data, informa-
tion, and records collected or maintained by the Sec-
retary, by Head Start agencies that carry out Indian 
Head Start programs, and by State Directors of 
Head Start Collaboration, by the Indian Head Start 
Collaboration Project Director and by other appro-
priate entities pursuant to this subsection (Such reg-
ulations shall provide the policies, protections, and 
rights equivalent to those provided a parent, stu-
dent, or educational agency or institution under sec-
tion 444 of the General Education Provisions Act.); 
and 
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‘‘(6) ensure that nothing in this subsection shall 
be construed to authorize the development of a na-
tionwide database of personally identifiable informa-
tion on individuals involved in studies or other col-
lections of data under this subsection. 
‘‘(l) The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) in order to increase access to Head Start 
services for eligible migrant and seasonal children, 
work in collaboration with migrant and seasonal 
Head Start providers, the Department of Agri-
culture (land grant universities), the Department of 
Labor, the Bureau of Migrant Health, and the De-
partment of Education to— 
‘‘(A) establish a system for collecting and 
reporting data on farm workers and their fami-
lies in order to adequately account for the num-
ber of seasonal and migrant children that are 
eligible for Head Start and determine how 
many of these eligible children receive services; 
‘‘(B) identify barriers that prevent eligible 
migrant and seasonal children from accessing 
Head Start services and develop a plan for 
eliminating barriers and increasing enrollment; 
and 
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‘‘(C) develop a system through which mi-
grant and seasonal Head Start programs can 
effectively track health records and educational 
documents as a child moves from State to 
State; 
‘‘(2) not later than 6 months after the effective 
date of this subsection, publish in the Federal Reg-
ister a notice on how the Secretary plans to carry 
out the activities identified in paragraph (1) and 
shall provide a period for public comment. To the 
extent practicable, the Secretary shall consider com-
ments received before implementing any of the ac-
tivities identified in paragraph (1); 
‘‘(3) not later than 1 year after the effective 
date of this subsection, submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor of the House of 
Representatives and the Health, Education, Labor 
and Pensions Committee of the Senate detailing how 
the Secretary plans to carry out the activities identi-
fied in (1); 
‘‘(4) submit a report to Congress annually on 
the migrant and seasonal Head Start program in-
cluding a report on the progress made in carrying 
out the activities identified in paragraph (1), the 
progress made in reaching out to and serving eligible 
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migrant and seasonal children, and information on 
states where migrant and seasonal children are still 
underserved; 
‘‘(5) through regulation, ensure the protection 
of the confidentiality of any personally identifiable 
data, information, and records collected or main-
tained by the Secretary, by Head Start agencies that 
carry out migrant and seasonal Head Start pro-
grams, by the State director of Head Start Collabo-
ration, by the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker 
Collaboration project Director (Such regulations 
shall provide the policies, protections, and rights 
equivalent to those provided a parent, student, or 
educational agency or institution under section 444 
of the General Education Provisions Act.); and 
‘‘(6) ensure that nothing in this subsection shall 
be construed to authorize the development of a na-
tionwide database of personally identifiable informa-
tion on individuals involved in studies or other col-
lections of data under this subsection. 
‘‘(m) For purposes of this section, the term ‘eligible 
entities’ means an institution of higher education or other 
entity with expertise in delivering training in early child-
hood development, family support, and other assistance 
designed to improve the delivery of Head Start services. 
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‘‘(n) For the purposes of delivering a State-based 
training and technical assistance system, as described in 
section 640(a)(C)(ii), that will meet the needs of local 
grantees and provide high quality, sustained, and intensive 
training and technical assistance to Head Start programs 
in order to help them meet or exceed the program per-
formance standards described in section 641A(a)(1), the 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) enter into contracts in each State with 1 
or more entities who have a demonstrated expertise 
in supporting the delivery of high quality early edu-
cation programs, except that bi-State contracts may 
be entered in to if the demographics of proximal 
States make such a system more appropriate; 
‘‘(2) ensure that the entities described in sub-
paragraph (1) determine the types of services to be 
provided through consultation with— 
‘‘(A) local Head Start agencies; 
‘‘(B) the State Head Start collaboration 
office; and 
‘‘(C) the State Head Start Association; 
‘‘(3) provide a report, to the Committee on 
Education and Labor of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. No later than 90 
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days after the end of the fiscal year, summarizing 
the funding for such contracts and the activities car-
ried out thereunder. 
‘‘(4) periodically evaluate the usefulness of the 
delivery of services in each State and their effective-
ness in promoting program quality; and 
‘‘(5) ensure that in entering into such contracts 
as described in paragraph (1), such entities will ad-
dress the needs of grantees in both urban and rural 
communities. 
‘‘(o) To support enhanced early language and 
preliteracy development of children in Head Start pro-
grams, and to provide the children with high-quality oral 
language skills, and environments that are rich in lit-
erature, in which to acquire language and preliteracy 
skills, each Head Start agency shall ensure that— 
‘‘(1) all of the agency’s Head Start teachers re-
ceive ongoing training in language and emergent lit-
eracy (referred to in this subsection as ‘literacy 
training’), and including appropriate curricula and 
assessment to improve instruction and learning; 
‘‘(2) such literacy training shall include training 
in methods to promote vocabulary development and 
phonological awareness (including phonemic aware-
ness) in a developmentally, culturally, and linguis-
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