[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1060 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1060

    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
 encourage the implementation or expansion of prekindergarten programs 
                for students 4 years of age or younger.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2005

  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 prekindergarten programs 
                for 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 Prekindergarten and Early 
Childhood Education Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. USE OF COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER FUNDS FOR PREKINDERGARTEN 
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 4205 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7175) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(b) Prekindergarten Programs.--
            ``(1) Authorization.--In addition to the activities 
        authorized under subsection (a), a local educational agency 
        that receives an award under this part may use the award for 
        educational activities for children 4 years of age or younger 
        if the agency agrees to phase in, where possible, a 
        prekindergarten program.
            ``(2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
        term `prekindergarten program' means a program that--
                    ``(A) provides a prekindergarten curriculum in 
                classrooms at public elementary schools for students 4 
                years of age or younger; and
                    ``(B) 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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