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 108 STAT. 636 PUBLIC LAW 103-252—MAY 18, 1994 Native Americans. Native Americans. Urban and rural areas. Disadvantaged persons. with schools in which children participating in a Head Start program operated by such agency will enroll following such program, including— "(A) collaborating on the shared use of transportation and facilities; and "(B) exchanging information on the provision of noneducational services to such children. "(4) In order to promote the continued involvement of the parents of children that participate in Head Start programs in the education of their children upon transition to school, the Head Start agency shall— ' "(A) provide training to the parents— "(i) to inform the parents about their rights and responsibilities concerning the education of their children; and "(ii) to enable the parents to understand and work with schools in order to communicate with teachers and other school personnel, to support the school work of their children, and to participate as appropriate in decisions relating to the education of their children; and "(B) take other actions, as appropriate and feasible, to support the active involvement of the parents with schools, school personnel, and school-related organizations. "(5) The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Education, shall— "(A) evaluate the effectiveness of the projects and activities r funded under the Head Start Transition Project Act (42 U.S.C. 9855 et seq.); "(B) disseminate to Head Start agencies information (including information from the evaluation required by subparagraph (A)) on effective policies and activities relating to the transition of children from Head Start programs to public schools; and "(C) provide technical assistance to such agencies to promote and assist such agencies to adopt and implement such effective poUcies and activities.". SEC. 110. FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS. Section 644 (42 U.S.C. 9839) is amended— (1) in subsection (d), by striking "guidelines, instructions,"; (2) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking "640(a)(3)(A)(v)" and inserting "640(a)(3)(C)(v)"; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) Upon a determination by the Secretary that suitable facilities are not otherwise available to Indian tribes to carry out Head Start programs, and that the lack of suitable facihties will inhibit the operation of such programs, the Secretary, in the discretion of the Secretary, may authorize the use of financial assistance, from the amount reserved under section 640(a)(2)(A), to make pay- ments for the purchase of facilities owned by such tribes. The amount of such a payment for such a facility shall not exceed the fair market value of the facility."; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(g)(1) Upon a determination by the Secretary that suitable facilities (including public school facilities) are not otherwise available to Indian tribes, rural communities, and other low-income communities to carry out Head Start programs, that the lack of

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