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 112 STAT. 2714 PUBLIC LAW 105-285—OCT. 27, 1998 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ", including minimum levels of overall accomplishment," after "regulation standards"; (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking "education,"; (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), respectively; and (D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: "(B)(i) education performance standards to ensure the school readiness of children participating in a Head Start program, on completion of the Head Start program and prior to entering school; and "(ii) additional education performance standards to ensure that the children participating in the program, at a minimum— "(I) develop phonemic, print, and numeracy awareness; "(H) understand and use language to communicate for various purposes; "(HI) understand and use increasingly complex and varied vocabulary; "(IV) develop and demonstrate an appreciation of books; and " (V) in the case of non-English background children, progress toward acquisition of the English language."; (2) by striking paragraph (2); (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; (4) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated in paragraph (3))— (A) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking "child" and inserting "early childhood education and"; and (B) in subparagraph (C)— (i) in clause (i)— (I) by striking "not later than 1 yesir after the date of enactment of this section,"; and (II) by striking "section 651(b)" 2ind all that follows and inserting "this subsection; and"; and (ii) in subclause (ii), by striking "November 2, 1978" and inserting "the date of enactment of the Goats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998"; and (5) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated in paragraph (3)), by striking "to an agency (referred to in this subchapter as the 'delegate agency')" and inserting "to a delegate agency". (b) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— Section 641A(b) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9836a(b)) is amended— (1) in the heading, by inserting "RESULTS-BASED" before "PERFORMANCE"; (2) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking "Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the" and inserting "The"; (B) by striking "child" and inserting "early childhood education and"; (C) by inserting before "(referred" the following: ", and the impact of the services provided through the programs to children and their families"; and

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