[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2865 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2865

    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
encourage the implementation or expansion of pre-kindergarten programs 
             to include students 4 years of age or younger.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 1999

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
encourage the implementation or expansion of pre-kindergarten programs 
             to include students 4 years of age or younger.

    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 ``Universal Pre-Kindergarten and Early 
Childhood Education Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. USE OF COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER FUNDS FOR PRE-KINDERGARTEN 
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 10905 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 8245) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Grants awarded'' and inserting ``(a) In 
        General.--Grants awarded'';
            (2) by inserting after ``may be used'' the following: ``to 
        plan, implement, or expand pre-kindergarten programs described 
        in subsection (b) or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Pre-Kindergarten Programs.--A pre-kindergarten program 
described in this subsection is a program of a community learning 
center that provides pre-kindergarten curriculum and classes for 
students 4 years of age or younger and is taught by teachers who 
possess equivalent or similar qualifications to those of teachers of 
other grades in the school involved.''.
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