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among State agencies responsible for administering such programs; ‘‘(III) develop recommendations for increasing the overall participation of children in existing Federal, State, and local child care and early childhood education programs, including outreach to underrepresented and special populations; ‘‘(IV) develop recommendations regarding the establishment of a unified data collection system for public early childhood education and development programs and services throughout the State; ‘‘(V) develop recommendations regarding statewide professional development and career advancement plans for early childhood educators in the State; ‘‘(VI) assess the capacity and effectiveness of 2- and 4year public and private institutions of higher education in the State toward supporting the development of early childhood educators, including the extent to which such institutions have in place articulation agreements, professional development and career advancement plans, and practice or internships for students to spend time in a Head Start or prekindergarten program; and ‘‘(VII) make recommendations for improvements in State early learning standards and undertake efforts to develop highquality comprehensive early learning standards, as appropriate. ‘‘(ii) The State Advisory Council shall hold public hearings and provide an opportunity for public comment on the activities described in clause (i). The State Advisory Council shall submit a statewide strategic report addressing the activities described in clause (i) to the State Director of Head Start Collaboration and the Governor of the State. ‘‘(iii) After submission of a statewide strategic report under clause (ii), the State Advisory Council shall meet periodically to review any implementation of the recommendations in such report and any changes in State and local needs. ‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary shall use the portion reserved under section 640(a)(4)(A)(iii) to award, on a competitive basis, one-time startup grants of not less than $500,000 to eligible States to enable such States to pay for the Federal share of developing and implementing a plan pursuant to the responsibilities included under paragraph (1)(D)(i). A State that receives funds under this paragraph shall use such funds to facilitate the development or enhancement of high-quality systems of early childhood education and care designed to improve school preparedness through one or more of the following activities— ‘‘(i) promoting school preparedness of children from birth through school entry, including activities to encourage families and caregivers to engage in highly interactive, developmentally and age-appropriate activities to improve children’s early social, emotional, and cognitive development, support the transition of young children to school, and foster parental and family involvement in the early education of young children; ‘‘(ii) supporting professional development, recruitment, and retention initiatives for early childhood educators; ‘‘(iii) enhancing existing early childhood education and development programs and services (in existence on the date on which the grant involved is awarded), including quality

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