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 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 103 STAT. 1595 SEC. 1507. REPORT ON FIVE-YEAR DEMAND FOR CHILD CARE (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the expected demand for child care by military and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense during fiscal years 1991 through 1995. 0>) PLAN TOR MEETING DEMAND. —The report shall include— (1) a plan for meeting the expected child care demand identi- fied in the report; and (2) an estimate of the cost of implementing that plan. (c) MONITORING OF FAMILY DAY CARE PROVIDERS. —The report shall also include a description of methods for monitoring family home day care programs of the military departments. SEC. 1508. SUBSIDIES FOR FAMILY HOME DAY CARE The Secretary of Defense may use appropriated funds available for military child care purposes to provide assistance to family home day care providers so that family home day care services can be provided to members of the Armed Forces at a cost comparable to the cost of services provided by military child development centers. The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the provision of such Regulations, assistance. SEC. 1509. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM (a) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR ACCREDITED CENTERS. —(1) The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program to demonstrate the effect on the development of preschool children of requiring that military child development centers meet standards of operation necessary for accreditation by an appropriate national early child- hood progreuns accrediting body. To carry out such demonstration program, the Secretary shall ensure that not later than June 1, 1991, at least 50 military child development centers are accredited by such an appropriate national early childhood accrediting body. (2) Each military child development center so accredited shall be designated as an early childhood education demonstration project and shall serve as a program model for other military child develop- ment centers and family home day care providers at military installations. flj) PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION. — Not later than April 1, 1990, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a plan for carrying out the requirements of subsection (a). (c) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall obtain an independent evaluation of the demonstration program carried out under subsec- tion (a) to determine the extent to which the imposition of a requirement that military child development centers meet accredi- tation standards effectively promotes the development of preschool children of members of the Armed Forces. The Secretary shall Reports. report the results of the evaluation to Congress, together with such comments and recommendations as the Secretary considers appro- priate, not later than July 15, 1992. SEC. 1510. DEADLINE FOR REGULATIONS Regulations required to be prescribed by this title shell be pre- scribed not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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