[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[S. 814 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 814

 To establish the Child Care Provider Retention and Development Grant 
        Program and the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2001

 Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. Corzine) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish the Child Care Provider Retention and Development Grant 
        Program and the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Focus On Committed 
and Underpaid Staff for Children's Sake Act'' or as the ``FOCUS Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Funds for child care provider retention and development grants 
                            and for child care provider scholarships.
Sec. 5. Application and plan.
Sec. 6. Allotments to States.
Sec. 7. Child Care Provider Retention and Development Grant Program.
Sec. 8. Child Care Provider Scholarship Program.
Sec. 9. Annual report.
Sec. 10. Authorization of appropriations.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Research on early brain development and early childhood 
        demonstrates that the experiences children have and the 
        attachments they form early in life have a decisive, long-
        lasting impact on their later development and learning.
            (2) High-quality, developmentally appropriate child care 
        beginning in early childhood and continuing through the years 
        that children are in school improves the scholastic success and 
        educational attainments of children that persist into 
        adulthood.
            (3) According to a growing body of research, the single 
        most important determinant of child care quality is the 
        presence of consistent, sensitive, well-trained, and well-
        compensated child care providers; however, child care programs 
        nationwide experience high turnover in teaching staff, fueled 
        by poor compensation and few opportunities for advancement.
            (4) The Department of Labor reports that in 1999 the 
        average wage for a child care provider was $7.42 per hour, or 
        $15,430 annually. For a full-time, full-year work, the wages of 
        a child care provider were not much above the 1999 poverty 
        threshold of $13,423 for a single parent with two children. 
        Family child care providers earned even less. The median wage 
        of a family child care provider in 1999 was $264 weekly, or 
        $13,728 annually.
            (5) Despite the important role child care providers may 
        play in early child development and learning, child care 
        providers earn less than bus drivers ($26,460), barbers 
        ($20,970), and janitors ($18,220).
            (6) Employer-sponsored benefits are minimal for most child 
        care staff. Even among child care centers, the availability of 
        health care coverage for staff remains woefully inadequate.
            (7) To offer compensation that would be sufficient to 
        attract and retain qualified child care staff, child care 
        programs would be required to charge fees that many parents 
        could not afford. In programs that serve low-income children 
        who qualify for Federal and State child care subsidies, the 
        reimbursement rates set by the State strongly influence the 
        level of compensation that staff receive. Current reimbursement 
        rates for center-based child care services and family child 
        care services are insufficient to recruit and retain qualified 
        child care providers and to ensure high-quality services for 
        children.
            (8) Teachers leaving the profession are replaced by staff 
        with less education and formal training in early child 
        development.
            (9) As a result of low wages and limited benefits, many 
        child care providers do not stay long in the child care field. 
        Approximately thirty percent of all teaching staff leave their 
        child care centers each year.
            (10) Child care providers, as well as the children, 
        families, and businesses that depend upon them, suffer the 
        consequences of inadequate compensation. This is true, with few 
        exceptions, for providers in all types of programs: subsidized, 
        nonsubsidized, for-profit, nonprofit, large, and small child 
        care settings.
            (11) Because of the severe shortage of qualified staff 
        available for employment by child care programs nationwide, 
        several States have recently initiated programs to improve the 
        quality of child care by increasing the training and 
        compensation of child care providers. Such programs encourage 
        the training, education and increased retention of qualified 
        child care providers by offering financial incentives, 
        including scholarships and compensation increases, that range 
        from $350 to $6,500 annually.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to establish the Child 
Care Provider Retention and Development Grant Program and the Child 
Care Provider Scholarship Program, to help children receive the high 
quality child care and early education they need for positive cognitive 
and social development, by rewarding and promoting retention of 
committed, qualified child care providers and by providing financial 
assistance to improve the educational qualifications of child care 
providers.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Child care provider.--The term ``child care provider'' 
        means an individual who provides a service directly to a child 
        on a person to person basis for compensation at--
                    (A) a center-based child care provider that is 
                licensed or regulated under State law and that 
                satisfies the State and local requirements applicable 
                to the child care services provided,
                    (B) a licensed or regulated family child care 
                provider that satisfies the State and local 
                requirements applicable to the child care services 
                provided, or
                    (C) an out-of-school time program that is licensed 
                or regulated under State law and that satisfies the 
                State and local requirements applicable to the child 
                care services provided,
            (2) Family child care provider.--The term ``family child 
        care provider'' has the meaning given such term in section 658P 
        of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
        U.S.C. 9858n).
            (3) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)).
            (4) In-kind contribution.--The term ``in-kind 
        contribution'' means payment of the cost of participation of 
        child care providers in health insurance programs or retirement 
        programs.
            (5) Lead agency.--The term ``lead agency'' means the agency 
        designated under section 658D of the Child Care and Development 
        Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b).
            (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services.
            (7) State.--The term ``State'' means any of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern 
        Mariana Islands.

            (8) Tribal organization.--The term ``tribal organization'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the Indian 
        Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.

SEC. 4. FUNDS FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDER RETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
              AND FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIPS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may allot funds appropriated to 
carry out this Act to eligible States for distribution to pay the 
Federal share of the cost of making grants under this Act to eligible 
child care providers.
    (b) Allotments.--Funds allotted under section 6 shall be 
distributed by the Secretary, and expended by the States (directly, or 
at the option of the States, through units of general purpose local 
government), and by Indian tribes and tribal organizations, in 
accordance with this Act.

SEC. 5. APPLICATION AND PLAN.

    (a) Application.--To be eligible to receive a distribution of funds 
allotted under section 6, a State shall submit to the Secretary an 
application at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require by rule and shall include in 
such application a State plan that satisfies the requirements of 
subsection (b).
    (b) Requirements of Plan.--
            (1) Lead agency.--The State plan shall identify the lead 
        agency to make grants under this Act.
            (2) Recruitment and retention of child care providers.--The 
        State plan shall describe how the lead agency will encourage 
        both the recruitment of child care providers who are new to the 
        child care field and the retention of child care providers who 
        have a demonstrated commitment to the child care field.
            (3) Notification of grant availability.--The State plan 
        shall describe how the lead agency will identify and notify all 
        eligible child care providers in the State of the availability 
        of grants under this Act.
            (4) Distribution of grants.--The State plan shall describe 
        how the lead agency will make grants under sections 7 and 8 to 
        child care providers in selected geographical areas in the 
        State in compliance with the following requirements:
                    (A) Selection of geographical areas.--For the 
                purpose of making such grants for a fiscal year, the 
                State shall select a variety of geographical areas, 
                determined by the State, that--
                            (i) includes urban areas, suburban areas, 
                        and rural areas, and
                            (ii) contains diversity of income levels,
                but shall give special consideration to geographical 
                areas selected under this subparagraph for the 
                preceding fiscal year.
                    (B) Selection of child care providers to receive 
                grants.--The State may make grants under section 7 only 
                to eligible child care providers in geographical areas 
                selected under subparagraph (A), but--
                            (i) may give special consideration in such 
                        areas to eligible grant applicants who have 
                        attained a higher relevant educational 
                        credential, who provide a specific kind of 
                        child care services, who provide child care 
                        services to populations who meet specific 
                        economic characteristics, or who meet such 
                        other criteria as the State may establish, and
                            (ii) shall give special consideration to 
                        eligible grant applicants who received a grant 
                        under such section in the preceding fiscal 
                        year.
                    (C) Limitation.--The State shall describe how the 
                State will ensure that grants made under section 7 to 
                child care providers will not be used to offset 
                reductions in the compensation of such providers.
                    (D) Reporting requirement.--With respect to each 
                particular geographical area selected, the State shall 
                agree for each fiscal year for which such State 
                receives a grant under this section--
                            (i) to include in the report required by 
                        section 9, detailed information regarding--
                                    (I) the continuity of employment of 
                                grant recipients as child care 
                                providers with the same employer,
                                    (II) with respect to each employer 
                                that employed a grant recipient, 
                                whether such employer was accredited by 
                                a recognized State or national 
                                accrediting body during the period of 
                                employment, and
                                    (III) to the extent practicable and 
                                available to the State, detailed 
                                information regarding the rate and 
                                frequency of employment turnover of 
                                qualified child care providers 
                                throughout such area,
                        during the 2-year period ending of the date of 
                        applications for grants under section 7, and
                            (ii) to provide a follow-up report, not 
                        later than 90 days after the end of the 
                        succeeding fiscal year that includes 
                        information regarding--
                                    (I) the continuity of employment of 
                                grant recipients as child care 
                                providers with the same employer,
                                    (II) with respect to each employer 
                                that employed a grant recipient, 
                                whether such employer was accredited by 
                                a recognized State or national 
                                accrediting body during the period of 
                                employment, and
                                    (III) to the extent practicable and 
                                available to the State, detailed 
                                information regarding the rate and 
                                frequency of employment turnover of 
                                qualified child care providers 
                                throughout such area,
                        during the 1-year period beginning on the date 
                        grants are made by under section 7 to 
                        applicants.
            (5) Child care provider retention and development grant 
        program.--The State plan shall describe how the lead agency 
        will determine the dollar amounts of grants made with funds 
        available to carry out section 7 in accordance with the 
        following requirements:
                    (A) The State shall demonstrate that the amounts of 
                individual grants to be made under section 7 will be 
                sufficient--
                            (i) to encourage child care providers to 
                        improve their qualifications, and
                            (ii) to retain qualified child care 
                        providers in the child care field.
                    (B) Such grants made to child care providers who 
                have a child development associate credential and who 
                are employed full-time to provide child care services 
                shall be in an amount that is not less than $1,000 per 
                year.
                    (C) The State shall make such grants in larger 
                dollar amounts to child care providers who have higher 
                levels of education than a credential such as a child 
                development associate credential, according to the 
                following requirements:
                            (i) A child care provider who has a 
                        baccalaureate degree in the area of child 
                        development or early child education shall 
                        receive a grant that is not less than twice the 
                        amount of the grant that is made to a child 
                        care provider who has an associate of the arts 
                        degree in the area of child development or 
                        early child education.
                            (ii) A child care provider who has an 
                        associate of the arts degree in the area of 
                        child development or early child education 
                        shall receive a grant that is not less than 150 
                        percent of the amount of the grant that is made 
                        to a child care provider who has a child 
                        development associate credential.
                            (iii)(I) Except as provided in subclause 
                        (II), a child care provider who has a 
                        baccalaureate degree in a field other than 
                        child development or early child education 
                        shall receive a grant equal to the grant made 
                        to a child care provider who has an associate 
                        of the arts degree in the area of child 
                        development or early child education.
                            (II) If a child care provider who has such 
                        baccalaureate degree obtains additional 
                        educational training in the area of child 
                        development or early child education, as 
                        specified by the State, such provider shall 
                        receive a grant equal to the grant required 
                        under clause (i).
                    (D) The State shall make such grants in larger 
                dollar amounts to child care providers who work full-
                time relative to the grant amount  made to child care 
providers who work part-time, based on the State definitions of full-
time and part-time work.
                    (E) The State shall provide grants in progressively 
                larger dollar amounts to child care providers to 
                reflect the number of years worked as a child care 
                provider.
            (6) Distribution of child care provider scholarships.--The 
        State plan shall describe how the lead agency will make 
        scholarship grants in compliance with section 8 and shall 
        specify the types of educational and training programs for 
        which scholarship grants made under such section may be used, 
        including only programs that--
                    (A) are administered by institutions of higher 
                education that are eligible to participate in student 
                financial assistance programs under title IV of the 
                Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), 
                and
                    (B) lead to a State or nationally recognized 
                credential in the area of child development or early 
                child education, an associate of the arts degree in the 
                area of child development or early child education, or 
                a baccalaureate degree in the area of child development 
                or early child education.
            (7) Employer contribution.--The State plan shall describe 
        how the lead agency will encourage employers of child care 
        providers to contribute to the attainment of education goals by 
        child care providers who receive grants under section 8.
            (8) Supplementation.--The State plan shall provide 
        assurances that funds received by the State to carry out 
        sections 7 and 8 will be used only to supplement, not to 
        supplant, Federal, State, and local funds otherwise available 
        to support existing services and activities that encourage 
        child care providers to improve their qualifications and that 
        promote the retention of qualified child care providers in the 
        child care field.

SEC. 6. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.

    (a) Amounts Reserved.--
            (1) Territories and possessions.--The Secretary shall 
        reserve not more than \1/2\ of 1 percent of the funds 
        appropriated to carry out this Act for any fiscal year for 
        distribution to Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 
        the Northern Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with 
        their respective needs.
            (2) Indian tribes and tribal organizations.--The Secretary 
        shall reserve not more than 3 percent of the funds appropriated 
        to carry out this Act for any fiscal year for distribution to 
        Indian tribes and tribal organizations with applications 
        approved under subsection (c).
    (b) Allotments to Remaining States.--
            (1) General authority.--From the funds appropriated to 
        carry out this Act for any fiscal year remaining after 
        reserving funds under subsection (a), the Secretary shall allot 
        to each State (excluding Guam, American Samoa, and the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) an amount equal 
        to the sum of--
                    (A) an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 
                percent of such remainder as the product of the young 
                child factor of the State and the allotment percentage 
                of the State bears to the sum of the corresponding 
                products for all States, and --
                    (B) an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 
                percent of such remainder as the product of the school 
                lunch factor of the State and the allotment percentage 
                of the State bears to the sum of the corresponding 
                products for all States. --
            (2) Young child factor.--The term ``young child factor'' 
        means the ratio of the number of children in the State under 5 
        years of age to the number of such children in all States as 
        provided by the most recent annual estimates of population in 
        the States by the Bureau of the Census.
            (3) School lunch factor.--The term ``school lunch factor'' 
        means the ratio of the number of children in the State who are 
        receiving free or reduced price lunches under the school lunch 
        program established under the National School Lunch Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) to the number of such children in all the 
        States as determined annually by the Department of Agriculture.
            (4) Allotment percentage.--
                    (A) In general.--The allotment percentage for a 
                State is determined by dividing the per capita income 
                of all individuals in the United States, by the per 
                capita income of all individuals in the State.
                    (B) Limitations.--If an allotment percentage 
                determined under subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) is more than 1.2 percent, then the 
                        allotment percentage of that State shall be 
                        considered to be 1.2 percent, and
                            (ii) is less than 0.8 percent, then the 
                        allotment percentage of the State shall be 
                        considered to be 0.8 percent. --
                    (C) Per capita income.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (A), per capita income shall be--
                            (i) determined at 2-year intervals,
                            (ii) applied for the 2-year period 
                        beginning on October 1 of the first fiscal year 
                        beginning on the date such determination is 
                        made, and
                            (iii) equal to the average of the annual 
                        per capita incomes for the most recent period 
                        of 3 consecutive years for which satisfactory 
                        data are available from the Department of 
                        Commerce at the time such determination is 
                        made.
    (c) Allotments to Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations.--
            (1) Reservation of funds.--From amounts reserved under 
        subsection (a)(2), the Secretary may make allotments to Indian 
        tribes and tribal organizations that submit applications under 
        this subsection, to plan and carry out programs and activities 
        to encourage child care providers to improve their 
        qualifications and to retain qualified child care providers in 
        the child care field.
            (2) Applications and requirements.--An application for an 
        allotment to an Indian tribe or tribal organization under this 
        section shall provide that--
                    (A) the applicant will coordinate, to the maximum 
                extent practicable, with the lead agency in each State 
                in which the applicant will carry out such programs and 
                activities, and
                    (B) will make such reports on, and conduct such 
                audits of, programs and activities under this Act as 
                the Secretary may require.
    (d) Data and Information.--The Secretary shall obtain from each 
appropriate Federal agency, the most recent data and information 
necessary to determine the allotments provided for in subsection (b).
    (e) Reallotments.--
            (1) In general.--Any portion of the allotment under 
        subsection (b) to a State for a fiscal year that the Secretary 
        determines will not be distributed to the State for such fiscal 
        year shall be reallotted by the Secretary to other States 
        proportionately based on allotments made under such subsection 
        to such States for such fiscal year.
            (2) Limitations.--
                    (A) Reduction.--The amount of any reallotment to 
                which a State is entitled to under paragraph (1) shall 
                be reduced to the extent that such amount exceeds the 
                amount that the Secretary estimates will be distributed 
                to the State to make grants under this Act.
                    (B) Reallotments.--The amount of such reduction 
                shall be reallotted proportionately based on allotments 
                made under subsection (b) to States with respect to 
                which no reduction in an allotment, or in a 
                reallotment, is required by this subsection.
            (3) Amounts reallotted.--For purposes of this Act (other 
        than this subsection and subsection (b)), any amount reallotted 
        to a State under this subsection shall be considered to be part 
        of the allotment made under subsection (b) to the State.
    (f) Cost Sharing.--
            (1) Federal share.--Allotted funds distributed by the 
        Secretary to a State for a fiscal year to carry out sections 7 
        and 8 may be used by the State to pay--
                    (A) not more than 90 percent of the cost of each 
                grant made under such sections, in the 1st fiscal year 
                for which the State receives such funds,
                    (B) not more than 85 percent of the cost of each 
                grant made under such sections, in the 2d fiscal year 
                for which the State receives such funds,
                    (C) not more than 80 percent of the cost of each 
                grant made under such sections, in the 3d fiscal year 
                for which the State receives such funds, and
                    (D) not more than 75 percent of the cost of each 
                grant made under such sections, in any subsequent 
                fiscal year for which the State receives such funds.
            (2) State share.--The non-Federal share of the cost of 
        making such grants shall be paid by the State in cash or in the 
        form of an in-kind contribution, fairly evaluated by the 
        Secretary.
    (g) Availability of Allotted Funds Distributed to States.--Of the 
allotted funds distributed under this Act to a State for a fiscal 
year--
            (1) not less than 67.5 percent shall be available to the 
        State for grants under section 7,
            (2) not less than 22.5 percent shall be available to the 
        State for grants under section 8, and
            (3) not more than 10 percent shall be available to pay 
        administrative costs incurred by the State to carry out this 
        Act.

SEC. 7. CHILD CARE PROVIDER RETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--A State that receives funds allotted under section 
6 and made available to carry out this section shall expend such funds 
to make grants to eligible child care providers in accordance with this 
section, to improve the qualifications and promote the retention of 
qualified child care providers.
    (b) Eligibility To Receive Grants.--To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, a child care provider shall--
            (1) have a child development associate credential or 
        equivalent, an associate of the arts degree in the area of 
        child development or early child education, a baccalaureate 
        degree in the area of child development or early child 
        education, or a baccalaureate degree in an unrelated field, and
            (2) be employed as a child care provider for not less than 
        1 calendar year, or the program equivalent of 1 calendar year 
        if then employed in a child care program that operates for less 
        than a full calendar year, ending on the date of the 
        application for such grant, except that not more than 3 months 
        of education related to child development or to early child 
        education obtained during a calendar year may be treated as 
        employment that satisfies the requirements of this paragraph.
    (c) Preservation of Eligibility.--The receipt of a grant under 
section 8 by a child care provider shall not be taken into 
consideration for purposes of selecting eligible applicants to receive 
a grant under this section.

SEC. 8. CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--A State that receives funds allotted under section 
6 and made available to carry out this section shall expend such funds 
to make scholarship grants to eligible child care providers in 
accordance with this section to improve their educational 
qualifications to provide child care services.
    (b) Eligibility Requirement for Scholarship Grants.--As a condition 
of eligibility to receive a scholarship grant under this section, a 
child care provider shall be employed as a child care provider for not 
less than 1 calendar year, or the program equivalent of 1 calendar year 
if then employed in a child care program that operates for less than a 
full calendar year ending on the date of the application for such 
grant.
    (c) Selection of Grantees.--For purposes of selecting child care 
providers to receive scholarship grants under this section and 
determining the dollar amounts of such grants, a State may not--
            (1) take into consideration whether a grant applicant is 
        receiving, will receive, or has applied to receive any funds 
        under any other provision of this Act, or under any other 
        Federal or State law that provides funds for educational 
        purposes, or
            (2) consider as resources of such applicant any funds such 
        applicant is receiving, may receive, or may be eligible to 
        receive under any other provision of this Act, under any other 
        Federal or State law that provides funds for educational 
        purposes, or from a private entity.
    (d) Cost Sharing Required.--The dollar amount of a scholarship 
grant made under this section to a child care provider shall be less 
than the cost of the education for which such grant is made.
    (e) Annual Maximum Scholarship Grant Amount.--The maximum aggregate 
dollar amount of a scholarship grant made to an eligible child care 
provider under this section in a fiscal year may not exceed $1,500.

SEC. 9. ANNUAL REPORT.

    A State that receives funds appropriated to carry out this Act for 
a fiscal year shall submit to the Secretary, not later than 90 days 
after the end of such fiscal year, a report--
            (1) specifying the uses for which the State expended such 
        funds, and the aggregate amount of funds (including State 
        funds) expended for each of such uses,
            (2) containing available data relating to grants made with 
        such funds, including--
                    (A) the number of child care providers who received 
                such grants,
                    (B) the dollar amounts of such grants,
                    (C) any other information that describes or 
                evaluates the effectiveness of this Act,
                    (D) the particular geographical areas selected 
                under section 5 for the purpose of making such grants,
                    (E) with respect to grants made under section 7--
                            (i) the number of years grant recipients 
                        have been employed as a child care provider,
                            (ii) the level of training and education of 
                        grant recipients,
                            (iii) the salaries and other compensation 
                        received by grant recipients to provide child 
                        care services,
                            (iv) the number of children who received 
                        child care services provided by grant 
                        recipients,
                            (v) information on family demographics of 
                        such children,
                            (vi) the types of settings described in 
                        subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 
                        3(a)(1) in which grant recipients are employed, 
                        and
                            (vii) the ages of the children who received 
                        child care services provided by grant 
                        recipients,
                    (F) with respect to grants made under section 8--
                            (i) the number of years grant recipients 
                        have been employed as child care provider,
                            (ii) the types of settings described in 
                        subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 
                        3(a)(1) in which grant recipients are employed, 
                        and
                            (iii) the level of training and education 
                        of grant recipients,
                            (iv) to the extent practicable and 
                        available to the State, detailed information 
                        regarding the salaries and other compensation 
                        received by grant recipients to provide child 
                        care services before, during, and after 
                        receiving such grant,
                            (v) the ages of the children who received 
                        child care services provided by grant 
                        recipients,
                            (vi) the number of course credits or 
                        credentials obtained by grant recipients, and
                            (vii) the amount of time taken for 
                        completion of the education for which such 
                        grants were made, and
                    (G) such other information as the Secretary may 
                require by rule.

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000,000 in the 
aggregate for fiscal years 2002 through 2006 to carry out this Act.
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