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 104 STAT. 258 PUBLIC LAW 101-305 —MAY 30, 1990 (1) $388,076.56 for the period of fiscal year 1984 through fiscal year 1986 (for programs of bilingual education, however (2) $400,061.00 for the period of fiscal year 1984 through fiscal year 1986 (for programs of bilingual education, however characterized), and (3) any expenditure of funds by the Franklin-Northwest Supervisory Union pursuant to the awards described in paragraphs (1) and (2), shall be treated as if they were made in accordance with the provisions of the Bilingual Education Act for purposes of any claims for repayment asserted by the Secretary of Education. SEC. 5. STUDENT LITERACY CORPS. 20 USC I0l8e. Section 146 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 146. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. "There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this part $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1991.". SEC. 6. THE HEAD START ACT AND CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that— (1) one in every five children in America, some 12,600,000 youngsters under the age of 18, live in poverty; (2) the Head Start program and programs under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 are proven early education programs that offer the best opportunity to break the cycle of poverty; (3) since 1980, spending by the Federal Government for education has decreased by 4.7 percent in real terms; (4) $1 invested in high-quality preschool programs like Head Start and chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 saves $6 in lowered costs for special education, grade retention, public assistance, and crime; (5) children who enroll in Head Start are more likely than other poor children to be literate, employed, and enrolled in postsecondary education; (6) children who enroll in Head Start programs are less likely than other poor children to be high school dropouts, teen parents, dependent on welfare, or arrested for criminal or delinquent activity; (7) children who enroll in programs under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 experience larger increases in standardized achievement scores than comparable students who did not enroll in such programs; (8) low funding levels for the Head Start Act limit the participation in Head Start programs to less than 20 percent of the eligible population; and (9) low funding levels for chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 limit participation in programs assisted under such Act to less than 50 percent of the eligible population. (b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate that appropriations for the Head Start Act should be increased to fully serve the potential, eligible population under such Act by fiscal year 1994 and

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