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 V 108 STAT. 138 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 (d) PUBLIC ACCESS.— The Groals Panel shall ensure public access to its proceedings (other than proceedings, or portions of proceedings, relating to internal personnel and management matters) and make available to the public, at reasonable cost, transcripts of such proceedings. 20 USC 5826. SEC. 206. DIRECTOR AND STAFF; EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS. (a) DIRECTOR.— The Chairperson of the Goals Panel, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to the appointment and compensation of officers or employees of the United States, shall appoint a Director to be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level V of the Executive Schedule. (b) APPOINTMENT AND PAY OF EMPLOYEES. — (1) IN GENERAL.— (A) The Director may appoint not more than 4 additional emplovees to serve as staff to the Goals Panel without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service. (B) The employees appointed under subparagraph (A) may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, but shall not be paid a rate that exceeds the maximum rate of basic pay payable for GS-15 of the General Schedule. (2) ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES. —The Director may appoint additional employees to serve as staff to the Groals Panel in accordance witii title 5, United States Code. (c) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.— The Goals Panel may procure temporary and intermittent services of experte and consultante under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code. (d) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES. —Upon the request of the Groals Panel, the head of any department or agency of the United States may detail any of the personnel of such agency to the Goals Panel to assist the Goals Panel in its duties under this part. 20 USC 5827. SEC. 207. EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSESSMENT. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Groals Panel shall support the work of ite Resource and Technical Planning Groups on School Readiness (heresifter in this section referred to as the "Groups") to improve the methods of assessing the readiness of children for school that would lead to alternatives to currently used early childhood assessments. (b) ACTIVITIES.— The Groups shall— (1) develop a model of elements of school readiness that address a broad range of early childhood developmentel needs, including the needs of children with disabilities; (2) create clear guidelines regarding the nature, functions, and uses of early childhood assessments, including assessment formats that are appropriate for use in culturally and linguistically diverse communities, based on model elements of school readiness; (3) monitor and evaluate early childhood assessmente, including the ability of existing assessmente to provide valid information on the readiness of children for school; and (4) monitor and report on the long-term collection of date on the stetus of young children to improve policy and practice.

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