[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3129 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3129

To establish a program to encourage local educational agencies to work 
 with the private sector to provide care to children who are less than 
                the age of compulsory school attendance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 1998

 Mrs. Roukema introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a program to encourage local educational agencies to work 
 with the private sector to provide care to children who are less than 
                the age of compulsory school attendance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Child Care Availability Act of 
1998''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM.

    The Secretary of Education may provide a grant of sufficient size 
for a period of not more than one year to local educational agencies to 
establish a program to provide care to children who are less than the 
age of compulsory school attendance.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

    To be eligible to receive a grant under this Act, a local 
educational agency shall submit an application to the Secretary that--
            (1) demonstrates a need for child care services in the 
        jurisdiction in which it operates;
            (2) provides an assurance that not less than 50 percent of 
        the funds necessary to operate a proposed child care program 
        shall be obtained from nonpublic sources; and
            (3) provides an assurance that funds received under this 
        Act shall not be used for the purchase, construction, or 
        renovation of any building or facility.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``local educational agency'' has the same 
        meaning given such term in section 14101 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965; and
            (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
        Education.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act for each of the fiscal years 1998, 
1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
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