Instructions: In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.
Input: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that--
(1) increased parental involvement in the education of
their children appears to be the key to long-term gains for
youngsters;
(2) providing seed money is an appropriate role for the
Federal Government to play in education;
(3) children participating in the parents as teachers
program in Missouri are found to have increased cognitive or
intellectual skills, language ability, social skills and other
predictors of school success;
(4) most early childhood programs begin at age 3 or 4 when
remediation may already be necessary; and
(5) many children receive no health screening between birth
and the time they enter school, thus such children miss the
opportunity of having developmental delays detected early.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

It is the purpose of this Act to encourage States and eligible
entities to develop and expand parent and early childhood education
programs in an effort to--
(1) increase parents' knowledge of and confidence in child-
rearing activities, such as teaching and nurturing their young
children;
(2) strengthen partnerships between parents and schools;
and
(3) enhance the developmental progress of participating
children.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

For the purposes of this Act--
(1) the term ''developmental screening'' means the process
of measuring the progress of children to determine if there are
problems or potential problems or advanced abilities in the
areas of understanding and use of language, perception through
sight, perception through hearing, motor development and hand-
eye coordination, health, and physical development;
(2) the term ''eligible entity'' means an entity in a State
operating a parents as teachers program on the date of
enactment of this Act;
(3) the term ''eligible family'' means any parent with one
or more children between birth and 3 years of age;
(4) the term ''lead agency'' means--
(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), the
office, agency, or other entity in a State designated
by the Governor to administer the parents as teachers
program authorized by this Act; or
(B) in the case of a grant awarded under this Act
to an eligible entity, such eligible entity;
(5) the term ''parent education'' includes parent support
activities, the provision of resource materials on child
development and parent-child learning activities, private and
group educational guidance, individual and group learning
experiences for the parent and child, and other activities that
enable the parent to improve learning in the home; and
(6) the term ''parent educator'' means a person hired by
the lead agency of a State or designated by local entities who
administers group meetings, home visits and developmental
screening for eligible families, and is trained by the Parents
As Teachers National Center established under section 7.

SEC. 4. PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.

(a) Authority.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to make grants
in order to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing,
expanding, or operating parents as teachers programs in a
State.
(2) Eligible recipients.--The Secretary may make a grant
under paragraph (1) to a State, except that, in the case of a
State having an eligible entity, the Secretary shall make the
grant directly to the eligible entity.
(b) Funding Rule.--Grant funds awarded under this section shall be
used so as to supplement, and to the extent practicable, increase the
level of funds that would, in the absence of such funds, be made
available from non-Federal sources, and in no case may such funds be
used so as to supplant funds from non-Federal sources.

SEC. 5. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Requirements.--Each State or eligible entity receiving a grant
pursuant to section 4 shall conduct a parents as teachers program
which--
(1) establishes and operates parent education programs,
including programs of developmental screening of children; and
(2) designates a lead State agency which--
(A) shall hire parent educators who have had
supervised experience in the care and education of
children;
(B) shall establish the number of group meetings
and home visits required to be provided each year for
each participating family, with a minimum of 2 group
meetings and 10 home visits for each participating
family;
(C) shall be responsible for administering the
periodic screening of participating children's
educational, hearing and visual development, using the
Denver Developmental Test, Zimmerman Preschool Language
Scale, or other approved screening instruments; and
(D) shall develop recruitment and retention
programs for hard-to-reach populations.
(b) Limitation.--Grant funds awarded under this Act shall only be
used for parents as teachers programs which serve families during the
period beginning with the birth of a child and ending when the child
attains the age of 3.

SEC. 6. SPECIAL RULES.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section--
(1) no person, including home school parents, public school
parents, or private school parents, shall be required to
participate in any program of parent education or developmental
screening pursuant to the provisions of this Act;
(2) no parents as teachers program assisted under this Act
shall take any action that infringes in any manner on the right
of parents to direct the education of their children; and
(3) the provisions of section 438(c) of the General
Education Provisions Act shall apply to States and eligible
entities awarded grants under this Act.

SEC. 7. PARENTS AS TEACHERS NATIONAL CENTER.

The Secretary shall establish a Parents As Teachers National Center
to disseminate information to, and provide technical and training
assistance to, States and eligible entities establishing and operating
parents as teachers programs.

SEC. 8. EVALUATIONS.

The Secretary shall complete an evaluation of the parents as
teachers programs assisted under this Act within 4 years from the date
of enactment of this Act, including an assessment of such programs'
impact on at-risk children.

SEC. 9. APPLICATION.

Each State or eligible entity desiring a grant under this Act shall
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner and
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably
require. Each such application shall describe the activities and
services for which assistance is sought.

SEC. 10. PAYMENTS AND FEDERAL SHARE.

(a) Payments.--The Secretary shall pay to each State or eligible
entity having an application approved under section 9 the Federal share
of the cost of the activities described in the application.
(b) Federal Share.--
(1) In general.--The Federal share--
(A) for the first year for which a State or
eligible entity receives assistance under this Act
shall be 100 percent;
(B) for the second such year shall be 100 percent;
(C) for the third such year shall be 75 percent;
(D) for the fourth such year shall be 50 percent;
and
(E) for the fifth such year shall be 25 percent.
(2) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of payments
under this Act may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated,
including planned equipment or services.

SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year
1993, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
1994 through 1997, to carry out this Act.
Output:
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States and eligible entities for parents as teachers programs.
Makes any State eligible for such a grant, except that the grant must be made directly to an eligible entity already operating a parents as teachers program if such an entity exists in the State on the date of enactment of this Act.
Sets forth program requirements, limiting services to families during the period from birth to the child's attaining age three.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a Parents as Teachers National Center for information dissemination and technical and training assistance for States and eligible entities establishing and operating such programs; and (2) evaluate such programs within four years.
Provides for a declining Federal share of program costs.
Authorizes appropriations.