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 PUBLIC LAW 105-285—OCT. 27, 1998 112 STAT. 2703 Sec. 308. Residential Energy Assutance CSiaUenge option. - Sec. 309. Tedinical assistance, training, and oon^liance reviews. TITLE IV—ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE Sec. 401. Short title. Sec. 402. Findings. Sec. 403. Purposes. Sec. 404. Demutions. Sec. 405. Applications. -t.- Sec. 406. Demonstration authority; annual grants. Sec. 407. Reserve Fund. Sec. 408. Eligibilityforparticq>ation. Sec. 409. Selection of inoividaals to participate. Sec. 410. Deposits by qualified entities. Sec. 411. Local control over demonstration projects. Sec. 412. Annual progress repozts. Sec. 413. Sanctions. Sec. 414. Evaluations. Sec. 415. Treatment of funds. Sec. 416. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE I—HEAD START PROGRAMS Head start Amendments of SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 42 USC 9801 This title may be cited as the "Head Start Amendments of ^^^ 1998". SEC. 102. STATEBSENT OF PURPOl^. Section 636 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831) is amended to read as follows: ''SEC. 636. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. "It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of low-income children through the provision, to low-income children and their families, of health, educational, nutritional, social, and other services that are determined, based on family needs assessments, to ^ be necessary,". SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. Section 637 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (16) and (17) and inserting me paragraphs at the end of the section; (2) by inserting before paragraph (3) the following: "(1) The term 'child with a disability' means— "(A) a child with a disability, as defined in section 602(3) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; •' and "(B) an infant or toddler with a disability, as defined in section 632(5) of such Act. "(2)^ The term 'delegate s^ency' means a public, private nonprofit, or for-profit organization or agency to which a grantee has delegated all or part of the responsibility of the grantee for operating a Head Start program."; (3) by striking paragraph (4); (4) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); (5) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: ! "(3) The term 'family Uteracy services' means services that are of sufficient intensity in terms of houirs, and of sufficient

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