3.0.0 1474 2023-01-15T06:17:48Z 2023-01-15T06:17:48Z Senate S S 2003-07-28 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-07-28T22:40:19Z 2003-07-28 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10064-10065) IntroReferral 2003-07-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10062-10064) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN N Families Child development Education of the disadvantaged Elementary and secondary education Poor children Preschool education Social Welfare Families 00 2003-07-28 Introduced in Senate 2004-03-15T22:30:46Z Head Start Centers of Excellence Act of 2003 - Amends the Head Start Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program for: (1) designating up to 200 exemplary Head Start agencies as Centers of Excellence in Early Childhood; and (2) making bonus grants to such centers to provide Head Start services to additional eligible children, and perform specified related activities.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to: (1) States to enable them to establish State Councils for Excellence in Early Childhood to work with the State Head Start Office of Collaboration; and (2) an independent organization to conduct research on the ability of the centers of excellence to improve the school readiness of children receiving Head Start services, and to positively impact school results in the earliest grades.

]]> Head Start Centers of Excellence Act of 2003 Display Title Head Start Centers of Excellence Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Head Start Act to designate up to 200 Head Start centers as Centers of Excellence in Early Childhood, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Head Start Centers of Excellence Act of 2003 Popular Titles Head Start bill 9 Library of Congress Introduced in Senate 2003-07-28T04:00:00Z 2003-07-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10064-10065) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.