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 112 STAT. 2710 PUBLIC LAW 105-285—OCT. 27, 1998 are substantial deficiencies in the programs carried out under section 645A, the amount of the reserved portion for fiscal year 2003 that exceeds the reserved portion for fiscal year 2002, if any, shall be used for quaUty improvement activities described in section 640(a)(3) and shall not be used to serve an increased number of eligible children under section 645A. "(iii) In this subparagraph: "(I) The term 'appropriate committees' means the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. "(II) The term 'reserved portion', used v^rith respect to a fiscal year, means the amount required to be used in accordance vrith subparagraph (A) for that fiscal year. "(C)(i) For any fiscal year for virhich the Secretary determines that the amount appropriated under section 639(a) is not sufficient to permit the Secretary to reserve the portion described in subparagraph (A) without reducing the number of children served by Head Start programs or adversely affecting the quality of Head Start services, relative to the number of children served and the quality of the services during the preceding fiscal year, the Secretary may reduce the percentage of funds required to be reserved for the portion described in subparagraph (A) for the fiscal year for vrhich the determination is made, but not belovr the percentage required to be so reserved for the preceding fiscal year. "(ii) For any fiscal year for which the amount appropriated under section 639(a) is reduced to a level that requires a lower amount to be made available under this subchapter to Head Start agencies and entities described in section 645A, relative to the amount made available to the agencies and entities for the preceding fiscal year, adjusted as described in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), the Secretary shall proportionately reduce— "(I) the amounts made available to the entities for programs carried out under section 645A; and "(II) the amounts made available to Head Start agencies for Head Start programs.". (b) CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. — Section 640(d) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(d)) is amended— (1) by striking " 1982" and inserting " 1999"; (2) by striking "(as defined in section 602(a) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)"; and (3) by adding at the end the following: "Such policies and procedures shall require Head Start agencies to coordinate programmatic efforts with efforts to implement part C and section 619 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C 1431-1445, 1419).". (c) INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS.— Section 640(g) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(g)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking the semicolon and inserting ", and the performance history of the applicant in providing services under other Federal programs (other than the program carried out under this subchapter);";

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