Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 121.djvu/1440

 PUBLIC LAW 110–134—DEC. 12, 2007

121 STAT. 1419

dkrause on GSDDPC44 with PUBLAW

program or other local providers of early childhood education and development programs, to facilitate the coordination of programs;’’; and (F) by striking paragraph (11), as redesignated by subparagraph (C), and inserting the following: ‘‘(11) ensure formal linkages with providers of early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), with the State interagency coordinating council, as established in part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), and with the agency responsible for administering section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a);’’; (4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘income criteria specified for families in section 645(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘eligibility criteria specified in section 645(a)(1), including the criteria specified in section 645(a)(1)(B)(ii)’’; (5) in subsection (d), by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following: ‘‘(1) entities operating Head Start programs under this subchapter; ‘‘(2) entities operating Indian Head Start programs or migrant or seasonal Head Start programs; and ‘‘(3) other public entities, and nonprofit or for-profit private entities, including community-based and faith-based organizations, capable of providing child and family services that meet the standards for participation in programs under this subchapter and meet such other appropriate requirements relating to the activities under this section as the Secretary may establish.’’; (6) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘From’’ and all that follows through ‘‘under this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary shall award grants under this section’’; (7) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following: ‘‘(g) MONITORING, TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND EVALUATION.— ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—In order to ensure the successful operation of programs assisted under this section, the Secretary shall use funds made available under section 640(a)(2)(E) to monitor the operation of such programs, and funds made available under section 640(a)(2)(C)(i)(I) to provide training and technical assistance tailored to the particular needs of such programs, consistent with section 640(c). ‘‘(2) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— ‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—Of the portion set aside under section 640(a)(2)(C)(i)(I)— ‘‘(i) not less than 50 percent shall be made available to Early Head Start agencies to use directly, which may include, at their discretion, the establishment of local or regional agreements with community experts, institutions of higher education, or private consultants, for training and technical assistance activities in order to make program improvements identified by such agencies; ‘‘(ii) not less than 25 percent shall be available to the Secretary to support a State-based training and technical assistance system, or a national system,

VerDate Aug 31 2005

07:12 Jan 26, 2009

Jkt 059194

PO 00002

Frm 00127

Fmt 6580

Sfmt 6581

M:\STATUTES\2007\59194PT2.001

APPS10

PsN: 59194PT2

�