Text of US HB 1364 (2019)

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1364 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 FEBRUARY 26, 2019 Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. NADLER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. LUJA´N, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. POCAN, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CRIST, Ms. MOORE, Ms. BLUNT ROCH- ESTER, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. OMAR, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. MENG, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. RYAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. VELA, Ms. HILL of California, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. HAS- TINGS, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. KIL- MER, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. WELCH, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. HECK, Ms. SCHRIER, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. WILD, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. BROWNLEY of Cali- fornia, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. BEYER, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. NAPOLI- TANO, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. COX of California, Mr. MORELLE, and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1364 IH A BILL 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Care for Work- 4 ing Families Act’’. 5 TITLE I—CHILD CARE AND 6 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 7 SEC. 101. PURPOSES. 8 Section 658A(b) of the Child Care and Development 9 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 note) is amend- 10 ed— 11 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 12 following: 13 ‘‘(1) to ensure that no low- to moderate-income 14 family pays more than 7 percent of its household in- 15 come on child care;’’; 16 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 17 following: 18 ‘‘(2) to support working parents in making 19 their own decisions regarding the child care services 20 that best suit their family’s needs;’’; 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1364 IH (3) in paragraph (4)— 1 (A) by striking ‘‘high-quality,’’ and insert- 2 ing ‘‘high-quality and inclusive, and’’; and 3 (B) by inserting ‘‘, including before- and 4 after-school and summer care for school-age 5 children,’’ after ‘‘services’’; 6 (4) in paragraph (5), by inserting before the 7 semicolon the following: ‘‘, and to help child care 8 programs meet evidence-based or national standards 9 to improve the quality of child care’’; 10 (5) in paragraph (6)— 11 (A) by inserting ‘‘, including children with 12 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis- 13 abilities’’ before the semicolon; and 14 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 15 (6) in paragraph (7)— 16 (A) by striking ‘‘high-quality’’ and insert- 17 ing ‘‘high-quality and inclusive’’; and 18 (B) by striking the period at the end and 19 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 20 (7) by adding at the end the following: 21 ‘‘(8) to support statewide systems to support 22 the needs of infants and toddlers with disabilities, 23 better coordinate child care and other services, and 24 assist States in increasing the number of child care 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1364 IH providers that provide high-quality and inclusive 1 care to families of infants or toddlers with disabil- 2 ities and families of children with disabilities.’’. 3 SEC. 102. APPROPRIATIONS. 4 Section 658B of the Child Care and Development 5 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended 6 by striking all that follows the section heading and insert- 7 ing the following: 8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap- 9 propriated and there are appropriated to carry out this 10 subchapter (other than paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 11 658O(a)) $20,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, 12 $30,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, $40,000,000,000 13 for fiscal year 2022, and such sums as may be necessary 14 for fiscal year 2023 and each subsequent fiscal year. 15 ‘‘(b) TERRITORIES; INDIAN TRIBES.—There are au- 16 thorized to be appropriated and there are appropriated to 17 carry out paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 658O(a) such 18 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each 19 subsequent fiscal year.’’. 20 SEC. 103. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. 21 Section 658C of the Child Care and Development 22 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858a) is amended 23 to read as follows: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘SEC. 658C. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILD CARE PROGRAM. 1 ‘‘The Secretary is authorized to administer a child 2 care program under which families in the State shall be 3 provided an opportunity to obtain child care for eligible 4 children, subject to the requirements of this subchapter.’’. 5 SEC. 104. LEAD AGENCY. 6 Section 658D of the Child Care and Development 7 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b) is amended— 8 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a grant’’ and 9 inserting ‘‘payments’’; and 10 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting before 11 the semicolon the following: ‘‘, including by certi- 12 fying the eligibility of children’’. 13 SEC. 105. APPLICATION AND PLAN. 14 (a) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 658E(c) of the 15 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 16 U.S.C. 9858c(c)) is amended— 17 (1) in paragraph (2)— 18 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 19 (i) by striking the matter preceding 20 clause (i) and inserting the following: 21 ‘‘(A) SUPPORTING WORKING PARENTS.— 22 Support working parents by providing assur- 23 ances that—’’; and 24 (ii) by striking clause (i)(II) and in- 25 serting the following: 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(II) to enroll such child with a 1 child care provider who has received a 2 child care certificate from such parent 3 or parents;’’; 4 (B) in subparagraph (E)— 5 (i) in clause (i)— 6 (I) by striking subclause (II) and 7 inserting the following: 8 ‘‘(II) the State’s tiered and 9 transparent system for measuring the 10 quality of child care providers, de- 11 scribed in subparagraph (W)(i), in- 12 cluding— 13 ‘‘(aa) a description of the 14 national standards or other 15 equally rigorous and evidence- 16 based standards tied to child out- 17 comes that the State uses for 18 purposes of subparagraph 19 (W)(i)(II)(aa); 20 ‘‘(bb) the payment rates re- 21 ferred to in paragraph (4), for 22 providers at each tier of such 23 system; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(cc) the number and per- 1 centage of eligible providers at 2 each tier of such system, in total 3 and disaggregated by geographic 4 location;’’; 5 (II) in subclause (IV), by insert- 6 ing ‘‘the program carried out under 7 title II of the Child Care for Working 8 Families Act,’’ after ‘‘9831 et seq.),’’; 9 and 10 (III) in subclause (VII), by strik- 11 ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; 12 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe- 13 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 14 and 15 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 16 lowing: 17 ‘‘(iii) information about the State’s 18 wage ladder described in subparagraph 19 (G)(iii); and 20 ‘‘(iv) information on opportunities for 21 staff of child care providers to improve 22 their skills and credentials, including infor- 23 mation about training opportunities and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 1364 IH professional organizations that provide 1 such training.’’; 2 (C) in subparagraph (G)— 3 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and pro- 4 fessional development requirements’’ and 5 inserting ‘‘, professional development, and 6 compensation requirements’’; 7 (ii) in clause (ii)(V)— 8 (I) by redesignating item (dd) as 9 item (ee); 10 (II) in item (cc), by striking 11 ‘‘and’’; and 12 (III) by inserting after item (cc) 13 the following: 14 ‘‘(dd) infants and toddlers 15 with disabilities; and’’; 16 (iii) by redesignating clauses (iii) and 17 (iv) as clauses (v) and (vi), respectively; 18 and 19 (iv) by inserting after clause (ii) the 20 following: 21 ‘‘(iii) COMPENSATION.—The plan 22 shall provide a description of the State’s 23 wage ladder for staff of eligible child care 24 providers, and an assurance that wages for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 1364 IH such staff will, at a minimum, meet the re- 1 quirements of paragraph (4)(B)(iii)(II). 2 ‘‘(iv) STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.— 3 The plan shall demonstrate how the State 4 will facilitate participation of staff of eligi- 5 ble child care providers in organizations 6 that foster the professional development 7 and stakeholder engagement of the child 8 care workforce.’’; 9 (D) in subparagraph (I)— 10 (i) in clause (i)(XI), by striking ‘‘and’’ 11 at the end; 12 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe- 13 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 14 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 15 lowing: 16 ‘‘(iii) may include a requirement to 17 comply with the standards recommended in 18 the Department of Health and Human 19 Services’ report entitled ‘Caring for Our 20 Children Basics: Health and Safety Foun- 21 dations for Early Care and Education’, 22 issued on June 25, 2015.’’; 23 (E) in subparagraph (K)(i), in the matter 24 preceding subclause (I), by striking ‘‘, not later 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 1364 IH than 2 years after the date of enactment of the 1 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 2 of 2014,’’; 3 (F) in subparagraph (M)— 4 (i) by adding ‘‘investment of quality 5 child care amounts described in section 6 658G(a)(1),’’ after ‘‘parents,’’; 7 (ii) by redesignating clause (iv) as 8 clause (v); 9 (iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘, as 10 defined by the State; and’’ and inserting a 11 semicolon; and 12 (iv) by inserting after clause (iii) the 13 following: 14 ‘‘(iv) infants and toddlers with disabil- 15 ities; and’’; 16 (G) in subparagraph (N)— 17 (i) in clause (i)(I), by striking ‘‘, if 18 that family income does not exceed 85 per- 19 cent of the State median income for a fam- 20 ily of the same size’’; 21 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘(espe- 22 cially parents in families receiving assist- 23 ance under the program of block grants to 24 States for temporary assistance for needy 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 1364 IH families under part A of title IV of the So- 1 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 2 seq.))’’; and 3 (iii) by striking clause (iv); 4 (H) in subparagraph (O)— 5 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘with pro- 6 grams operating’’ and all that follows and 7 inserting ‘‘with programs, operating at the 8 Federal, State, and local levels for chil- 9 dren, that are— 10 ‘‘(I) preschool programs, pro- 11 grams funded under title II of the 12 Child Care for Working Families Act, 13 programs funded under section 657C 14 of the Head Start Act, tribal early 15 childhood programs, and other early 16 childhood programs, including those 17 serving infants and toddlers with dis- 18 abilities; 19 ‘‘(II) programs serving homeless 20 children and children in foster care; 21 and 22 ‘‘(III) programs funded under 23 the Individuals with Disabilities Edu- 24 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).’’; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 1364 IH (ii) by striking clause (ii); and 1 (iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 2 clause (ii); 3 (I) in subparagraph (Q)— 4 (i) by striking ‘‘LOW-INCOME POPU- 5 LATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘CHILDREN IN 6 UNDERSERVED AREAS, CHILDREN WITH 7 DISABILITIES, AND INFANTS AND TOD- 8 DLERS WITH DISABILITIES’’; 9 (ii) by striking ‘‘high-quality’’ and in- 10 serting ‘‘high-quality and inclusive’’; and 11 (iii) by inserting before the period the 12 following: ‘‘and to children with disabilities 13 and infants and toddlers with disabilities’’; 14 (J) by striking subparagraph (S) and in- 15 serting the following: 16 ‘‘(S) PROHIBITION ON SUSPENSIONS, EX- 17 PULSIONS, AND AVERSIVE BEHAVIORAL INTER- 18 VENTIONS.—The State plan shall provide an as- 19 surance that the State will provide assistance to 20 carry out this subchapter only to eligible child 21 care providers that prohibit— 22 ‘‘(i) the use of suspension and expul- 23 sion of children; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 13 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(ii) the use of aversive behavioral 1 interventions.’’; 2 (K) in subparagraph (T)— 3 (i) in clause (i)— 4 (I) in the matter preceding sub- 5 clause (I), by striking ‘‘(or develop 6 such guidelines if the State does not 7 have such guidelines as of the date of 8 enactment of the Child Care and De- 9 velopment Block Grant Act of 2014)’’; 10 and 11 (II) in subclause (I), by striking 12 ‘‘research-based’’ and inserting ‘‘evi- 13 dence-based’’; and 14 (ii) in clause (iv)— 15 (I) by striking subclauses (II) 16 and (III); 17 (II) by striking ‘‘Federal Govern- 18 ment’’ and all that follows through 19 ‘‘mandate’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 20 Government to mandate’’; and 21 (III) by striking ‘‘section;’’ and 22 inserting ‘‘section.’’; 23 (L) in subparagraph (U)— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 14 •HR 1364 IH (i) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘the 1 State’s lead agency established or des- 2 ignated under section 635(a)(10) of the In- 3 dividuals with Disabilities Education Act 4 (20 U.S.C. 1435(a)(10)),’’ after ‘‘the State 5 resource and referral system,’’; and 6 (ii) in clause (iii)(I), by inserting ‘‘in- 7 fants and toddlers with disabilities,’’ after 8 ‘‘children with disabilities,’’; and 9 (M) by adding at the end the following: 10 ‘‘(W) TIERED AND TRANSPARENT SYSTEM 11 FOR MEASURING THE QUALITY OF CHILD CARE 12 PROVIDERS.—The State plan shall describe how 13 the State will develop or revise with input from 14 child care providers, from families, and from or- 15 ganizations representing child care directors, 16 teachers, and other staff, within 3 years after 17 the date of submission of the State application, 18 systems for measuring the quality of eligible 19 child care providers who provide services for 20 which assistance is made available under this 21 subchapter, that consist of— 22 ‘‘(i) a tiered and transparent system 23 for measuring the quality of eligible child 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 15 •HR 1364 IH care providers who serve eligible children, 1 that— 2 ‘‘(I) applies to eligible child care 3 providers (except providers of family, 4 friend, or neighbor care that elect to 5 be covered under clause (ii)); 6 ‘‘(II) includes a set of standards, 7 for determining the tier of quality of 8 a child care provider, that— 9 ‘‘(aa) uses the degree to 10 which the provider meets national 11 standards (which may be Head 12 Start program performance 13 standards described in section 14 641A(a) of the Head Start Act 15 (42 U.S.C. 9836a(a)) or stand- 16 ards for national accreditation of 17 early learning programs) or other 18 equally rigorous and evidence- 19 based standards that are tied to 20 child outcomes; and 21 ‘‘(bb) includes indicators 22 that are appropriate for different 23 types of providers, including child 24 care centers and family child care 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 16 •HR 1364 IH providers, and are appropriate 1 for providers serving different 2 age groups (including mixed age 3 groups) of children, while main- 4 taining a high level of quality 5 child care by all of the different 6 types of providers and for all of 7 the different age groups (includ- 8 ing mixed age groups); 9 ‘‘(III) includes a different set of 10 standards that includes different indi- 11 cators, to be applied, when appro- 12 priate, for care during nontraditional 13 hours of operation; and 14 ‘‘(IV) in conjunction with the in- 15 creasing payment rates under para- 16 graph (4) (increasing due to factors 17 specified in paragraph (4) such as the 18 cost estimation model and quality 19 basis for payment rates), provides for 20 sufficient resources to enable stand- 21 ards at the entry tier for such system 22 to increase in rigor over time; and 23 ‘‘(ii) a separate system of quality 24 standards for providers concerning develop- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 17 •HR 1364 IH mentally appropriate and age-appropriate 1 care that— 2 ‘‘(I) applies to eligible child care 3 providers of family, friend, or neigh- 4 bor care (except such providers that 5 elect to be covered under clause (i)); 6 and 7 ‘‘(II) includes standards for care 8 during nontraditional hours of oper- 9 ation and traditional hours of oper- 10 ation. 11 ‘‘(X) PROHIBITION ON CHARGING MORE 12 THAN COPAYMENT.—The State plan shall pro- 13 vide that, after the systems described in sub- 14 paragraph (W) are in effect, child care pro- 15 viders receiving financial assistance under this 16 subchapter may not charge the family of an eli- 17 gible child more than the total of— 18 ‘‘(i) the financial assistance provided 19 to the family under this subchapter; and 20 ‘‘(ii) any applicable copayment pursu- 21 ant to paragraph (5). 22 ‘‘(Y) POLICIES TO SUPPORT CHILDREN 23 WITH DISABILITIES AND INFANTS AND TOD- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 18 •HR 1364 IH DLERS WITH DISABILITIES.—The State plan 1 shall provide a description of— 2 ‘‘(i) how the State will ensure that eli- 3 gible child care providers, except for pro- 4 viders of family, friend, or neighbor care 5 that elect to be covered under subpara- 6 graph (W)(ii), will prioritize children with 7 disabilities and infants and toddlers with 8 disabilities for slots in programs carried 9 out by the providers; and 10 ‘‘(ii) how the State will work with the 11 State’s lead agency established or des- 12 ignated under section 635(a)(10) of the In- 13 dividuals with Disabilities Education Act 14 (20 U.S.C. 1435(a)(10)), local educational 15 agencies, and early intervention services 16 providers to provide services and supports 17 described in the Individuals with Disabil- 18 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et 19 seq.) in inclusive child care settings to chil- 20 dren with disabilities, and to infants and 21 toddlers with disabilities, who are eligible 22 children.’’; 23 (2) in paragraph (3)— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 19 •HR 1364 IH (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 1 ‘‘BLOCK GRANT’’; 2 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub- 3 paragraphs (B) through (D)’’ and inserting 4 ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’; 5 (C) by striking subparagraph (B) and in- 6 serting the following: 7 ‘‘(B) CHILD CARE SERVICES AND RELATED 8 ACTIVITIES.—The State shall use amounts pro- 9 vided to the State for each fiscal year under 10 this subchapter for child care services, provided 11 on a sliding fee scale basis, and the activities 12 described in section 658G.’’; 13 (D) by striking subparagraph (C); 14 (E) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘pro- 15 vide assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘provide assist- 16 ance (including providing access to programs 17 that meet the standards for a high tier of the 18 system described in paragraph (2)(W)(i))’’; 19 (F) by striking subparagraph (E); and 20 (G) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 21 subparagraph (C); and 22 (3) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and in- 23 serting the following: 24 ‘‘(4) PAYMENT RATES.— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 20 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State plan 1 shall— 2 ‘‘(i) certify that payment rates for the 3 provision of child care services for which 4 assistance is provided in accordance with 5 this subchapter— 6 ‘‘(I) will be based on a cost esti- 7 mation model that is described in sub- 8 paragraph (B) and is approved by the 9 Secretary of Health and Human Serv- 10 ices; and 11 ‘‘(II) will correspond to dif- 12 ferences in quality based on the 13 State’s tiered and transparent system 14 for measuring the quality of child care 15 providers, described in paragraph 16 (2)(W)(i), and based on the standards 17 described in paragraph (2)(W)(ii); and 18 ‘‘(ii) specify whether the State is 19 electing— 20 ‘‘(I) to include, in those payment 21 rates, a bonus for serving children 22 during nontraditional hours; or 23 ‘‘(II) to waive the copayment de- 24 scribed in paragraph (5) for a child 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 21 •HR 1364 IH who has been identified as eligible for 1 assistance from child protective serv- 2 ices. 3 ‘‘(B) COST ESTIMATION MODEL.—The 4 State plan shall— 5 ‘‘(i) demonstrate that the State has, 6 after consulting with the entities and indi- 7 viduals described in subparagraph (D), de- 8 veloped and used (not earlier than 3 years 9 before the date of the submission of the 10 application containing the State plan) a 11 statistically valid and reliable cost esti- 12 mation model for the rates of such child 13 care services in the State— 14 ‘‘(I) for providers at each of the 15 tiers of the State’s tiered and trans- 16 parent system for measuring the qual- 17 ity of child care providers described in 18 paragraph (2)(W)(i) (which rates re- 19 flect variations in the cost of child 20 care services by geographic area, type 21 of provider, and age of child, and the 22 additional costs associated with pro- 23 viding high-quality and inclusive child 24 care services for children with disabil- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 22 •HR 1364 IH ities and infants and toddlers with 1 disabilities); and 2 ‘‘(II) for providers that meet the 3 standards described in paragraph 4 (2)(W)(ii); 5 ‘‘(ii) demonstrate that the State pre- 6 pared a detailed report containing the child 7 care costs estimated with the State cost es- 8 timation model pursuant to clause (i), and 9 made the estimated costs widely available 10 (not later than 30 days after the comple- 11 tion of the estimation) through periodic 12 means, including posting the estimated 13 costs on the Internet; 14 ‘‘(iii) describe how the State will set 15 payment rates for child care services, for 16 which assistance is provided in accordance 17 with this subchapter— 18 ‘‘(I) in accordance with the most 19 recent estimates from the most recent 20 cost estimation model used pursuant 21 to clause (i), so that providers at each 22 tier of the tiered and transparent sys- 23 tem for measuring program quality 24 receive payment that is not less than 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 23 •HR 1364 IH the cost of meeting the requirements 1 of such tier; and 2 ‘‘(II) that maintain an effective 3 and diverse workforce by ensuring 4 wages for staff of child care providers 5 that— 6 ‘‘(aa) are comparable to 7 wages for elementary educators 8 with similar credentials and expe- 9 rience in the State; and 10 ‘‘(bb) at a minimum, provide 11 a living wage for all staff of child 12 care providers; and 13 ‘‘(iv) describe how the State will pro- 14 vide for timely payment for child care serv- 15 ices provided under this subchapter. 16 ‘‘(C) PAYMENT PRACTICES.—The State 17 plan shall include— 18 ‘‘(i) a certification that the payment 19 practices of child care providers in the 20 State that serve children who receive as- 21 sistance under this subchapter reflect gen- 22 erally accepted payment practices of child 23 care providers in the State that serve chil- 24 dren who do not receive assistance under 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 24 •HR 1364 IH this subchapter, including the practice of 1 paying the providers the payment rate de- 2 scribed in subparagraph (A)(i) based on 3 the number of children enrolled and not 4 the number of children in daily attendance, 5 so as to provide stability of funding and 6 encourage more child care providers to 7 serve children who receive assistance under 8 this subchapter; and 9 ‘‘(ii) an assurance that the State will 10 implement enrollment and eligibility poli- 11 cies that support the fixed costs of pro- 12 viding child care services by delinking pro- 13 vider payment rates from an eligible child’s 14 occasional absences due to holidays or un- 15 foreseen circumstances such as illness. 16 ‘‘(D) ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS CON- 17 SULTED.—The entities and individuals referred 18 to in subparagraph (B)(i) are the State Advi- 19 sory Council on Early Childhood Education and 20 Care designated or established in section 21 642B(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Head Start Act (42 22 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1)(A)(i)), administrators of 23 local child care programs and Head Start pro- 24 grams, organizations representing child care di- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 25 •HR 1364 IH rectors, teachers, and other staff, local child 1 care resource and referral agencies, organiza- 2 tions representing parents of children with dis- 3 abilities and parents of infants and toddlers 4 with disabilities, the State interagency coordi- 5 nating council established under section 641 of 6 the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 7 (20 U.S.C. 1441), the State advisory panel es- 8 tablished under section 612(a)(21) of the Indi- 9 viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 10 U.S.C. 1412(a)(21)), and other appropriate en- 11 tities. 12 ‘‘(5) SLIDING SCALE FOR COPAYMENTS.— 13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 14 subparagraphs (B)(i) and (C), the State plan 15 shall provide an assurance that the State will 16 require— 17 ‘‘(i) a family receiving assistance 18 under this subchapter to pay the copay- 19 ment referred to in paragraph (2)(X); or 20 ‘‘(ii) another entity to pay the copay- 21 ment on behalf of the family, voluntarily or 22 in accordance with Federal law. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 26 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(B) SLIDING SCALE.—Such copayment 1 shall be based on a sliding scale that provides 2 that, for a family with a family income— 3 ‘‘(i) of not more than 75 percent of 4 State median income, the family shall not 5 pay a copayment, toward the cost of the 6 child care involved for all eligible children 7 in the family; 8 ‘‘(ii) of more than 75 percent but not 9 more than 100 percent of State median in- 10 come, the copayment shall be more than 0 11 but not more than 2 percent of that family 12 income, toward such cost for all such chil- 13 dren; 14 ‘‘(iii) of more than 100 percent but 15 not more than 125 percent of State me- 16 dian income, the copayment shall be more 17 than 2 but not more than 4 percent of that 18 family income, toward such cost for all 19 such children; and 20 ‘‘(iv) of more than 125 percent but 21 not more than 150 percent of State me- 22 dian income, the copayment shall be more 23 than 4 but not more than 7 percent of that 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 27 •HR 1364 IH family income, toward such cost for all 1 such children. 2 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE.—The State shall not 3 require a family with a child that is eligible for 4 a Head Start program under the Head Start 5 Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) to pay a copay- 6 ment under this paragraph for any eligible child 7 in the family.’’. 8 SEC. 106. LIMITATIONS. 9 Section 658F is amended— 10 (1) by striking the section heading and insert- 11 ing the following: 12 ‘‘SEC. 658F. LIMITATIONS.’’; 13 and 14 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘section 15 658O(c)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 658O(b)(6)’’. 16 SEC. 107. ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CHILD 17 CARE. 18 Section 658G of the Child Care and Development 19 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9848e) is amended— 20 (1) in subsection (a)— 21 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘A 22 State’’ and all that follows through ‘‘for activi- 23 ties’’ and inserting ‘‘A State that receives a 24 payment under section 658J shall reserve and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 28 •HR 1364 IH use the quality child care amount described in 1 paragraph (2) for activities’’; 2 (i) by adding ‘‘for all age groups of el- 3 igible children’’ before ‘‘, and is in align- 4 ment with’’; and 5 (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and 6 inserting the following: 7 ‘‘(2) QUALITY CHILD CARE AMOUNT.—Such 8 State shall reserve and use— 9 ‘‘(A) during fiscal years 2020 through 10 2022, from each payment made to the State for 11 a fiscal year, a quality child care amount equal 12 to 50 percent of the allotment; and 13 ‘‘(B) during fiscal year 2023 and each sub- 14 sequent fiscal year, from each of the quarterly 15 payments made to the State for a fiscal year, 16 a quality child care amount equal to not more 17 than 10 percent of 25 percent of the amount 18 made available to the State to carry out this 19 subchapter for the second preceding fiscal 20 year.’’; and 21 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 22 following: 23 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 29 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Quality child care amounts 1 reserved under subsection (a) shall be used to carry 2 out activities that— 3 ‘‘(A) consist of— 4 ‘‘(i) each of the activities described in 5 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 6 (2), and the activities described in para- 7 graph (2)(C) under the circumstances de- 8 scribed in that paragraph; 9 ‘‘(ii) the activities described in para- 10 graph (3); 11 ‘‘(iii) at the election of the State, the 12 activities described in paragraph (4); 13 ‘‘(iv) not fewer than one of the activi- 14 ties described in a subparagraph of para- 15 graph (5); 16 ‘‘(v) not fewer than one of the activi- 17 ties described in a subparagraph of para- 18 graph (6), or in the matter preceding sub- 19 paragraph (A) of paragraph (6); 20 ‘‘(vi) each of the activities described 21 in paragraph (7); 22 ‘‘(vii) one or more activities described 23 in a subparagraph of paragraph (8); and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 30 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(viii) at the election of the State dur- 1 ing fiscal years 2020 through 2022— 2 ‘‘(I) remodeling, renovation, or 3 repair permitted under section 4 658F(b); or 5 ‘‘(II) construction or renovation 6 permitted under section 658O(b)(6), 7 with priority for funding for such con- 8 struction or renovation given to— 9 ‘‘(aa) providers of high-qual- 10 ity and inclusive care for children 11 with disabilities and infants and 12 toddlers with disabilities; 13 ‘‘(bb) care during nontradi- 14 tional hours; 15 ‘‘(cc) providers in rural 16 areas; and 17 ‘‘(dd) providers in under- 18 served areas or areas of con- 19 centrated poverty; and 20 ‘‘(B) will improve the quality of child care 21 services provided in the State. 22 ‘‘(2) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.—A 23 State shall use quality child care amounts to im- 24 prove the quality of child care providers across the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 31 •HR 1364 IH State that are eligible for assistance under this sub- 1 chapter, including by— 2 ‘‘(A) making startup grants (including, in 3 the case of providers of family, friend, or neigh- 4 bor care, grants for activities described in para- 5 graph (8)(H)) to child care providers that are 6 not yet participating in the tiered and trans- 7 parent system for measuring the quality of 8 child care providers described in section 9 658E(c)(2)(W)(i), in a fiscal year, and that 10 commit to improve quality so that the provider 11 involved can participate in that system in the 12 subsequent fiscal year; 13 ‘‘(B) making quality improvement grants 14 to child care providers that meet the require- 15 ments for a tier of the State tiered and trans- 16 parent system for measuring the quality of 17 child care providers described in section 18 658E(c)(2)(W)(i), in a fiscal year, and that 19 commit to improve quality so that the provider 20 involved can meet the requirements for a higher 21 tier in the subsequent 3 fiscal years; and 22 ‘‘(C) renewing a grant described in sub- 23 paragraph (A) or (B) at the end of the applica- 24 ble grant period, for a provider that dem- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 32 •HR 1364 IH onstrates sufficient progress in meeting the 1 goals for the grant. 2 ‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES TO ASSIST HOMELESS CHIL- 3 DREN AND CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.—A State 4 shall use quality child care amounts for activities 5 that improve access to child care services for home- 6 less children and children in foster care, including— 7 ‘‘(A) the use of procedures to permit im- 8 mediate enrollment of homeless children and 9 children in foster care while required docu- 10 mentation is obtained; 11 ‘‘(B) training and technical assistance on 12 identifying and serving homeless children and 13 their families, and children in foster care and 14 their foster families; and 15 ‘‘(C) specific outreach to homeless families 16 and foster families. 17 ‘‘(4) CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL 18 SYSTEM.— 19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may use qual- 20 ity child care amounts to establish or support 21 a system of local or regional child care resource 22 and referral organizations that is coordinated, 23 to the extent determined appropriate by the 24 State, by a statewide public or private non- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 33 •HR 1364 IH profit, community-based or regionally based, 1 lead child care resource and referral organiza- 2 tion. 3 ‘‘(B) LOCAL OR REGIONAL ORGANIZA- 4 TIONS.—The local or regional child care re- 5 source and referral organizations supported as 6 described in subparagraph (A) shall— 7 ‘‘(i) provide parents in the State with 8 consumer education information referred 9 to in section 658E(c)(2)(E) (except as oth- 10 erwise provided in that section), concerning 11 the full range of child care options (includ- 12 ing faith-based and community-based child 13 care providers), analyzed by provider, in- 14 cluding child care provided during non- 15 traditional hours, child care provided 16 through emergency child care centers, and 17 inclusive child care options for children 18 with disabilities and infants and toddlers 19 with disabilities, in their political subdivi- 20 sions or regions; 21 ‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, work 22 directly with families who receive assist- 23 ance under this subchapter to offer the 24 families support and assistance, using in- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 34 •HR 1364 IH formation described in clause (i), to make 1 an informed decision about which child 2 care providers they will use, in an effort to 3 ensure that the families are enrolling their 4 children in the most appropriate child care 5 setting to suit their needs and one that 6 provides high-quality and inclusive care; 7 ‘‘(iii) collect data and provide infor- 8 mation on the coordination of services and 9 supports, including services provided under 10 section 619 and part C of the Individuals 11 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 12 1419, 1431 et seq.), for children with dis- 13 abilities and infants and toddlers with dis- 14 abilities, and services provided under the 15 Elementary and Secondary Education Act 16 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 17 ‘‘(iv) collect data and provide informa- 18 tion on the supply of and demand for child 19 care services in political subdivisions or re- 20 gions within the State and submit such in- 21 formation to the State; 22 ‘‘(v) work to establish partnerships 23 with public agencies and private entities, 24 including faith-based and community-based 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 35 •HR 1364 IH child care providers, to increase the supply 1 and quality of child care services in the 2 State; 3 ‘‘(vi) as appropriate, coordinate their 4 activities with the activities of the State 5 lead agency and local agencies that admin- 6 ister funds made available in accordance 7 with this subchapter; and 8 ‘‘(vii) work to establish partnerships 9 with the parent resource centers estab- 10 lished under section 672 of the Individuals 11 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 12 1472) to provide information about inclu- 13 sive child care options for children with 14 disabilities and infants and toddlers with 15 disabilities, including children with more 16 significant disabilities and children with 17 complex medical needs. 18 ‘‘(5) TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP- 19 MENT.—A State shall use quality child care amounts 20 for supporting the training and professional develop- 21 ment of the child care workforce through activities 22 such as those included under section 658E(c)(2)(G), 23 in addition to— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 36 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(A)(i) offering training, coaching, or pro- 1 fessional development opportunities for child 2 care providers that relate to the use of evi- 3 dence-based, developmentally appropriate and 4 age-appropriate strategies to promote the social, 5 emotional, physical, adaptive, communication, 6 and cognitive development of children, including 7 key programmatic strategies; and 8 ‘‘(ii) offering specialized training for child 9 care providers caring for those populations 10 prioritized in section 658E(c)(2)(Q), homeless 11 children, children in foster care, children who 12 are dual language learners, and children with 13 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis- 14 abilities; 15 ‘‘(B) incorporating the effective use of data 16 to guide program improvement; 17 ‘‘(C) implementing effective behavior man- 18 agement strategies (and related training), in- 19 cluding implementing multitiered systems of 20 support such as support through positive behav- 21 ior interventions and supports, and trauma in- 22 formed care, that— 23 ‘‘(i) promote positive social and emo- 24 tional development; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 37 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(ii) prevent and reduce challenging 1 behaviors, including by setting consistent 2 expectations for all students; and 3 ‘‘(iii) eliminate suspensions, expul- 4 sions, and aversive behavioral interven- 5 tions; 6 ‘‘(D) providing training and outreach on 7 engaging parents and families in culturally and 8 linguistically appropriate ways, including for 9 parents and families of dual language learners, 10 to expand their knowledge, skills, and capacity 11 to become meaningful partners in supporting 12 their children’s positive development; 13 ‘‘(E) providing training corresponding to 14 the nutritional and physical activity needs of 15 children to promote healthy development; 16 ‘‘(F) providing training or professional de- 17 velopment for child care providers regarding the 18 early neurological development of children; 19 ‘‘(G) connecting staff members of child 20 care providers with available Federal and State 21 financial aid, or other resources, that would as- 22 sist the staff members in pursuing relevant 23 postsecondary training; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 38 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(H) creating or expanding a statewide 1 scholarship program for child care providers to 2 obtain credentials related to child care; 3 ‘‘(I) creating or expanding an apprentice- 4 ship program for child care providers in the 5 early years of providing child care; 6 ‘‘(J) providing training, scholarship oppor- 7 tunities, or apprenticeships for multilingual 8 adults in order to expand the supply of high- 9 quality, dual-language child care programs; 10 ‘‘(K) supporting articulation agreements 11 between public institutions of higher education 12 that offer 2-year programs and public institu- 13 tions of higher education that offer 4-year pro- 14 grams, for the purposes of facilitating, for child 15 care providers or individuals seeking to become 16 such providers, the transfer of postsecondary 17 credits for coursework related to child care 18 from such institutions with 2-year programs to 19 such institutions with 4-year programs; 20 ‘‘(L) providing training and professional 21 development on child developmental milestones 22 and evidence-based developmental screening 23 practices that help identify infants, toddlers, 24 and children to be referred for evaluation con- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 39 •HR 1364 IH cerning eligibility for services under the Individ- 1 uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2 1400 et seq.); or 3 ‘‘(M) undertaking efforts to improve the 4 diversity of staff of eligible providers, including 5 efforts to recruit a more diverse workforce. 6 ‘‘(6) PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR INFANTS 7 AND TODDLERS.—A State shall use quality child 8 care amounts to promote and expand child care pro- 9 viders’ ability to provide developmentally appropriate 10 services for infants and toddlers through activities 11 that may include— 12 ‘‘(A)(i) training and professional develop- 13 ment; and 14 ‘‘(ii) coaching and technical assistance on 15 this age group’s unique needs from statewide 16 networks of qualified infant-toddler specialists; 17 ‘‘(B) improving infant and toddler compo- 18 nents within the State’s tiered and transparent 19 system for measuring the quality of child care 20 providers described in section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i), 21 for child care providers for infants and toddlers, 22 or developing infant and toddler components in 23 a State’s child care licensing regulations or 24 early learning and development guidelines; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 40 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(C) improving the ability of parents to ac- 1 cess transparent and easy to understand con- 2 sumer information about high-quality and inclu- 3 sive care for infants and toddlers; or 4 ‘‘(D) carrying out other activities deter- 5 mined by the State to improve the quality of in- 6 fant and toddler care provided in the State, and 7 for which there is evidence that the activities 8 will lead to improved infant and toddler health 9 and safety, infant and toddler cognitive and 10 physical development, infant and toddler well- 11 being, or infant and toddler social and emo- 12 tional development, including providing health 13 and safety training (including training in safe 14 sleep practices, first aid, and cardiopulmonary 15 resuscitation) for providers and caregivers. 16 ‘‘(7) INCLUSIVE CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH 17 DISABILITIES AND INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH 18 DISABILITIES.—A State shall use quality child care 19 amounts for activities to improve the supply of eligi- 20 ble child care providers that provide high-quality and 21 inclusive care for children with disabilities and in- 22 fants and toddlers with disabilities through activi- 23 ties, which shall include— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 41 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(A) offering training, professional devel- 1 opment, or coaching opportunities for child care 2 providers that relate to the use of evidence- 3 based, developmentally appropriate, and age-ap- 4 propriate strategies in inclusive settings to pro- 5 mote the social, emotional, physical, adaptive, 6 communication, and cognitive development of 7 children with disabilities and infants and tod- 8 dlers with disabilities, and their peers; 9 ‘‘(B) improving the ability of parents to 10 access transparent and easy-to-understand con- 11 sumer information about high-quality and inclu- 12 sive care for children with disabilities and in- 13 fants and toddlers with disabilities; and 14 ‘‘(C) promoting and expanding child care 15 providers’ ability to provide developmentally ap- 16 propriate services for infants and toddlers with 17 disabilities through improved coordination of 18 systems, services, and other activities with the 19 providers and individuals who provide services 20 or supports under the Individuals with Disabil- 21 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 22 ‘‘(8) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—A State may use 23 quality child care amounts for— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 42 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(A) improving upon the development or 1 implementation of the early learning and devel- 2 opmental guidelines described in section 3 658E(c)(2)(T) by providing technical assistance 4 to eligible child care providers that enhances 5 the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional de- 6 velopment, including early childhood develop- 7 ment, of participating preschool and school- 8 aged children and supports their overall well- 9 being; 10 ‘‘(B) developing, implementing, or enhanc- 11 ing the State’s tiered and transparent system 12 for measuring the quality of child care pro- 13 viders, as described in section 14 658E(c)(2)(W)(i); 15 ‘‘(C) facilitating compliance with State re- 16 quirements for inspection, monitoring, training, 17 and health and safety, and with State licensing 18 standards; 19 ‘‘(D) evaluating and assessing the quality 20 and effectiveness of child care programs and 21 services offered in the State, including evalu- 22 ating how such programs positively impact chil- 23 dren; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 43 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(E) supporting child care providers in the 1 voluntary pursuit of accreditation by a national 2 accrediting body with demonstrated, valid, and 3 reliable program standards of high quality; 4 ‘‘(F) supporting State or local efforts to 5 develop or adopt high-quality program stand- 6 ards relating to health, mental health, social 7 and emotional development, nutrition, physical 8 activity, and physical development; 9 ‘‘(G) activities that improve the availability 10 of child care services, activities that improve ac- 11 cess to child care services, and any other activ- 12 ity that the State determines to be appropriate 13 to meet the purposes of this subchapter, with 14 priority being given for services (including giv- 15 ing priority access to services through providers 16 at the highest tier of the system described in 17 section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i)) to homeless children, 18 children in foster care, children of families with 19 very low family incomes (taking into consider- 20 ation family size), children with disabilities, and 21 infants and toddlers with disabilities; 22 ‘‘(H) activities to improve the quality of 23 providers of family, friend, or neighbor care, 24 which may include— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 44 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(i) offering education, training, busi- 1 ness development, apprenticeship, men- 2 toring, or leadership development opportu- 3 nities for the providers; 4 ‘‘(ii) conducting home visits and 5 coaching that provide one-on-one advice 6 and support; 7 ‘‘(iii) conducting play and learn ses- 8 sions or other types of peer networking; 9 ‘‘(iv) facilitating participation in the 10 program carried out under this subchapter 11 or the child and adult care food program 12 established under section 17 of the Richard 13 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 14 U.S.C. 1766); 15 ‘‘(v) assistance in achieving licensure, 16 if the provider wants to become licensed; 17 and 18 ‘‘(vi) recruiting providers of family, 19 friend, or neighbor care to build the supply 20 of high-quality and inclusive care by such 21 providers; 22 ‘‘(I)(i) supporting eligible child care pro- 23 viders to eliminate suspensions, expulsions, and 24 aversive behavioral interventions, including 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 45 •HR 1364 IH through adaptations and interventions by spe- 1 cial educators, mental health consultants, and 2 other community resources, such as behavior 3 coaches, psychologists, and other appropriate 4 specialists; and 5 ‘‘(ii) promoting multitiered systems of sup- 6 port such as positive behavioral interventions 7 and supports and trauma informed care that 8 promote positive social and emotional develop- 9 ment and reduce challenging behaviors; 10 ‘‘(J) activities to improve the supply and 11 quality of child care programs and services to 12 provide high-quality and inclusive care for 13 school-age children, which may include— 14 ‘‘(i) establishing or expanding high- 15 quality and inclusive school-age child care 16 standards and a system of supports for 17 such care that align with best practices for 18 before- and after-school care and summer 19 care; 20 ‘‘(ii) enhancing professional develop- 21 ment and technical assistance opportuni- 22 ties for providers of school-age care; and 23 ‘‘(iii) improving the ability of parents 24 to access transparent and easy to under- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 46 •HR 1364 IH stand consumer information about high- 1 quality and inclusive school-age care; 2 ‘‘(K) establishing or expanding high-qual- 3 ity and inclusive community or neighborhood- 4 based family and child development centers, 5 which shall serve as resources for child care 6 providers in order to improve the quality of 7 early childhood services provided to children 8 from low-income families and to help eligible 9 child care providers improve their capacity to 10 offer high-quality and inclusive, age-appropriate 11 care; 12 ‘‘(L) establishing or expanding the oper- 13 ation of community or neighborhood-based fam- 14 ily child care networks; or 15 ‘‘(M) supporting eligible child care pro- 16 viders in providing accessible comprehensive 17 services for children and their families, includ- 18 ing— 19 ‘‘(i) screenings of vision, hearing, 20 health (including mental health), dental 21 health, and development (including early 22 literacy and math skill development), which 23 shall be coordinated with the activities car- 24 ried out through the comprehensive child 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 47 •HR 1364 IH find system under the Individuals with 1 Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2 1400 et seq.); 3 ‘‘(ii)(I) family engagement opportuni- 4 ties that take into account the language 5 spoken in the child’s home, such as parent 6 conferences (with opportunities for parents 7 to provide input about the child’s develop- 8 ment); and 9 ‘‘(II) support services, such as parent 10 education, home visiting, and family lit- 11 eracy services; 12 ‘‘(iii)(I) nutrition services, including 13 provision of nutritious meals and snack op- 14 tions aligned with the requirements in the 15 most recent guidelines promulgated by the 16 Secretary of Agriculture for the Child and 17 Adult Care Food Program authorized 18 under section 17 of the Richard B. Russell 19 National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 20 1766); and 21 ‘‘(II) regular, age-appropriate, nutri- 22 tion education for children and their fami- 23 lies; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 48 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(iv) programs, carried out in coordi- 1 nation with local educational agencies and 2 entities providing services and supports au- 3 thorized under part B and part C of the 4 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 5 (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.; 1431 et seq.), to 6 ensure the full participation of infants and 7 toddlers with disabilities and children with 8 disabilities in high-quality and inclusive 9 child care settings; 10 ‘‘(v) physical activity programs that— 11 ‘‘(I) are aligned with evidence- 12 based guidelines, such as those rec- 13 ommended by the Health and Medi- 14 cine Division of the National Acad- 15 emies of Sciences, Engineering, and 16 Medicine; and 17 ‘‘(II) take into account and ac- 18 commodate the needs of children with 19 disabilities; and 20 ‘‘(vi) on-site service coordination, to 21 the maximum extent feasible.’’. 22 SEC. 108. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT. 23 Section 658I of the Child Care and Development 24 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858g) is amended— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 49 •HR 1364 IH (1) in subsection (a)— 1 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘child 2 care standards’’ and inserting ‘‘standards for 3 child care described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 4 section 658E(c)(2)(W)’’; 5 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 6 after the semicolon; 7 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 8 and inserting a period; and 9 (D) by striking paragraph (5); 10 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘State 11 allotment’’ and inserting ‘‘State payments’’; and 12 (3) by striking subsection (c). 13 SEC. 109. STATE QUARTERLY PAYMENTS. 14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 658J of the Child Care 15 and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 16 9858h) is amended to read as follows: 17 ‘‘SEC. 658J. PAYMENTS TO STATES. 18 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 19 ‘‘(1) FMAP.—The term ‘FMAP’ has the mean- 20 ing given the term in the first sentence of section 21 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 22 1396d(b)). 23 ‘‘(2) INFANT OR TODDLER.—The term ‘infant 24 or toddler’ means a child under age 3. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 50 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(b) PAYMENTS TO STATES.— 1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- 2 graphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall pay to each 3 State with an application approved under section 4 658E an amount for each quarter equal to the 5 FMAP of expenditures in the quarter— 6 ‘‘(A) for child care assistance under the 7 plan for eligible children, other than such chil- 8 dren who are infants or toddlers; and 9 ‘‘(B) to carry out activities under section 10 658G, subject to the limit specified in section 11 658G(a)(2). 12 ‘‘(2) CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE FOR INFANTS OR 13 TODDLERS.—The Secretary shall pay to each State 14 with such an approved application an amount for 15 each quarter equal to 90 percent of expenditures in 16 the quarter for child care assistance under the plan 17 for eligible children who are infants or toddlers. 18 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall 19 pay to each State with such an approved application 20 an amount for each quarter equal to 50 percent of 21 expenditures in the quarter for the costs incurred by 22 the State in carrying out sections 658H and 658K, 23 and other reasonable costs incurred by the State to 24 administer the plan. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 51 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(c) ADVANCE PAYMENT; RETROSPECTIVE ADJUST- 1 MENT.— 2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 3 payments under this section for each quarter on the 4 basis of advance estimates of expenditures submitted 5 by the State and such other investigation as the Sec- 6 retary may find necessary, and may reduce or in- 7 crease the payments as necessary to adjust for any 8 overpayment or underpayment for previous quarters. 9 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary may not 10 make such payments in a manner that prevents a 11 State from complying with the requirement specified 12 in section 658E(c)(3). 13 ‘‘(d) FLEXIBILITY IN SUBMITTAL OF CLAIMS.— 14 Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing 15 a State from claiming as expenditures in a quarter ex- 16 penditures that were incurred in a previous quarter. 17 ‘‘(e) STATE ENTITLEMENT.—This subchapter con- 18 stitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations 19 Acts and represents the obligation of the Federal Govern- 20 ment to provide for payments to States under this section 21 from amounts provided under section 658B(a).’’. 22 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 23 this section take effect on October 1, 2020. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 52 •HR 1364 IH SEC. 110. REPORTING. 1 Section 658K(a)(1)(B) of the Child Care and Devel- 2 opment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 3 9858i(a)(1)(B)) is amended— 4 (1) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘and’’; 5 (2) by transferring clause (xi) so as to appear 6 after clause (x); 7 (3) in clause (xi), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 8 semicolon; and 9 (4) by inserting after clause (xi) the following: 10 ‘‘(xii) whether the children receiving 11 assistance under this subchapter are either 12 children with disabilities or infants and 13 toddlers with disabilities;’’. 14 SEC. 111. PRIORITY; WEBSITE. 15 Section 658L of the Child Care and Development 16 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858j) is amended— 17 (1) in the third sentence of subsection (a), by 18 striking ‘‘658E(c)(3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 19 658G(b)(8)(G)’’; 20 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(B)— 21 (A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘a Quality 22 Rating and Improvement System’’ and inserting 23 ‘‘a tiered and transparent system for measuring 24 the quality of child care providers described in 25 section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i) and’’; 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 53 •HR 1364 IH (B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 1 end; 2 (C) in clause (v), by striking the period 3 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 4 (D) by inserting at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(vi) information about— 6 ‘‘(I) high-quality and inclusive 7 care for children with disabilities and 8 infants and toddlers with disabilities, 9 including child care with early inter- 10 vention services under part C of the 11 Individuals with Disabilities Edu- 12 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) 13 for infants and toddlers with disabil- 14 ities and their families, and child care 15 with services and supports under part 16 B of the Individuals with Disabilities 17 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et 18 seq.) for children with disabilities; and 19 ‘‘(II) other Federal, State, or 20 local programs that may support in- 21 clusive child care for infants and tod- 22 dlers, or children, referred to in sub- 23 clause (I).’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 54 •HR 1364 IH SEC. 112. NONDISCRIMINATION. 1 Section 658N of the Child Care and Development 2 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858l) is amended— 3 (1) in subsection (a)— 4 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘this 5 section’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; 6 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 7 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 8 (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 9 (D) in paragraph (3)— 10 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik- 11 ing ‘‘AND ADMISSION’’; 12 (ii) by striking ‘‘(1)(B), (2), and (3)’’ 13 and inserting ‘‘(1)(B) and (2)’’; 14 (iii) by striking ‘‘and admissions’’; 15 and 16 (iv) by striking ‘‘or admissions’’; 17 (2) in subsection (b)— 18 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 19 ‘‘STATE LAW’’ and inserting ‘‘OTHER LAWS’’; 20 (B) by striking ‘‘Nothing’’ and inserting 21 the following: 22 ‘‘(1) EXPENDITURES.—Nothing’’; and 23 (C) by adding at the end the following: 24 ‘‘(2) RIGHTS, REMEDIES, PROCEDURES, OR 25 STANDARDS.—Nothing in this subchapter shall be 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 55 •HR 1364 IH construed to invalidate or limit rights, remedies, pro- 1 cedures, or legal standards available to victims of 2 discrimination in employment or in provision of pro- 3 grams and activities under any other Federal law or 4 law of a State or political subdivision of a State, in- 5 cluding the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 6 2000a et seq.), title IX of the Education Amend- 7 ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section 504 8 or 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 9 794, 794a), or the Americans with Disabilities Act 10 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). The obligations 11 imposed by this subchapter are in addition to those 12 imposed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 13 2000a et seq.), title IX of the Education Amend- 14 ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section 504 15 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), 16 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 17 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).’’; and 18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 19 ‘‘(c) NONDISCRIMINATION IN PROGRAMS AND AC- 20 TIVITIES.— 21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as described in 22 paragraph (2), no person in the United States shall, 23 on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, reli- 24 gion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 56 •HR 1364 IH identity, or disability, be excluded from participation 1 in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to dis- 2 crimination under any program or activity funded in 3 whole or in part, with funds made available under 4 this subchapter or with amounts appropriated for 5 grants, contracts, or certificates administered with 6 such funds. 7 ‘‘(2) PREFERENCE IN ENROLLMENT.—If assist- 8 ance provided under this subchapter, and any other 9 Federal or State program, amounts to less than 80 10 percent of the operating budget of a child care pro- 11 vider that receives such assistance, a child care pro- 12 vider may select children for child care slots that are 13 not funded directly with assistance provided under 14 this subchapter because such children or their family 15 members participate on a regular basis in other ac- 16 tivities of the organization that owns or operates 17 such provider.’’. 18 SEC. 113. INDIAN TRIBES AND NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 658O of the Child Care 20 and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 21 9858m) is amended— 22 (1) by striking the heading and inserting the 23 following: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 57 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘SEC. 658O. INDIAN TRIBES AND NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.’’; 1 (2) in subsection (a)— 2 (A) in paragraph (1)— 3 (i) by striking ‘‘one half of 1 percent 4 of the amount appropriated under this 5 subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘a portion of 6 the amount appropriated under section 7 658B(b)’’; and 8 (ii) by striking ‘‘to be allotted’’ and all 9 that follows and inserting the following: 10 ‘‘to be allotted by the Secretary— 11 ‘‘(A) in accordance with the respective 12 needs of those territories; and 13 ‘‘(B) taking into consideration— 14 ‘‘(i) the population of eligible children, 15 and the population of eligible children from 16 low-income families, to be served by the 17 territory involved; and 18 ‘‘(ii) the cost of child care in the terri- 19 tory.’’; 20 (B) in paragraph (2)— 21 (i) by striking ‘‘(2) INDIANS TRIBES’’ 22 and all that follows through ‘‘658B in’’ 23 and inserting ‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBES.—The 24 Secretary shall reserve the remainder of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 58 •HR 1364 IH the amount appropriated under section 1 658B(b) in’’; 2 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and 3 inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 4 (iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 5 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘reserve 6 up to $1,500,000 of the amount appropriated 7 under this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘reserve 8 and use such sums as the Secretary may deter- 9 mine to be necessary of the amount appro- 10 priated under section 658B(a)’’; 11 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘reserve 12 up to 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the amount appro- 13 priated under this subchapter’’ and inserting 14 ‘‘reserve and use such sums as the Secretary 15 may determine to be necessary of the amount 16 appropriated under section 658B(a)’’; and 17 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘reserve 18 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the amount appropriated 19 under this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘reserve 20 and use such sums as the Secretary may deter- 21 mine to be necessary of the amount appro- 22 priated under section 658B(a)’’; 23 (3) by striking subsection (b); 24 (4) in subsection (c)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 59 •HR 1364 IH (A) in paragraph (3)— 1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 3 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 4 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 5 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 6 lowing: 7 ‘‘(C)(i) the population of Indian or Native 8 Hawaiian eligible children, and the population 9 of Indian or Native Hawaiian eligible children 10 from low-income families, to be served by the 11 Indian tribe or tribal organization; 12 ‘‘(ii) the cost of child care in the area to 13 be served by the tribe or organization; and 14 ‘‘(iii) whether awarding a grant or contract 15 to the tribe or organization will increase the 16 number of programs that reach standards de- 17 scribed in subsection (a)(1)(B)(iii);’’; and 18 (B) in paragraph (6)— 19 (i) by inserting ‘‘(or other recipient of 20 funds through a State payment under sec- 21 tion 658J (referred to in this paragraph as 22 a ‘covered recipient’))’’ after ‘‘organiza- 23 tion’’ the first place it appears; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 60 •HR 1364 IH (ii) except as provided in subpara- 1 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘(or other covered 2 recipient)’’ after ‘‘organization’’ each place 3 it appears; 4 (5) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub- 5 section (b); 6 (6) by striking subsection (d); 7 (7) in subsection (e)— 8 (A) by striking paragraphs (1) through 9 (3); 10 (B) by striking ‘‘(e) REALLOTMENTS.—’’ 11 and all that follows through ‘‘Any’’ and insert- 12 ing ‘‘(e) REALLOTMENTS.—Any’’; and 13 (C) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ each place 14 it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 15 (8) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 16 subsections (c) and (d), respectively. 17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on 18 October 1, 2020. 19 SEC. 114. DEFINITIONS. 20 Section 658P of the Child Care and Development 21 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) is amended— 22 (1) in paragraph (2)— 23 (A) by inserting ‘‘child care provider on be- 24 half of a’’ before ‘‘parent’’; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 61 •HR 1364 IH (B) by striking ‘‘who may use such certifi- 1 cate only as payment’’; 2 (2) in paragraph (3)— 3 (A) by striking subparagraph (B); and 4 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 5 and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec- 6 tively; 7 (3) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘85 per- 8 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘150 percent (100 percent for 9 fiscal year 2020, 115 percent for fiscal year 2021, 10 and 130 percent for fiscal year 2022)’’; and 11 (4) by adding at the end the following: 12 ‘‘(16) FOSTER CARE.— 13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘foster care’ 14 means 24-hour substitute care for a child 15 placed away from the child’s parents or guard- 16 ians and for whom the State agency has place- 17 ment and care responsibility. The term includes 18 care through a placement in a foster family 19 home, a foster home of a relative, a group 20 home, an emergency shelter, a residential facil- 21 ity, a child care institution, or a pre-adoptive 22 home. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 62 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(B) RULE.—A child shall be considered 1 to be in foster care in accordance with subpara- 2 graph (A) regardless of— 3 ‘‘(i) whether the foster care facility is 4 licensed and payments are made by the 5 State or local agency for the care of the 6 child; 7 ‘‘(ii) whether adoption subsidy pay- 8 ments are being made prior to the finaliza- 9 tion of an adoption; or 10 ‘‘(iii) whether there are Federal 11 matching funds for any payments de- 12 scribed in clause (i) or (ii) that are made. 13 ‘‘(17) GENDER IDENTITY.—The term ‘gender 14 identity’ means the gender-related identity, appear- 15 ance, mannerisms, or other gender-related character- 16 istics of an individual, regardless of the individual’s 17 designated sex at birth. 18 ‘‘(18) HIGH-QUALITY AND INCLUSIVE CARE.— 19 The term ‘high-quality and inclusive’, used with re- 20 spect to care (including child care), means care pro- 21 vided by an eligible child care provider— 22 ‘‘(A) that is at the highest tier of the 23 State’s tiered and transparent system for meas- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 63 •HR 1364 IH uring the quality of child care providers, under 1 section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i); 2 ‘‘(B) for whom the percentage of children 3 served by the provider who are children with 4 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis- 5 abilities reflects the prevalence of children with 6 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis- 7 abilities among children within the State; and 8 ‘‘(C) that provides care for children with 9 disabilities and infants and toddlers with dis- 10 abilities alongside children who are— 11 ‘‘(i) not infants and toddlers with dis- 12 abilities; and 13 ‘‘(ii) not children with disabilities. 14 ‘‘(19) HOMELESS CHILD.—The term ‘homeless 15 child’ means an individual who is a homeless child 16 or youth under section 725 of the McKinney-Vento 17 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434). 18 ‘‘(20) INFANT OR TODDLER WITH A DIS- 19 ABILITY.—The term ‘infant or toddler with a dis- 20 ability’ has the meaning given the term in section 21 632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 22 Act (20 U.S.C. 1432). 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 64 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(21) KEY PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGIES.—The 1 term ‘key programmatic strategies’ means strategies 2 related to— 3 ‘‘(A) nutrition and physical activity; 4 ‘‘(B) recommended practices for age-ap- 5 propriate exposure to screen media; and 6 ‘‘(C) the integration and utilization of in- 7 structional methods to assist learning across 8 disciplines, including methods that use the arts, 9 language, literacy, mathematics, science, and 10 social studies. 11 ‘‘(22) SEX.—The term ‘sex’ includes— 12 ‘‘(A) a sex stereotype; 13 ‘‘(B) pregnancy, childbirth, or a related 14 medical condition; and 15 ‘‘(C) sexual orientation or gender identity. 16 ‘‘(23) SEXUAL ORIENTATION.—The term ‘sex- 17 ual orientation’ means homosexuality, hetero- 18 sexuality, or bisexuality.’’. 19 SEC. 115. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 20 Section 658S of the Child Care and Development 21 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858q) is amended— 22 (1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and insert- 23 ing the following: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 65 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(a) CHILD CARE NOT TREATED AS INCOME.—Not- 1 withstanding’’; and 2 (2) by adding at the end the following: 3 ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION FOR COLLECTIVE 4 BARGAINING.—Nothing in this subchapter shall be con- 5 strued to alter, diminish, or otherwise affect the rights, 6 remedies, and procedures afforded to individuals employed 7 by schools or local educational agencies, or teachers and 8 other staff employed by child care providers— 9 ‘‘(1) under Federal, State, or local laws (includ- 10 ing applicable regulations or court orders); or 11 ‘‘(2) under the terms of collective bargaining 12 agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other 13 agreements between schools, agencies, or providers 14 that are referred to in this subsection, and their em- 15 ployees.’’. 16 SEC. 116. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 17 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 18 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is amended by striking 19 the subchapter heading and inserting the following: 20 ‘‘Subchapter C—Child Care and Development 21 Assistance’’. 22 SEC. 117. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 23 The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 24 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is amended in sections 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 66 •HR 1364 IH 658I(c)(3) and 658L(a) by striking ‘‘the Workforce’’ each 1 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Labor’’. 2 SEC. 118. TRANSITION RULE. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal years 2020 through 4 2022, the Secretary of Health and Human Services— 5 (1) shall make allotments and payments to 6 States and Indian tribes under section 658J and 7 658O of the Child Care and Development Block 8 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858h, 9858m), as in 9 effect immediately before the date of enactment of 10 this Act, subject to subsection (b); and 11 (2) shall carry out section 658E(c)(3) of that 12 Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3)) by applying subpara- 13 graphs (C) and (E) of that section, as in effect on 14 that day. 15 (b) ADJUSTMENTS.—During fiscal years 2020 16 through 2022, the Secretary shall have authority to make 17 such adjustments as may be necessary to carry out sub- 18 section (a) and to transition to making quarterly payments 19 under section 658J and allotments under 658O of the 20 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, as amend- 21 ed by this Act. 22 SEC. 119. EFFECTIVE DATE. 23 This title, and the amendments made by this title, 24 take effect on October 1, 2019. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 67 •HR 1364 IH TITLE II—HIGH-QUALITY 1 PRESCHOOL 2 SEC. 201. FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES TO ESTABLISH 3 VOLUNTARY HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL 4 PROGRAMS. 5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 6 (1) CHILD WITH A DISABILITY.—The term 7 ‘‘child with a disability’’ has the meaning given the 8 term in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabil- 9 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401). 10 (2) DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNER.—The term 11 ‘‘dual language learner’’ means an individual who is 12 limited English proficient, as defined in section 637 13 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832). 14 (3) ELIGIBLE CHILD.—The term ‘‘eligible 15 child’’ means a child who is— 16 (A) age 3, 4, or 5; 17 (B) not yet enrolled in kindergarten; and 18 (C) a member of a family with a family in- 19 come that does not exceed 150 percent of the 20 State median income for a family of the same 21 size. 22 (4) ELIGIBLE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘eligible 23 provider’’ includes a local educational agency, Head 24 Start program funded under the Head Start Act (42 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 68 •HR 1364 IH U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), licensed child care center, li- 1 censed family child care home, and community- or 2 neighborhood-based family child care network, 3 that— 4 (A) participates in the State’s tiered and 5 transparent system for measuring program 6 quality described in section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i) of 7 the Child Care and Development Block Grant 8 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)(W)(i)); and 9 (B) meets the highest tier of such system. 10 (5) FOSTER CARE.— 11 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘foster care’’ 12 means 24-hour substitute care for a child 13 placed away from the child’s parents or guard- 14 ians and for whom the State agency has place- 15 ment and care responsibility. The term includes 16 care through a placement in a foster family 17 home, a foster home of a relative, a group 18 home, an emergency shelter, a residential facil- 19 ity, a child care institution, or a pre-adoptive 20 home. 21 (B) RULE.—A child shall be considered to 22 be in foster care in accordance with subpara- 23 graph (A) regardless of— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 69 •HR 1364 IH (i) whether the foster care facility is 1 licensed and payments are made by the 2 State or local agency for the care of the 3 child; 4 (ii) whether adoption subsidy pay- 5 ments are being made prior to the finaliza- 6 tion of an adoption; or 7 (iii) whether there are Federal match- 8 ing funds for any payments described in 9 clause (i) or (ii) that are made. 10 (6) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 11 the chief executive officer of a State. 12 (7) HIGH-NEED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high-need 13 school’’ means an elementary school in which not 14 less than 50 percent of the enrolled students are 15 children from low-income families, as defined in sec- 16 tion 2221(b)(3)(B) of the Elementary and Sec- 17 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 18 6641(b)(3)(B)). 19 (8) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN- 20 CY.—The term ‘‘high-need local educational agency’’ 21 means a local educational agency that serves a high 22 percentage of high-need schools. 23 (9) HOMELESS CHILD.—The term ‘‘homeless 24 child’’ means an individual who is a homeless child 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 70 •HR 1364 IH or youth under section 725 of the McKinney-Vento 1 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434). 2 (10) INFANT OR TODDLER WITH A DIS- 3 ABILITY.—The term ‘‘infant or toddler with a dis- 4 ability’’ has the meaning given the term in section 5 632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 6 Act (20 U.S.C. 1432). 7 (11) KEY PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGIES.—The 8 term ‘‘key programmatic strategies’’ means strate- 9 gies related to— 10 (A) nutrition and physical activity; 11 (B) recommended practices for age-appro- 12 priate exposure to screen media; and 13 (C) the integration and utilization of in- 14 structional methods to assist learning across 15 disciplines, including methods that use the arts, 16 language, literacy, mathematics, science, and 17 social studies. 18 (12) LOW-INCOME CHILD.—The term ‘‘low-in- 19 come child’’ means a child who is a member of a 20 family with a family income that is at or below 200 21 percent of the poverty line. 22 (13) OUTLYING AREAS.—The term ‘‘outlying 23 areas’’ means the United States Virgin Islands, 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 71 •HR 1364 IH Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 1 the Northern Mariana Islands. 2 (14) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’ 3 means the official poverty line (as defined by the Of- 4 fice of Management and Budget)— 5 (A) adjusted to reflect the percentage 6 change in the Consumer Price Index for All 7 Urban Consumers, issued by the Bureau of 8 Labor Statistics, occurring in the 1-year period 9 or other interval immediately preceding the date 10 such adjustment is made; and 11 (B) adjusted for family size. 12 (15) SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT 13 PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘specialized instructional 14 support personnel’’ has the meaning given such term 15 in section 8101(47)(A) of the Elementary and Sec- 16 ondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7801(47)). 17 (16) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 18 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 19 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 20 (b) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.— 21 (1) RESERVATION.—From the total amount ap- 22 propriated to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 23 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in col- 24 laboration with the Secretary of Education, shall— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 72 •HR 1364 IH (A) reserve not less than 1 percent and not 1 more than 2 percent for payments to Indian 2 tribes and tribal organizations; 3 (B) reserve 1⁄2 of 1 percent for the outlying 4 areas to be distributed among the outlying 5 areas on the basis of their relative need, as de- 6 termined by the Secretary of Health and 7 Human Services in accordance with the pur- 8 poses of this section; 9 (C) reserve 1⁄2 of 1 percent for eligible 10 local entities that serve children in families who 11 are engaged in migrant or seasonal agricultural 12 labor; 13 (D) reserve not more than 1 percent or 14 $30,000,000, whichever amount is less, for na- 15 tional activities, including administration, tech- 16 nical assistance, and evaluation; and 17 (E) reserve 5 percent for State leadership 18 activities described in subsection (c), including 19 the grants described in such subsection. 20 (2) ALLOTMENT FORMULA.— 21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 22 subparagraph (B), from the total amount ap- 23 propriated to carry out this section for a fiscal 24 year that remains after making the reservations 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 73 •HR 1364 IH under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Health 1 and Human Services, in collaboration with the 2 Secretary of Education, shall allot to each State 3 for the fiscal year that has an application ap- 4 proved under subsection (d) an amount that 5 bears the same ratio to such remainder as the 6 number of children who are below the age of 6 7 who reside within the State and whose families 8 have an income at or below 200 percent of the 9 poverty line for the most recent year for which 10 satisfactory data are available, bears to the 11 number of such children who reside in all such 12 States for such most recent fiscal year for 13 which satisfactory data are available. 14 (B) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT AMOUNT.—No 15 State receiving an allotment under subpara- 16 graph (A) for a fiscal year shall receive less 17 than 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the total amount allot- 18 ted under such subparagraph for the fiscal 19 year. 20 (c) STATE RESERVATION.— 21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The State leadership activi- 22 ties described in this subsection shall improve equi- 23 table access to high-quality preschool programs oper- 24 ated by eligible providers across the State, including 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 74 •HR 1364 IH programs in high-need local educational agencies, 1 which shall include— 2 (A) ongoing professional development op- 3 portunities for school principals, school super- 4 intendents, teachers, specialized instructional 5 support personnel, and teacher assistants to im- 6 prove their practices, which may include activi- 7 ties that— 8 (i) prepare elementary schools to cre- 9 ate or expand preschool classrooms, includ- 10 ing training on developmentally appro- 11 priate practices and preparing classrooms 12 with materials and equipment for young 13 children; 14 (ii) promote children’s development 15 across all of the essential domains of early 16 learning and development; 17 (iii) improve curricula and teacher- 18 child interaction; 19 (iv) incorporate the inclusion of key 20 programmatic strategies into classroom in- 21 struction; 22 (v) increase effective family engage- 23 ment, including for families of dual lan- 24 guage learners; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 75 •HR 1364 IH (vi) provide culturally competent in- 1 struction, including effective instruction for 2 children with disabilities and dual language 3 learners; 4 (vii) improve social and emotional de- 5 velopment; 6 (viii) incorporate positive behavioral 7 interventions and supports and principles 8 of trauma-informed care; 9 (ix) align preschool curricula with ele- 10 mentary school standards and curricula; 11 (x) engage teachers, teacher leaders, 12 early childhood educators, and other pro- 13 fessionals in joint professional learning op- 14 portunities, as described in section 15 2103(b)(3)(G) of the Elementary and Sec- 16 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 17 6613(b)(3)(G)); and 18 (xi) improve the transition of children 19 from preschool to elementary school; 20 (B) completing the Preschool Equity Re- 21 view and distributing grants as described in 22 paragraph (2) in accordance with the results of 23 such review; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 76 •HR 1364 IH (C) expanding or establishing scholarships, 1 counseling, and compensation initiatives to 2 cover the cost of tuition, fees, materials, trans- 3 portation, and release time for staff of eligible 4 providers to pursue credentials and degrees, in- 5 cluding bachelor’s degrees; and 6 (D) partnerships between institutions of 7 higher education and eligible providers, includ- 8 ing high-need local educational agencies, to im- 9 prove access to early childhood educators, in- 10 cluding educators serving dual language learn- 11 ers and children with disabilities. 12 (2) GRANTS TO IMPROVE EQUITABLE ACCESS 13 TO HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS.— 14 (A) IN GENERAL.—From amounts reserved 15 under subsection (b)(1)(E), a State shall make 16 grants to rectify resource inequities in preschool 17 programs and expand access to high-quality 18 preschool programs for all children, including 19 children described in items (aa) through (dd) of 20 subparagraph (B)(ii)(I). Such grants shall be 21 awarded to high-need local educational agencies 22 in order to improve their capacity to offer high- 23 quality preschool programs for eligible children, 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 77 •HR 1364 IH which may include paying the costs of renova- 1 tion. 2 (B) PRESCHOOL EQUITY REVIEW.— 3 (i) IN GENERAL.—Each State making 4 grants under subparagraph (A) shall com- 5 plete an annual Preschool Equity Review 6 that informs the distribution of funds 7 under such subparagraph. 8 (ii) CONTENTS OF REVIEW.—Each 9 Preschool Equity Review shall include data 10 on— 11 (I) the percentage of children 12 participating in preschool programs 13 funded under this section, 14 disaggregated by status as— 15 (aa) children with disabil- 16 ities; 17 (bb) low-income children; 18 (cc) children from major 19 ethnic and racial groups; and 20 (dd) dual language learners; 21 (II) the geographic location of 22 preschool programs funded under this 23 section; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 78 •HR 1364 IH (III) the quality of preschool pro- 1 grams funded under the section, com- 2 pared to such programs not funded 3 under this section; and 4 (IV) resource inequities between 5 preschool programs, including pro- 6 grams serving a high percentage of 7 children described in items (aa) 8 through (dd) of subclause (I). 9 (d) STATE APPLICATION.—In order to receive an al- 10 lotment under this section, the Governor of a State shall 11 submit an application at such time and in such manner 12 as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in col- 13 laboration with the Secretary of Education, may require. 14 Such application shall include each of the following: 15 (1) A description of how the State will provide 16 access to high-quality preschool during the school 17 day for eligible children in the State within 3 years, 18 which shall include the following: 19 (A) How the State plans to distribute 20 funds from the State’s allotment to eligible pro- 21 viders, including an assurance that the Gov- 22 ernor will designate a State-level entity (such as 23 an agency or joint interagency office) for the 24 administration of the grant. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 79 •HR 1364 IH (B) An explanation of how the State will 1 ensure that eligible providers receiving funds 2 under this section will use research-based cur- 3 ricula that are aligned with State early learning 4 standards that are developmentally appropriate 5 and include, at a minimum, each of the fol- 6 lowing domains: 7 (i) Language development. 8 (ii) Literacy. 9 (iii) Mathematics. 10 (iv) Science. 11 (v) Creative arts. 12 (vi) Social and emotional development. 13 (vii) Approaches to learning. 14 (viii) Physical development. 15 (C) How the State will coordinate services 16 provided under this section with services and 17 supports provided under the Child Care and 18 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 19 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.), section 619 and part C of 20 the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 21 (20 U.S.C. 1419; 1431 et seq.), the Head Start 22 Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), the Preschool De- 23 velopment Grants program under section 9212 24 of the Every Student Succeeds Act (42 U.S.C. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 80 •HR 1364 IH 9831 note), the Elementary and Secondary 1 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 2 seq.), the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 3 Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) and the mater- 4 nal, infant, and early childhood home visiting 5 programs assisted under section 511 of the So- 6 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711). 7 (D) How the State will improve transitions 8 from early childhood education to elementary 9 school, including how the State will ensure that 10 preschool programs— 11 (i) share relevant data between early 12 childhood educators and kindergarten 13 teachers; 14 (ii) share instructional, behavioral, 15 and other information between early child- 16 hood educators and kindergarten teachers 17 to best support the transition of children 18 with disabilities who may need services and 19 supports provided under part B of the In- 20 dividuals with Disabilities Education Act 21 (42 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) into general edu- 22 cation settings; and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 81 •HR 1364 IH (iii) share information about the pro- 1 ficiency of dual language learners in both 2 English and their native language. 3 (E) How the State will provide ongoing 4 monitoring and support and conduct evalua- 5 tions of preschool programs funded under this 6 section. 7 (F) How the State has reviewed the stra- 8 tegic plan developed under section 9212 of the 9 Every Student Succeeds Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 10 note) or engaged in a similar strategy to facili- 11 tate coordination of existing early learning and 12 care programs in a mixed delivery system. 13 (G) If the State funds full-day kinder- 14 garten programs, but such full-day kinder- 15 garten programs are not available to all chil- 16 dren who are eligible to attend such programs 17 in the State, how the State plans to increase 18 the number of children in the State who are en- 19 rolled in full-day kindergarten programs and a 20 strategy to implement such a plan. 21 (H) If the State does not fund full-day 22 kindergarten programs, a description of how 23 the State plans to establish such programs to 24 strengthen the educational continuum for chil- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 82 •HR 1364 IH dren who will be involved in the State’s high- 1 quality preschool program supported under this 2 title. 3 (2) An assurance that all preschool programs 4 funded under this section will— 5 (A) offer programming that meets the du- 6 ration requirements in the program perform- 7 ance standards applicable to Head Start pro- 8 grams described in section 641A of the Head 9 Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9836a); 10 (B) adopt policies and practices to provide 11 expedited enrollment, including prioritization, 12 to— 13 (i) homeless children; 14 (ii) children in foster care; and 15 (iii) migratory children; 16 (C) conduct outreach to families of— 17 (i) homeless children; 18 (ii) dual language learners; 19 (iii) children in foster care; 20 (iv) children with disabilities; 21 (v) infants and toddlers with disabil- 22 ities; and 23 (vi) migratory children; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 83 •HR 1364 IH (D) provide salaries to staff of eligible pro- 1 viders that are on the same pay scale as ele- 2 mentary school educators with similar creden- 3 tials and experience; 4 (E) require high staff qualifications for 5 teachers, including, at a minimum, meeting the 6 staff qualifications included in the quality 7 standards of the National Institute for Early 8 Education Research that are in effect on the 9 date of enactment of this Act by not later than 10 4 years after the date the State first receives an 11 allotment under this section; and 12 (F) determine whether children are dual 13 language learners and provide services to en- 14 sure the full and effective participation of such 15 learners and their families. 16 (3) An assurance that the State will provide as- 17 sistance under this section only to eligible providers 18 that prohibit the use of suspension, expulsion, and 19 aversive behavioral interventions. 20 (4) An assurance that the State will meet the 21 requirements of clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 22 658E(c)(2)(T) of the Child Care and Development 23 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 24 9858c(c)(2)(T)(ii) and (iii)). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 84 •HR 1364 IH (e) USE OF FUNDS.—A State that receives an allot- 1 ment under subsection (b)(2) for a fiscal year shall use 2 the allotment to carry out the activities described in the 3 State’s application described in subsection (d). 4 (f) MATCH REQUIRED.—A State that receives an al- 5 lotment under subsection (b)(2) for a fiscal year shall pro- 6 vide matching funds from non-Federal sources in an 7 amount equal to 10 percent of the Federal funds that such 8 State receives under such subsection for the fiscal year. 9 (g) REPORTING.— 10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State that receives an 11 allotment under subsection (b)(2) shall prepare an 12 annual report, in such manner and containing such 13 information as the Secretary of Health and Human 14 Services may reasonably require. 15 (2) CONTENTS.—A report prepared under para- 16 graph (1) shall contain, at a minimum— 17 (A) a description of the manner in which 18 the State has used the funds made available 19 through the allotment and a report of the ex- 20 penditures made with the funds; 21 (B) a summary of the State’s progress to- 22 ward providing access to high-quality preschool 23 programs for eligible children; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 85 •HR 1364 IH (C) an evaluation of the State’s progress 1 towards improving equitable access to high- 2 quality preschool, as measured by the Preschool 3 Equity Review described in subsection 4 (c)(2)(B), disaggregated by the categories 5 under subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii)(I); 6 (D) the number and percentage of children 7 in the State participating in eligible preschool 8 programs, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, 9 family income, child age, disability, and whether 10 the children are homeless children, children in 11 foster care, or dual language learners; 12 (E) data on the number and percentage of 13 children in the State participating in public kin- 14 dergarten programs, disaggregated by race, 15 family income, child age, disability, and whether 16 the children are homeless children, children in 17 foster care, or dual language learners, with in- 18 formation on whether such programs are of- 19 fered— 20 (i) for a full day; and 21 (ii) at no cost to families; and 22 (F) data on the kindergarten readiness of 23 children across the State. 24 (h) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 86 •HR 1364 IH (1) IN GENERAL.—If a State reduces its com- 1 bined fiscal effort per child for its State preschool 2 program or State supplemental assistance funds for 3 Head Start programs assisted under the Head Start 4 Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) for any fiscal year that 5 a State receives an allotment under subsection 6 (b)(2) relative to the previous fiscal year, the Sec- 7 retary of Health and Human Services, in collabora- 8 tion with the Secretary of Education, shall reduce 9 support for such State under such subsection by the 10 same amount as the decline in State effort for such 11 fiscal year. 12 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Health and 13 Human Services, in collaboration with the Secretary 14 of Education, may waive the requirements of para- 15 graph (1) if— 16 (A) the Secretaries determine that a waiv- 17 er would be appropriate due to a precipitous de- 18 cline in the financial resources of a State as a 19 result of unforeseen economic hardship or a 20 natural disaster that has necessitated across- 21 the-board reductions in State services during 22 the 5-year period preceding the date of the de- 23 termination, including for early childhood edu- 24 cation programs; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 87 •HR 1364 IH (B) due to the circumstances of a State re- 1 quiring reductions in specific programs, includ- 2 ing early childhood education, the State pre- 3 sents to the Secretaries a justification and dem- 4 onstration why other programs could not be re- 5 duced and how early childhood programs in the 6 State will not be disproportionately harmed by 7 such State action. 8 (i) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds received 9 under this section shall be used to supplement and not 10 supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds ex- 11 pended on early childhood education programs in the 12 State. 13 (j) APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be ap- 14 propriated, and there is appropriated, to carry out this 15 section, $8,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 16 through 2030. 17 TITLE III—HEAD START 18 EXTENDED DURATION 19 SEC. 301. EXTENDED DURATION. 20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 21 9801 et seq.) is amended— 22 (1) by redesignating section 657C (42 U.S.C. 23 9852c) as section 657D; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 88 •HR 1364 IH (2) by inserting after section 657B (42 U.S.C. 1 9852b) the following: 2 ‘‘SEC. 657C. EXTENDED DURATION. 3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants 4 to Head Start (including Early Head Start) agencies 5 funded under this subchapter to enable such agencies— 6 ‘‘(1) to provide access to a full school year and 7 a full school day of services; 8 ‘‘(2) in the case of a migrant and seasonal 9 Head Start agency, to provide access to additional 10 service hours to ensure continuous Head Start serv- 11 ices as determined by the Secretary; or 12 ‘‘(3) in the case of a Head Start agency (in- 13 cluding an Early Head Start agency) that already 14 meets the full-day, full-year services needs within its 15 community, to enhance the quality of Head Start 16 services (including Early Head Start services) pro- 17 vided to children served by such agency. 18 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.— 19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 20 grant under this section, a Head Start agency shall 21 submit an application at such time and in such man- 22 ner as the Secretary may require. Such application 23 shall include— 24 ‘‘(A) evidence of— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 89 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(i) the number and percentage of 1 slots— 2 ‘‘(I) in the agency’s Head Start 3 center-based programs (that are not 4 Early Head Start programs)— 5 ‘‘(aa) that are currently 6 funded (as of the date of submis- 7 sion of the application); and 8 ‘‘(bb) in which services are 9 provided for at least the equiva- 10 lent of 1,020 hours per year; and 11 ‘‘(II) in the agency’s Early Head 12 Start center-based programs— 13 ‘‘(aa) that are currently 14 funded (as of that date); and 15 ‘‘(bb) in which services are 16 provided for at least the equiva- 17 lent of 1,380 hours per year; and 18 ‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of 19 slots, in the agency’s Head Start family 20 child care programs— 21 ‘‘(I) that are currently funded 22 (as of that date); and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 90 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(II) in which services are pro- 1 vided for at least the equivalent of 2 1,380 hours per year; 3 ‘‘(B) a description of an approach, using 4 the current community-wide strategic planning 5 and needs assessment described in section 6 640(g)(1)(C) and current program schedule 7 (current as of the date of submission of the ap- 8 plication), that transitions all of the agency’s 9 Head Start programs to a full school day, full 10 school year program schedule; and 11 ‘‘(C) a budget justification that estimates 12 the supplemental funding necessary to provide 13 for incremental ongoing operating costs for the 14 extended hours of service under such a program 15 schedule for the current enrollment in the agen- 16 cy’s Head Start programs. 17 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 18 ‘‘(A) MIGRANT AND SEASONAL HEAD 19 START.— 20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A migrant and 21 seasonal Head Start agency may apply for 22 a grant described in subsection (a) without 23 meeting the requirements specified in para- 24 graph (1) to ensure continuous Head Start 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 91 •HR 1364 IH services are provided to children enrolled in 1 a migrant and seasonal Head Start pro- 2 gram. To be eligible to receive the grant, 3 the agency shall submit an application at 4 such time and in such manner as the Sec- 5 retary may require. 6 ‘‘(ii) PRIORITY.—In making grants to 7 applicants described in clause (i), the Sec- 8 retary shall give priority to a migrant and 9 seasonal Head Start agency operating for 10 fewer than 8 months per year. 11 ‘‘(B) FULL-DAY, FULL-YEAR HEAD START 12 AGENCIES.— 13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A Head Start 14 agency (including an Early Head Start 15 agency) that certifies to the Secretary that 16 it is meeting the full-day, full-year need 17 within its community may apply for a 18 grant to enhance the quality of services 19 provided to children enrolled in its Head 20 Start program (including its Early Head 21 Start program) in accordance with sub- 22 section (c)(2). 23 ‘‘(ii) APPLICATION.—A Head Start 24 (including Early Head Start) agency that 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 92 •HR 1364 IH meets the requirements of clause (i) shall 1 submit an application, which shall in- 2 clude— 3 ‘‘(I) the proposed uses of funds 4 in accordance with subsection (c)(2); 5 and 6 ‘‘(II) how such uses of funds re- 7 late to the community-wide strategic 8 planning and needs assessment de- 9 scribed under section 640(g)(1)(C). 10 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 11 ‘‘(1) EXTENDED DURATION.—A Head Start 12 agency that meets the requirements of paragraph 13 (1) or (2) of subsection (a) receiving a grant under 14 this section shall use the grant funds to cover the 15 costs associated with extending those hours of serv- 16 ice for the current enrollment, such as additional 17 costs for— 18 ‘‘(A) the purchase, rental, renovation, and 19 maintenance of additional facilities; 20 ‘‘(B) ongoing purchases of classroom sup- 21 plies; 22 ‘‘(C) staff providing services during the ex- 23 tended hours; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 93 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(D) professional development to staff 1 transitioning to providing services during the 2 extended hours. 3 ‘‘(2) ENHANCING PROGRAM QUALITY.—A Head 4 Start (including Early Head Start) agency that 5 meets the requirements of subsection (a)(3) shall use 6 funds for the activities authorized under section 7 640(a)(5)(B). 8 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—The Head Start agency 9 shall not use the grant funds to expand the number 10 of children served in the Head Start programs (in- 11 cluding Early Head Start programs) of the agency. 12 ‘‘(d) RESERVATIONS.— 13 ‘‘(1) ACTIVITIES.—From the total amount ap- 14 propriated to carry out this section, the Secretary 15 shall— 16 ‘‘(A) for making grants for the activities 17 described in subsection (c)(1)(A), reserve 18 $4,000,000,000 of the funds appropriated for 19 fiscal year 2020; and 20 ‘‘(B) for making grants for the activities 21 described in any of subparagraphs (B) through 22 (D) of subsection (c)(1), reserve— 23 ‘‘(i) $490,000,000 of the funds appro- 24 priated for fiscal year 2020; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 94 •HR 1364 IH ‘‘(ii) $780,000,000 of the funds ap- 1 propriated for fiscal year 2021; and 2 ‘‘(iii) $1,070,000,000 of the funds ap- 3 propriated for fiscal year 2022. 4 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall prioritize 5 Head Start agencies (including Early Head Start 6 agencies) that are applying to use funds to carry out 7 the activities described in subsection (a)(1). 8 ‘‘(3) MIGRANT OR SEASONAL HEAD START PRO- 9 GRAMS.—From the amount appropriated to carry 10 out this section for a fiscal year and reserved under 11 paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall reserve 4.5 12 percent for migrant or seasonal Head Start pro- 13 grams. 14 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 15 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec- 16 tion— 17 ‘‘(1) $3,876,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 18 ‘‘(2) $648,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; and 19 ‘‘(3) $1,019,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 20 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 21 ‘‘(1) FULL SCHOOL DAY; FULL SCHOOL 22 YEAR.—The terms ‘full school day’ and ‘full school 23 year’ mean such a day and year, respectively, within 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 95 •HR 1364 IH the meaning of the Head Start Program Perform- 1 ance standards issued under section 641A(a). 2 ‘‘(2) MIGRANT AND SEASONAL HEAD START 3 AGENCY.—The term ‘migrant and seasonal Head 4 Start agency’ means an agency that is funded under 5 this subchapter to provide a migrant and seasonal 6 Head Start program.’’. 7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 640 of the 8 Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835) is amended— 9 (1) in subsection (a)(6), by striking ‘‘appro- 10 priated under this subchapter’’ each place it appears 11 and inserting ‘‘appropriated under section 639’’; and 12 (2) in subsection (g)(3)(A)— 13 (A) by striking ‘‘amount appropriated’’ 14 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘amount 15 appropriated under section 639’’; 16 (B) by striking ‘‘services provided under 17 this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘services pro- 18 vided under this subchapter (other than section 19 657C)’’; and 20 (C) by striking ‘‘agency under this sub- 21 chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘agency under this sub- 22 chapter (other than section 657C)’’. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 96 •HR 1364 IH TITLE IV—APPROPRIATIONS 1 FOR SUPPORTS AND SERV- 2 ICES FOR INCLUSIVE CHILD 3 CARE FOR INFANTS, TOD- 4 DLERS, AND CHILDREN WITH 5 DISABILITIES 6 SEC. 401. APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUPPORTS AND SERVICES 7 FOR INCLUSIVE CHILD CARE FOR INFANTS, 8 TODDLERS, AND CHILDREN WITH DISABIL- 9 ITIES. 10 There is authorized to be appropriated and there is 11 appropriated for each State for each quarter an amount 12 that is equal to 5 percent of the payment to such State 13 for such quarter under section 658J of the Child Care and 14 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858h) 15 to be used by— 16 (1) the State’s lead agency designated or estab- 17 lished under section 635(a)(10) of the Individuals 18 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 19 1435(a)(10)) to provide early intervention services 20 for infants and toddlers with disabilities (as defined 21 in section 632 of the Individuals with Disabilities 22 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1432)) and their families 23 in settings that provide high-quality inclusive care to 24 such children; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 97 •HR 1364 IH (2) the State to provide services and supports 1 to children with disabilities (as defined in section 2 658P of the Child Care and Development Block 3 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n)) in settings 4 that provide high-quality inclusive care to such chil- 5 dren. 6 TITLE V—MATERNAL, INFANT, 7 AND EARLY CHILDHOOD 8 HOME VISITING PROGRAM 9 SEC. 501. SENSE OF SENATE. 10 It is the sense of the Senate that— 11 (1) from the prenatal period to the first day of 12 kindergarten, children’s development rapidly pro- 13 gresses at a pace exceeding that of any subsequent 14 stage of life; 15 (2) as reported by the National Academy of 16 Sciences in 2001, striking disparities exist in what 17 children know and can do that are evident well be- 18 fore they enter kindergarten; these differences are 19 strongly associated with social and economic cir- 20 cumstances, and they are predictive of subsequent 21 academic performance; 22 (3) research has consistently demonstrated that 23 investments in high-quality programs that serve in- 24 fants and toddlers better position those children for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 98 •HR 1364 IH success in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary 1 education as well as helping children develop the 2 critical physical, emotional, social, and cognitive 3 skills that they will need for the rest of their lives; 4 (4) in 2011, there were 11,000,000 infants and 5 toddlers living in the United States and 49 percent 6 of these children came from low-income families liv- 7 ing with incomes at or below 200 percent of the 8 Federal poverty guidelines; 9 (5) the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood 10 Home Visiting (MIECHV) program was authorized 11 by Congress to facilitate collaboration and partner- 12 ship at the Federal, State, and community levels to 13 improve health and development outcomes for at-risk 14 children, including those from low-income families, 15 through evidence-based home visiting programs; 16 (6) MIECHV is an evidence-based policy initia- 17 tive and its authorizing legislation requires that at 18 least 75 percent of funds dedicated to the program 19 must support programs to implement evidence-based 20 home visiting models, which includes the home-based 21 model of Early Head Start; 22 (7) in fiscal year 2016, MIECHV served ap- 23 proximately 160,000 parents and children, which is 24 only a small portion of those eligible, in 893 counties 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 99 •HR 1364 IH covering all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 1 5 territories; and 2 (8) Congress should increase its investment in 3 MIECHV to support the work of States to help 4 more at-risk families voluntarily receive home visits 5 from home visitors to— 6 (A) promote maternal, infant, and child 7 health; 8 (B) improve school readiness and achieve- 9 ment; 10 (C) prevent potential child abuse or neglect 11 and injuries; 12 (D) support family economic self-suffi- 13 ciency; 14 (E) reduce crime or domestic violence; and 15 (F) improve coordination or referrals for 16 community resources and supports. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:29 Mar 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1364.IH H1364 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS