3.0.0 2123 2023-01-13T04:48:01Z 2023-01-13T04:48:01Z House H HR 2005-05-05 109 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Reported by 2005-05-11T17:31:55Z Markup by 2005-05-11T16:34:08Z Referred to 2005-05-10T19:17:12Z Reported by 2005-06-16T20:06:00Z Markup by 2005-05-18T19:22:22Z Referred to 2005-05-05T14:05:45Z H. Rept. 109-136 To provide for the participation in Head Start programs and Early Head Start programs, by children affected by Hurricane Katrina. 109 3890 HR 2005-11-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. Related bill CRS Head Start Improvements for School Readiness Act 109 1107 S 2005-08-31 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 200. Related bill CRS Companion bill Senate Related bill House Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2123) to reauthorize the Head Start Act to improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children, and for other purposes. 109 455 HRES 2005-09-22 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 11:50:40 Procedurally-related House 2005-10-25 Senate Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 258. Calendars 2005-09-27 Senate Received in the Senate. IntroReferral 2005-09-22 16:45:20 The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 2123. Floor H38900 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 16:45:17 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 16:45:16 On passage Passed by recorded vote: 231 - 184 (Roll no. 493). Floor H37100 2 House floor actions 493 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll493.xml House 109 2005-09-22T20:45:16Z 1 2005-09-22 16:45:16 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 231 - 184 (Roll no. 493). Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 493 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll493.xml House 109 2005-09-22T20:45:16Z 1 2005-09-22 16:28:47 The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Floor H34400 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 16:28:37 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H8323) Floor H35000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 16:27:56 The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2123. Floor H32600 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 15:21:27 UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 15:20:34 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Boehner amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Woolsey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:42:09 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 455, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Boehner amendment. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:37:31 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 455, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Woolsey amendment. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:36:04 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Musgrave amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Woolsey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:27:10 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 455, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Musgrave amendment. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:19:12 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 455, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Millender-McDonald amendment. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:10:11 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 455, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Filner amendment. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:01:15 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 455, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Mica amendment. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:50:52 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 455, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kind amendment. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:49:41 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Davis (IL) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Davis (IL) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:43:55 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 455, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Davis (IL) amendment. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:42:46 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Stearns amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Stearns demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:36:02 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 455, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Stearns amendment. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:27:26 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 455, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeLauro amendment. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:26:30 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Souder amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Souder demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:16:23 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 455, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Souder amendment. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:12:56 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 455, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Castle amendment. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 11:59:46 GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2123. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 11:59:39 The Speaker designated the Honorable Tom Latham to act as Chairman of the Committee. Floor H32400 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 11:59:38 House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 455 and Rule XVIII. Floor H32020 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 11:59:22 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2123 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 11:59:17 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 455. (consideration: CR H8264-8324; text of measure as reported in House: CR H8287-8299) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 11:50:39 Rule H. Res. 455 passed House. Floor H1L220 2 House floor actions 2005-09-21 17:32:08 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 455 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2123 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. Floor H1L210 2 House floor actions 2005-06-16 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 78. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00078 2005-06-16 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 109-136. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2005-06-16 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 109-136. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2005-05-18 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0. Committee 2005-05-18 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2005-05-11 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2005-05-11 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2005-05-10 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. Committee 2005-05-05 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2005-05-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-05-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000243 Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] MICHAEL CASTLE R DE N. N B000589 Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] JOHN BOEHNER R OH A. 8 2005-05-05 True M000508 Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] HOWARD MCKEON R CA P. 25 2005-05-05 True W000795 Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] Joe Wilson R SC 2 2005-05-05 True R000141 Rep. 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Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 18 2005-06-16 False 2005-06-03T04:00:00Z H.R. 2123, School Readiness Act of 2005 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/16565 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 18, 2005</p> 2005-06-03T04:00:00Z H.R. 2123, School Readiness Act of 2005 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16565 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 18, 2005 Education Administrative remedies Agricultural labor Agriculture and Food Alabama Alaska Armed Forces and National Security Auditing Authorization Child abuse Child development Child health Child nutrition Child safety Church and education Church and social problems Community organization Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Curricula Department of Health and Human Services Disabled Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational research Educational statistics Educational technology Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Emergency Management English language Evaluation research (Social action programs) Families Federal aid to education Floods Foster home care Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Higher education Homeless Housing and Community Development Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Income Indian children Indian education Indigenous peoples Informed consent (Medical law) Labor and Employment Language arts Law Legal fees Louisiana Mathematics Mentoring Migrant education Migrant labor Military housing Military pay Minorities Mississippi Motor vehicle safety Native Americans Nonprofit organizations Parent and child Parent-school relationships Performance measurement Physical examinations Poor children Preschool education Reading Religion Salaries School buses School districts Science, Technology, Communications Seasonal labor Social Welfare Special education State-local relations Student enrollment Student records Teacher education Teacher supply and demand Teachers Teaching materials Transportation and Public Works Education 00 2005-05-05 Introduced in House 2005-06-01T21:42:50Z School Readiness Act of 2005 - Amends the Head Start Act to revise and reauthorize Head Start programs.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide financial assistance to Head Start agencies for five-year periods.

Revises authorized uses of quality improvement funds to include outreach to homeless families, migrant and seasonal farmworker families, and families with children with a limited English proficiency.

Directs the Secretary (who is currently authorized) to award collaboration grants for Head Start and other related-agencies within states.

Includes community-based or faith-based organizations among the entities that may be designated as Head Start agencies.

Requires Head Start grantees to establish and demonstrate they have met measurable goals for: (1) educational instruction in pre-reading, pre-mathematical, and language skills; (2) provision of health, educational, nutritional, social, and other services; and (3) school readiness standards aligned with state-developed K-12 academic standards.

Revises the additional educational performance standards included as program quality standards, and performance measures for program monitoring.

Revises requirements for local Head Start agencies, including designation qualifications, coordination and collaboration, and assessment. Requires each agency to enroll 100% of its funded enrollment, and to maintain an active waiting list and outreach to the community and underserved populations.

Requires local and state integration of early childhood education, through: (1) Head Start agency partnerships with local educational agencies and state-funded preschool and other early childhood programs; (2) early learning collaboration grants for State Early Learning Councils; and (3) a State Director for Head Start Collaboration. Requires Head Start alignment with K-12 education.

Requires Head Start agencies to undergo independent annual audits.

Limits to ten percent of total enrollment the permissible participation of children in the area served who would benefit from Head Start programs, including children referred by child welfare agencies, but whose families do not meet prescribed low-income criteria.

Exempts military housing from being counted as family income in determining a child's eligibility to enroll in a Head Start program.

Revises Early Head Start programs, including requiring center-based staff to have specified qualifications.

Requires Head Start agencies to obtain written parental consent before administration of any nonemergency intrusive physical examination of a child in connection with participation in a Head Start program.

Revises training and technical assistance provisions.

Revises staff qualification requirements for current and new Head Start teachers.

]]> 17 2005-06-16 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2005-06-20T14:57:35Z School Readiness Act of 2005 - Amends the Head Start Act to revise and reauthorize Head Start programs.

(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide financial assistance to Head Start agencies for five-year periods.

(Sec. 5) Extends the authorization of appropriations for Head Start programs through FY 2011.

(Sec. 6) Sets forth allotment provisions, as well as limitations on and authorized uses of Head Start funds. Reserves specified portions of Head Start funds for Indian, migrant and seasonal, training and technical assistance, and Early Head Start programs.

Revises authorized uses of quality improvement funds to include outreach to homeless families, migrant and seasonal farmworker families, and families with children with a limited English proficiency.

Directs the Secretary (who is currently authorized) to award collaboration grants for Head Start and other related-agencies within states.

Includes models that leverage existing capacities and capabilities of the delivery system of early childhood education and child care among locally designed or specialized service delivery models for Head Start programs.

Requires the Secretary, in allotting funds for expansion of Head Start programs, to consider the extent that an applicant: (1) has involved providers of family support services and protective services for children and families in community-wide strategic planning and needs assessments (among other entities); and (2) plans to coordinate its services with a community liaison designated under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001 (homeless education liaison), as well as (under current law) with the education services of the local educational agency (LEA).

Directs the Secretary to require Head Start agencies to: (1) implement policies and procedures to ensure that eligible homeless children are identified and prioritized for enrollment; (2) allow homeless families to apply to, enroll in, and attend Head Start programs while required documents, such as proof of residency, immunization and other medical records, birth certificates and other documents, are obtained within a reasonable time frame; and (3) coordinate individual Head Start centers and programs with efforts to implement homeless children education programs under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

Declares that nothing in the Act shall be construed to require: (1) a state to establish a program of early education for children; or (2) require any child to participate in a program of early education, attend school, or participate in any initial screening prior to participation in such program (except as provided under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).

Requires all curricula and instructional materials funded under the Act to be: (1) scientifically based and age appropriate; and (2) available for parental inspection, upon request.

(Sec. 7) Includes community-based or faith-based organizations among the entities that may be designated as Head Start agencies.

Requires eligible entities, in order to be designated as Head Start agencies and receive financial assistance initially and subsequently, to establish and demonstrate they have met measurable goals for: (1) school readiness of participating children; (2) meeting performance standards; (3) educational instruction in pre-reading, pre-mathematical, and language skills; and (4) provision of health, educational, nutritional, social, and other services related to school readiness. Requires such entities to align Head Start curricula with state-developed academic content standards and the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework developed by the Secretary.

Directs the Secretary to give priority in designation of Head Start agencies to those that: (1) are receiving Head Start assistance; (2) meet or exceed certain program, financial, and education standards; (3) have no unresolved area of noncompliance and have not been deemed deficient since the most recent designation; (4) employ qualified staff and provide ongoing professional development opportunities; (5) have an independent board of directors to provide direction and actively oversee all program activities; and (6) meet other criteria relating to adequate enrollment, curricula, child development outcomes, classroom environment, partnerships with various entities, fiscal controls, state child care licensing, parental involvement, and outreach to at-risk families.

Requires the Secretary, when no entity in a community has priority, to conduct an open competition among qualified applicants in such community. Directs the Secretary, in selecting from among qualified applicants for designation, to consider the effectiveness of each applicant to provide Head Start services, based on specified factors.

(Sec. 8) Revises the additional educational performance standards included as program quality standards, and performance measures for program monitoring.

Requires Head Start agencies to establish procedures for evaluating and correcting their delegate agencies, including procedures for defunding and for appealing defunding decisions.

Requires Head Start agencies to report to the Secretary on enrollment in their Head Start programs. Directs the Secretary to review such reports and develop plans to reduce or eliminate under-enrollment in the case of any agency operating a program with an enrollment that is less than 95 percent of its funded enrollment. Provides for recapture, reduction, or withholding of a portion of an agency's base grant in cases of programs with chronic under-enrollment.

(Sec. 9) Revises requirements for local Head Start agencies, including designation qualifications, coordination and collaboration, and assessment. Requires each agency to establish an independent board of directors. Requires each agency to enroll 100% of its funded enrollment, and to maintain an active waiting list and outreach to the community and underserved populations.

(Sec. 10) Requires local and state integration of early childhood education through: (1) Head Start agency partnerships with local educational agencies and state-funded preschool and other early childhood programs; (2) early learning collaboration grants for State Early Learning Councils; and (3) a State Director for Head Start Collaboration.

(Sec. 11) Requires Head Start alignment with K-12 education to ensure effective transition through: (1) continuity of developmentally appropriate curricula between Head Start and local educational agencies; (2) joint training, including transition-related training for school staff and Head Start staff; (3) family outreach and support, and continuity in parental involvement; (4) linking of the services provided; (5) increased program participation of underserved populations of eligible children; and (6) alignment of Head Start curricula with state early learning standards and the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework.

(Sec. 12) Requires Head Start agencies to publish and make available to the public annual reports that disclose specified financial and other program information.

(Sec. 13) Limits to ten percent of total enrollment the permissible participation of children in the area served who would benefit from Head Start programs, including children referred by child welfare agencies, but whose families do not meet prescribed low-income criteria.

Exempts military housing from being counted as family income in determining a child's eligibility to enroll in a Head Start program.

(Sec. 14) Revises requirements for Early Head Start programs for families with infants and toddlers.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that, by September 30, 2008, all teachers providing direct services to children and families in programs in Early Head Start centers have a minimum of a child development associate credential or an associate degree, and have been trained or have equivalent course work in early childhood development. Requires professional development to increase program participation for underserved populations of eligible children.

Provides for Early Head Start: (1) services to parents, including training in parenting skills and in basic child development; (2) coordination with home-based services; and (3) linkages with agencies and early intervention providers under the Individuals with Disabilities Act and with agencies under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.

Includes among eligible providers of Early Head Start services: (1) migrant and seasonal Head Start programs; and (2) community- and faith-based organizations.

(Sec. 15) Requires Head Start agencies to obtain written parental consent before administration of any nonemergency intrusive physical examination of a child in connection with participation in a Head Start program.

(Sec. 16) Prohibits use of Head Start funds to reimburse any Head Start financial assistance recipient for legal fees and other costs incurred in pursuing appeals of terminations, reductions, or suspensions of such assistance or of certain denials of applications for noncompeting continuation awards.

(Sec. 17) Requires Head Start agencies to undergo independent annual audits.

(Sec. 18) Revises training and technical assistance provisions.

Includes technical assistance for: (1) increasing program participation of homeless children; and (2) outreach and services to children with limited English proficiency and their families.

Includes community- and faith-based organizations among entities eligible for grants to train Head Start personnel in using performing and visual arts and interactive electronic media programs to enhance children's learning experiences.

Revises requirements for supporting an organization that administers a centralized child development and national assessment program leading to recognized credentials. Includes among such requirements training for personnel providing services to children who are: (1) abused or neglected; or (2) referred by or receiving child welfare services.

Directs the Secretary to provide funds to train Head Start personnel in addressing the unique needs of migrant and seasonal working families, families with a limited English proficiency, and homeless families.

Requires more than 50% of training and technical assistance funds expenditures to be used to provide classroom-focused training and technical assistance. Requires such funds to be used for activities related to: (1) education and early childhood development; (2) child health, nutrition, and safety; (3) family and community partnerships; or (4) other areas affecting the quality or effectiveness of Head Start programs.

(Sec. 19) Revises requirements for staff qualifications and development. Directs the Secretary to ensure that, by September 30, 2011, at least 50 percent of all Head Start teachers nationwide in center-based programs have a baccalaureate or advanced degree: (1) in early childhood education; or (2) in a field related to early childhood education, with experience in teaching preschool children. Requires all new Head Start teachers to have at least an associate degree or be enrolled in a program working towards that degree within three years of enactment of this Act.

Requires Head Start teachers who have received financial assistance under the Act to teach in a Head Start Center for an amount of time equal to the time period in which they received financial assistance.

Directs every Head Start agency and program to create professional development plans for all full-time employees who provide direct services to children.

(Sec. 20) Revises requirements for research, demonstrations, and evaluation.

Requires the use of Head Start programs to develop, test, and disseminate new ideas and approaches for addressing the needs of low-income abused or neglected children and their families and communities.

Repeals the mandate for a study comparing the educational achievement, social adaptation, and health status of children participating in Head Start programs with that of eligible children who do not participate.

Directs the Secretary to use certain funds to contract with the National Academy of Sciences for the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Research Council to establish an independent panel of experts to: (1) review and synthesize research, theory, and applications in the social, behavioral, and biological sciences; and (2) make recommendations on early childhood pedagogy with regard to specified issues.

Directs the Secretary to study the status of children with limited English proficiency and their families in Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

(Sec. 21) Includes homeless children among those Head Start participants whose status the Secretary reports on biennially.

Requires the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on the status of the National Reporting System.

(Sec. 22) Limits the rate of federal funding for compensation in excess of the level II rate of the Executive Schedule to any individual employed by a Head Start agency.

(Sec. 23) Prohibits use of Head Start funds: (1) for publicity or propaganda purposes unauthorized by Congress; or (2) unless authorized by federal law, to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution unless such story includes a clear notification that it was prepared or funded by the Department of HHS.

]]> 36 2005-09-22 Passed House amended 2005-10-11T19:42:43Z School Readiness Act of 2005 - Amends the Head Start Act to revise and reauthorize Head Start programs.

(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide financial assistance to Head Start agencies for five-year periods.

(Sec. 5) Extends the authorization of appropriations for Head Start programs through FY2011.

(Sec. 6) Sets forth allotment provisions, as well as limitations on and authorized uses of Head Start funds. Reserves specified portions of Head Start funds for Indian, migrant and seasonal, training and technical assistance, and Early Head Start programs.

Revises authorized uses of quality improvement funds to include outreach to homeless families, migrant and seasonal farmworker families, and families with children with a limited English proficiency.

Directs the Secretary (who is currently authorized) to award collaboration grants for Head Start and other related-agencies within states.

Includes models that leverage existing capacities and capabilities of the delivery system of early childhood education and child care among locally designed or specialized service delivery models for Head Start programs.

Requires the Secretary, in allotting funds for expansion of Head Start programs, to consider the extent that an applicant: (1) has involved providers of family support services and protective services for children and families in community-wide strategic planning and needs assessments (among other entities); and (2) plans to coordinate its services with a community liaison designated under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001 (homeless education liaison), as well as (under current law) with the education services of the local educational agency (LEA).

Directs the Secretary to require Head Start agencies to: (1) implement policies and procedures to ensure that eligible homeless children are identified and prioritized for enrollment; (2) allow homeless families to apply to, enroll in, and attend Head Start programs while required documents, such as proof of residency, immunization and other medical records, birth certificates and other documents, are obtained within a reasonable time frame; and (3) coordinate individual Head Start centers and programs with efforts to implement homeless children education programs under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

Declares that nothing in the Act shall be construed to require: (1) a state to establish a program of early education for children; or (2) require any child to participate in a program of early education, attend school, or participate in any initial screening prior to participation in such program (except as provided under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).

Requires all curricula and instructional materials funded under the Act to be: (1) scientifically based and age appropriate; and (2) available for parental inspection, upon request.

(Sec. 7) Includes community-based or faith-based organizations among the entities that may be designated as Head Start agencies.

Requires eligible entities, in order to be designated as Head Start agencies and receive financial assistance initially and subsequently, to establish and demonstrate they have met measurable goals for: (1) school readiness of participating children; (2) meeting performance standards; (3) educational instruction in prereading, pre-mathematical, and language skills; and (4) provision of health, educational, nutritional, social, and other services related to school readiness. Requires such entities to align Head Start curricula with state-developed academic content standards and the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework developed by the Secretary.

Directs the Secretary to give priority in designation of Head Start agencies to those that: (1) are receiving Head Start assistance; (2) meet or exceed certain program, financial, and education standards; (3) have no unresolved area of noncompliance and have not been deemed deficient since the most recent designation; (4) employ qualified staff and provide ongoing professional development opportunities; (5) have an independent board of directors to provide direction and actively oversee all program activities; and (6) meet other criteria relating to adequate enrollment, curricula, child development outcomes, classroom environment, partnerships with various entities, fiscal controls, state child care licensing, parental involvement, and outreach to at-risk families.

Requires the Secretary, when no entity in a community has priority, to conduct an open competition among qualified applicants in such community. Directs the Secretary, in selecting from among qualified applicants for designation, to consider the effectiveness of each applicant to provide Head Start services, based on specified factors.

(Sec. 8) Revises the additional educational performance standards included as program quality standards, and performance measures for program monitoring.

Requires Head Start agencies to establish procedures for evaluating and correcting their delegate agencies, including procedures for defunding and for appealing defunding decisions.

Requires Head Start agencies to report to the Secretary on enrollment in their Head Start programs. Directs the Secretary to review such reports and develop plans to reduce or eliminate underenrollment in the case of any agency operating a program with an enrollment that is less than 95% of its funded enrollment. Provides for recapture, reduction, or withholding of a portion of an agency's base grant in cases of programs with chronic underenrollment.

(Sec. 9) Revises requirements for local Head Start agencies, including designation qualifications, coordination and collaboration, and assessment. Requires each agency to establish an independent board of directors. Requires each agency to enroll 100% of its funded enrollment, and to maintain an active waiting list and outreach to the community and underserved populations.

Allows Head Start agencies to develop or maintain partnerships with institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations that recruit, train, place, and support college students to serve as mentors and reading coaches to preschool children in Head Start programs.

(Sec. 10) Requires Head Start alignment with K-12 education to ensure effective transition through: (1) continuity of developmentally appropriate curricula between Head Start and local educational agencies; (2) joint training, including transition-related training for school staff and Head Start staff; (3) family outreach and support, and continuity in parental involvement; (4) linking of the services provided; (5) increased program participation of underserved populations of eligible children; and (6) alignment of Head Start curricula with state early learning standards and the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework.

(Sec. 11) Requires local and state integration of early childhood education through: (1) Head Start agency partnerships with local educational agencies and state-funded preschool and other early childhood programs; (2) early learning collaboration grants for State Early Learning Councils; and (3) a State Director for Head Start Collaboration.

(Sec. 12) Requires Head Start agencies to publish and make available to the public annual reports that disclose specified financial and other program information.

(Sec. 13) Limits to 10% of total enrollment the permissible participation of children in the area served who would benefit from Head Start programs, including children referred by child welfare agencies, but whose families do not meet prescribed low-income criteria.

Exempts military housing from being counted as family income in determining a child's eligibility to enroll in a Head Start program.

(Sec. 14) Revises requirements for Early Head Start programs for families with infants and toddlers.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that, by September 30, 2008, all teachers providing direct services to children and families in programs in Early Head Start centers have a minimum of a child development associate credential or an associate degree, and have been trained or have equivalent course work in early childhood development. Requires professional development to increase program participation for underserved populations of eligible children.

Provides for Early Head Start: (1) services to parents, including training in parenting skills and in basic child development; (2) coordination with home-based services; and (3) linkages with agencies and early intervention providers under the Individuals with Disabilities Act and with agencies under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.

Includes among eligible providers of Early Head Start services: (1) migrant and seasonal Head Start programs; and (2) community- and faith-based organizations.

(Sec. 15) Requires Head Start agencies to obtain informed written parental consent before administration of any health care service, including any screening or any nonemergency intrusive physical examination of a child, in connection with participation in a Head Start program.

(Sec. 16) Prohibits use of Head Start funds to reimburse any Head Start financial assistance recipient for legal fees and other costs incurred in pursuing appeals of terminations, reductions, or suspensions of such assistance or of certain denials of applications for noncompeting continuation awards.

(Sec. 17) Requires Head Start agencies to undergo independent annual audits, within 270 days after the end of each fiscal year, which comply with requirements of the Single Audit Act.

(Sec. 18) Revises training and technical assistance requirements.

Includes technical assistance for: (1) increasing program participation of homeless children; and (2) outreach and services to children with limited English proficiency and their families.

Includes community- and faith-based organizations among entities eligible for grants to train Head Start personnel in using performing and visual arts and interactive electronic media programs to enhance children's learning experiences.

Revises requirements for supporting an organization that administers a centralized child development and national assessment program leading to recognized credentials. Includes among such requirements training for personnel providing services to children who are: (1) abused or neglected; or (2) referred by or receiving child welfare services.

Directs the Secretary to provide funds to train Head Start personnel in addressing the unique needs of migrant and seasonal working families, families with a limited English proficiency, homeless families, and families with children with disabilities.

Requires the use of more than 50% of training and technical assistance funds expenditures to provide classroom-focused training and technical assistance. Requires such funds to be used for activities related to: (1) education and early childhood development; (2) child health, nutrition, and safety; (3) family and community partnerships; or (4) other areas affecting the quality or effectiveness of Head Start programs.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement an outreach program to train and recruit African-American and Latino-American men to become Head Start teachers; and (2) collaborate with specified officials and entities to ensure Head Start program access for children of migrant and seasonal families and for American Indian and Alaska Native children.

(Sec. 19) Revises requirements for staff qualifications and development. Directs the Secretary to ensure that, by September 30, 2011, at least 50% of all Head Start teachers nationwide in center-based programs have a baccalaureate or advanced degree: (1) in early childhood education; or (2) in a field related to early childhood education, with experience in teaching preschool children. Requires all new Head Start teachers to have at least an associate degree or be enrolled in a program working towards that degree within three years of enactment of this Act.

Requires Head Start teachers who have received financial assistance under the Act to teach in a Head Start Center for an amount of time equal to the time period in which they received financial assistance.

Directs every Head Start agency and program to create professional development plans for all full-time employees who provide direct services to children.

(Sec. 20) Revises requirements for research, demonstrations, and evaluation.

Requires the use of Head Start programs to develop, test, and disseminate new ideas and approaches for addressing the needs of low-income abused or neglected children and their families and communities.

Repeals the mandate for a study comparing the educational achievement, social adaptation, and health status of children participating in Head Start programs with that of eligible but non-participating children.

Directs the Secretary to use certain funds to contract with the National Academy of Sciences for the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Research Council to establish an independent panel of experts to: (1) review and synthesize research, theory, and applications in the social, behavioral, and biological sciences; and (2) make recommendations on early childhood pedagogy with regard to specified issues.

Directs the Secretary to study the status of children with limited English proficiency and their families in Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) temporarily suspend implementation of the National Reporting System pending completion of the panel's recommendations; and (2) integrate such recommendations to develop a national assessment system.

(Sec. 21) Includes homeless children among those Head Start participants whose status the Secretary reports on biennially.

Requires the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on the status of the National Reporting System.

(Sec. 22) Limits the rate of federal funding for compensation in excess of the level II rate of the Executive Schedule to any individual employed by a Head Start agency.

(Sec. 23) Prohibits use of Head Start funds: (1) for publicity or propaganda purposes unauthorized by Congress; or (2) unless authorized by federal law, to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution unless such story includes a clear notification that it was prepared or funded by the Department of HHS.

(Sec. 26) Directs the Secretary to contract with an intermediary organization for a management reform initiative to evaluate: (1) HHS's monitoring of Head Start grantees, overseeing the Head Start Bureau, and managing specified program aspects, including resource allocation and selection of Head Start agencies; and (2) best practice Head Start models, early warning systems to identify programs that need intervention, and processes to assist such programs in implementing necessary improvements.

(Sec. 27) Allots a specified minimum amount in FY2006-FY2007 for such management initiative reform activities.

(Sec. 28) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on Head Start teacher retention levels, within one year after implementation of Head Start teacher qualifications and development requirements of this Act.

(Sec. 29) Includes consideration of the needs of homeless children, children in foster care, and children referred by child welfare agencies, under specified requirements for Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

(Sec. 30) Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance, guidance, and resources, to assist in providing Head Start services to children affected by Hurricane Katrina, to Head Start agencies that: (1) are in Hurricane Katrina-disaster areas; or (2) receive a significant number of such children from such areas.

Provides that the Secretary, for the period up to March 31, 2006, and so far as the Secretary considers appropriate: (1) may waive Head Start Act requirements limiting the federal share of funding; and (2) shall waive documentation requirements for affected children who participate in Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

(Sec. 31) Exempts religious corporations, associations, educational institutions, and societies from certain Head Start program nondiscrimination requirements, with respect to employment of individuals of a particular religion.

]]> School Readiness Act of 2005 Display Title School Readiness Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced School Readiness Act of 2005 Short Titles as Reported to House School Readiness Act of 2005 H House Short Titles as Introduced Independent Restaurant Appreciation Act Popular Titles Head Start bill 9 Library of Congress Official Title as Introduced To reauthorize the Head Start Act to improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children, and for other purposes. Short Titles as Passed House School Readiness Act of 2005 H House 574 109 HAMDT Amendment exempts religious corporations, associations, educational institutions, or societies from certain nondiscrimination provisions of the bill. An amendment numbered 12 printed in House Report 109-229 to provide hiring protections for faith-based Head Start providers. This language is the same as the language from H.R. 2210 as passed by the House in the 108th Congress. 2022-02-03T05:36:09Z 2005-09-22 On agreeing to the Boehner amendment (A012) Agreed to by recorded vote: 220 - 196 (Roll no. 492). 16:27:42 Roll no. 492 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll492.xml B000589 Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] JOHN BOEHNER R OH A. 8 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 109 HR House H 2123 School Readiness Act of 2005 2023-01-13T04:48:01Z H.R. 2210 https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/2210 House Report 109-229 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/109th-congress/house-report/229 8 2005-09-22 16:27:42 On agreeing to the Boehner amendment (A012) Agreed to by recorded vote: 220 - 196 (Roll no. 492). Floor H32111 2 House floor actions 492 House 109 2005-09-22T20:27:42Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll492.xml 2005-09-22 14:41:51 Amendment (A012) offered by Mr. Boehner. (consideration: CR H8314-8320, H8323; text: CR H8314) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:41:51 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A012) offered by Mr. Boehner.(consideration: CR H8314-8320, H8323; text: CR H8314) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 16:27:42 Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole NotUsed 76000 9 Library of Congress 492 House 109 2005-09-22T20:27:42Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll492.xml 2005-09-22 16:27:42 House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Boehner amendment (A012) Agreed to by recorded vote: 220 - 196 (Roll no. 492). Floor 72000 9 Library of Congress 492 House 109 2005-09-22T20:27:42Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll492.xml 2005-09-22 16:27:42 Roll call votes on amendments in House Floor 75000 9 Library of Congress 492 House 109 2005-09-22T20:27:42Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll492.xml 2005-09-22 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress 573 109 HAMDT Amendment allows families displaced because of Hurricane Katrina to enroll their children under the age of 5 in Head Start. An amendment numbered 11 printed in House Report 109-229 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assist Head Start programs in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Requires the Secretary to provide additional technical assistance, guidance, and resources to Head Start agencies in affected areas, waives documentation requirements for six months, and provides the Secretary with waiver authority to exempt programs from providing their local match. 2022-02-03T05:36:09Z 2005-09-22 On agreeing to the Woolsey amendment (A011) Agreed to by voice vote. 14:41:36 W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 109 HR House H 2123 School Readiness Act of 2005 2023-01-13T04:48:01Z House Report 109-229 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/109th-congress/house-report/229 7 2005-09-22 14:41:36 On agreeing to the Woolsey amendment (A011) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor H32111 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:37:08 Amendment (A011) offered by Ms. Woolsey. (consideration: CR H8313-8314; text: CR H8313) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:37:08 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A011) offered by Ms. Woolsey.(consideration: CR H8313-8314; text: CR H8313) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 14:41:36 Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole NotUsed 76000 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 14:41:36 House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Woolsey amendment (A011) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor 72000 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress 572 109 HAMDT Amendment sought to allow for-profit Head Start providers under certain conditions to retain a portion of administrative savings. An amendment numbered 10 printed in House Report 109-229 to allow for profit providers of Head Start services to take profit from 15% administrative account. 2022-02-03T05:36:09Z 2005-09-22 On agreeing to the Musgrave amendment (A010) Failed by recorded vote: 175 - 241 (Roll no. 491). 16:20:02 Roll no. 491 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll491.xml M001152 Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4] Marilyn Musgrave R CO N. 4 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 109 HR House H 2123 School Readiness Act of 2005 2023-01-13T04:48:01Z House Report 109-229 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/109th-congress/house-report/229 8 2005-09-22 16:20:02 On agreeing to the Musgrave amendment (A010) Failed by recorded vote: 175 - 241 (Roll no. 491). Floor H32111 2 House floor actions 491 House 109 2005-09-22T20:20:02Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll491.xml 2005-09-22 14:26:52 Amendment (A010) offered by Mrs. Musgrave. (consideration: CR H8312-8313, H8322; text: CR H8312) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:26:52 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A010) offered by Mrs. Musgrave.(consideration: CR H8312-8313, H8322; text: CR H8312) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 16:20:02 Roll call votes on amendments in House Floor 75000 9 Library of Congress 491 House 109 2005-09-22T20:20:02Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll491.xml 2005-09-22 16:20:02 Amendment failed in Committee of the Whole NotUsed 77000 9 Library of Congress 491 House 109 2005-09-22T20:20:02Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll491.xml 2005-09-22 16:20:02 House amendment not agreed to: On agreeing to the Musgrave amendment (A010) Failed by recorded vote: 175 - 241 (Roll no. 491). Floor 73000 9 Library of Congress 491 House 109 2005-09-22T20:20:02Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll491.xml 2005-09-22 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress 571 109 HAMDT Amendment encourages Head Start grantees to reduce barriers by directing them to increase their outreach to homeless and foster children. An amendment numbered 9 printed in House Report 109-229 to encourage Head Start grantees to reduce barriers by directing them to increase their outreach to homeless and foster children. Encourages coordination between Head Start grantees and community service providers and homeless and foster children. Increases coordination for these populations as they transition out of Head Start to elementary school and increase reporting requirements. Allows homeless children and foster children to be automatically eligible for Head Start. 2022-02-03T05:36:09Z 2005-09-22 On agreeing to the Millender-McDonald amendment (A009) Agreed to by voice vote. 14:26:31 M000714 Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD D CA M. 37 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 109 HR House H 2123 School Readiness Act of 2005 2023-01-13T04:48:01Z House Report 109-229 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/109th-congress/house-report/229 7 2005-09-22 14:26:31 On agreeing to the Millender-McDonald amendment (A009) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor H32111 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:18:57 Amendment (A009) offered by Ms. Millender-McDonald. (consideration: CR H8311-8312; text: CR H8311) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:18:57 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A009) offered by Ms. Millender-McDonald.(consideration: CR H8311-8312; text: CR H8311) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 14:26:31 House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Millender-McDonald amendment (A009) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor 72000 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 14:26:31 Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole NotUsed 76000 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress 570 109 HAMDT At the end of the bill, add the following new section: \ SEC. __. TEACHER RETENTION REPORT. \ Not later than one year after implementation of the Head Start teacher qualifications and development under amendments made by this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report on Head Start teacher retention levels. An amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 109-229 to initiate a study to assess the impact of new Head Start teacher qualification and development regulations upon teacher retention. 2022-02-03T05:36:09Z 2005-09-22 On agreeing to the Filner amendment (A008) Agreed to by voice vote. 14:17:53 F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 109 HR House H 2123 School Readiness Act of 2005 2023-01-13T04:48:01Z House Report 109-229 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/109th-congress/house-report/229 7 2005-09-22 14:17:53 On agreeing to the Filner amendment (A008) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor H32111 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:09:54 Amendment (A008) offered by Mr. Filner. (consideration: CR H8310-8311; text: CR H8310) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 14:09:54 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A008) offered by Mr. Filner.(consideration: CR H8310-8311; text: CR H8310) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 14:17:53 Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole NotUsed 76000 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 14:17:53 House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Filner amendment (A008) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor 72000 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress 569 109 HAMDT Amendment requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to undertake a management reform initiative. An amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 109-229 to direct the Secretary of HHS to undergo a management reform initiative. Requires HHS to utilize an outside management consulting firm to recommend and support the implementation of internal reforms to improve the Head Start Bureau's operational effectiveness. 2022-02-03T05:36:09Z 2005-09-22 On agreeing to the Mica amendment (A007) Agreed to by voice vote. 14:09:42 M000689 Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] JOHN MICA R FL L. 7 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 109 HR House H 2123 School Readiness Act of 2005 2023-01-13T04:48:01Z House Report 109-229 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/109th-congress/house-report/229 7 2005-09-22 14:09:42 On agreeing to the Mica amendment (A007) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor H32111 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:59:43 Amendment (A007) offered by Mr. Mica. (consideration: CR H8308-8310; text: CR H8308) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:59:43 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A007) offered by Mr. Mica.(consideration: CR H8308-8310; text: CR H8308) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 14:09:42 House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Mica amendment (A007) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor 72000 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 14:09:42 Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole NotUsed 76000 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress 568 109 HAMDT Amendment suspends further implementation of the National Reporting System while the National Academy of Sciences conducts a review and provides guidance on appropriate measurements, standards and assessments to be used with children. An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 109-229 to suspend further implementation of the National Reporting System while the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) conducts a review and provides guidance on appropriate child outcomes and assessments for young children, as authorized in H.R. 2123. 2022-02-03T05:36:09Z 2005-09-22 On agreeing to the Kind amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote. 13:59:31 K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 109 HR House H 2123 School Readiness Act of 2005 2023-01-13T04:48:01Z H.R. 2123 https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/2123 House Report 109-229 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/109th-congress/house-report/229 7 2005-09-22 13:59:31 On agreeing to the Kind amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor H32111 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:50:39 Amendment (A006) offered by Mr. Kind. (consideration: CR H8307-8308; text: CR H8307) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:50:39 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A006) offered by Mr. Kind.(consideration: CR H8307-8308; text: CR H8307) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 13:59:31 Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole NotUsed 76000 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 13:59:31 House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Kind amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor 72000 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress 567 109 HAMDT Page 110, after line 19, insert the following new subsection (and redesignate subsequent subsections proposed to be added by the relevant provision accordingly): \ "(h) The Secretary shall develop and implement an outreach program to train and recruit African-American and Latino-American men to become Head Start teachers in order to increase the provision of quality services and instruction to children with diverse backgrounds.". An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 109-229 to direct the Secretary to implement an outreach program to train and recruit African-American and Latino-American men to become Head Start teachers in order to increase the provision of quality services and instructions to children with diverse backgrounds. 2022-02-03T05:36:09Z 2005-09-22 On agreeing to the Davis (IL) amendment (A005) Agreed to by recorded vote: 401 - 14 (Roll no. 490). 16:11:25 Roll no. 490 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll490.xml D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 109 HR House H 2123 School Readiness Act of 2005 2023-01-13T04:48:01Z House Report 109-229 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/109th-congress/house-report/229 8 2005-09-22 16:11:25 On agreeing to the Davis (IL) amendment (A005) Agreed to by recorded vote: 401 - 14 (Roll no. 490). Floor H32111 2 House floor actions 490 House 109 2005-09-22T20:11:25Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll490.xml 2005-09-22 13:43:37 Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. Davis (IL). (consideration: CR H8306-8307, H8321-8322; text: CR H8306) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:43:37 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. Davis (IL).(consideration: CR H8306-8307, H8321-8322; text: CR H8306) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 16:11:25 House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Davis (IL) amendment (A005) Agreed to by recorded vote: 401 - 14 (Roll no. 490). Floor 72000 9 Library of Congress 490 House 109 2005-09-22T20:11:25Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll490.xml 2005-09-22 16:11:25 Roll call votes on amendments in House Floor 75000 9 Library of Congress 490 House 109 2005-09-22T20:11:25Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll490.xml 2005-09-22 16:11:25 Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole NotUsed 76000 9 Library of Congress 490 House 109 2005-09-22T20:11:25Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll490.xml 2005-09-22 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress 566 109 HAMDT Amendment requires that Head Start employees be offered courses which include training to support families with children with disabilities. An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 109-229 to include in section 18, "Children with Disabilities," in the list of areas for training to be provided by the Secretary of Education. 2022-02-03T05:36:09Z 2005-09-22 On agreeing to the Stearns amendment (A004) Agreed to by recorded vote: 411 - 0 (Roll no. 489). 16:03:41 Roll no. 489 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll489.xml S000822 Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] CLIFF STEARNS R FL 6 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 109 HR House H 2123 School Readiness Act of 2005 2023-01-13T04:48:01Z House Report 109-229 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/109th-congress/house-report/229 8 2005-09-22 16:03:41 On agreeing to the Stearns amendment (A004) Agreed to by recorded vote: 411 - 0 (Roll no. 489). Floor H32111 2 House floor actions 489 House 109 2005-09-22T20:03:41Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll489.xml 2005-09-22 13:35:44 Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. Stearns. (consideration: CR H8305-8306, H8321; text: CR H8305) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:35:44 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. Stearns.(consideration: CR H8305-8306, H8321; text: CR H8305) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 16:03:41 Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole NotUsed 76000 9 Library of Congress 489 House 109 2005-09-22T20:03:41Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll489.xml 2005-09-22 16:03:41 Roll call votes on amendments in House Floor 75000 9 Library of Congress 489 House 109 2005-09-22T20:03:41Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll489.xml 2005-09-22 16:03:41 House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Stearns amendment (A004) Agreed to by recorded vote: 411 - 0 (Roll no. 489). Floor 72000 9 Library of Congress 489 House 109 2005-09-22T20:03:41Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll489.xml 2005-09-22 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress 565 109 HAMDT Page 87, line 4, strike the close quotation marks and the period at the end. \ Page 87, after line 4, insert the following: \ "(11) Head Start agencies may develop or maintain partnerships with institutions of higher education and non-profit organizations that recruit, train, place, and support college students to serve as mentors and reading coaches to preschool children in Head Start programs.". An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 109-229 to allow Head Start centers to develop or maintain partnerships with institutions of higher education and non-profit organizations to support college students that serve as mentors and reading coaches to preschool children. 2022-02-03T05:36:09Z 2005-09-22 On agreeing to the DeLauro amendment (A003) Agreed to by voice vote. 13:35:35 D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 109 HR House H 2123 School Readiness Act of 2005 2023-01-13T04:48:01Z House Report 109-229 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/109th-congress/house-report/229 7 2005-09-22 13:35:35 On agreeing to the DeLauro amendment (A003) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor H32111 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:27:11 Amendment (A003) offered by Ms. DeLauro. (consideration: CR H8304-8305; text: CR H8304) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:27:11 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A003) offered by Ms. DeLauro.(consideration: CR H8304-8305; text: CR H8304) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 13:35:35 Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole NotUsed 76000 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 13:35:35 House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the DeLauro amendment (A003) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor 72000 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress 564 109 HAMDT Amendment sought to restore the current joint governance structure of the Head Start program by allowing the policy council to approve or disapprove most program planning and operation activities along with the board of directors. An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 109-229 to restore the current joint governance structure of the Head Start program by allowing the policy councils (which are composed of 51 percent current Head Start parents and 49 percent community representatives) to approve or disapprove most program planning and operation activities along with the board of directors. In the event of an impasse, the board and policy council would enter into a mediation process with a third party - as under current regulations. Gives the board the discretionary authority to act unilaterally without policy council approval in all cases involving serious fiscal management, fraud or criminal activity. 2022-02-03T05:36:09Z 2005-09-22 On agreeing to the Souder amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 153 - 266 (Roll no. 488). 15:56:39 Roll no. 488 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll488.xml S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 109 HR House H 2123 School Readiness Act of 2005 2023-01-13T04:48:01Z House Report 109-229 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/109th-congress/house-report/229 8 2005-09-22 15:56:39 On agreeing to the Souder amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 153 - 266 (Roll no. 488). Floor H32111 2 House floor actions 488 House 109 2005-09-22T19:56:39Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll488.xml 2005-09-22 13:16:09 Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. Souder. (consideration: CR H8301-8304, H8320-8321; text: CR H8301) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:16:09 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. Souder.(consideration: CR H8301-8304, H8320-8321; text: CR H8301) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 15:56:39 House amendment not agreed to: On agreeing to the Souder amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 153 - 266 (Roll no. 488). Floor 73000 9 Library of Congress 488 House 109 2005-09-22T19:56:39Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll488.xml 2005-09-22 15:56:39 Roll call votes on amendments in House Floor 75000 9 Library of Congress 488 House 109 2005-09-22T19:56:39Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll488.xml 2005-09-22 15:56:39 Amendment failed in Committee of the Whole NotUsed 77000 9 Library of Congress 488 House 109 2005-09-22T19:56:39Z 1 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll488.xml 2005-09-22 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress 563 109 HAMDT Amendment revises the financial audit language to ensure that financial audit requirements for Head Start programs are consistent with those required under the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1986; clarifies that any health service available to children in Head Start may not be performed without the prior written consent of the parent; and includes a number of technical and conforming changes to the bill. An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 109-229 to revise the financial audit language in Section 17 to ensure that financial audit requirements for Head Start programs are consistent with those required under the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1986. Specifically extends to 270 days the time frame for completing program audits; clarifiesthat, upon the availability of resources, audit partners (not auditors) must be rotated every 5 years; and waives the board selection of a certified public accountant when public auditors are assigned by State law.In addition the amendment builds on parental consent requirements included in H.R. 2123 as reported, to further clarify that any health service available to children in Head Start may not be performed without the prior written consent of the parent. Health services include but are not limited to any medical, dental, developmental, mental health, social, or behavioralscreening. 2022-02-03T05:36:09Z 2005-09-22 On agreeing to the Castle amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. 13:15:56 C000243 Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] MICHAEL CASTLE R DE N. 0 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z House of Representatives 109 HR House H 2123 School Readiness Act of 2005 2023-01-13T04:48:01Z H.R. 2123 https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/2123 House Report 109-229 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/109th-congress/house-report/229 7 2005-09-22 13:15:56 On agreeing to the Castle amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor H32111 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:12:53 Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Castle. (consideration: CR H8299-8301; text: CR H8299-8300) Floor H3A100 2 House floor actions 2005-09-22 13:12:53 House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Castle.(consideration: CR H8299-8301; text: CR H8299-8300) NotUsed 71500 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 13:15:56 House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Castle amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. Floor 72000 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 13:15:56 Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole NotUsed 76000 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-22 House amendment offered Floor 71000 9 Library of Congress Placed on Calendar Senate 2005-10-25T04:00:00Z Engrossed in House 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z Reported in House 2005-06-16T04:00:00Z Introduced in House 2005-05-05T04:00:00Z 2005-10-25 Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. 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