I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2817 
To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 and 
the Head Start Act to promote child care and early learning, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 22, 2021 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. BONAMICI, 
Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mrs. 
MCBATH, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. WILD, Mr. COURTNEY, 
Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. YAR-
MUTH, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. 
DELAURO, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. 
MEEKS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Ms. MENG, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. BASS, Mr. KILMER, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. TITUS, Ms. CASTOR of 
Florida, Ms. JACOBS of California, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. 
SCANLON, Mr. EVANS, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 
York, Mr. CARSON, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. 
BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mr. LIEU, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SOTO, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. MOORE 
of Wisconsin, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. VARGAS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 
Ms. PINGREE, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. 
WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. MFUME, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. 
UNDERWOOD, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. 
SWALWELL, Ms. ROSS, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, and Ms. MCCOLLUM) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
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Act of 1990 and the Head Start Act to promote child 
care and early learning, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Care for Work-
ing Families Act’’. 
TITLE I—CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 
Section 658A(b) of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) to ensure that no low- to moderate-income 
family pays more than 7 percent of its household in-
come on child care;’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) to support working parents in making 
their own decisions regarding the child care services 
that best suit their family’s needs;’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘high-quality,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘high-quality and inclusive, and’’; and 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘, as well as before- and 
after-school and summer care for school-age 
children,’’ after ‘‘services’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5), by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ‘‘, and to help child care 
programs meet evidence-based or national standards 
to improve the quality of child care’’; 
(5) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including children with 
disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis-
abilities’’ before the semicolon; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(6) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘high-quality’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘high-quality and inclusive’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(7) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) to support the development and improve-
ment of statewide systems to support the needs of 
infants and toddlers with disabilities and children 
with disabilities, better coordinate child care and 
other services, and assist States in increasing the 
number of child care providers that provide high- 
quality and inclusive care to families of infants and 
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toddlers with disabilities and families of children 
with disabilities.’’. 
SEC. 102. APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 658B of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 658B. APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated and there are appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 
‘‘(1) 
to 
carry 
out 
this 
subchapter 
$20,000,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2022, 
$30,000,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2023, 
and 
$40,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and 
‘‘(2) to carry out this subchapter (other than 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 658O(a)) such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025 and 
each subsequent fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) TERRITORIES, INDIAN TRIBES.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated and there are appropriated, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated to carry out paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 
658O(a) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
2025 and each subsequent fiscal year.’’. 
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SEC. 103. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. 
Section 658C of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858a) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 658C. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILD CARE PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
administer a child care program under which families in 
eligible States shall be provided an opportunity to obtain 
child care for eligible children, subject to the requirements 
of this subchapter. 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE FOR EVERY ELIGIBLE CHILD.— 
Beginning on October 1, 2024, every family who applies 
for assistance under this subchapter with respect to a child 
who resides in a State with an approved application under 
section 658E and who is determined, by a lead agency (or 
other entity designated by a lead agency), to be an eligible 
child as defined in section 658P, shall be offered assist-
ance in accordance with and subject to the requirements 
and limitations of this subchapter.’’. 
SEC. 104. LEAD AGENCY. 
Section 658D of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a grant’’ and 
inserting ‘‘payments’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting before 
the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including by certi-
fying the eligibility of children’’. 
SEC. 105. APPLICATION AND PLAN. 
(a) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 658E(c) of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9858c(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking the matter preceding 
clause (i) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) SUPPORTING
WORKING
PARENTS.— 
Support working parents by providing assur-
ances that—’’; and 
(ii) by striking clause (i)(II) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(II) to enroll such child with a 
child care provider who has received a 
child care certificate on behalf of such 
parent or parents;’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (E)— 
(i) in clause (i)— 
(I) by striking subclause (II) and 
inserting the following: 
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‘‘(II) the State’s tiered and 
transparent system for measuring the 
quality of child care providers, de-
scribed in subparagraph (W)(i), in-
cluding— 
‘‘(aa) a description of the 
national 
standards 
or 
other 
equally rigorous and evidence- 
based standards tied to child out-
comes that the State uses for 
purposes 
of 
subparagraph 
(W)(i)(II)(aa); 
‘‘(bb) the payment rates re-
ferred to in paragraph (4), for 
providers at each tier of such 
system; and 
‘‘(cc) the number and per-
centage of eligible providers at 
each tier of such system, in total 
and disaggregated by geographic 
location, by provider race and 
ethnicity, and by the race and 
ethnicity of the children served, 
unless the disaggregation in-
volved would reveal personally 
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identifiable information about an 
individual provider or child;’’; 
(II) in subclause (IV), by insert-
ing ‘‘the program carried out under 
title II of the Child Care for Working 
Families Act,’’ after ‘‘9831 et seq.),’’; 
(III) in subclause (VI), by insert-
ing ‘‘(including for families who speak 
languages other than English)’’ after 
‘‘family engagement’’; and 
(IV) in subclause (VII), by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) information about the State’s 
wage ladder described in subparagraph 
(G)(iii); and 
‘‘(iv) information on opportunities for 
staff of child care providers to improve 
their skills and credentials, including infor-
mation about training opportunities and 
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professional organizations that provide 
such training.’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (G)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and pro-
fessional development requirements’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, professional development, and 
compensation requirements’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii)(V)— 
(I) by redesignating item (dd) as 
item (ee); 
(II) in item (cc), by striking 
‘‘and’’; and 
(III) by inserting after item (cc) 
the following: 
‘‘(dd) infants and toddlers 
with disabilities; and’’; 
(iii) by redesignating clauses (iii) and 
(iv) as clauses (v) and (vi), respectively; 
and 
(iv) by inserting after clause (ii) the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) 
COMPENSATION.—The 
plan 
shall provide a description of the State’s 
wage ladder for staff of eligible child care 
providers, and an assurance that wages for 
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such staff will, at a minimum, meet the re-
quirements of paragraph (4)(B)(iii)(II). 
‘‘(iv) STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.— 
The plan shall demonstrate how the State 
will facilitate participation of staff of eligi-
ble child care providers in organizations 
that foster the professional development 
and stakeholder engagement of the child 
care workforce.’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (I), by striking clause 
(ii) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) may include other requirements, 
such as— 
‘‘(I) requirements relating to nu-
trition, access to physical activity, or 
any other subject area determined by 
the State to be necessary to promote 
child development or to protect chil-
dren’s health and safety; and 
‘‘(II) a requirement to comply 
with the standards recommended in 
the 
Department 
of 
Health 
and 
Human Services’ report entitled ‘Car-
ing for our Children Basics: Health 
and Safety Foundations for Early 
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Care and Education’ issued on June 
25, 2015.’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (K)(i), in the matter 
preceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘, not later 
than 2 years after the date of enactment of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 2014,’’; 
(F) in subparagraph (M)— 
(i) by adding ‘‘investment of quality 
child care amounts described in section 
658G(a)(1),’’ after ‘‘parents,’’; 
(ii) by redesignating clause (iv) as 
clause (vi); 
(iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘, as 
defined by the State; and’’ and inserting a 
semicolon; and 
(iv) by inserting after clause (iii) the 
following: 
‘‘(iv) infants and toddlers with disabil-
ities; 
‘‘(v) children who are dual language 
learners; and’’; 
(G) in subparagraph (N)— 
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(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
adding at the end the following ‘‘AND CON-
TINUITY OF CARE’’; 
(ii) in clause (i)— 
(I) in subclause (I), by striking 
‘‘child’s parent’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘child’s parent as par-
ticipating in an eligible activity (as de-
fined in section 658P), a change in 
family income for the child’s family, 
or a change in custody or guardian-
ship of the child.’’; and 
(II) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(III) LONGER-TERM PERIOD.— 
The plan shall demonstrate that each 
child who, on the date the child is de-
termined to be an eligible child, is a 
child in foster care or a homeless 
child, and who receives assistance 
under this subchapter prior to reach-
ing the age of compulsory school at-
tendance, shall remain eligible for 
such assistance and shall receive such 
assistance, if so desired by the child’s 
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family, until such child reaches the 
age of compulsory school attend-
ance.’’; 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘(espe-
cially parents in families receiving assist-
ance under the program of block grants to 
States for temporary assistance for needy 
families under part A of title IV of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.))’’; 
(iv) in clause (iii)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘At the option of 
the State, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘of attendance at 
a job training or educational pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘of participation 
in an eligible activity (as defined in 
section 658P)’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘resume attend-
ance at a job training or educational 
program’’ and inserting ‘‘resume par-
ticipation in an eligible activity (as so 
defined)’’; and 
(v) by striking clause (iv); 
(H) in subparagraph (O)— 
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(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘with pro-
grams operating’’ and all that follows and 
inserting ‘‘with programs, operating at the 
Federal, State, and local levels for chil-
dren, that are— 
‘‘(I) preschool programs, pro-
grams funded under title II of the 
Child Care for Working Families Act, 
programs funded under the Head 
Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), 
tribal early childhood programs, and 
other early childhood programs, in-
cluding those serving infants and tod-
dlers with disabilities or children with 
disabilities; 
‘‘(II) programs serving homeless 
children and children in foster care; 
and 
‘‘(III) programs funded under 
the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).’’; 
(ii) by striking clause (ii); and 
(iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 
clause (ii); 
(I) in subparagraph (Q)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘LOW-INCOME
POPU-
LATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘CHILDREN
IN 
UNDERSERVED
AREAS, CHILDREN
WITH 
DISABILITIES, AND
INFANTS
AND
TOD-
DLERS WITH DISABILITIES’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘The plan’’ and all 
that follow and inserting ‘‘The plan shall 
describe the process the State proposes to 
use, with respect to investments made to 
increase access to programs providing 
high-quality and inclusive child care and 
development services, to give priority for 
those investments to areas that have sig-
nificant concentrations of poverty and un-
employment and that do not have such 
services, and to areas that do not have 
such services for children with disabilities 
and infants and toddlers with disabilities.’’; 
(J) in subparagraph (R), by inserting ‘‘and 
a group of parents who use a variety of child 
care services that reflects the variety of child 
care services provided in the State’’ before the 
period; 
(K) by striking subparagraph (S) and in-
serting the following: 
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‘‘(S) PROHIBITION ON SUSPENSIONS, EX-
PULSIONS, AND AVERSIVE BEHAVIORAL INTER-
VENTIONS.—The plan shall provide an assur-
ance that the State will provide assistance to 
carry out this subchapter only to eligible child 
care providers that prohibit— 
‘‘(i) the use of suspension and expul-
sion of children; and 
‘‘(ii) the use of aversive behavioral 
interventions.’’; 
(L) in subparagraph (T)— 
(i) in clause (i)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
clause (I), by striking ‘‘(or develop 
such guidelines if the State does not 
have such guidelines as of the date of 
enactment of the Child Care and De-
velopment Block Grant Act of 2014)’’; 
and 
(II) in subclause (I), by striking 
‘‘research-based’’ and inserting ‘‘evi-
dence-based’’; and 
(ii) in clause (iv)— 
(I) by striking subclauses (II) 
and (III); 
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‘‘(W) TIERED AND TRANSPARENT SYSTEM 
FOR MEASURING THE QUALITY OF CHILD CARE 
PROVIDERS.—The plan shall describe how the 
State will develop or revise with input (from 
early childhood education and development ex-
perts, from a diverse group of child care pro-
viders working in a variety of child care set-
tings, from families, and from organizations 
representing child care directors, teachers, and 
other staff), within 3 years after the date of 
submission of the State application, systems for 
measuring the quality of eligible child care pro-
viders who provide services for which assistance 
is made available under this subchapter, that 
are inclusive and appropriate for child care pro-
viders and that consist of— 
‘‘(i) a tiered and transparent system 
for measuring the quality of eligible child 
care providers who serve eligible children, 
that— 
‘‘(I) applies to eligible child care 
providers (except providers of family, 
friend, or neighbor care that elect to 
be covered under clause (ii)); 
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‘‘(II) includes a set of standards, 
for determining the tier of quality of 
a child care provider, that— 
‘‘(aa) uses the degree to 
which the provider meets national 
standards (which may be Head 
Start 
program 
performance 
standards described in section 
641A(a) of the Head Start Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9836a(a)) or stand-
ards for national accreditation of 
early learning programs) or other 
equally rigorous and evidence- 
based standards that are tied to 
child outcomes; and 
‘‘(bb) 
includes 
indicators 
that are appropriate for different 
types of providers, including child 
care centers and family child care 
providers, and are appropriate 
for providers serving different 
age groups (including mixed age 
groups) of children, while main-
taining a high level of quality 
child care by all of the different 
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types of providers and for all of 
the different age groups (includ-
ing mixed age groups); 
‘‘(III) includes a different set of 
standards that includes different indi-
cators, to be applied, when appro-
priate, for care during nontraditional 
hours of operation; and 
‘‘(IV) in conjunction with the in-
creasing payment rates under para-
graph (4) (increasing due to factors 
specified in paragraph (4) such as the 
cost estimation model and quality 
basis for payment rates), provides for 
sufficient resources to enable stand-
ards at the entry tier for such system 
to increase in rigor over time; and 
‘‘(ii) a separate system of quality 
standards for providers concerning develop-
mentally appropriate and age-appropriate 
care that— 
‘‘(I) applies to eligible child care 
providers of family, friend, or neigh-
bor care (except such providers that 
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elect to be covered under clause (i)); 
and 
‘‘(II) includes standards for care 
during nontraditional hours of oper-
ation and traditional hours of oper-
ation. 
‘‘(X) PROHIBITION
ON
CHARGING
MORE 
THAN
COPAYMENT.—The plan shall provide 
that, after the systems described in subpara-
graph (W) are in effect, child care providers re-
ceiving financial assistance under this sub-
chapter may not charge the family of an eligible 
child more than the total of— 
‘‘(i) the financial assistance provided 
to the family under this subchapter; and 
‘‘(ii) any applicable copayment pursu-
ant to paragraph (5). 
‘‘(Y) POLICIES
TO
SUPPORT
CHILDREN 
WITH
DISABILITIES
AND
INFANTS
AND
TOD-
DLERS
WITH
DISABILITIES.—The plan shall 
provide a description of— 
‘‘(i) how the State will ensure that eli-
gible child care providers, except for pro-
viders of family, friend, or neighbor care 
that elect to be covered under subpara-
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graph (W)(ii), will prioritize children with 
disabilities and infants and toddlers with 
disabilities for slots in programs carried 
out by the providers; and 
‘‘(ii) how the State will work with the 
State’s lead agency established or des-
ignated under section 635(a)(10) of the In-
dividuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1435(a)(10)), local educational 
agencies, and early intervention services 
providers to provide services and supports 
described in the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et 
seq.) in inclusive child care settings to chil-
dren with disabilities, and to infants and 
toddlers with disabilities, who are eligible 
children. 
‘‘(Z) CHILD CARE EQUITY REVIEW.—The 
plan shall provide a description of how the 
State used the results of the child care equity 
review required under section 658K to inform 
the distribution of funds under this subchapter, 
including funds distributed under section 658G, 
in an effort to improve equitable access to high- 
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quality inclusive child care for children in the 
State. 
‘‘(AA) POLICIES TO SUPPORT CHILDREN 
WHO
ARE
DUAL
LANGUAGE
LEARNERS.—The 
plan shall provide a description of how the 
State will ensure that eligible child care pro-
viders will support children who are dual lan-
guage learners, and their families, enrolled in 
programs carried out by the providers, includ-
ing how the State will support child care pro-
viders to, to the greatest extent possible, iden-
tify each child’s home language through a home 
language survey, engage with the families in a 
culturally responsive manner, provide materials 
and information in a format and language that 
is accessible to parents, and recognize the 
child’s home language as an asset and support 
language development in the child’s home lan-
guage. 
‘‘(BB) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 
The plan shall describe how the lead agency in-
tends to make information that is publicly avail-
able about the State’s child care program and 
policies, in particular the information referred 
to in subparagraphs (E), (I), and (T), available 
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in formats accessible to parents and child care 
providers in the State, which shall include mak-
ing such information available in the languages 
most commonly spoken in the State to the 
greatest extent possible within 5 years after the 
date of enactment of the Child Care for Work-
ing Families Act. 
‘‘(CC) 
ENROLLMENT
PRACTICES.—The 
plan shall describe how the lead agency will en-
sure that families have access to a low-barrier 
enrollment (including re-enrollment) process 
that is accessible to families with diverse char-
acteristics, including families with adults or 
children with disabilities or infants and toddlers 
with disabilities, homeless families, families with 
limited access to Internet connectivity, families 
living in rural areas, and families of dual lan-
guage learners, by implementing activities such 
as allowing for simplified enrollment for sib-
lings, coordinating with other State agencies to 
streamline enrollment processes across public 
assistance programs, requiring minimal paper-
work, allowing for enrollment through a State 
or local Web site, and providing flexible submis-
sion deadlines.’’; 
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(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(3) USE
OF
FUNDS.—The State shall use 
amounts provided to the State for each fiscal year 
under this subchapter for child care services, pro-
vided on a sliding fee scale basis, the activities de-
scribed in section 658G, and State administration.’’; 
(3) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(4) PAYMENT RATES.— 
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
State 
plan 
shall— 
‘‘(i) certify that payment rates for the 
provision of child care services for which 
assistance is provided in accordance with 
this subchapter— 
‘‘(I) will be based on a cost esti-
mation model that is described in sub-
paragraph (B) and is approved by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices; and 
‘‘(II) will correspond to dif-
ferences in quality based on the 
State’s tiered and transparent system 
for measuring the quality of child care 
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providers, described in paragraph 
(2)(W)(i), and based on the standards 
described in paragraph (2)(W)(ii); and 
‘‘(ii) specify whether the State is 
electing— 
‘‘(I) to include, in those payment 
rates, a bonus for serving children 
during nontraditional hours or chil-
dren (including infants and toddlers) 
described in paragraph (2)(M); or 
‘‘(II) to waive the copayment de-
scribed in paragraph (5) for a child 
who has been identified as eligible for 
assistance from child protective serv-
ices. 
‘‘(B) COST
ESTIMATION
MODEL.—The 
State plan shall— 
‘‘(i) demonstrate that the State has, 
after consulting with the entities and indi-
viduals described in subparagraph (D), de-
veloped and used (not earlier than 3 years 
before the date of the submission of the 
application containing the State plan) a 
statistically valid and reliable cost esti-
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mation model for the rates of such child 
care services in the State— 
‘‘(I) for providers at each of the 
tiers of the State’s tiered and trans-
parent system for measuring the qual-
ity of child care providers described in 
paragraph (2)(W)(i) (which rates re-
flect variations in the cost of child 
care services by geographic area, type 
of provider, and age of child, and the 
additional costs associated with pro-
viding high-quality and inclusive child 
care services for children with disabil-
ities and infants and toddlers with 
disabilities); and 
‘‘(II) for providers that meet the 
standards described in paragraph 
(2)(W)(ii); 
‘‘(ii) demonstrate that the State— 
‘‘(I) prepared a detailed report 
containing the child care costs esti-
mated with the State cost estimation 
model pursuant to clause (i), which 
report shall include an explanation de-
tailing how the wage requirements de-
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scribed in clause (iii)(II) were applied 
in the estimation of such costs; and 
‘‘(II) made the estimated costs 
widely available (not later than 30 
days after the completion of the esti-
mation) through periodic means, in-
cluding posting the estimated costs on 
the Internet; 
‘‘(iii) describe how the State will set 
payment rates for child care services, for 
which assistance is provided in accordance 
with this subchapter— 
‘‘(I) in accordance with the most 
recent estimates from the most recent 
cost estimation model used pursuant 
to clause (i), so that providers at each 
tier of the tiered and transparent sys-
tem for measuring program quality 
receive payment that is not less than 
the cost of meeting the requirements 
of such tier; and 
‘‘(II) that maintain an effective 
and diverse workforce by ensuring 
wages for staff of child care providers 
that— 
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‘‘(aa) are comparable to 
wages for elementary educators 
with similar credentials and expe-
rience in the State; and 
‘‘(bb) at a minimum, provide 
a living wage for all staff of child 
care providers; and 
‘‘(iv) describe how the State will pro-
vide for timely payment for child care serv-
ices provided under this subchapter. 
‘‘(C) PAYMENT
PRACTICES.—The State 
plan shall include— 
‘‘(i) a certification that the payment 
practices of child care providers in the 
State that serve children who receive as-
sistance under this subchapter reflect gen-
erally accepted payment practices of child 
care providers in the State that serve chil-
dren who do not receive assistance under 
this subchapter, including the practice of 
paying the providers the payment rate de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(i) based on 
the number of children enrolled and not 
the number of children in daily attendance, 
so as to provide stability of funding and 
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encourage more child care providers to 
serve children who receive assistance under 
this subchapter; 
‘‘(ii) an assurance that the State will 
implement enrollment and eligibility poli-
cies that support the fixed costs of pro-
viding child care services by delinking pro-
vider payment rates from an eligible child’s 
occasional absences due to holidays or un-
foreseen circumstances such as illness; and 
‘‘(iii) a description of how the State 
will use direct contracts or grants to sup-
port the stability of child care providers in 
the State, and to increase the supply and 
improve the quality of child care services in 
the State as required under paragraph 
(2)(M). 
‘‘(D) ENTITIES
AND
INDIVIDUALS
CON-
SULTED.—The entities and individuals referred 
to in subparagraph (B)(i) are the State Advi-
sory Council on Early Childhood Education and 
Care designated or established in section 
642B(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Head Start Act (42 
U.S.C. 
9837b(b)(1)(A)(i)) 
(including 
State 
Head Start collaboration office directors), ad-
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ministrators of local child care programs and 
Head 
Start 
programs, 
organizations 
rep-
resenting child care directors, teachers, and 
other staff, local child care resource and refer-
ral agencies, organizations representing parents 
of children with disabilities and parents of in-
fants and toddlers with disabilities, the State 
interagency coordinating council established 
under section 641 of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1441), the 
State advisory panel established under section 
612(a)(21) of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(21)), and 
other appropriate entities. 
‘‘(5) SLIDING SCALE FOR COPAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraphs (B)(i) and (C), the State plan 
shall provide an assurance that the State will 
require— 
‘‘(i) a family receiving assistance 
under this subchapter to pay a full copay-
ment referred to in subparagraph (B) (or, 
for a family receiving part-time care, a re-
duced copayment that is the proportionate 
amount of the full copayment); or 
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‘‘(ii) another entity to pay the copay-
ment (full or reduced) on behalf of the 
family, voluntarily or in accordance with 
Federal law. 
‘‘(B) SLIDING
SCALE.—Such full copay-
ment shall be based on a sliding scale that pro-
vides that, for a family with a family income— 
‘‘(i) of not more than 75 percent of 
State median income for a family of the 
same size, the family shall not pay a co-
payment, toward the cost of the child care 
involved for all eligible children in the fam-
ily; 
‘‘(ii) of more than 75 percent but not 
more than 100 percent of State median in-
come for a family of the same size, the co-
payment shall be more than 0 but not 
more than 2 percent of that family income, 
toward such cost for all such children; 
‘‘(iii) of more than 100 percent but 
not more than 125 percent of State me-
dian income for a family of the same size, 
the copayment shall be more than 2 but 
not more than 4 percent of that family in-
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come, toward such cost for all such chil-
dren; and 
‘‘(iv) of more than 125 percent but 
not more than 150 percent of State me-
dian income for a family of the same size, 
the copayment shall be more than 4 but 
not more than 7 percent of that family in-
come, toward such cost for all such chil-
dren. 
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE.—The State shall not 
require a family with a child that is eligible for 
a Head Start program under the Head Start 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) to pay a copay-
ment under this paragraph for any eligible child 
in the family. 
‘‘(D) 
INFORMATION.—The 
State 
shall 
make publicly available and accessible, including 
on the State’s internet Web site, the income 
ranges in dollar amounts that correspond to 
each of the income categories described in 
clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subparagraph (B) 
and the copayments required from families in 
each such category, by family size.’’. 
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(b) REPORT.—Section 658E of the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—The lead agency shall submit to the 
Secretary within 40 months after the date of submission 
of the application described in subsection (a) a report out-
lining the process by which the lead agency developed or 
revised the State’s systems for measuring the quality of 
eligible child care providers who provide services for which 
assistance is made available under this subchapter. The 
report shall include a discussion of the stakeholders, in-
cluding early childhood education and development ex-
perts, child care providers working in a variety of child 
care settings, families, and organizations representing 
child care directors, teachers, and other staff, from whom 
the lead agency sought input during this process as re-
quired under subsection (c)(2)(W).’’. 
SEC. 106. LIMITATIONS. 
Section 658F of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858d) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘SEC. 658F. LIMITATIONS.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or recipient 
of a child care certificate’’; and 
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(3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘section 
658O(c)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 658O(b)(5)’’. 
SEC. 107. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CHILD 
CARE. 
Section 658G of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9848e) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘A 
State’’ and all that follows through ‘‘for activi-
ties’’ and inserting ‘‘A State that receives a 
payment under section 658J shall reserve and 
use the quality child care amount described in 
paragraph (2) for activities’’; 
(i) by adding ‘‘for all age groups of el-
igible children’’ before ‘‘, and is in align-
ment with’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) QUALITY
CHILD
CARE
AMOUNT.—Such 
State shall reserve and use— 
‘‘(A) during fiscal years 2022 through 
2024, from the payment made to the State for 
a fiscal year, a quality child care amount equal 
to 50 percent of the State allotment under sec-
tion 658O; and 
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‘‘(B) during fiscal year 2025 and each sub-
sequent fiscal year, from the total of the quar-
terly payments made to the State for a par-
ticular fiscal year, a quality child care amount 
equal to not more than 10 percent of the 
amount made available to the State to carry out 
this subchapter for that particular fiscal year 
(and shall reserve and use a proportional 
amount, from each quarterly payment made to 
the State for that particular fiscal year).’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Quality child care amounts 
reserved under subsection (a) shall be used to carry 
out activities that— 
‘‘(A) consist of— 
‘‘(i) the activities described in para-
graph (2); 
‘‘(ii) the activities described in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3), 
and the activities described in paragraph 
(3)(C) under the circumstances described 
in that paragraph; 
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‘‘(iii) the activities described in para-
graph (4); 
‘‘(iv) at the election of the State, the 
activities described in paragraph (5); 
‘‘(v) one or more of the activities de-
scribed in a subparagraph of paragraph 
(6); 
‘‘(vi) one or more of the activities de-
scribed in paragraph (7); 
‘‘(vii) the activities described in para-
graph (8); 
‘‘(viii) one or more activities described 
in a subparagraph of paragraph (9); 
‘‘(ix) at the election of the State, re-
modeling, renovation, or repair permitted 
under section 658F(b); and 
‘‘(x) at the election of the State dur-
ing fiscal years 2022 through 2024, not-
withstanding section 658F(b), construc-
tion, permanent improvement, or major 
renovation, with priority for funding for 
such activities given to underserved com-
munities and underserved populations as 
identified— 
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‘‘(I) in the Statewide assessment 
of the State’s needs under subsection 
(a); 
‘‘(II) in the child care equity re-
view 
described 
in 
section 
658E(c)(2)(Z); and 
‘‘(III) as applicable, in the state-
wide 
needs 
assessment 
conducted 
under section 9212(f) of the Every 
Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. 
9831 note); and 
‘‘(B) will improve the quality of child care 
services provided in the State. 
‘‘(2) SUPPLY BUILDING ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State shall use 
quality child care amounts to implement activi-
ties that increase the supply of eligible child 
care providers, and the number of available 
slots in the State for child care assisted under 
this subchapter, in underserved communities 
and for underserved populations identified as 
described in paragraph (1)(A)(x). 
‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION.—Assistance pro-
vided under this paragraph may be adminis-
tered by local or regional child care resource 
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and referral organizations, community develop-
ment financial institutions, or other entities 
with which the State has contracted in the past. 
‘‘(C) ACTIVITIES.—Activities funded under 
this paragraph shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) STARTUP
GRANTS
AND
SUPPLY 
EXPANSION
GRANTS.—The State shall 
make grants to child care providers, with 
priority for providers seeking to provide 
child care in underserved communities and 
for underserved populations described in 
subparagraph (A), to support providers in 
paying for startup costs and assist pro-
viders in meeting health and safety re-
quirements and achieving licensure, which 
may include conducting remodeling, ren-
ovation, or repair permitted under section 
658F(b). For fiscal years 2022 through 
2024, such grants may also be used for 
construction, permanent improvement, or 
major renovation, as allowable under para-
graph (1)(A)(x), of a building or facility. 
The State shall ensure that all providers 
that receive funding provided under this 
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paragraph participate, in a timely manner, 
the State’s tiered and transparent system 
for measuring the quality of eligible child 
care 
providers 
described 
in 
section 
658E(c)(2)(W)(i). 
‘‘(ii) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The 
State shall provide technical assistance to 
increase the supply of eligible child care 
providers in the State, such as providing 
business startup support, conducting out-
reach to recruit new child care providers, 
providing support to enable providers to 
achieve licensure (including providing sup-
port, for child care providers operating le-
gally without a child care license, to obtain 
such license), offering orientations for new 
child care providers, and supporting the 
development of shared services models for 
child care programs. 
‘‘(3) 
QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT
GRANTS.—A 
State shall use quality child care amounts to im-
prove the quality of child care providers across the 
State that are eligible for assistance under this sub-
chapter and to support child care providers in meet-
ing the requirements for the highest tier of the sys-
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tem described in section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i), including 
by— 
‘‘(A)(i) making quality startup grants (in-
cluding, in the case of providers of family, 
friend, or neighbor care, grants for activities 
described in paragraph (8)(H)) to child care 
providers that are not yet participating in the 
tiered and transparent system for measuring 
the quality of child care providers described in 
section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i), in a fiscal year, and 
that commit to improve quality so that the pro-
vider involved can participate in that system in 
the subsequent fiscal year; and 
‘‘(ii) in making those grants, by giving pri-
ority for funding to underserved communities 
and for underserved populations identified as 
described in paragraph (1)(A)(x); 
‘‘(B) making quality improvement grants 
to child care providers that meet the require-
ments for a tier of the State tiered and trans-
parent system for measuring the quality of 
child care providers described in section 
658E(c)(2)(W)(i), in a fiscal year, and that 
commit to improve quality so that the provider 
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involved can meet the requirements for a higher 
tier in the subsequent 3 fiscal years; and 
‘‘(C) renewing a grant described in sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) at the end of the applica-
ble grant period, for a provider that dem-
onstrates sufficient progress in meeting the 
goals for the grant. 
‘‘(4) ACTIVITIES TO ASSIST HOMELESS CHIL-
DREN AND CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.—A State 
shall use quality child care amounts for activities 
that improve access to child care services for home-
less children and children in foster care, including— 
‘‘(A) the use of procedures to permit im-
mediate enrollment of homeless children and 
children in foster care while required docu-
mentation is obtained; 
‘‘(B) training and technical assistance on 
identifying and serving homeless children and 
their families, and children in foster care and 
their foster families; and 
‘‘(C) specific outreach to homeless families 
and foster families. 
‘‘(5) CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL 
SYSTEM.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may use qual-
ity child care amounts to establish or support 
a system of local or regional child care resource 
and referral organizations that is coordinated, 
to the extent determined appropriate by the 
State, by a statewide public or private non-
profit, community-based or regionally based, 
lead child care resource and referral organiza-
tion. 
‘‘(B) LOCAL
OR
REGIONAL
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—The local or regional child care re-
source and referral organizations supported as 
described in subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) provide parents in the State with 
consumer education information referred 
to in section 658E(c)(2)(E) (except as oth-
erwise provided in that section), concerning 
the full range of child care and early child-
hood education options (including faith- 
based child care providers, Head Start 
agencies (including Early Head Start 
agencies), and community-based child care 
providers), analyzed by child care provider, 
including child care provided during non-
traditional hours, child care provided 
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through dual language child care pro-
grams, child care provided through emer-
gency child care centers, and inclusive 
child care options for children with disabil-
ities and infants and toddlers with disabil-
ities, in their political subdivisions or re-
gions in formats and languages accessible 
to all parents in such political subdivisions 
or regions, including parents of dual lan-
guage learners; 
‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, work 
directly with families who receive assist-
ance under this subchapter to offer the 
families support and assistance, using in-
formation described in clause (i) in con-
junction with available data on parent sat-
isfaction and provider training and experi-
ence, to make an informed decision about 
which child care providers they will use, in 
an effort to ensure that the families are 
enrolling their children in the most appro-
priate child care setting to suit their needs 
and one that provides high-quality and in-
clusive care, which may include providing 
information and data through family navi-
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gators who can help parents make such de-
cisions; 
‘‘(iii) collect data and provide infor-
mation on the coordination of services and 
supports, including services provided under 
section 619 and part C of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1419, 1431 et seq.), for children with dis-
abilities and infants and toddlers with dis-
abilities, and services provided under the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 
‘‘(iv) collect data (and, where appro-
priate, enable real time collection of data) 
and provide information on the supply of 
and demand for child care services, by age 
of child to the extent practicable, in polit-
ical subdivisions or regions within the 
State and submit such information to the 
State; 
‘‘(v) to the extent practicable, make 
data and information described in sub-
clause (iv) available to parents through on-
line referral registry services provided by 
the child care resource and referral organi-
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zations or other nonprofit entities in the 
State; 
‘‘(vi) work to establish partnerships 
with public agencies and private entities, 
including faith-based child care providers, 
Head Start agencies (including Early Head 
Start 
agencies), 
and 
community-based 
child care providers, and incorporate the 
effective use of data and technology to in-
crease the supply and quality of child care 
services in the State; 
‘‘(vii) as appropriate, coordinate their 
activities with the activities of the State 
lead agency and local agencies that admin-
ister funds made available in accordance 
with this subchapter; and 
‘‘(viii) work to establish partnerships 
with the parent resource centers estab-
lished under section 672 of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1472) to provide information about inclu-
sive child care options for children with 
disabilities and infants and toddlers with 
disabilities, including children with more 
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significant disabilities and children with 
complex medical needs. 
‘‘(6) TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP-
MENT.—A State shall use quality child care amounts 
for supporting training and professional development 
that is culturally and linguistically appropriate for 
the child care workforce, and individuals working in 
Head Start programs (including Early Head Start 
programs), through activities such as those included 
under section 658E(c)(2)(G), in addition to at least 
one activity consisting of— 
‘‘(A)(i) offering training, coaching, or pro-
fessional development opportunities for child 
care providers that relate to the use of evi-
dence-based, developmentally appropriate and 
age-appropriate strategies to promote the social, 
emotional, physical, adaptive, communication, 
and cognitive development of children, including 
key programmatic strategies; and 
‘‘(ii) offering specialized training for child 
care providers caring for those populations 
prioritized in section 658E(c)(2)(Q), homeless 
children, children in foster care, children who 
are dual language learners, and children with 
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disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis-
abilities; 
‘‘(B) incorporating the effective use of data 
to guide program improvement; 
‘‘(C) implementing effective behavior man-
agement strategies (and related training), in-
cluding implementing multitiered systems of 
support such as support through positive behav-
ior interventions and supports, and trauma in-
formed care, that— 
‘‘(i) promote positive social and emo-
tional development; 
‘‘(ii) prevent and reduce challenging 
behaviors, including by setting consistent 
expectations for all students; and 
‘‘(iii) eliminate suspensions, expul-
sions, and aversive behavioral interven-
tions; 
‘‘(D) providing training and outreach on 
engaging parents and families in culturally and 
linguistically appropriate ways, including for 
parents and families of dual language learners, 
to expand their knowledge, skills, and capacity 
to become meaningful partners in supporting 
their children’s positive development; 
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‘‘(E) providing training corresponding to 
the nutritional and physical activity needs of 
children to promote healthy development; 
‘‘(F) providing training or professional de-
velopment for child care providers regarding the 
early neurological development of children; 
‘‘(G) connecting staff members of child 
care providers with available Federal and State 
financial aid, or other resources, that would as-
sist the staff members in pursuing relevant 
postsecondary training; 
‘‘(H) creating or expanding a statewide 
scholarship program for child care providers to 
obtain credentials related to child care; 
‘‘(I) creating or expanding an apprentice-
ship program registered under the Act of Au-
gust 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘Na-
tional Apprenticeship Act’; 50 Stat. 664, chap-
ter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), for child care 
providers in the early years of providing child 
care; 
‘‘(J) providing training, scholarship oppor-
tunities, or apprenticeships for multilingual 
adults in order to expand the supply of high- 
quality, dual language child care programs; 
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‘‘(K) supporting articulation agreements 
between public institutions of higher education 
that offer 2-year programs and public institu-
tions of higher education that offer 4-year pro-
grams, for the purposes of facilitating, for child 
care providers or individuals seeking to become 
such providers, the transfer of postsecondary 
credits for coursework related to child care 
from such institutions with 2-year programs to 
such institutions with 4-year programs; 
‘‘(L) providing training and professional 
development on child developmental milestones 
and evidence-based developmental screening 
practices that help identify infants, toddlers, 
and children to be referred for evaluation con-
cerning eligibility for services under the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1400 et seq.); 
‘‘(M) undertaking efforts to improve the 
diversity of staff of eligible providers, including 
efforts to recruit a more diverse workforce; 
‘‘(N) providing training and professional 
development related to the impact of trauma on 
social-emotional development and to imple-
menting best practices in trauma-informed care; 
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‘‘(O) providing access to trained early 
childhood mental health consultants to help 
child care providers and other program manage-
ment personnel implement mental health pro-
motion and prevention strategies; or 
‘‘(P) developing and providing professional 
development on competencies for early child-
hood educators, including specialized com-
petencies for educators serving infants and tod-
dlers. 
‘‘(7) PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR INFANTS 
AND
TODDLERS.—A State shall use quality child 
care amounts to promote and expand child care pro-
viders’ ability to provide developmentally appropriate 
services for infants and toddlers through activities 
that shall include at least one activity consisting 
of— 
‘‘(A)(i) training and professional develop-
ment; and 
‘‘(ii) coaching and technical assistance on 
this age group’s unique needs from statewide 
networks of qualified infant-toddler specialists; 
‘‘(B) improving infant and toddler compo-
nents within the State’s tiered and transparent 
system for measuring the quality of child care 
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providers described in section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i), 
for child care providers for infants and toddlers, 
or developing infant and toddler components in 
a State’s child care licensing regulations or 
early learning and development guidelines; 
‘‘(C) improving the ability of parents to ac-
cess transparent and easy to understand con-
sumer information about high-quality and inclu-
sive care for infants and toddlers; 
‘‘(D) providing supports to implement or 
sustain partnerships with Early Head Start 
agencies; 
‘‘(E) carrying out other activities deter-
mined by the State to improve the quality of in-
fant and toddler care provided in the State, and 
for which there is evidence that the activities 
will lead to improved infant and toddler health 
and safety, infant and toddler cognitive and 
physical development, infant and toddler well- 
being, or infant and toddler social and emo-
tional development, including providing health 
and safety training (including training in safe 
sleep practices, first aid, and cardiopulmonary 
resuscitation) for providers and caregivers; or 
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‘‘(F) carrying out other activities to pro-
mote and expand child care providers’ ability to 
provide developmentally appropriate services for 
infants and toddlers. 
‘‘(8) INCLUSIVE
CARE
FOR
CHILDREN
WITH 
DISABILITIES AND INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH 
DISABILITIES.—A State shall use quality child care 
amounts for activities to improve the supply of eligi-
ble child care providers that provide high-quality and 
inclusive care for children with disabilities and in-
fants and toddlers with disabilities through activi-
ties, which shall include— 
‘‘(A) offering training, professional devel-
opment, or coaching opportunities for child care 
providers that relate to the use of evidence- 
based, developmentally appropriate, and age-ap-
propriate strategies in inclusive settings to pro-
mote the social, emotional, physical, adaptive, 
communication, and cognitive development of 
children with disabilities and infants and tod-
dlers with disabilities, and their peers; 
‘‘(B) improving the ability of parents to 
access transparent and easy-to-understand con-
sumer information about high-quality and inclu-
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sive care for children with disabilities and in-
fants and toddlers with disabilities; 
‘‘(C) promoting and expanding child care 
providers’ ability to provide developmentally ap-
propriate services for infants and toddlers with 
disabilities through improved coordination of 
systems, services, and other activities with the 
providers and individuals who provide services 
or supports under the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.); 
and 
‘‘(D) specific outreach to families with— 
‘‘(i) parents with disabilities (as de-
fined in section 3 of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12102)); 
‘‘(ii) children with disabilities; and 
‘‘(iii) infants and toddlers with dis-
abilities. 
‘‘(9) OTHER
ACTIVITIES.—A State shall use 
quality child care amounts for at least one activity 
consisting of— 
‘‘(A) improving upon the development or 
implementation of the early learning and devel-
opmental 
guidelines 
described 
in 
section 
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658E(c)(2)(T) by providing technical assistance 
to eligible child care providers that enhances 
the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional de-
velopment, including early childhood develop-
ment, of participating preschool and school- 
aged children and supports their overall well- 
being; 
‘‘(B) developing, implementing, or enhanc-
ing the State’s tiered and transparent system 
for measuring the quality of child care pro-
viders, 
as 
described 
in 
section 
658E(c)(2)(W)(i); 
‘‘(C) facilitating compliance with State re-
quirements for inspection, monitoring, training, 
and health and safety, and with State licensing 
standards; 
‘‘(D) evaluating and assessing the quality 
and effectiveness of child care programs (taking 
into account whether such programs also pro-
vide services funded under the Head Start Act) 
and services offered in the State, including eval-
uating how such programs positively impact 
children; 
‘‘(E) supporting child care providers in the 
voluntary pursuit of accreditation by a national 
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accrediting body with demonstrated, valid, and 
reliable program standards of high quality; 
‘‘(F) supporting State or local efforts to 
develop or adopt high-quality program stand-
ards relating to health, mental health, social 
and emotional development, nutrition, physical 
activity, and physical development; 
‘‘(G) activities that improve the availability 
of child care services, activities that improve ac-
cess to child care services, and any other activ-
ity that the State determines to be appropriate 
to meet the purposes of this subchapter, with 
priority being given for services (including giv-
ing priority access to services through providers 
at the highest tier of the system described in 
section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i)) to homeless children, 
children in foster care, children of families with 
very low family incomes (taking into consider-
ation family size), children who are dual lan-
guage learners, children with disabilities, and 
infants and toddlers with disabilities; 
‘‘(H) supporting State or local efforts to 
expand Early Head Start-Child Care Partner-
ships; 
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‘‘(I) activities to improve the quality of 
providers of family, friend, or neighbor care, 
which may include— 
‘‘(i) establishing or expanding the op-
eration of community- or neighborhood- 
based family, friend, or neighbor care net-
works, which may include networks that 
support the implementation of shared serv-
ices models; 
‘‘(ii) offering education, training, busi-
ness development, apprenticeship, men-
toring, or leadership development opportu-
nities for the providers; 
‘‘(iii) conducting home visits and 
coaching that provide one-on-one advice 
and support; 
‘‘(iv) conducting play and learn ses-
sions or other types of peer networking; 
‘‘(v) facilitating participation in the 
program carried out under this subchapter 
or the child and adult care food program 
established under section 17 of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1766); 
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‘‘(vi) assistance in achieving licensure, 
if the provider wants to become licensed; 
‘‘(vii) recruiting providers of family, 
friend, or neighbor care to build the supply 
of high-quality and inclusive care by such 
providers; 
‘‘(viii) recruiting providers of family, 
friend, or neighbor care to become eligible 
child care providers providing child care 
services under this subchapter, to build the 
supply of high-quality and inclusive care by 
providers of family, friend, or neighbor 
care; and 
‘‘(ix) providing training on effective 
instruction for children of diverse back-
grounds and children with disabilities, in-
fants and toddlers with disabilities, and 
children who are dual language learners; 
‘‘(J)(i) supporting eligible child care pro-
viders to eliminate suspensions, expulsions, and 
aversive 
behavioral 
interventions, 
including 
through adaptations and interventions by spe-
cial educators, mental health consultants, and 
other community resources, such as behavior 
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coaches, psychologists, and other appropriate 
specialists; and 
‘‘(ii) promoting multitiered systems of sup-
port such as positive behavioral interventions 
and supports and trauma informed care that 
promote positive social and emotional develop-
ment and reduce challenging behaviors; 
‘‘(K) activities to improve the supply and 
quality of child care programs and services to 
provide high-quality and inclusive care for 
school-age children, which may include— 
‘‘(i) establishing or expanding high- 
quality and inclusive school-age child care 
standards and a system of supports for 
such care that align with best practices for 
before- and after-school care and summer 
care; 
‘‘(ii) enhancing professional develop-
ment and technical assistance opportuni-
ties for providers of school-age care; and 
‘‘(iii) improving the ability of parents 
to access transparent and easy to under-
stand consumer information about high- 
quality and inclusive school-age care; 
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‘‘(L) establishing or expanding high-quality 
and inclusive community- or neighborhood- 
based family and child development centers, 
which shall serve as resources for child care 
providers in order to improve the quality of 
early childhood services provided to children 
from low-income families and to help eligible 
child care providers improve their capacity to 
offer high-quality and inclusive, age-appropriate 
care; 
‘‘(M) activities that promote simple and 
streamlined enrollment, in high-quality and in-
clusive child care services, including child care 
services provided under this subchapter, that is 
accessible to diverse types of families, which 
may include activities that establish or improve 
systems that also allow families to enroll in 
early childhood care and education services or 
public assistance programs available in the 
State, such as those listed in subparagraphs 
(E)(i)(IV) and (O) of section 658E(c)(2), 
through use of data sharing agreements, identi-
fication of eligible families, and use of a single 
or common application that is available on a 
State Web site; 
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‘‘(N) establishing or expanding the oper-
ation of community- or neighborhood-based 
family child care networks, which may include 
networks that support the implementation of 
shared services models described in subpara-
graph (O); 
‘‘(O) developing or expanding the use of 
shared services models, including through 
shared services alliances administered by non-
profit organizations or child care resource and 
referral organizations, to reduce the operational 
burden on child care providers through the co-
ordination of services such as operations and 
business support, information technology serv-
ices, accounting services, human resources serv-
ices, training and professional development, en-
rollment services, and quality assessment serv-
ices; 
‘‘(P) establishing, maintaining, improving, 
or expanding a system, such as a substitute 
pool system, to support child care providers in 
a variety of child care settings in finding quali-
fied, temporary staff when needed and to 
strengthen the pipeline for early childhood edu-
cators; or 
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‘‘(Q) supporting eligible child care pro-
viders in providing accessible comprehensive 
services for children and their families, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) screenings of vision, hearing, 
health (including mental health), dental 
health, and development (including early 
literacy and math skill development), which 
shall be coordinated with the activities car-
ried out through the comprehensive child 
find system under the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1400 et seq.); 
‘‘(ii) consultation with child care 
health consultants to assess, plan, imple-
ment, and evaluate strategies to achieve 
high-quality safe and healthy child care en-
vironments 
that 
are 
trauma-informed 
strategies and support the mental and 
physical health of children; 
‘‘(iii)(I) family engagement opportuni-
ties that take into account the language 
spoken in the child’s home, such as parent 
conferences (with opportunities for parents 
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to provide input about the child’s develop-
ment); and 
‘‘(II) support services, such as parent 
education, home visiting, and family lit-
eracy services; 
‘‘(iv)(I) nutrition services, including 
provision of nutritious meals and snack op-
tions aligned with the requirements in the 
most recent guidelines promulgated by the 
Secretary of Agriculture for the Child and 
Adult Care Food Program authorized 
under section 17 of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1766); and 
‘‘(II) regular, age-appropriate, nutri-
tion education for children and their fami-
lies; 
‘‘(v) programs, carried out in coordi-
nation with local educational agencies and 
entities providing services and supports au-
thorized under part B and part C of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.; 1431 et seq.), to 
ensure the full participation of infants and 
toddlers with disabilities and children with 
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disabilities in high-quality and inclusive 
child care settings; 
‘‘(vi) 
physical 
activity 
programs 
that— 
‘‘(I) are aligned with evidence- 
based guidelines, such as those rec-
ommended by the Health and Medi-
cine Division of the National Acad-
emies of Sciences, Engineering, and 
Medicine; and 
‘‘(II) take into account and ac-
commodate the needs of children with 
disabilities and infants and toddlers 
with disabilities; or 
‘‘(vii) on-site service coordination, to 
the maximum extent feasible.’’. 
SEC. 108. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT. 
Section 658I of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858g) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) collect, publish, and make available to the 
public a listing of State child care standards, includ-
ing licensing standards, health and safety standards, 
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and the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 
section 658E(c)(2)(W), at least once every 3 years;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘this 
subchapter;’’ and inserting ‘‘this subchapter, 
which shall include information about evidence- 
based curricula that are developmentally appro-
priate and support development across the es-
sential domains of early childhood develop-
ment.’’; and 
(D) by striking paragraph (5); 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(A), in the matter fol-
lowing clause (ii), by striking ‘‘State allotment’’ and 
inserting ‘‘State payments’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (c). 
SEC. 109. STATE QUARTERLY PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 658J of the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858h) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 658J. PAYMENTS TO STATES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) FMAP.—The term ‘FMAP’ has the mean-
ing given the term in the first sentence of section 
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1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396d(b)). 
‘‘(2) INFANT OR TODDLER.—The term ‘infant 
or toddler’ means a child under age 3. 
‘‘(b) PAYMENTS TO STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall pay to each 
State with an application approved under section 
658E an amount for each quarter equal to the 
FMAP of expenditures in the quarter— 
‘‘(A) for child care assistance under the 
plan for eligible children, other than such chil-
dren who are infants or toddlers; and 
‘‘(B) to carry out activities under section 
658G, subject to the limit specified in section 
658G(a)(2). 
‘‘(2) CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE FOR INFANTS OR 
TODDLERS.—The Secretary shall pay to each State 
with such an approved application an amount for 
each quarter equal to 90 percent of expenditures in 
the quarter for child care assistance under the plan 
for eligible children who are infants or toddlers. 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall 
pay to each State with such an approved application 
an amount for each quarter equal to 50 percent of 
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expenditures in the quarter for the costs of adminis-
tration incurred by the State in carrying out sections 
658H and 658K, and other reasonable costs in-
curred by the State to administer the plan. 
‘‘(c) ADVANCE PAYMENT; RETROSPECTIVE ADJUST-
MENT.—The Secretary may make payments under this 
section for each quarter on the basis of advance estimates 
of expenditures submitted by the State and such other in-
vestigation as the Secretary may find necessary, and may 
reduce or increase the payments as necessary to adjust 
for any overpayment or underpayment for previous quar-
ters. 
‘‘(d) FLEXIBILITY
IN SUBMITTAL
OF CLAIMS.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing 
a State from claiming as expenditures in a quarter ex-
penditures that were incurred in a previous quarter. 
‘‘(e) STATE ENTITLEMENT.—This subchapter rep-
resents the obligation of the Federal Government to pro-
vide, to States with approved applications under section 
658E, for payments under this section from amounts pro-
vided under section 658B(a). Those States are entitled to 
payments under this section.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section take effect on October 1, 2025. 
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SEC. 110. REPORTING. 
Section 658K(a) of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858i(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(A) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(B) by transferring clause (xi) so as to ap-
pear after clause (x); 
(C) in clause (xi), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; and 
(D) inserting after clause (xi) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(xii) whether the children receiving 
assistance under this subchapter are either 
children with disabilities or infants and 
toddlers with disabilities;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by adding ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(C) by striking the flush text between sub-
paragraphs (E) and (F); 
(D) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 
period and inserting a comma; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘during the period for which such report is required 
to be submitted.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) CHILD CARE EQUITY REVIEW.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each lead agency that 
receives funds to carry out this subchapter shall 
complete every 3 years, prior to submitting a 3- 
year State plan under section 658E, a child 
care equity review, with families (including fam-
ilies of children with disabilities and families of 
infants and toddlers with disabilities), child care 
providers (including child care directors, teach-
ers, and staff of the providers), and community 
leaders engaged in the review, to inform the 
distribution of funds under section 658G. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF REVIEW.—Each child 
care equity review shall include data on each of 
the following: 
‘‘(i) The percentage of children receiv-
ing child care services funded under this 
subchapter, disaggregated by— 
‘‘(I) race and ethnicity; 
‘‘(II) family income; 
‘‘(III) age; 
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‘‘(IV) status as an infant or tod-
dler with a disability or child with a 
disability; 
‘‘(V) status as a homeless child; 
‘‘(VI) status as a child in foster 
care; and 
‘‘(VII) status (to the extent the 
status is known) as a dual language 
learner. 
‘‘(ii) The geographic location of child 
care providers funded under this sub-
chapter. 
‘‘(iii) The quality features of child 
care services provided by providers funded 
under this subchapter, compared to the 
quality features of child care services pro-
vided by other child care providers, to the 
extent possible, including data on quality 
features such as— 
‘‘(I) amount of staff wages; 
‘‘(II) length of staff retention; 
‘‘(III) presence of coaching and 
professional development activities; 
‘‘(IV) number of provider clo-
sures; 
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‘‘(V) a measure of parent satis-
faction; and 
‘‘(VI) presence of provision of in-
formation in languages other than 
English. 
‘‘(iv) The quality features of child 
care services received by children and 
funded 
under 
this 
subchapter, 
disaggregated (unless the disaggregation 
involved would reveal personally identifi-
able information about an individual pro-
vider or child) by the children’s— 
‘‘(I) race and ethnicity; 
‘‘(II) family income; 
‘‘(III) age; 
‘‘(IV) status as an infant or tod-
dler with a disability or child with a 
disability; 
‘‘(V) status as a homeless child; 
‘‘(VI) status as a child in foster 
care; and 
‘‘(VII) status (to the extent the 
status is known) as a dual language 
learner. 
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‘‘(v) Whether there are inequities in 
how quality features are distributed among 
children served under this subchapter. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months 
after completing the review required under sub-
paragraph (A), the lead agency shall prepare 
and submit to the Secretary a report, in such 
manner as the Secretary shall require, that in-
cludes the data described in subparagraph (B) 
and a summary of the State’s progress towards 
improving equitable access to high-quality inclu-
sive child care for children in the State. Such 
report shall be made publicly available on the 
internet Web site of the lead agency. 
‘‘(D) FUNDING.—In using State adminis-
tration funds made available under section 
658J(b)(3) to carry out the child care equity 
review under this paragraph, a State may use 
the funds to complete community engagement 
activities related to the review.’’. 
SEC. 111. PRIORITY; WEB SITE. 
Section 658L of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858j) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘Committee on Education and the Workforce’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Committee on Education and 
Labor’’; and 
(B) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘658E(c)(3)(B)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
658G(b)(9)(G)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(B)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘a Quality 
Rating and Improvement System or’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a tiered and transparent system for 
measuring the quality of child care providers 
described in section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i) and’’; 
(B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(C) in clause (v), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(vi) information about— 
‘‘(I) high-quality and inclusive 
care for children with disabilities and 
infants and toddlers with disabilities, 
including child care with early inter-
vention services under part C of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
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cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) 
for infants and toddlers with disabil-
ities and their families, and child care 
with services and supports under part 
B of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et 
seq.) for children with disabilities; and 
‘‘(II) other Federal, State, or 
local programs that may support in-
clusive child care for infants and tod-
dlers, or children, referred to in sub-
clause (I).’’. 
SEC. 112. NONDISCRIMINATION. 
Section 658N of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858l) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘this 
section’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
(D) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘AND ADMISSION’’; 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘(1)(B), (2), and (3)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(1)(B) and (2)’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘and admissions’’; 
and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘or admissions’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘STATE LAW’’ and inserting ‘‘OTHER LAWS’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Nothing’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) EXPENDITURES.—Nothing’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) RIGHTS, REMEDIES, PROCEDURES, OR 
STANDARDS.—Nothing in this subchapter shall be 
construed to invalidate or limit rights, remedies, pro-
cedures, or legal standards available to victims of 
discrimination in employment or in provision of pro-
grams and activities under any other Federal law or 
law of a State or political subdivision of a State, in-
cluding the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000a et seq.), title IX of the Education Amend-
ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section 504 
or 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
794, 794a), or the Americans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). The obligations 
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imposed by this subchapter are in addition to those 
imposed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000a et seq.), title IX of the Education Amend-
ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section 504 
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), 
and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) NONDISCRIMINATION IN PROGRAMS AND AC-
TIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as described in 
paragraph (2), no person in the United States shall, 
on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, reli-
gion, national origin, sex (including sexual orienta-
tion and gender identity), or disability, be excluded 
from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or 
be subjected to discrimination under any program or 
activity funded in whole or in part, with funds made 
available under this subchapter or with amounts ap-
propriated for grants, contracts, or certificates ad-
ministered with such funds. 
‘‘(2) PREFERENCE IN ENROLLMENT.—If assist-
ance provided under this subchapter, and any other 
Federal or State program, amounts to less than 80 
percent of the operating budget of a child care pro-
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vider that receives such assistance, a child care pro-
vider may select children for child care slots that are 
not funded directly with assistance provided under 
this subchapter because such children or their family 
members participate on a regular basis in other ac-
tivities of the organization that owns or operates 
such provider.’’. 
SEC. 113. INDIAN TRIBES AND NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 658O of the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858m) is amended— 
(1) by striking the heading and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 658O. INDIAN TRIBES, TERRITORIES, AND NATIONAL 
ACTIVITIES.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘not to exceed one half 
of 1 percent of the amount appropriated 
under this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
portion of the amount appropriated under 
section 658B(b)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘to be allotted’’ and all 
that follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘to be allotted by the Secretary— 
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‘‘(A) in accordance with the respective 
needs of those territories; and 
‘‘(B) taking into consideration— 
‘‘(i) the population of eligible children, 
and the population of eligible children from 
low-income families, to be served by the 
territory involved; and 
‘‘(ii) the cost of child care in the terri-
tory.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(2) INDIANS TRIBES’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘658B in’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—The 
Secretary shall reserve the remainder of 
the amount appropriated under section 
658B(b) in’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘reserve 
up to $1,500,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘reserve 
and use such sums as the Secretary may deter-
mine to be necessary of the amount appro-
priated under section 658B(a)’’; 
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(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘reserve 
up to 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the amount appro-
priated under this subchapter’’ and inserting 
‘‘reserve and use such sums as the Secretary 
may determine to be necessary of the amount 
appropriated under section 658B(a)’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘reserve 
1⁄2 of 1 percent of the amount appropriated 
under this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘reserve 
and use such sums as the Secretary may deter-
mine to be necessary of the amount appro-
priated under section 658B(a)’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (b); 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C)(i) the population of Indian or Native 
Hawaiian eligible children, and the population 
of Indian or Native Hawaiian eligible children 
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from low-income families, to be served by the 
Indian tribe or tribal organization; 
‘‘(ii) the cost of child care in the area to 
be served by the tribe or organization; and 
‘‘(iii) whether awarding a grant or contract 
to the tribe or organization will increase the 
number of programs that reach standards de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1)(B)(iii);’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 
(6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 
(5) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b); 
(6) by striking subsection (d); 
(7) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) through 
(3); 
(B) by striking ‘‘(e) REALLOTMENTS.—’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘Any’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(e) REALLOTMENTS.—Any’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 
(8) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 
October 1, 2025. 
SEC. 114. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 658P of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘child care provider on be-
half of a’’ before ‘‘parent’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘who may use such certifi-
cate only as payment’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 
and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-
tively; 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘85 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘150 percent (100 per-
cent for fiscal year 2022, 115 percent for fiscal 
year 2023, and 130 percent for fiscal year 
2024)’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (C) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(C) who— 
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‘‘(i) resides with a parent or parents 
who are participating in an eligible activ-
ity; 
‘‘(ii) is receiving, or needs to receive, 
protective services and resides with a par-
ent or parents not described in clause (i), 
which shall include homeless children, chil-
dren in foster care, and children who are 
in contact with child protective services; or 
‘‘(iii) resides with a parent or parents 
who are more than 65 years of age.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(16) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY.—In paragraph (4), 
the term ‘eligible activity’ shall include, at minimum, 
activities consisting of— 
‘‘(A) full-time or part-time employment, in-
cluding self-employment; 
‘‘(B) job search activities; 
‘‘(C) job training; 
‘‘(D) secondary, postsecondary, or adult 
education, such as education through a pro-
gram of high school classes, a course of study 
at an institution of higher education, classes to-
ward an equivalent of a high school diploma 
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recognized by State law, or English as a Second 
Language classes; 
‘‘(E) health treatment (including mental 
health and substance use treatment) for a con-
dition that prevents the individual from partici-
pating in other eligible activities; 
‘‘(F) activities to prevent child abuse and 
neglect, or family violence prevention or inter-
vention activities; 
‘‘(G) employment and training activities 
under the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program established under the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 
‘‘(H) work activities under the program of 
block grants to States for temporary assistance 
for needy families under part A of title IV of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 
and 
‘‘(I) taking leave under the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et 
seq.) (or equivalent provisions for Federal em-
ployees), a State or local paid or unpaid family, 
medical, or disability leave program, or a pro-
gram of employer-provided leave. 
‘‘(17) FOSTER CARE.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘foster care’ 
means 24-hour substitute care for a child 
placed away from the child’s parents or guard-
ians and for whom the State or tribal agency 
has placement and care responsibility. The term 
includes care through a placement in a foster 
family home, a foster home of a relative, a 
group home, an emergency shelter, a residential 
facility, a child care institution, or a pre-adop-
tive home. 
‘‘(B) RULE.—A child shall be considered 
to be in foster care in accordance with subpara-
graph (A) regardless of— 
‘‘(i) whether the foster care facility is 
licensed and payments are made by the 
State, tribal, or local agency for the care of 
the child; 
‘‘(ii) whether adoption subsidy pay-
ments are being made prior to the finaliza-
tion of an adoption; or 
‘‘(iii) whether there are Federal 
matching funds for any payments de-
scribed in clause (i) or (ii) that are made. 
‘‘(18) HIGH-QUALITY AND INCLUSIVE CARE.— 
The term ‘high-quality and inclusive’, used with re-
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spect to care (including child care), means care pro-
vided by an eligible child care provider— 
‘‘(A) that is at the highest tier of the 
State’s tiered and transparent system for meas-
uring the quality of child care providers, under 
section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i); 
‘‘(B) for whom the percentage of children 
served by the provider who are children with 
disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis-
abilities reflects the prevalence of children with 
disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis-
abilities among children within the State; and 
‘‘(C) that provides care for children with 
disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis-
abilities alongside children who are— 
‘‘(i) not infants and toddlers with dis-
abilities; and 
‘‘(ii) not children with disabilities. 
‘‘(19) HOMELESS CHILD.—The term ‘homeless 
child’ means an individual who is a homeless child 
or youth under section 725 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434). 
‘‘(20) INFANT
OR
TODDLER
WITH
A
DIS-
ABILITY.—The term ‘infant or toddler with a dis-
ability’ has the meaning given the term in section 
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632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1432). 
‘‘(21) KEY PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGIES.—The 
term ‘key programmatic strategies’ means strategies 
related to— 
‘‘(A) nutrition and physical activity; 
‘‘(B) recommended practices for age-ap-
propriate exposure to screen media; and 
‘‘(C) the integration and utilization of in-
structional methods to assist learning across 
disciplines, including methods that use the arts, 
language, literacy, mathematics, science, and 
social studies.’’. 
SEC. 115. PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 
Section 658Q(b) of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858o(b)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘in a manner—’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘to disfavor’’ and inserting ‘‘in a manner to dis-
favor’’. 
SEC. 116. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
Section 658S of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858q) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
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‘‘(a) CHILD CARE NOT TREATED AS INCOME.—Not-
withstanding’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION
FOR COLLECTIVE 
BARGAINING.—Nothing in this subchapter shall be con-
strued to alter, diminish, or otherwise affect the rights, 
remedies, and procedures afforded to individuals employed 
by schools or local educational agencies, or teachers and 
other staff employed by child care providers— 
‘‘(1) under Federal, State, or local laws (includ-
ing applicable regulations or court orders); or 
‘‘(2) under the terms of collective bargaining 
agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other 
agreements between schools, agencies, or providers 
that are referred to in this subsection, and their em-
ployees. 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES FOR ELIGIBLE CHILDREN.— 
For purposes of determining whether a child is an eligible 
child for purposes of this subchapter— 
‘‘(1) a State may not use eligibility require-
ments that are more restrictive than the require-
ments specified in this subchapter, including section 
658P; 
‘‘(2) for a child of a parent who seeks to meet 
the requirement of section 658P(4)(C) by partici-
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pating in an education program as an eligible activ-
ity (as defined in section 658P), that parent shall 
not be required to participate in any additional eligi-
ble activity (as so defined), or be required to hold 
any minimum grade point average, to meet that re-
quirement; and 
‘‘(3) a child who became an eligible child when 
the child’s family met the income requirements of 
section 658P(4)(B) for an initial fiscal year shall be 
considered to remain an eligible child for the subse-
quent fiscal year if— 
‘‘(A) the State median income for that fis-
cal year drops below the State median income 
for the initial fiscal year, and as a result such 
child’s family income now exceeds 150 percent 
(or the corresponding percentage specified in 
section 658P(4)(B)) of the State median in-
come; and 
‘‘(B) the child meets the other require-
ments of section 658P. 
‘‘(d) NONPOSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAM.— 
For purposes of section 401 of the Act entitled ‘An Act 
to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a)(1) 
of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
1997’, approved August 22, 1996, the program carried out 
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under this subchapter shall be considered to be a program 
of nonpostsecondary education.’’. 
SEC. 117. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 
The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is amended by striking 
the subchapter heading and inserting the following: 
‘‘Subchapter C—Child Care and Development 
Assistance’’. 
SEC. 118. TRANSITION RULES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal years 2022 through 
2024, the Secretary of Health and Human Services— 
(1) shall make allotments and payments to 
States, territories, and Indian tribes under section 
658J and 658O of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858h, 
9858m), as in effect immediately before the date of 
enactment of this Act, subject to subsection (b); 
(2) shall reserve funds according to paragraphs 
(3) through (5) of section 658O(a) of that Act (42 
U.S.C. 9858m(a)); and 
(3) shall carry out section 658E(c)(3) of that 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3)) by applying subpara-
graph (C) of that section, as in effect immediately 
before the date of enactment of this Act. 
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(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—During fiscal years 2022 
through 2024, the Secretary shall have authority to make 
such adjustments as may be necessary to carry out sub-
section (a) and to transition to making quarterly payments 
under section 658J and allotments under section 658O(a) 
of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990, as amended by this Act. 
SEC. 119. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This title, and the amendments made by this title, 
take effect on October 1, 2021, except as otherwise pro-
vided in this title. 
TITLE II—HIGH-QUALITY 
PRESCHOOL 
SEC. 201. FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES TO ESTABLISH 
VOLUNTARY 
HIGH-QUALITY 
PRESCHOOL 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 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). 
(2) DUAL
LANGUAGE
LEARNER.—The term 
‘‘dual language learner’’ means an individual who is 
limited English proficient, as defined in section 637 
of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832). 
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(3) ELIGIBLE
CHILD.—The term ‘‘eligible 
child’’ means a child who is— 
(A) age 3, 4, or 5; 
(B) not yet enrolled in kindergarten; and 
(C) a member of a family with a family in-
come that does not exceed 150 percent of the 
State median income for a family of the same 
size. 
(4) ELIGIBLE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘eligible 
provider’’ includes a local educational agency, Head 
Start program funded under the Head Start Act (42 
U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), licensed child care center, li-
censed family child care home, and community– or 
neighborhood–based family child care network, 
that— 
(A) participates in the State’s tiered and 
transparent system for measuring program 
quality described in section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i) of 
the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)(W)(i)); and 
(B) meets the highest tier of such system. 
(5) FOSTER CARE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘foster care’’ 
means 24-hour substitute care for a child 
placed away from the child’s parents or guard-
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ians and for whom the State agency has place-
ment and care responsibility. The term includes 
care through a placement in a foster family 
home, a foster home of a relative, a group 
home, an emergency shelter, a residential facil-
ity, a child care institution, or a pre-adoptive 
home. 
(B) RULE.—A child shall be considered to 
be in foster care in accordance with subpara-
graph (A) regardless of— 
(i) whether the foster care facility is 
licensed and payments are made by the 
State or local agency for the care of the 
child; 
(ii) whether adoption subsidy pay-
ments are being made prior to the finaliza-
tion of an adoption; or 
(iii) whether there are Federal match-
ing funds for any payments described in 
clause (i) or (ii) that are made. 
(6) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 
the chief executive officer of a State. 
(7) HIGH-NEED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high-need 
school’’ means an elementary school in which not 
less than 50 percent of the enrolled students are 
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children from low-income families, as defined in sec-
tion 2221(b)(3)(B) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6641(b)(3)(B)). 
(8) HIGH-NEED
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘‘high-need local educational agency’’ 
means a local educational agency that serves a high 
percentage of high-need schools. 
(9) HOMELESS
CHILD.—The term ‘‘homeless 
child’’ means an individual who is a homeless child 
or youth under section 725 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434). 
(10) INFANT
OR
TODDLER
WITH
A
DIS-
ABILITY.—The term ‘‘infant or toddler with a dis-
ability’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1432). 
(11) KEY
PROGRAMMATIC
STRATEGIES.—The 
term ‘‘key programmatic strategies’’ means strate-
gies related to— 
(A) nutrition and physical activity; 
(B) recommended practices for age-appro-
priate exposure to screen media; and 
(C) the integration and utilization of in-
structional methods to assist learning across 
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disciplines, including methods that use the arts, 
language, literacy, mathematics, science, and 
social studies. 
(12) LOW-INCOME CHILD.—The term ‘‘low-in-
come child’’ means a child who is a member of a 
family with a family income that is at or below 200 
percent of the poverty line. 
(13) OUTLYING
AREAS.—The term ‘‘outlying 
areas’’ means the United States Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(14) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’ 
means the official poverty line (as defined by the Of-
fice of Management and Budget)— 
(A) adjusted to reflect the percentage 
change in the Consumer Price Index For All 
Urban Consumers, issued by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, occurring in the 1-year period 
or other interval immediately preceding the date 
such adjustment is made; and 
(B) adjusted for family size. 
(15) SPECIALIZED
INSTRUCTIONAL
SUPPORT 
PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘specialized instructional 
support personnel’’ has the meaning given such term 
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in section 8101(47)(A) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7801(47)). 
(16) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
(b) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.— 
(1) RESERVATION.—From the total amount ap-
propriated to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in col-
laboration with the Secretary of Education, shall— 
(A) reserve not less than 1 percent and not 
more than 2 percent for payments to Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations; 
(B) reserve 1⁄2 of 1 percent for the outlying 
areas to be distributed among the outlying 
areas on the basis of their relative need, as de-
termined by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services in accordance with the pur-
poses of this section; 
(C) reserve 1⁄2 of 1 percent for eligible 
local entities that serve children in families who 
are engaged in migrant or seasonal agricultural 
labor; 
(D) reserve not more than 1 percent or 
$30,000,000, whichever amount is less, for na-
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tional activities, including administration, tech-
nical assistance, and evaluation; and 
(E) reserve 5 percent for State leadership 
activities described in subsection (c), including 
the grants described in such subsection. 
(2) ALLOTMENT FORMULA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), from the total amount ap-
propriated to carry out this section for a fiscal 
year that remains after making the reservations 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, in collaboration with the 
Secretary of Education, shall allot to each State 
for the fiscal year that has an application ap-
proved under subsection (d), for the purpose of 
providing grants to eligible providers to offer 
high-quality preschool, an amount that bears 
the same ratio to such remainder as the num-
ber of children who are below the age of 6 who 
reside within the State and whose families have 
an income at or below 200 percent of the pov-
erty line for the most recent year for which sat-
isfactory data are available, bears to the num-
ber of such children who reside in all such 
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seasonal Head Start agency operating for 
fewer than 8 months per year. 
‘‘(B) FULL-DAY, FULL-YEAR HEAD START 
AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—A Head Start 
agency (including an Early Head Start 
agency) that certifies to the Secretary that 
it is meeting the full-day, full-year need 
within its community may apply for a 
grant to enhance the quality of services 
provided to children enrolled in its Head 
Start program (including its Early Head 
Start program) in accordance with sub-
section (c)(2). 
‘‘(ii) APPLICATION.—A Head Start 
agency (including Early Head Start agen-
cy) that meets the requirements of clause 
(i) shall submit an application, which shall 
include— 
‘‘(I) the proposed uses of funds 
in accordance with subsection (c)(2); 
and 
‘‘(II) how such uses of funds re-
late to the community-wide strategic 
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