Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 121.djvu/1393

 121 STAT. 1372

PUBLIC LAW 110–134—DEC. 12, 2007

dkrause on GSDDPC44 with PUBLAW

‘‘(ii) for any fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which Indian Head Start programs receive funds under the special expansion provisions, use 3 percent for Head Start programs funded under paragraph (2)(B)(ii) (other than Early Head Start programs), except that the Secretary may increase that percentage if the Secretary determines that the results of the study conducted under section 649(k) indicate that the percentage should be increased; ‘‘(iii) for any fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which migrant or seasonal Head Start programs receive funds under the special expansion provisions, use 4.5 percent for Head Start programs funded under paragraph (2)(B)(iii) (other than Early Head Start programs), except that the Secretary may increase that percentage if the Secretary determines that the results of the study conducted under section 649(l) indicate that the percentage should be increased; and ‘‘(iv) from the remainder of the reserved amount— ‘‘(I) use 50 percent for Head Start programs funded under paragraph (2)(B)(i) (other than Early Head Start programs), of which— ‘‘(aa) the covered percentage shall be allocated among the States serving less than 60 percent (as determined by the Secretary) of children who are 3 or 4 years of age from families whose income is below the poverty line, by allocating to each of those States an amount that bears the same relationship to that covered percentage as the number of children who are less than 5 years of age from families whose income is below the poverty line (referred to in this subclause as ‘young low-income children’) in that State bears to the number of young low-income children in all those States; and ‘‘(bb) the remainder shall be allocated proportionately among the States on the basis of the number of young low-income children; and ‘‘(II) use 50 percent for Early Head Start programs. ‘‘(E) In this paragraph, the term ‘covered percentage’ means— ‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2008, 30 percent; ‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2009, 40 percent; ‘‘(iii) for fiscal year 2010, 50 percent; ‘‘(iv) for fiscal year 2011, 55 percent; and ‘‘(v) for fiscal year 2012, 55 percent. ‘‘(5)(A) Not less than 50 percent of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A)(i) or subparagraph (B)(i)(I), as appropriate, of paragraph (4) to carry out quality improvement activities under paragraph (4)(C) and this paragraph shall be used to improve the compensation (including benefits) of educational personnel, family service workers, and child counselors, as described in sections 644(a) and 653, in the manner determined by the Head Start agencies (including Early Head Start agencies) involved, to— ‘‘(i) ensure that compensation is adequate to attract and retain qualified staff for the programs involved in order to enhance program quality; ‘‘(ii) improve staff qualifications and assist with the implementation of career development programs for staff that support ongoing improvement of their skills and expertise; and

VerDate Aug 31 2005

07:12 Jan 26, 2009

Jkt 059194

PO 00002

Frm 00080

Fmt 6580

Sfmt 6581

M:\STATUTES\2007\59194PT2.001

APPS10

PsN: 59194PT2

�