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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4270
To amend the Head Start Act to extend authorization of appropriations
for programs under that Act, to strengthen provisions designed to provide
quality assurance and improvement, to provide for orderly and appro-
priate expansion of such programs, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 20, 1994
Mrs. UNSOELD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Head Start Act to extend authorization of
appropriations for programs under that Act, to strength-
en provisions designed to provide quality assurance and
improvement, to provide for orderly and appropriate ex-
pansion of such programs, 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; REFERENCES IN ACT.
(a) This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Education Begins
With Families Act of 1994’’.
(b) Except where otherwise specifically provided, ref-
erences in this Act shall be considered to be made to the
Head Start Act, or to a section or other provision thereof.
SEC. 2. MONITORING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Act is amended by inserting
after section 641 the following new section:
‘‘QUALITY STANDARDS; MONITORING OF HEAD START
AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS
‘‘SEC. 641A. (a) QUALITY STANDARDS.—(1) ESTAB-
LISHMENT OF STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall establish
by regulation standards applicable to Head Start agencies,
programs, and projects under this subchapter, including—
‘‘(A) performance standards with respect to
services required to be provided, including health,
education, parental involvement, social and other
services;
‘‘(B) administrative and financial management
standards;
‘‘(C) standards relating to the condition and lo-
cation of facilities; and
‘‘(D) such other standards as the Secretary
finds appropriate, including standards for provision
of services to families with very young children.
‘‘(2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—The regulations
under this subsection shall indicate the minimum levels
of overall accomplishment that a Head Start agency or
program must achieve in order to meet the standards spec-
ified in paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) CONSIDERATIONS
IN
DEVELOPING
STAND-
ARDS.—In developing the regulations required under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) consult with experts in the fields of child
development, early childhood education, family serv-
ices, administration, and financial management, and
with persons with experience in the operation of
Head Start programs; and
‘‘(B) take into consideration—
‘‘(i) past experience with use of the stand-
ards currently in effect;
‘‘(ii) changes over the period the program
has been in effect in the circumstances and
problems typically facing Head Start children
and families;
‘‘(iii) developments concerning best prac-
tices with respect to child development, family
services, program administration, and financial
management; and
‘‘(iv) projected needs of an expanding
Head Start program;
‘‘(C) not later than one year after enactment of
this section, review and revise as necessary the per-
formance standards in effect under this subchapter
on the date of enactment of this section (but any re-
visions in performance standards shall not result in
the elimination of or any reduction in the scope or
types of health, education, parental involvement, so-
cial, or other services required to be provided under
such standards in effect on November 2, 1978).
‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE
MEASURES.—(1) IN
GEN-
ERAL.—Within one year after enactment of this section,
the Secretary, in consultation with representatives of
Head Start agencies and with experts in the fields of child
development, family services, and program management,
shall develop methods and procedures for measuring, an-
nually and over longer periods, the quality and effective-
ness of programs operated by Head Start agencies.
‘‘(2) DESIGN
OF
MEASURES.—The performance
measures developed under this subsection shall be de-
signed—
‘‘(A) to assess the various services provided by
Head Start programs and, to the extent the Sec-
retary finds appropriate, administrative and finan-
cial management practices;
‘‘(B) to be adaptable for use in self-assessment
and peer review of individual Head Start agencies
and programs; and
‘‘(C) for other program purposes as determined
by the Secretary.
‘‘(3) USE OF MEASURES.—The Secretary shall use
the performance measures developed pursuant to this sub-
section—
‘‘(A) to identify strengths and weaknesses in
the operation of Head Start programs nationally and
by region; and
‘‘(B) to identify problem areas that may require
additional training and technical assistance re-
sources.
‘‘(c) MONITORING OF LOCAL AGENCIES AND PRO-
GRAMS.—(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to determine wheth-
er Head Start agencies meet standards established under
this subchapter with respect to program, administrative,
fiscal, and other requirements, the Secretary shall conduct
the following reviews of designated Head Start agencies,
and of the Head Start programs operated by such
agencies:
‘‘(A) a full review of each such agency at least
once during each 3-year period;
‘‘(B) a review of each newly designated agency
immediately after the completion of the first year
such agency carries out a Head Start program;
‘‘(C) follow-up reviews including prompt return
visits to agencies and programs that fail to meet
minimum standards for participation; and
‘‘(D) other reviews as appropriate.
‘‘(2) CONDUCT OF REVIEWS.—The Secretary shall
ensure that reviews described in subparagraphs (A)
through (C) of paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) are performed, to the maximum extent
practicable, by employees of the Department of
Health and Human Services who are knowledgeable
about Head Start programs; and
‘‘(B) are supervised by such an employee at the
site of such Head Start agency.
‘‘(d) CORRECTIVE ACTION; TERMINATION.—(1) If
the Secretary determines, on the basis of a review pursu-
ant to subsection (c), that a Head Start agency designated
pursuant to section 641 fails to meet the minimum stand-
ards for participation in programs under this subchapter,
the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) inform the agency of the deficiencies that
must be corrected;
‘‘(B) with respect to each identified deficiency,
at the Secretary’s discretion (taking into consider-
ation the seriousness of the deficiency and the time
reasonably required to correct it), require the agen-
cy—
‘‘(i) to correct the deficiency immediately,
or
‘‘(ii) to comply with the requirements of
paragraph (2) concerning a quality improve-
ment plan; and
‘‘(C) initiate proceedings to terminate the des-
ignation of the agency unless the agency corrects the
deficiency as required by the Secretary pursuant to
subparagraph (B).
‘‘(2) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.—(A) Agency
Responsibilities.—In order to retain its designation under
this subchapter, a Head Start agency that is the subject
of a determination described in paragraph (1) shall—
‘‘(i) develop in a timely manner, obtain the Sec-
retary’s approval of, and implement a quality im-
provement plan that specifies—
‘‘(I) the deficiencies to be corrected;
‘‘(II) the actions to be taken to correct
such deficiencies; and
‘‘(III) the timetable for accomplishment of
the corrective actions identified; and
‘‘(ii) eliminate each deficiency identified, not
later than the date for elimination of such deficiency
specified in such plan (which shall not be later than
one year after the date the agency received notice of
the determination and of the specific deficiencies to
be corrected).
‘‘(B) SECRETARIAL
RESPONSIBILITY.—Not later
than thirty days after receiving from a Head Start agency
a proposed quality improvement plan pursuant to subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall either approve such pro-
posed plan or specify the reasons why the proposed plan
cannot be approved.
‘‘(3) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—To
the extent the Secretary finds feasible and appropriate
given available funding and other statutory responsibil-
ities, the Secretary shall provide training and technical as-
sistance to Head Start agencies with respect to the devel-
opment or implementation of quality improvement plans.
‘‘(e) SUMMARIES OF MONITORING OUTCOMES.—The
Secretary shall publish annually, following the end of each
fiscal year, a summary report on the findings of reviews
conducted pursuant to subsection (c) and on the outcomes
of quality improvement plans under subsection (d).’’.
(b) EXPENDITURES FOR MONITORING AND RELATED
ACTIVITIES.—Section 640(a)(2)(D) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘(including payments for all costs (other than com-
pensation of Federal employees) of reviews of Head Start
agencies and programs, and of activities related to the de-
velopment and implementation of quality improvement
plans, pursuant to section 641A)’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 641(c) is amended by striking para-
graphs (2) through (4).
(2) Section 641(d) is amended—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking all
that precedes ‘‘then the Secretary’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘If there is in a community no entity enti-
tled to the priority specified in subsection (c),’’;
(B) by striking the second sentence; and
(C) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘and
subject to the preceding sentence’’.
(3) Section 642(b)(4) is amended by striking
‘‘in accordance with the performance standards in
effect upon section 651(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘either
through such program’’.
(4) Section 651(b) is repealed.
(5) Section 651(g)(10) is amended by striking
‘‘evaluations conducted under section 641(c)(2)’’ and
inserting ‘‘monitoring conducted under section
641A(c)’’.
SEC. 3. GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR TRAINING AND TECH-
NICAL ASSISTANCE.
Section 648 is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘Head
Start programs, including’’ and inserting instead
‘‘Head Start programs, in accordance with the proc-
ess, goals, and priorities set forth in subsections (c)
and (d). The Secretary shall provide, either directly
or through grants or other arrangements,’’;
(2) by redesignating and relocating as sub-
section (e) the final sentence of subsection (f), as
amended by paragraph (1);
(3) by striking subsection (d); and
(4) by inserting after subsection (c) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(d) GOALS.—The process for determining the tech-
nical assistance and training activities to be carried out
under this section shall—
‘‘(1) ensure that the needs of local Head Start
agencies and programs relating to improving pro-
gram quality and to program expansion are ad-
dressed to the maximum extent feasible.
‘‘(2) incorporate mechanisms to ensure respon-
siveness to local needs, including an ongoing proce-
dure for obtaining input from the Head Start com-
munity; and
‘‘(e) SPECIFIC PURPOSES.—In allocating resources
for technical assistance and training under this section,
the Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) give priority consideration to activities to
correct program and management deficiencies identi-
fied through monitoring pursuant to section 641A
(including the provision of assistance to local pro-
grams in the development of quality improvement
plans);
‘‘(2) address the training and career develop-
ment needs of both classroom and non-classroom
staff, including home visitors and other staff work-
ing directly with families, including training relating
to increasing parent involvement and services de-
signed to increase family literacy and improve
parenting skills;
‘‘(3) assist Head Start agencies and programs
to conduct and participate in community-wide stra-
tegic planning and needs assessment;
‘‘(4) assist Head Start agencies in better serv-
ing the needs of families with very young children;
‘‘(5) assist Head Start agencies and programs
in the development of sound management practices,
including financial management procedures; and
‘‘(6) assist in efforts to secure and maintain
adequate facilities for Head Start programs.’’.
SEC. 4. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR PROGRAM EXPANSION.
‘‘(a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS WITHIN STATES.—Sec-
tion 640(g) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘(g)(1)
COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS TO GRANTEES.—’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION OF EXPANSION FUNDS WITHIN
STATES.—In allocating funds within a State, for the pur-
poses of expanding Head Start programs, from amounts
allotted to a State pursuant to paragraph (4), the Sec-
retary shall take into consideration the following factors:
‘‘(A) the quality of the applicant’s current pro-
grams (including Head Start and other child care or
child development programs and, in the case of cur-
rent Head Start programs, the extent to which such
programs meet or exceed performance standards and
other requirements under this subchapter);
‘‘(B) the applicant’s capacity to expand services
(including, in the case of current Head Start pro-
grams, whether the applicant accomplished any prior
expansions in an effective and timely manner);
‘‘(C) the extent to which the applicant has un-
dertaken community-wide strategic planning and
needs assessments involving other community orga-
nizations serving children and families;
‘‘(D) the numbers of eligible children in each
community who are not participating in Head Start;
and
‘‘(E) the concentration of low-income families in
each community.
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION OF EXPANSION FUNDS TO INDIAN
AND MIGRANT PROGRAMS AND TO TERRITORIES.—In de-
termining the amount of funds reserved pursuant to sec-
tion 640(a)(2) (A) or (B) to be used for expanding Head
Start programs under this subchapter, the Secretary shall
take into consideration, to the extent appropriate, the fac-
tors specified in paragraph (2).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 641(f) is
repealed.
SEC. 5. ALLOCATION AND USE OF FUNDS FOR QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT.
(A) 
ALLOCATION; 
USE
OF
FUNDS.—Section
640(a)(3) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (D);
(2) in the matter preceding clause (i) of sub-
paragraph (A), to read as follows:
‘‘(3) 
QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT.—(A) 
RESERVA-
TION.—(i) The Secretary shall reserve, for activities speci-
fied in subparagraph (C) directed at the goals specified
in subparagraph (B), a share of the amount (if any) by
which such appropriations exceed the adjusted prior year
appropriation (as defined in clause (ii)) equal to—
‘‘(I) 25 percent of such amount, plus
‘‘(II) any additional amount the Secretary may
find necessary to address a demonstrated need for
additional quality improvement activities.
‘‘(ii) ADJUSTED PRIOR YEAR APPROPRIATION DE-
FINED.—The term ‘adjusted prior year appropriation’
means, with respect to a fiscal year, the amount appro-
priated pursuant to section 639(a) for the preceding fiscal
year adjusted to reflect the percentage change in the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (issued
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) during such preceding
fiscal year.
‘‘(B) GOALS.—Quality improvement funds reserved
under this paragraph shall be used to accomplish any or
all of the following goals:
‘‘(i) Ensuring that Head Start programs meet
or exceed performance standards pursuant to section
641A.
‘‘(ii) Ensuring that programs have adequate
qualified staff, and that such staff are furnished
adequate training.
‘‘(iii) Ensuring that salary levels are adequate
to attract and retain qualified staff.
‘‘(iv) Using salary increases to improve staff
qualifications and to assist with the implementation
of career development programs.
‘‘(v) Improving community-wide strategic plan-
ning and needs assessments.
‘‘(vi) Ensuring that the physical environments
of Head Start programs are conducive to providing
effective program services to children and families,
including families with very young children.
‘‘(vii) Making such other improvements in pro-
gram quality as the Secretary may designate.
‘‘(C) ACTIVITIES.—Quality improvement funds re-
served under this paragraph shall be used to carry out
any or all of the following activities:’’;
(3) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated, by
adding at the end the following new clause:
‘‘(vii) Such other activities as the Secretary
may designate.’’; and
(4) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated—
(A) in clause (i)—
(i) in the matter preceding subclause
(I), by striking ‘‘for the first, second, and
third fiscal years for which funds are so re-
served’’; and
(ii) in subclause (II), by inserting
‘‘territories, and programs serving Indian
and migrant children,’’ after ‘‘States,’’;
(B) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii);
(C) in clause (iv)—
(i) by striking all that precedes the
first comma and inserting ‘‘Funds’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ the first
place it appears and inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’;
(iii) by inserting before the period at
the end of the first sentence, ‘‘, for expend-
iture for activities specified in subpara-
graph (C)’’; and
(iv) by striking the second sentence;
and
(D) by striking clause (v), and redesignat-
ing clauses (iv) and (vi) as clauses (ii) and (iii),
respectively.
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Paragraphs (4)
and (5) of section 637 are repealed.
SEC. 6. RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, EVALUATION, AND
REPORTS.
(a) RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND EVALUA-
TION.—Section 649, including the caption thereof, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND EVALUATION
‘‘SEC. 649. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Requirement;
General Purposes.—The Secretary shall carry out a con-
tinuing program of research, demonstrations, and evalua-
tion, in order to—
‘‘(A) foster continuous improvement in the
quality of the Head Start Program under this sub-
chapter and in its effectiveness in enabling partici-
pating children and their families to succeed in
school and in everyday life; and
‘‘(B) use the Head Start Program as a national
laboratory for developing, testing, and disseminating
new ideas and approaches for addressing the needs
of low-income preschool children and their families
and communities, and otherwise to further the pur-
poses of this subchapter.
‘‘(2) PLAN.—The Secretary shall develop, and peri-
odically update, a plan governing the research, demonstra-
tion, and evaluation activities under this section.
‘‘(b) CONDUCT
OF RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS,
AND EVALUATION.—The Secretary, in order to conduct
research, demonstrations, and evaluations under this sec-
tion—
‘‘(1) may carry out such activities directly, or
through grants to, or contracts or cooperative agree-
ments with, public and private entities;
‘‘(2) shall, to the extent appropriate, undertake
such activities in collaboration with other Federal
and non-Federal agencies conducting similar activi-
ties;
‘‘(3) shall ensure that evaluation of activities in
a specific program or project are conducted by per-
sons not directly involved in the operation of such
program or project;
‘‘(4) may require Head Start agencies to pro-
vide for independent evaluations; and
‘‘(5) may approve, in appropriate cases, com-
munity-based cooperative research and evaluation ef-
forts to enable local Head Start programs to collabo-
rate with qualified researchers not directly involved
in program administration or operation.
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION.—In car-
rying out the activities under this section, the Secretary
shall—
‘‘(1) consult with individuals—
‘‘(A) from relevant academic disciplines;
‘‘(B) involved in the operation of Head
Start and other child and family service pro-
grams; and
‘‘(C) from other Federal agencies and or-
ganizations involved with children and families,
ensuring that such individuals reflect the multi-cul-
tural nature of the Head Start population and the
multi-disciplinary nature of the Head Start Pro-
gram;
‘‘(2) whenever feasible and appropriate, obtain
the views of persons participating in and served by
programs and projects assisted under this sub-
chapter with respect to activities under this section;
and
‘‘(3) establish, to the extent appropriate, work-
ing relationships with the faculties of colleges or uni-
versities located in the area in which any evaluation
under this section is being conducted, unless there is
no such college or university willing and able to par-
ticipate in such evaluation.
‘‘(d) SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES.—The research, dem-
onstration, and evaluation programs under this part shall
include components designed to—
‘‘(1) permit ongoing assessment of the quality
and effectiveness of the program under this sub-
chapter;
‘‘(2) contribute to developing knowledge con-
cerning factors associated with the quality and effec-
tiveness of Head Start programs and in identifying
ways in which services provided under this sub-
chapter may be improved;
‘‘(3) assist in developing knowledge concerning
the factors which promote or inhibit healthy develop-
ment and effective functioning of children and their
families both during and following the Head Start
experience;
‘‘(4) permit comparisons of children and fami-
lies participating in Head Start programs with chil-
dren and families receiving other child care, early
childhood education, and child development services
and with other appropriate control groups;
‘‘(5) contribute to understanding the character-
istics and needs of population groups eligible for
services provided under this subchapter and the im-
pact of such services on the individuals served and
the communities in which such services are provided;
‘‘(6) provide for disseminating and promoting
the use of the findings from such research, dem-
onstration, and evaluation activities; and
‘‘(7) promote exploration of areas in which
knowledge is insufficient, including research on the
provision of services to families with very young chil-
dren, and which will otherwise contribute to fulfilling
the purposes of this subchapter.
‘‘(e) LONGITUDINAL STUDIES.—In developing prior-
ities for research, demonstration, and evaluation activities
under this section, the Secretary shall give special consid-
eration to longitudinal studies which—
‘‘(1) examine the developmental progress of
children and their families both during and following
the Head Start Program experience, including the
examination of factors which contribute to or detract
from such progress; and
‘‘(2) examine factors related to improving the
quality of the Head Start Program experience and
the preparation it provides for children and their
families to function effectively in schools and other
settings in the years following Head Start; and
‘‘(3) as appropriate, permit comparison of chil-
dren and families participating in Head Start pro-
grams with children and families receiving other
child care, early childhood education, and child de-
velopment services, and with other appropriate con-
trol groups.
‘‘(f) OWNERSHIP OF RESULTS.—The Secretary shall
take necessary steps to ensure that all studies, reports,
proposals, and data produced or developed with Federal
funds under this subchapter shall become the property of
the United States.’’.
(b) REPORTS.—Section 651 is amended—
(1) in the caption, to read ‘‘REPORTS’’;
(2) by striking subsections (a) through (f);
(3) by striking ‘‘(g)’’;
(4)(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (11);
(B) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (12) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding after paragraph (12) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(13) a summary of the research, demonstra-
tion, and evaluation activities conducted under sec-
tion 649, including—
‘‘(A) a status report on ongoing activities;
and
‘‘(B) 
results, 
conclusions, 
and 
rec-
ommendations based on completed activities not
previously reported on.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Sections 640A, 650, and 651A are repealed.
(2) Section 651, as amended by subsection (b),
is redesignated as section 650.
SEC. 7. INITIATIVE ON FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND
TODDLERS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF PROGRAM.—The Act is
amended by adding after section 645 the following new
section:
‘‘PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND
TODDLERS
‘‘SEC. 645A. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
make grants, in accordance with the provisions of this
paragraph, for—
‘‘(1) programs providing family-centered serv-
ices for low-income families with very young children
designed to promote the development of their chil-
dren, to fulfill their roles as parents, and to move to-
ward self-sufficiency; and
‘‘(2) evaluation of, and provision of training
and technical assistance to, projects under the Com-
prehensive Child Development Centers Act of 1988.
‘‘(b) FAMILIES ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE.—Persons
who may be served by projects described in subsection
(a)(1) include pregnant women, and families with children
under age three (or under age five, in the case of children
served by a grantee specified in subsection (e)(2)), who
meet the criteria specified in section 645(a)(1).
‘‘(c) SCOPE AND DESIGN OF PROGRAMS.—Programs
receiving assistance under this section shall—
‘‘(1) provide, either directly or through referral,
early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child
development and family support services which will
enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellec-
tual development of participating children;
‘‘(2) ensure that the level of services provided
to families responds to their needs and cir-
cumstances;
‘‘(3) promote positive parent-child interactions;
‘‘(4) provide services to parents to support their
role as parents and to help them move toward self-
sufficiency;
‘‘(5) coordinate services with existing programs
(including transitions to preschool programs and
linkages with programs of other agencies, including
local education agencies, serving families with in-
fants and toddlers) in the State and community to
ensure a comprehensive array of services;
‘‘(6) coordinate with local Head Start programs
in order to ensure continuity of services for children
and families;
‘‘(7) in the case of a program operated by a
Head Start agency that also provides Head Start
services through the age of mandatory school attend-
ance, ensure that participating children and families
receive such services through such age; and
‘‘(8) meet such other requirements concerning
program design and operation as the Secretary may
establish.
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS.—Entities that
may apply to operate services projects under this section
include—
‘‘(1) entities operating Head Start programs
under this subchapter;
‘‘(2) entities that, on the date of enactment of
this provision, were operating—
‘‘(A) Parent-Child Centers receiving finan-
cial assistance under section 640(a)(4), or
‘‘(B) Comprehensive Child Development
Projects receiving financial assistance under the
Comprehensive Child Development Centers Act
of 1988; and
‘‘(3) other public and non-profit private entities
capable of providing child and family services
that meet the standards for participation in programs
under this subchapter and such other appropriate require-
ments relating to the program under this section as the
Secretary may establish.
‘‘(e) TIME-LIMITED PRIORITY FOR CERTAIN ENTI-
TIES.—(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts allotted pursu-
ant to paragraphs (2) and (4) of section 640(a), the Sec-
retary shall provide financial assistance in accordance with
paragraphs (2) through (4) of this subsection.
‘‘(2) PARENT-CHILD CENTERS.—The Secretary shall
make financial assistance available under this section for
each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997 to any entity
that—
‘‘(A) complies with the standards and require-
ments established by the Secretary under subsection
(d); and
‘‘(B) received funding as a Parent-Child Center
pursuant to section 640(a)(4) for fiscal year 1994.
‘‘(3) COMPREHENSIVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TERS (CCDCs).—In the case of an entity that—
‘‘(A) complies with the standards and require-
ments established by the Secretary under subsection
(d); and
‘‘(B) received a grant for fiscal year 1994 to
operate a project under the Comprehensive Child
Development Centers Act of 1988, the Secretary—
shall make financial assistance available under this section
for the duration of the demonstration project period speci-
fied in the grant award to such entity under such Act,
and shall permit such entity, in the program assisted
under this section, to serve children from birth through
age 5.
‘‘(4) EVALUATIONS, TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE RELATING TO CCDCs.—The Secretary shall make
funds available under this section as necessary to provide
for the evaluation of, and furnishing of training and tech-
nical assistance to, child development projects (specified
in paragraph (3)) under the Comprehensive Child Devel-
opment Centers Act of 1988.
‘‘(f) SELECTION OF OTHER GRANTEES.—From allot-
ments pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (4) of section
640(a) (in amounts equal to the balance remaining of the
amount specified in section 640(a)(6) after making grants
to the eligible entities specified in subsection (e)), the Sec-
retary shall award grants under this paragraph on a com-
petitive basis to applicants meeting the criteria specified
in subsection (d) (giving priority to entities with a record
of providing early, continuous, and comprehensive child-
hood development and family services).
‘‘(g) SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—(1) GUIDE-
LINES.—The Secretary shall develop and publish guide-
lines concerning the content and operation of programs
under this section—
‘‘(A) in consultation with experts in early child-
hood development and family services; and
‘‘(B) taking into consideration the knowledge
and experience gained from other early childhood
programs, including programs under the Com-
prehensive Child Development Centers Act of 1988.
‘‘(2) MONITORING, EVALUATION, TRAINING, AND
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—In order to ensure the success-
ful operation of service programs under this section, the
Secretary shall monitor the operation of such programs,
evaluate their effectiveness, and provide training and tech-
nical assistance tailored to the particular needs of such
programs.’’.
(b) FUNDS SET-ASIDE.—Section 640(a) is amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and sub-
ject to paragraph (6)’’ before the period;
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘paragraph
(5)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph
(4)’’;
(3) by striking paragraph (4), and redesignat-
ing paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and
(5), respectively; and
(4) by adding after paragraph (5), as redesig-
nated, the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES WITH
INFANTS AND TODDLERS.—From amounts allotted pur-
suant to paragraphs (2) and (4), the Secretary shall use,
for grants for programs for families with infants and tod-
dlers under section 645A, a portion of the combined total
of such amounts equal to 3 percent for fiscal year 1995,
4 percent for each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and 5
percent for fiscal year 1998, of the amount appropriated
pursuant to section 639(a).’’.
(c) CONSOLIDATION.—In recognition that the Com-
prehensive Child Development Centers Act has dem-
onstrated positive results, and that its purposes and func-
tions have been consolidated into section 645A of the
Head Start Act, the Comprehensive Child Development
Centers Act of 1988 is repealed.
SEC. 8. ENHANCED PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
‘‘(a) CONSIDERATIONS IN DESIGNATING NEW HEAD
START AGENCIES.—Section 641(d) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4), to read as follows:
‘‘(4) the plan of such applicant—
‘‘(A) to seek the involvement of parents of
participating children in activities designed to
help such parents become full partners in the
education of their children;
‘‘(B) to afford such parents the oppor-
tunity to participate in the development, con-
duct, and overall performance of the program
at the local level;
‘‘(C) to offer (directly or through referral
to local entities, such as Even Start programs)
to such parents—
‘‘(i) family literacy services;
‘‘(ii) parenting skills training;
‘‘(iii) training in nonpunitive discipline
techniques that are age appropriate, con-
sistent, and positive for the child;
‘‘(iv) training in basic child develop-
ment;
‘‘(v) assistance in developing commu-
nication skills; and
‘‘(vi) opportunities for parents to
share experiences with other parents;
‘‘(D) at the option of such applicant, to
offer (directly or through referral to local enti-
ties) to such parents—
‘‘(i) parental social self-sufficiency
training;
‘‘(ii) substance abuse counseling; or
‘‘(iii) any other activity designed to
help such parents become full partners in
the education of their children; and
‘‘(E) to provide, with respect to each par-
ticipating family, a family needs assessment
that includes consultation with such parents
about the benefits of parent involvement and
about the activities described in subparagraphs
(C) and (D) in which such parents may choose
to become involved (taking into consideration
their specific family needs, work schedules, and
other responsibilities;’’;
(2) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon;
(3) by striking paragraph (8); and
(4) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para-
graph (8).
(b) FUNCTIONS OF HEAD START AGENCIES.—Sec-
tion 642(b) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4), to read as follows:
‘‘(4) seek the involvement of parents of partici-
pating children in activities designed to help such
parents become full partners in the education of
their children, and to afford such parents the oppor-
tunity to participate in the development, conduct,
and overall performance of the program at the local
level;’’;
(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon;
(3) by striking paragraph (6);
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (7) as
paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; and
(5) by inserting after paragraph (4) the follow-
ing new paragraphs:
‘‘(5) offer (directly or through referral to local
entities, such as Even Start programs) to parents of
participating children—
‘‘(A) family literacy services;
‘‘(B) parenting skills training;
‘‘(C) training in nonpunitive discipline
techniques that are age appropriate, consistent,
and positive for the child;
‘‘(D) training in basic child development;
‘‘(E) assistance in developing communica-
tion skills; and
‘‘(F) opportunities for parents to share ex-
periences with other parents;
‘‘(6) at the option of such agency, offer (di-
rectly or through referral to local entities) to such
parents parental social self-sufficiency training, sub-
stance abuse counseling, regular in-home visitation
for families at risk of child abuse and neglect, or any
other activity designed to help such parents become
full partners in the education of their children;
‘‘(7) provide, with respect to each participating
family, a family needs assessment that includes con-
sultation with such parents about the benefits of
parent involvement and about the activities described
in paragraphs (4) through (6) in which such parents
may choose to be involved (taking into consideration
their specific family needs, work schedules, and
other responsibilities);’’.
(c) FAMILY LITERACY SERVICES.—Section 637 is
amended by adding after paragraph (11) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(12) The term ‘family literacy services’ in-
cludes activities such as the following: interactive lit-
eracy activities between parents and their children,
training for parents on how to be their children’s
primary teacher and to be full partners in the edu-
cation of their children, parent literacy training, and
early childhood education.’’.
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 639(a) is amended by striking all that follows
‘‘651A)’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as necessary for fiscal
year 1995 and each of the three succeeding fiscal years.’’.
SEC. 10. APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.
The amendments made by Act shall not apply with
respect to fiscal years ending before October 1, 1994.
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