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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2845
5	5	To establish competitive Federal grants that will empower community colleges
6	6	and minority-serving institutions to become incubators for infant and
7	7	toddler child care talent, training, and access on their campuses and
8	8	in their communities, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	APRIL10, 2025
11	11	Mrs. H
12	12	AYES(for herself and Mr. NORCROSS) introduced the following bill;
13	13	which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and
14	14	in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be sub-
15	15	sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of
16	16	such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To establish competitive Federal grants that will empower
19	19	community colleges and minority-serving institutions to
20	20	become incubators for infant and toddler child care tal-
21	21	ent, training, and access on their campuses and in their
22	22	communities, and for other purposes.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
24	24	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
25	25	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
26	26	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preparing and 4
27	27	Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Childhood 5
28	28	Teachers Act’’ or the ‘‘PROSPECT Act’’. 6
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32	32	SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1
33	33	The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 2
34	34	Sec. 1. Short title.
35	35	Sec. 2. Table of contents.
36	36	Sec. 3. Findings.
37	37	TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF INFANT AND TODDLER CHILD
38	38	CARE LEADERSHIP GRANTS
39	39	Sec. 101. Purpose.
40	40	Sec. 102. Definitions.
41	41	Sec. 103. Authorization of appropriations.
42	42	Subtitle A—General Provisions
43	43	Sec. 111. Program authorized.
44	44	Sec. 112. Application; selection criteria.
45	45	Sec. 113. Amount, duration, and administration of grants.
46	46	Subtitle B—Planning and Implementation Grants
47	47	Sec. 121. Grants authorized.
48	48	Sec. 122. Planning grants.
49	49	Sec. 123. Access grants providing infant and toddler child care for community
50	50	college or minority-serving institution student parents.
51	51	Sec. 124. Impact grants.
52	52	Sec. 125. Pipeline grants.
53	53	Sec. 126. Evaluation criteria for grants.
54	54	Sec. 127. Report to Congress.
55	55	Sec. 128. Nondiscrimination in programs and activities.
56	56	TITLE II—CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
57	57	PROGRAM
58	58	Sec. 201. Eligibility.
59	59	Sec. 202. Conforming amendments.
60	60	Sec. 203. Increased Federal matching payments for child care.
61	61	TITLE III—OUTREACH REGARDING THE DEPENDENT CARE
62	62	ALLOWANCE FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID
63	63	Sec. 301. Sharing dependent care allowance information for Federal student
64	64	aid.
65	65	SEC. 3. FINDINGS.
66	66	3
67	67	Congress finds the following: 4
68	68	(1) A child’s brain grows at a faster rate be-5
69	69	tween birth and age 3 than at any later point in the 6
70	70	child’s lifetime. 7
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74	74	(2) Decades of research show that children 1
75	75	under age 3 that receive quality childcare are more 2
76	76	likely to have the behavioral, cognitive, and language 3
77	77	skills development necessary for success in school, 4
78	78	college, and life. 5
79	79	(3) Of the more than 5,100,000 families with 6
80	80	young children that pay for childcare each year, 43 7
81	81	percent of parents pay unaffordable rates, as defined 8
82	82	by the Department of Health and Human Services 9
83	83	as more than 7 percent of income. 10
84	84	(4) In 2023, the average cost of childcare in the 11
85	85	United States was $3,190 a month for nanny care, 12
86	86	$1,230 a month for a daycare center, and $992 a 13
87	87	month for home daycare, with families on average 14
88	88	spending 24 percent of their household income on 15
89	89	childcare expenses. Families pushed into poverty 16
90	90	from childcare expenses typically spend almost 28 17
91	91	percent of their income on childcare. 18
92	92	(5) According to a 2023 report, there are an es-19
93	93	timated 5,400,000 college students with dependent 20
94	94	children. 21
95	95	(6) According to a 2020 report, only about five 22
96	96	percent of colleges and universities are providing the 23
97	97	child care slots that student parents need, leading to 24
98	98	long wait lists. 25
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102	102	(7) Student parents are nearly twice as likely to 1
103	103	depart college prior to graduation than students 2
104	104	without children. Single mothers and Black parents, 3
105	105	especially fathers, are particularly likely to suspend 4
106	106	enrollment before completing their educational pro-5
107	107	grams. 6
108	108	(8) The Child Care Access Means Parents in 7
109	109	School Federal Grant program under subpart 7 of 8
110	110	part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 9
111	111	1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070e et seq.) helps over 3,300 10
112	112	students at institutions of higher education afford 11
113	113	child care each year, but this program impacts just 12
114	114	0.5 percent of the entire student parent population, 13
115	115	and many institutions of higher education do not 14
116	116	open their subsidized child care programs to children 15
117	117	under age 3. 16
118	118	(9) The share of public academic institutions 17
119	119	offering childcare services has fallen in recent dec-18
120	120	ades. Of public 4-year institutions of higher edu-19
121	121	cation, 455 had on-campus day care for students’ 20
122	122	children in 2005 compared to 369 in 2023. Of pub-21
123	123	lic, 2-year institutions of higher education, 464 had 22
124	124	on-campus day care for students’ children in 2005 23
125	125	compared to 304 in 2023. 24
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129	129	(10) Student parents are more likely to be en-1
130	130	rolled at community colleges and minority-serving 2
131	131	institutions than other institutions of higher edu-3
132	132	cation. Over half of student mothers, 51 percent, at-4
133	133	tend community and technical colleges. 5
134	134	(11) Community colleges and minority-serving 6
135	135	institutions lead the higher education sector in edu-7
136	136	cating infant and toddler childcare providers, espe-8
137	137	cially childcare providers of color, so they are the op-9
138	138	timal actors for driving quality infant and toddler 10
139	139	childcare access in their regions. 11
140	140	TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF IN-12
141	141	FANT AND TODDLER CHILD 13
142	142	CARE LEADERSHIP GRANTS 14
143	143	SEC. 101. PURPOSE. 15
144	144	The purposes of this title are to expand access to in-16
145	145	fant and toddler child care for children of students at pub-17
146	146	lic community colleges and at minority-serving institutions 18
147	147	and to grow, diversify, and strengthen the workforce pipe-19
148	148	line of highly effective infant and toddler child care pro-20
149	149	viders, especially in communities of color and infant and 21
150	150	toddler child care deserts. 22
151	151	SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 23
152	152	In this title: 24
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156	156	(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE .—The term ‘‘commu-1
157	157	nity college’’ means a public institution of higher 2
158	158	education, as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher 3
159	159	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), that 4
160	160	provides an educational program of not less than 2 5
161	161	years that culminates in an associate degree and is 6
162	162	acceptable for full credit toward a baccalaureate de-7
163	163	gree. 8
164	164	(2) C
165	165	OMMUNITY COLLEGE OR MINORITY -SERV-9
166	166	ING INSTITUTION STUDENT PARENT .—The term 10
167	167	‘‘community college or minority-serving institution 11
168	168	student parent’’ means an individual who— 12
169	169	(A) is a parent or legal guardian of a child 13
170	170	who qualifies for infant and toddler child care; 14
171	171	and 15
172	172	(B) is a full-time or part-time student at 16
173	173	a community college or minority-serving institu-17
174	174	tion participating in an eligible entity. 18
175	175	(3) C
176	176	ULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING .—The 19
177	177	term ‘‘culturally responsive teaching’’ means teach-20
178	178	ing— 21
179	179	(A) using the cultural characteristics, expe-22
180	180	riences, and perspectives of ethnically diverse 23
181	181	students as conduits for teaching them more ef-24
182	182	fectively; and 25
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186	186	(B) based on understanding the influences 1
187	187	of race, culture, and ethnicity in teaching and 2
188	188	learning and using the cultural experiences and 3
189	189	contributions of different ethnic groups as in-4
190	190	strumental tools for teaching academic and so-5
191	191	cial knowledge and skills. 6
192	192	(4) D
193	193	ROP-IN.—The term ‘‘drop-in’’, when used 7
194	194	with respect to child care— 8
195	195	(A) means child care that— 9
196	196	(i) does not require prescheduling a 10
197	197	definite number of scheduled days or hours 11
198	198	per week; or 12
199	199	(ii) is short term, such as less than 5 13
200	200	hours per day; and 14
201	201	(B) includes child care described in sub-15
202	202	paragraph (A) that requires parents to provide 16
203	203	24-hour notice before using the child care or 17
204	204	provides child care subject to availability. 18
205	205	(5) D
206	206	UAL LANGUAGE LEARNER .—The term 19
207	207	‘‘dual language learner’’ means a child who— 20
208	208	(A) is acquiring 2 or more languages at 21
209	209	the same time; or 22
210	210	(B) is learning a second language while 23
211	211	continuing to develop the child’s first language, 24
212	212	including a child who may also be identified by 25
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216	216	a State or locality as bilingual or limited 1
217	217	English proficient or as an English language 2
218	218	learner, an English learner, or a child who 3
219	219	speaks a language other than English. 4
220	220	(6) E
221	221	ARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR PREPARA -5
222	222	TION PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘early childhood educa-6
223	223	tor preparation program’’ means a postsecondary 7
224	224	course of study that— 8
225	225	(A) is designed to prepare individuals to 9
226	226	teach in early childhood settings serving chil-10
227	227	dren between birth and age 5; and 11
228	228	(B) leads to a degree (including an associ-12
229	229	ate’s, bachelor’s, or graduate degree) or a State 13
230	230	or nationally recognized credential enabling in-14
231	231	dividuals to teach in early childhood settings, 15
232	232	including a child development associate creden-16
233	233	tial or a State teaching license. 17
234	234	(7) E
235	235	LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-18
236	236	ty’’ means— 19
237	237	(A) a community college; 20
238	238	(B) a minority-serving institution; or 21
239	239	(C) a consortium of 2 or more community 22
240	240	colleges or minority-serving institutions. 23
241	241	(8) F
242	242	LEX INFANT AND TODDLER CHILD 24
243	243	CARE.—The term ‘‘flex infant and toddler child 25
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247	247	care’’ means infant and toddler child care for which 1
248	248	a child is registered to attend weekly, but for a total 2
249	249	of less than five days per week. 3
250	250	(9) H
251	251	IGH SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high school’’ 4
252	252	has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of 5
253	253	the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 6
254	254	1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 7
255	255	(10) I
256	256	NFANT AND TODDLER CHILD CARE .—The 8
257	257	term ‘‘infant and toddler child care’’ means child 9
258	258	care for children who are under the age of 3 as of 10
259	259	the first day of the academic year of the applicable 11
260	260	community college or minority-serving institution. 12
261	261	(11) I
262	262	NFANT AND TODDLER CHILD CARE 13
263	263	DESERT.—The term ‘‘infant and toddler child care 14
264	264	desert’’ means a community that the State or tribal 15
265	265	entity involved determines has a low supply of qual-16
266	266	ity, affordable infant and toddler child care. 17
267	267	(12) I
268	268	NFANT OR TODDLER WITH A DIS -18
269	269	ABILITY.—The term ‘‘infant or toddler with a dis-19
270	270	ability’’ has the meaning given the term in section 20
271	271	632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 21
272	272	Act (20 U.S.C. 1432). 22
273	273	(13) L
274	274	OW-INCOME.—The term ‘‘low-income’’ 23
275	275	means an individual from a family with an income 24
276	276	at or below 150 percent of the poverty line (as de-25
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280	280	fined by the Office of Management and Budget and 1
281	281	revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) 2
282	282	of the Community Services Block Grant Act) appli-3
283	283	cable to a family of the size involved. 4
284	284	(14) M
285	285	INORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION .—The 5
286	286	term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ means an insti-6
287	287	tution described in section 371(a) of the Higher 7
288	288	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 8
289	289	(15) N
290	290	ONTRADITIONAL HOURS .—The term 9
291	291	‘‘nontraditional hours’’ means— 10
292	292	(A) the hours before 9 a.m. and after 4 11
293	293	p.m.; and 12
294	294	(B) any hours during weekends, breaks 13
295	295	during the academic year, and holidays. 14
296	296	(16) O
297	297	N-CAMPUS.—The term ‘‘on-campus’’, 15
298	298	when used with respect to a childcare center, means 16
299	299	a childcare center that is located on the campus of 17
300	300	a community college or minority-serving institution. 18
301	301	(17) S
302	302	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 19
303	303	means the Secretary of Education. 20
304	304	(18) S
305	305	ERVICE AREA.—The term ‘‘service area’’, 21
306	306	when used with respect to an eligible entity, means 22
307	307	the area served by the eligible entity. 23
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311	311	(19) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-1
312	312	ing given the term in section 103 of the Higher 2
313	313	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003). 3
314	314	SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 4
315	315	There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 5
316	316	this title a total of $9,000,000,000 for fiscal years 2026 6
317	317	through 2030. 7
318	318	Subtitle A—General Provisions 8
319	319	SEC. 111. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 9
320	320	(a) I
321	321	NGENERAL.—From amounts made available 10
322	322	under section 103, the Secretary shall award to eligible 11
323	323	entities— 12
324	324	(1) planning grants under section 122; 13
325	325	(2) access grants under section 123, which will 14
326	326	provide free high-quality child care for as many as 15
327	327	500,000 infants and toddlers who have a community 16
328	328	college or minority-serving institution student par-17
329	329	ent, helping to reduce barriers that impact the abil-18
330	330	ity of community college or minority-serving institu-19
331	331	tion student parents attending community college or 20
332	332	a minority-serving institution to graduate, and re-21
333	333	ducing their postgraduation debt; 22
334	334	(3) impact grants under section 124, which will 23
335	335	expand the supply and quality of child care in the 24
336	336	community by providing training, mentorship, tech-25
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340	340	nical support, and expansion funding to new and ex-1
341	341	isting child care providers in the service area of the 2
342	342	eligible entity; and 3
343	343	(4) pipeline grants under section 125, which 4
344	344	will fund eligible entities to— 5
345	345	(A) launch and expand early childhood ed-6
346	346	ucator preparation programs; and 7
347	347	(B) form strategic partnerships with re-8
348	348	gional institutions to expand, diversify, and 9
349	349	strengthen the workforce pipeline for infant and 10
350	350	toddler care providers. 11
351	351	(b) A
352	352	DMINISTRATION.—In administering this title, 12
353	353	the Secretary shall— 13
354	354	(1) consult with the Secretary of Health and 14
355	355	Human Services with respect to all grants carried 15
356	356	out under this Act; and 16
357	357	(2) consult with the Administrator of the Small 17
358	358	Business Administration with respect to impact 18
359	359	grants carried out under section 124. 19
360	360	SEC. 112. APPLICATION; SELECTION CRITERIA. 20
361	361	(a) A
362	362	PPLICATION.— 21
363	363	(1) I
364	364	N GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 22
365	365	grant under subtitle B shall submit an application to 23
366	366	the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 24
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370	370	containing such information as the Secretary may 1
371	371	require. 2
372	372	(2) C
373	373	ONTENTS.—An application submitted 3
374	374	under paragraph (1) shall include— 4
375	375	(A) a landscape review on the need for in-5
376	376	fant and toddler child care within the current 6
377	377	and prospective student populations of the eligi-7
378	378	ble entity and in the broader service area of the 8
379	379	eligible entity, with an emphasis on community 9
380	380	college or minority-serving institution student 10
381	381	parents in communities of color and low-income 11
382	382	parents; 12
383	383	(B) a landscape review of the infant and 13
384	384	toddler child care workforce within the service 14
385	385	area of the eligible entity; 15
386	386	(C) a high-level vision (which, in the case 16
387	387	of an eligible entity desiring a planning grant 17
388	388	under section 122, will be clarified and adjusted 18
389	389	through the needs assessment and activities 19
390	390	carried out under the grant) for how to leverage 20
391	391	1 or more access, impact, or pipeline grants 21
392	392	under subtitle B to enhance access and quality 22
393	393	in the infant and toddler child care landscape of 23
394	394	the service area of the eligible entity; 24
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398	398	(D) a description of how the eligible entity 1
399	399	will advance child development (including social 2
400	400	and emotional development), family engage-3
401	401	ment, and culturally responsive and linguis-4
402	402	tically responsive pedagogy for infant and tod-5
403	403	dler child care within its child care center or 6
404	404	early childhood education programs (as applica-7
405	405	ble), through professional development, required 8
406	406	coursework, or targeted outreach and enroll-9
407	407	ment; 10
408	408	(E) an assurance that the eligible entity 11
409	409	will submit annual reports that document how 12
410	410	funds were allocated and the impact of the 13
411	411	grant; 14
412	412	(F) a commitment that wages for child 15
413	413	care staff at each on-campus child care center 16
414	414	of a participating community college or minor-17
415	415	ity-serving institution during the grant period 18
416	416	shall be— 19
417	417	(i) comparable to wages for elemen-20
418	418	tary educators with similar credentials and 21
419	419	experience in the State; and 22
420	420	(ii) at a minimum, at a rate that is 23
421	421	enough to provide a living wage for all 24
422	422	child care staff; and 25
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426	426	(G) in the case of an impact, access, or 1
427	427	pipeline grant under subtitle B, an assurance 2
428	428	that the eligible entity will continue to convene 3
429	429	and consult an infant and toddler child care 4
430	430	committee described in section 122(a)(1). 5
431	431	(b) S
432	432	ELECTIONCRITERIA.— 6
433	433	(1) I
434	434	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 7
435	435	grants under subtitle B on a competitive basis, in 8
436	436	accordance with the priorities described in para-9
437	437	graph (2), and in a manner that supports eligible 10
438	438	entities that— 11
439	439	(A) enroll a high percentage of students 12
440	440	who are eligible for a Federal Pell Grant under 13
441	441	section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 14
442	442	1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) and who have children 15
443	443	under age 3; 16
444	444	(B) are located within or in the immediate 17
445	445	vicinity of an infant and toddler child care 18
446	446	desert; or 19
447	447	(C) have a clear and compelling plan for— 20
448	448	(i) in the case of a planning grant 21
449	449	under section 122, carrying out the activi-22
450	450	ties of the planning grant; 23
451	451	(ii) in the case of an access grant 24
452	452	under section 123, expanding access to 25
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456	456	free infant and toddler child care for com-1
457	457	munity college or minority-serving institu-2
458	458	tion student parents; 3
459	459	(iii) in the case of an impact grant 4
460	460	under section 124, expanding the supply 5
461	461	and quality of child care in the community 6
462	462	by providing training, mentorship, tech-7
463	463	nical support, and startup funding, in col-8
464	464	laboration with existing child care agencies 9
465	465	and organizations; or 10
466	466	(iv) in the case of a pipeline grant 11
467	467	under section 125, growing and strength-12
468	468	ening the workforce pipeline of highly ef-13
469	469	fective infant and toddler child care pro-14
470	470	viders, especially such providers serving in-15
471	471	fant and toddler child care deserts, by ex-16
472	472	panding early childhood education pro-17
473	473	grams or upgrading an on-campus child 18
474	474	care center into a lab school. 19
475	475	(2) P
476	476	RIORITIES IN AWARDING GRANTS .—In 20
477	477	awarding grants under subtitle B, the Secretary 21
478	478	shall, to the extent practicable based on the strength 22
479	479	of the applications and the availability of appropria-23
480	480	tions— 24
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483	483	•HR 2845 IH
484	484	(A) first, ensure that not less than 80 per-1
485	485	cent of the funds appropriated for grants under 2
486	486	subtitle B are awarded to eligible entities that 3
487	487	are eligible institutions, as defined in section 4
488	488	312(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 5
489	489	(20 U.S.C. 1058(b)); 6
490	490	(B) second, ensure that not less than 1 eli-7
491	491	gible entity in each State is awarded a grant; 8
492	492	and 9
493	493	(C) third, provide special consideration to 10
494	494	applications described in paragraph (3). 11
495	495	(3) A
496	496	DDITIONAL CONSIDERATION AND FUND -12
497	497	ING.—In awarding grants under subtitle B and sub-13
498	498	ject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall provide 14
499	499	special consideration, and may provide additional 15
500	500	funding as needed, including funding to exceed the 16
501	501	limits described in section 113(a), for— 17
502	502	(A) applications for access grants under 18
503	503	section 123 that will provide— 19
504	504	(i) infant and toddler child care for 20
505	505	children of all ages between birth and age 21
506	506	3; 22
507	507	(ii) infant and toddler child care avail-23
508	508	able during nontraditional hours; 24
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511	511	•HR 2845 IH
512	512	(iii) infant and toddler child care that 1
513	513	has the supports and staffing needed for 2
514	514	children who are dual language learners; 3
515	515	(iv) infant and toddler child care that 4
516	516	has the supports and staffing needed for 5
517	517	children in need of trauma-informed care 6
518	518	and infants and toddlers with disabilities, 7
519	519	which may include providing training for 8
520	520	infant and toddler child care staff to sup-9
521	521	port the needs of infants and toddlers with 10
522	522	disabilities or coordinating with service 11
523	523	providers to deliver services under section 12
524	524	619 or part C of the Individuals with Dis-13
525	525	abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419; 14
526	526	1431 et seq.); and 15
527	527	(v) child care and aftercare for chil-16
528	528	dren age 3 and older, especially for chil-17
529	529	dren that age out of the infant and toddler 18
530	530	child care program supported under this 19
531	531	title, and for siblings of children enrolled 20
532	532	in campus-sponsored infant and toddler 21
533	533	child care; and 22
534	534	(B) applications for pipeline grants under 23
535	535	section 125 that propose to— 24
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538	538	•HR 2845 IH
539	539	(i) develop and teach courses on cul-1
540	540	turally responsive and linguistically respon-2
541	541	sive teaching in early childhood education; 3
542	542	and 4
543	543	(ii) develop and teach courses on sup-5
544	544	porting infants and toddlers with disabil-6
545	545	ities who are under age 3. 7
546	546	(c) P
547	547	REREQUISITES FORACCESS, IMPACT, ANDPIPE-8
548	548	LINEGRANTS.—An eligible entity shall receive and timely 9
549	549	complete all requirements of a planning grant under sec-10
550	550	tion 122 before receiving an access, impact, or pipeline 11
551	551	grant under section 123, 124, or 125. 12
552	552	SEC. 113. AMOUNT, DURATION, AND ADMINISTRATION OF 13
553	553	GRANTS. 14
554	554	(a) A
555	555	MOUNT OF GRANTS.—Each grant awarded 15
556	556	under subtitle B to an eligible entity shall be in an amount 16
557	557	of— 17
558	558	(1) in the case of a grant awarded to an indi-18
559	559	vidual community college or minority-serving institu-19
560	560	tion, not more than $20,000,000; and 20
561	561	(2) in the case of a grant to a consortium of 21
562	562	community colleges or minority-serving institutions, 22
563	563	not more than $220,000,000. 23
564	564	(b) D
565	565	URATION OFGRANTS.—A grant awarded under 24
566	566	subtitle B shall be for a period of 4 years, except that 25
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569	569	•HR 2845 IH
570	570	a planning grant awarded under section 122 shall be for 1
571	571	a period of 1 year. 2
572	572	(c) N
573	573	UMBER OFGRANTS.— 3
574	574	(1) P
575	575	LANNING GRANTS .—No eligible entity 4
576	576	shall receive more than 1 planning grant under sec-5
577	577	tion 122. 6
578	578	(2) I
579	579	MPACT, ACCESS, AND PIPELINE GRANTS .— 7
580	580	An eligible entity may receive multiple grants under 8
581	581	sections 123, 124, and 125, including 2 or more 9
582	582	grants under different sections for the same grant 10
583	583	period or for overlapping grant periods. 11
584	584	(d) A
585	585	NNUALGRANTCOMPETITIONS.—The Secretary 12
586	586	shall conduct annual grant competitions for the grants 13
587	587	under subtitle B. 14
588	588	(e) R
589	589	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this title 15
590	590	shall be construed to limit any program or grant estab-16
591	591	lished under any other Federal law, including the Higher 17
592	592	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), the Ele-18
593	593	mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 19
594	594	6301 et seq.), or the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-20
595	595	cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 21
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598	598	•HR 2845 IH
599	599	Subtitle B—Planning and 1
600	600	Implementation Grants 2
601	601	SEC. 121. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 3
602	602	From amounts made available under section 103, the 4
603	603	Secretary shall award to eligible entities— 5
604	604	(1) planning grants under section 122, to en-6
605	605	able the eligible entities to assess the infant and tod-7
606	606	dler child care needs of current and prospective com-8
607	607	munity college or minority-serving institution stu-9
608	608	dent parents and the surrounding community and 10
609	609	develop a detailed proposal to address such needs; 11
610	610	(2) access grants under section 123, which will 12
611	611	provide free high-quality child care for up to 13
612	612	500,000 children under the age of 3 of community 14
613	613	college or minority-serving institution student par-15
614	614	ents, helping to reduce barriers that impact the abil-16
615	615	ity of community college or minority-serving institu-17
616	616	tion student parents to graduate, and reducing their 18
617	617	postgraduation debt; 19
618	618	(3) impact grants under section 124, which will 20
619	619	expand the supply and quality of child care in the 21
620	620	community by providing training, mentorship, tech-22
621	621	nical support, and expansion funding to new and ex-23
622	622	isting child care providers in the service area of the 24
623	623	eligible entities; and 25
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626	626	•HR 2845 IH
627	627	(4) pipeline grants under section 125, which 1
628	628	will fund eligible entities to— 2
629	629	(A) launch and expand early childhood ed-3
630	630	ucator preparation programs; and 4
631	631	(B) form strategic partnerships with re-5
632	632	gional institutions to expand, diversify, and 6
633	633	strengthen the workforce pipeline for infant and 7
634	634	toddler child care providers. 8
635	635	SEC. 122. PLANNING GRANTS. 9
636	636	(a) U
637	637	SE OFFUNDS.—An eligible entity receiving a 10
638	638	grant under this section shall use grant funds to— 11
639	639	(1) establish an infant and toddler child care 12
640	640	committee that is reflective and inclusive of the com-13
641	641	munity being served and composed of members who 14
642	642	are— 15
643	643	(A) student parents at the participating 16
644	644	community college or minority-serving institu-17
645	645	tion; 18
646	646	(B) faculty of any participating community 19
647	647	college or minority-serving institution; 20
648	648	(C) representatives of a local educational 21
649	649	agency (as defined in section 8101 of the Ele-22
650	650	mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 23
651	651	(20 U.S.C. 7801)) serving the service area of 24
652	652	the eligible entity; 25
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655	655	•HR 2845 IH
656	656	(D) where applicable, a local public charter 1
657	657	school provider; 2
658	658	(E) representatives of a local child care re-3
659	659	source and referral agency; and 4
660	660	(F) infant and toddler child care profes-5
661	661	sionals (such as representatives from a local 6
662	662	Head Start or Early Head Start program, 7
663	663	home-based infant and toddler child care pro-8
664	664	viders, and child care providers with expertise 9
665	665	working with infants or toddlers with disabil-10
666	666	ities); 11
667	667	(2) conduct an infant and toddler child care 12
668	668	needs assessment of current and prospective commu-13
669	669	nity college or minority-serving institution student 14
670	670	parents, the infant and toddler child care workforce, 15
671	671	and the service area of the eligible entity, that in-16
672	672	cludes information on the level of need for— 17
673	673	(A) infant and toddler child care during 18
674	674	nontraditional hours; 19
675	675	(B) 3-year-old child care, toddler care, and 20
676	676	infant care; 21
677	677	(C) care for infants and toddlers with dis-22
678	678	abilities; 23
679	679	(D) care for children from households that 24
680	680	speak a language other than English; and 25
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683	683	•HR 2845 IH
684	684	(E) child care in specific communities, es-1
685	685	pecially infant and toddler child care deserts; 2
686	686	(3) begin research, outreach, and planning for 3
687	687	expanding access to free infant and toddler child 4
688	688	care for community college or minority-serving insti-5
689	689	tution student parents, which may include drafting 6
690	690	a delivery agreement with infant and toddler child 7
691	691	care providers in the community to provide infant 8
692	692	and toddler child care to community college or mi-9
693	693	nority-serving institution student parents; and 10
694	694	(4) develop a detailed proposal, with a focus on 11
695	695	the needs of parents of children under age 3, to ad-12
696	696	dress those needs, which may include applying for 13
697	697	an impact, access, or pipeline grant under section 14
698	698	123, 124, or 125. 15
699	699	(b) R
700	700	EPORTINGREQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 30 16
701	701	days after the end of a grant period under this section, 17
702	702	the eligible entity that received the grant shall prepare and 18
703	703	submit a report to the Secretary that includes— 19
704	704	(1) the results of the needs assessment con-20
705	705	ducted under subsection (a)(2); 21
706	706	(2) the detailed proposal developed under sub-22
707	707	section (a)(4); and 23
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710	710	•HR 2845 IH
711	711	(3) in the case of an eligible entity that desires 1
712	712	an impact, access, or pipeline grant under section 2
713	713	123, 124, or 125, an application for the grant. 3
714	714	SEC. 123. ACCESS GRANTS PROVIDING INFANT AND TOD-4
715	715	DLER CHILD CARE FOR COMMUNITY COL-5
716	716	LEGE OR MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION 6
717	717	STUDENT PARENTS. 7
718	718	(a) U
719	719	SE OFGRANTS.—An eligible entity receiving a 8
720	720	grant under this section shall use grant funds to expand 9
721	721	access to free infant and toddler child care for community 10
722	722	college or minority-serving institution student parents by 11
723	723	carrying out 1 or more of the following: 12
724	724	(1) Paying the infant and toddler child care 13
725	725	costs of community college or minority-serving insti-14
726	726	tution student parents at an on-campus child care 15
727	727	center, State licensed off-campus child care center, 16
728	728	or State licensed or registered home-based child care 17
729	729	provider. 18
730	730	(2)(A) Operating an on-campus child care cen-19
731	731	ter that provides infant and toddler child care; or 20
732	732	(B) contracting with a child care provider that 21
733	733	is operating 1 or more child care centers (as of the 22
734	734	date of the contract) to operate an on-campus child 23
735	735	care center that provides infant and toddler child 24
736	736	care. 25
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739	739	•HR 2845 IH
740	740	(3) Coordinating with local child care resource 1
741	741	and referral agencies for services such as helping 2
742	742	community college or minority-serving institution 3
743	743	student parents find infant and toddler child care. 4
744	744	(4) Expanding the resources for existing on- 5
745	745	campus child care centers, as of the date of the ap-6
746	746	plication for the grant, by— 7
747	747	(A) expanding the space of the center for 8
748	748	infant and toddler child care; 9
749	749	(B) purchasing equipment to be used for 10
750	750	infant and toddler child care; or 11
751	751	(C) hiring staff to accommodate additional 12
752	752	children under the age of 3. 13
753	753	(5) Lengthening the hours of an existing on- 14
754	754	campus infant and toddler child care center or keep-15
755	755	ing the on-campus infant and toddler child care cen-16
756	756	ter open during breaks (including summer). 17
757	757	(6) Establishing capacity for drop-in infant and 18
758	758	toddler child care or flex infant and toddler child 19
759	759	care for the children of community college or minor-20
760	760	ity-serving institution student parents. 21
761	761	(7) Renovating campus facilities to allow for the 22
762	762	operation of an on-campus child care center that— 23
763	763	(A) satisfies the standards that apply to 24
764	764	alterations or (as applicable) new construction 25
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767	767	•HR 2845 IH
768	768	under title II or III of the Americans with Dis-1
769	769	abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq., 2
770	770	12181 et seq.), as the case may be; and 3
771	771	(B)(i) meets a high-quality standard, ac-4
772	772	cording to a State quality rating and improve-5
773	773	ment system or the standards applicable to an 6
774	774	Early Head Start program under the Head 7
775	775	Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.); or 8
776	776	(ii) is accredited through the National As-9
777	777	sociation for the Education of Young Children 10
778	778	or another organization of similar expertise, as 11
779	779	determined by the Secretary. 12
780	780	(b) R
781	781	EQUIREMENTS OF ON-CAMPUSCHILDCARE 13
782	782	C
783	783	ENTERS.—In order for an on-campus child care center 14
784	784	of a community college or minority-serving institution par-15
785	785	ticipating in an eligible entity to be supported with funds 16
786	786	from a grant under this section, the on-campus child care 17
787	787	center shall meet the following requirements: 18
788	788	(1) The child care center shall be licensed by 19
789	789	the State and shall meet a high-quality standard de-20
790	790	scribed in subsection (a)(7)(B)(i) or be accredited in 21
791	791	accordance with subsection (a)(7)(B)(ii). 22
792	792	(2) Children of community college or minority- 23
793	793	serving institution student parents shall receive pri-24
794	794	ority enrollment in the child care center, with pri-25
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797	797	•HR 2845 IH
798	798	ority going first to low-income community college or 1
799	799	minority-serving institution student parents, al-2
800	800	though dependents of faculty and staff of the com-3
801	801	munity college or minority-serving institution and 4
802	802	community members may be enrolled once the en-5
803	803	rollment needs of all requesting community college 6
804	804	or minority-serving institution student parents are 7
805	805	fulfilled. 8
806	806	(3) The child care center shall provide infant 9
807	807	and toddler child care to children of community col-10
808	808	lege or minority-serving institution student parents, 11
809	809	without regard as to whether the parent is a full- 12
810	810	time or part-time student. 13
811	811	(4) Not less than 85 percent of the community 14
812	812	college or minority-serving institution student par-15
813	813	ents using the on-campus child care center for infant 16
814	814	and toddler child care shall be eligible to receive 17
815	815	Federal Pell Grants under section 401 of the Higher 18
816	816	Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a), except 19
817	817	that the Secretary may grant a waiver from this re-20
818	818	quirement if the Secretary determines necessary. 21
819	819	(5) The child care center shall provide drop-in 22
820	820	infant and toddler child care for community college 23
821	821	and minority-serving institution student parents and 24
822	822	may not impose minimum enrollment requirements 25
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825	825	•HR 2845 IH
826	826	for children of community college or minority-serving 1
827	827	institution student parents. The Secretary shall pro-2
828	828	mulgate regulations that specify the percentage of 3
829	829	infant and toddler child care slots that must be re-4
830	830	served for drop-in infant and toddler child care 5
831	831	under this paragraph. 6
832	832	(6) The child care center— 7
833	833	(A) shall provide infant and toddler child 8
834	834	care for children under the age of 3 (as of the 9
835	835	first day of the academic year of the community 10
836	836	college or minority-serving institution sup-11
837	837	porting the child care center) of community col-12
838	838	lege and minority-serving institution student 13
839	839	parents for free; 14
840	840	(B) may charge faculty and staff of the 15
841	841	community college or minority institution and 16
842	842	community members fees, using a sliding scale 17
843	843	based on family income, to enroll their children 18
844	844	in the child care center; and 19
845	845	(C) shall comply with the suspension and 20
846	846	expulsion performance standard for Head Start 21
847	847	programs under section 1302.17 of title 45, 22
848	848	Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 23
849	849	standard. 24
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852	852	•HR 2845 IH
853	853	(7)(A) The child care center shall maintain a 1
854	854	continuity of care for the children of parents who— 2
855	855	(i) were community college or minority- 3
856	856	serving institution student parents during any 4
857	857	reasonable or unavoidable break in the parents’ 5
858	858	enrollment; or 6
859	859	(ii) transferred from a community college 7
860	860	to a 4-year minority-serving institution during 8
861	861	the student’s enrollment at the 4-year institu-9
862	862	tion. 10
863	863	(B) The child care center may charge a parent 11
864	864	described in subparagraph (A) a fee for the child 12
865	865	care services provided during the period when the 13
866	866	parent is not enrolled in the community college or 14
867	867	minority-serving institution, using a sliding scale 15
868	868	based on family income during this period, as long 16
869	869	as the fee does not exceed 7 percent of the family’s 17
870	870	income. 18
871	871	(8) The child care center shall pay its child care 19
872	872	staff a wage that— 20
873	873	(A) is comparable to wages for elementary 21
874	874	educators with similar credentials and experi-22
875	875	ence in the State; and 23
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878	878	•HR 2845 IH
879	879	(B) at a minimum, provides a living wage 1
880	880	for all child care staff of the child care center; 2
881	881	and 3
882	882	(9) The child care center, if not a child care 4
883	883	provider covered by subsection (c) of section 658H 5
884	884	of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 6
885	885	of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858f), shall comply with that 7
886	886	section in the same manner and to the same extent 8
887	887	as such a child care provider, with respect to back-9
888	888	ground checks for child care staff members (includ-10
889	889	ing prospective child care staff members) for the 11
890	890	center. 12
891	891	(c) C
892	892	ONSULTATION AND REPORTS.— 13
893	893	(1) C
894	894	ONSULTATION.—An eligible entity receiv-14
895	895	ing a grant under this section shall, for each year 15
896	896	of the grant, consult with an infant and toddler child 16
897	897	care committee described in section 122(a)(2) re-17
898	898	garding the results of the grant and the contents of 18
899	899	the annual report submitted to the Secretary. 19
900	900	(2) R
901	901	EPORTS.—An eligible entity receiving a 20
902	902	grant under this section shall, for each year of the 21
903	903	grant, prepare and submit a report to the Secretary 22
904	904	that includes— 23
905	905	(A) the number of community college or 24
906	906	minority-serving institution student parents 25
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909	909	•HR 2845 IH
910	910	that received access to State licensed or reg-1
911	911	istered child care because of the grant, in the 2
912	912	aggregate and disaggregated by age, gender, 3
913	913	race and ethnicity, family income, disability sta-4
914	914	tus, and full-time or part-time enrollment sta-5
915	915	tus in the community college or minority-serv-6
916	916	ing institution; 7
917	917	(B) the number of children under age 3 8
918	918	enrolled in each on-campus child care center 9
919	919	supported under the grant, disaggregated by 10
920	920	age, gender, disability status, marital status of 11
921	921	parents, and race and ethnicity; 12
922	922	(C) for each on-campus child care center 13
923	923	supported under the grant, the number of sus-14
924	924	pensions of children enrolled in the child care 15
925	925	center, in the aggregate and disaggregated by 16
926	926	race and ethnicity, gender, and disability status; 17
927	927	(D) the demographics, including race, eth-18
928	928	nicity, and gender of the staff and leadership of 19
929	929	all child care centers supported under the 20
930	930	grant; 21
931	931	(E) the most frequent times of the day and 22
932	932	days of the week, and the average number of 23
933	933	hours per week, that on-campus child care cen-24
934	934	ters were used by community college or minor-25
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938	938	ity-serving institution student parents, and the 1
939	939	child care hours per week provided to commu-2
940	940	nity college or minority-serving institution stu-3
941	941	dent parents, disaggregated by child care pro-4
942	942	vided at nontraditional hours and traditional 5
943	943	daytime, weekday child care; 6
944	944	(F) semester-to-semester persistence and 7
945	945	fall-to-fall persistence rates of community col-8
946	946	lege or minority-serving institution student par-9
947	947	ents with children enrolled in infant and toddler 10
948	948	child care sponsored by the community college 11
949	949	or minority-serving institution, compared to the 12
950	950	persistence rate of community college or minor-13
951	951	ity-serving institution student parents with chil-14
952	952	dren under 3 who are not enrolled in commu-15
953	953	nity college or minority-serving institution spon-16
954	954	sored child care— 17
955	955	(i) collected in accordance with regu-18
956	956	lations promulgated by the Secretary; and 19
957	957	(ii) in the aggregate and 20
958	958	disaggregated as described in subpara-21
959	959	graph (A) and by the age of the children 22
960	960	of the community college or minority-serv-23
961	961	ing institution students; 24
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965	965	(G) the degree or certificate completion 1
966	966	rate of community college minority-serving in-2
967	967	stitution student parents with children enrolled 3
968	968	in child care that is sponsored by the commu-4
969	969	nity college or minority-serving institution and 5
970	970	is not infant and toddler child care, in the ag-6
971	971	gregate and disaggregated as described in such 7
972	972	subparagraph and by the age of the children of 8
973	973	the community college or minority-serving insti-9
974	974	tution student parents; and 10
975	975	(H) if grant funds are used to renovate 11
976	976	campus facilities under subsection (a)(7), proof 12
977	977	of the on-campus child care center’s compliance 13
978	978	with the standards that apply to alterations or 14
979	979	(as applicable) new construction under title II 15
980	980	or III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 16
981	981	1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq., 12181 et seq.), 17
982	982	as the case may be. 18
983	983	(3) C
984	984	ROSS-TABULATION.—In each report sub-19
985	985	mitted by an eligible entity under paragraph (2), the 20
986	986	eligible entity shall also provide the information de-21
987	987	scribed in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (F)(ii) 22
988	988	of such paragraph cross-tabulated by, at a min-23
989	989	imum, gender, disability status, and each major ra-24
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993	993	cial and ethnic group, which shall be presented in a 1
994	994	manner that— 2
995	995	(A) is first anonymized and does not reveal 3
996	996	personally identifiable information about an in-4
997	997	dividual community college or minority-serving 5
998	998	institution student parent or child enrolled in 6
999	999	the child care center; 7
1000	1000	(B) does not include a number of individ-8
1001	1001	uals in any subgroup of community college or 9
1002	1002	minority-serving institution student parents or 10
1003	1003	children enrolled in the child care center that is 11
1004	1004	insufficient to yield statistically reliable infor-12
1005	1005	mation or that would reveal personally identifi-13
1006	1006	able information about an individual; and 14
1007	1007	(C) is consistent with the requirements of 15
1008	1008	section 444 of the General Education Provi-16
1009	1009	sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g, commonly known 17
1010	1010	as the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy 18
1011	1011	Act of 1974’’). 19
1012	1012	(d) D
1013	1013	EFINITION.—In subsection (b)(9), the term 20
1014	1014	‘‘child care staff member’’ means an individual— 21
1015	1015	(1) who is employed by a child care center cov-22
1016	1016	ered by subsection (b) for compensation; or 23
1017	1017	(2) whose activities involve the care or super-24
1018	1018	vision of children for, or unsupervised access to chil-25
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1022	1022	dren who are cared for or supervised by, such a 1
1023	1023	child care center. 2
1024	1024	SEC. 124. IMPACT GRANTS. 3
1025	1025	(a) U
1026	1026	SE OFFUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec-4
1027	1027	tion shall be used by eligible entities to expand the supply 5
1028	1028	and quality of child care in the community by providing 6
1029	1029	training, mentorship, technical support, and startup fund-7
1030	1030	ing, in collaboration with existing (as of the date of appli-8
1031	1031	cation for the grant) child care agencies and organiza-9
1032	1032	tions, through carrying out 1 or more of the following ac-10
1033	1033	tivities: 11
1034	1034	(1) Contracting with local child care resource 12
1035	1035	and referral organizations to support onsite technical 13
1036	1036	assistance for child care providers, and training, 14
1037	1037	mentorships, and business technical assistance re-15
1038	1038	lated to existing (as of the date of the grant) or new 16
1039	1039	start-up child care programs. 17
1040	1040	(2) Contracting with local child care resource 18
1041	1041	and referral organizations to provide staffed family 19
1042	1042	child care networks, such as a hub that supports a 20
1043	1043	group of home-based child care providers to promote 21
1044	1044	high-quality child care. 22
1045	1045	(3) Establishing a network of child care pro-23
1046	1046	viders in the community, or partnering with an ex-24
1047	1047	isting, as of the date of application, provider or net-25
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1051	1051	work (such as an Early Head Start program oper-1
1052	1052	ating in the community) to facilitate provider access 2
1053	1053	to training, coaching, mentorship, licensure, tech-3
1054	1054	nical support, and expansion funding. 4
1055	1055	(4) Developing content for training for commu-5
1056	1056	nity child care providers (including home-based pro-6
1057	1057	viders and unlicensed providers) on strong child care 7
1058	1058	business practices and other supports and training 8
1059	1059	the providers may require. 9
1060	1060	(5) Compensating qualified individuals to de-10
1061	1061	liver training for community members on providing 11
1062	1062	high-quality child care. 12
1063	1063	(6) Awarding microenterprise grants for State 13
1064	1064	licensed, qualified early childhood education profes-14
1065	1065	sionals, State licensed child care centers, and State 15
1066	1066	licensed or registered home-based child care pro-16
1067	1067	viders to open a child care program that provides in-17
1068	1068	fant and toddler child care, or to expand infant and 18
1069	1069	toddler child care (including expanding access to 19
1070	1070	serve infants or toddlers with disabilities) at a child 20
1071	1071	care program in areas with low access to affordable, 21
1072	1072	quality infant and toddler child care. 22
1073	1073	(7) Developing and communicating clear path-23
1074	1074	ways for community child care providers and current 24
1075	1075	and prospective students of infant and toddler child 25
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1078	1078	•HR 2845 IH
1079	1079	care education, particularly individuals with low in-1
1080	1080	comes and from historically underrepresented 2
1081	1081	groups, to take advantage of professional develop-3
1082	1082	ment, certificate, and associate degree offerings, for 4
1083	1083	the purpose of advancing their skills and careers. 5
1084	1084	(8) Prioritizing child care programs, pathways, 6
1085	1085	and resources in communities of color and low-in-7
1086	1086	come communities. 8
1087	1087	(9) Developing and delivering child care profes-9
1088	1088	sional development and courses in languages other 10
1089	1089	than English. 11
1090	1090	(b) R
1091	1091	ULEREGARDINGPROFESSIONALDEVELOP-12
1092	1092	MENT.—If an eligible entity elects to use grant funds 13
1093	1093	under this section for professional development, the eligi-14
1094	1094	ble entity shall ensure that— 15
1095	1095	(1) a portion of the professional development is 16
1096	1096	open, available, and easily accessible to unlicensed 17
1097	1097	child care providers and a portion of the professional 18
1098	1098	development is available to State licensed or reg-19
1099	1099	istered child care providers; and 20
1100	1100	(2) not more than 30 percent of the funds pro-21
1101	1101	vided through the grant under this section are allo-22
1102	1102	cated toward professional development. 23
1103	1103	(c) C
1104	1104	ONSULTATION AND REPORTS.— 24
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1108	1108	(1) CONSULTATION.—An eligible entity receiv-1
1109	1109	ing a grant under this section shall, for each year 2
1110	1110	of the grant, consult with an infant and toddler child 3
1111	1111	care committee described in section 122(a)(2) and 4
1112	1112	the lead agency for the applicable State designated 5
1113	1113	under section 658D of the Child Care Development 6
1114	1114	and Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b) re-7
1115	1115	garding the results of the grant and the contents of 8
1116	1116	the annual report submitted to the Secretary. 9
1117	1117	(2) R
1118	1118	EPORTS.—An eligible entity receiving a 10
1119	1119	grant under this section shall, for each year of the 11
1120	1120	grant, prepare and submit a report to the Secretary 12
1121	1121	that includes— 13
1122	1122	(A) the number of child care providers that 14
1123	1123	attended child care professional development 15
1124	1124	sessions coordinated by the eligible entity under 16
1125	1125	the grant, and the type of training received; 17
1126	1126	(B)(i) the number of child care providers 18
1127	1127	fluent in a language other than English that re-19
1128	1128	ceived professional development through the 20
1129	1129	grant, including the number of such child care 21
1130	1130	providers reached through the development and 22
1131	1131	delivery of coursework in languages other than 23
1132	1132	English; and 24
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1136	1136	(ii) the number of such child care providers 1
1137	1137	that received professional development through 2
1138	1138	the grant and graduated with an infant toddler 3
1139	1139	credential, a child development associate cre-4
1140	1140	dential, or associate degree related to early 5
1141	1141	childhood development; 6
1142	1142	(C) the number of community colleges or 7
1143	1143	minority-serving institutions that joined or es-8
1144	1144	tablished networks of child care providers; 9
1145	1145	(D) the number of State licensed child care 10
1146	1146	spots created for children under 3 as a result 11
1147	1147	of the training or microenterprise grants pro-12
1148	1148	vided, in the aggregate and disaggregated by lo-13
1149	1149	cation in an infant and toddler child care 14
1150	1150	desert, location in a community of color, and, 15
1151	1151	for recipients of microenterprise grants under 16
1152	1152	subsection (a)(6), race, ethnicity, and gender of 17
1153	1153	recipient; 18
1154	1154	(E) the number of participants in 19
1155	1155	mentorship programs supported under the 20
1156	1156	grant, in the aggregate and disaggregated by 21
1157	1157	race, ethnicity, and gender; and 22
1158	1158	(F) the number of community child care 23
1159	1159	providers receiving technical support from the 24
1160	1160	on-campus child care center or network or the 25
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1164	1164	child care resource and referral agency under 1
1165	1165	the grant. 2
1166	1166	(3) C
1167	1167	ROSS-TABULATION.—In each report sub-3
1168	1168	mitted by an eligible entity under paragraph (2), the 4
1169	1169	eligible entity shall also provide the information de-5
1170	1170	scribed in paragraph (2)(E) cross-tabulated by, at a 6
1171	1171	minimum, gender and each major racial and ethnic 7
1172	1172	group, which shall be presented in a manner that— 8
1173	1173	(A) is first anonymized and does not reveal 9
1174	1174	personally identifiable information about an in-10
1175	1175	dividual participant in a mentorship program; 11
1176	1176	(B) does not include a number of individ-12
1177	1177	uals in any subgroup of mentorship program 13
1178	1178	participants that is insufficient to yield statis-14
1179	1179	tically reliable information or that would reveal 15
1180	1180	personally identifiable information about an in-16
1181	1181	dividual; and 17
1182	1182	(C) is consistent with the requirements of 18
1183	1183	section 444 of the General Education Provi-19
1184	1184	sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g, commonly known 20
1185	1185	as the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy 21
1186	1186	Act of 1974’’). 22
1187	1187	SEC. 125. PIPELINE GRANTS. 23
1188	1188	(a) U
1189	1189	SE OFFUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec-24
1190	1190	tion shall be used by eligible entities to grow and strength-25
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1194	1194	en the workforce pipeline of highly effective infant and 1
1195	1195	toddler child care providers, especially such providers serv-2
1196	1196	ing infant and toddler child care deserts, through carrying 3
1197	1197	out 1 or more of the following activities: 4
1198	1198	(1) Establishing— 5
1199	1199	(A) an associate degree program that in-6
1200	1200	cludes not less than 2 courses specifically on in-7
1201	1201	fants and toddlers; or 8
1202	1202	(B) a stackable child development associate 9
1203	1203	credential, infant toddler credential, or early 10
1204	1204	childhood education certificate, that can be in-11
1205	1205	corporated into a higher-level credential or cer-12
1206	1206	tificate. 13
1207	1207	(2) Hiring faculty to adopt and teach previously 14
1208	1208	developed competency-based high-quality infant-tod-15
1209	1209	dler courses, or to develop and teach infant-toddler 16
1210	1210	courses, which may include courses required for an 17
1211	1211	infant or toddler care certificate, such as courses on 18
1212	1212	child growth and development, the physical and nu-19
1213	1213	tritional needs of children, communicating with fam-20
1214	1214	ilies, language development, child mental health, 21
1215	1215	supporting infants and toddlers with disabilities, and 22
1216	1216	effective interactions with children. 23
1217	1217	(3) Developing and executing a plan for in-24
1218	1218	creased coordination between an early childhood edu-25
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1221	1221	•HR 2845 IH
1222	1222	cator preparation program of a participating com-1
1223	1223	munity college or minority-serving institution and an 2
1224	1224	on-campus child care center of the community col-3
1225	1225	lege or minority-serving institution, to enhance the 4
1226	1226	quality of both the child care and the early childhood 5
1227	1227	educator preparation program. 6
1228	1228	(4) Creating or enhancing a partnership be-7
1229	1229	tween a participating community college and a 4- 8
1230	1230	year degree-granting institution, to support and co-9
1231	1231	ordinate associate degree programs or provide for 10
1232	1232	articulation agreements in early childhood education 11
1233	1233	with related baccalaureate degree programs. 12
1234	1234	(5) Upgrading an on-campus child care center 13
1235	1235	into a child care lab school for the purpose of facili-14
1236	1236	tating early childhood educator preparation program 15
1237	1237	practicum work, which may include installing one- 16
1238	1238	way observation windows or live-feed cameras. 17
1239	1239	(6) Awarding microgrants to students in early 18
1240	1240	childhood educator preparation programs for tuition, 19
1241	1241	books, transportation, permitting or licensing fees, 20
1242	1242	apprenticeships, and time spent doing practicum 21
1243	1243	work. 22
1244	1244	(7) Developing and teaching courses on cul-23
1245	1245	turally responsive teaching in early childhood edu-24
1246	1246	cation. 25
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1250	1250	(8) Forming partnerships with local public high 1
1251	1251	schools to establish early childhood education career 2
1252	1252	and technical education programs, including pro-3
1253	1253	grams that lead to a degree or credential or provide 4
1254	1254	opportunities for students to enter the community 5
1255	1255	college or minority-serving institution with postsec-6
1256	1256	ondary credits that can be counted towards an early 7
1257	1257	childhood education certificate, credential, or degree. 8
1258	1258	(b) C
1259	1259	ONSULTATION AND REPORTS.— 9
1260	1260	(1) C
1261	1261	ONSULTATION.—An eligible entity receiv-10
1262	1262	ing a grant under this section shall, for each year 11
1263	1263	of the grant, consult with an infant and toddler child 12
1264	1264	care committee described in section 122(a)(2) re-13
1265	1265	garding the results of the grant and the contents of 14
1266	1266	the annual report submitted to the Secretary. 15
1267	1267	(2) R
1268	1268	EPORTING REQUIREMENTS .—An eligible 16
1269	1269	entity receiving a grant under this section shall, for 17
1270	1270	each year of the grant, prepare and submit a report 18
1271	1271	to the Secretary that includes— 19
1272	1272	(A) the number of students that enrolled 20
1273	1273	in early childhood educator preparation pro-21
1274	1274	grams due to the support provided by the 22
1275	1275	grant, in the aggregate and disaggregated by 23
1276	1276	credential or degree type of the program and by 24
1277	1277	age, gender, race or ethnic group, ability to 25
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1281	1281	speak a second language, family income level, 1
1282	1282	disability status, and full-time or part-time stu-2
1283	1283	dent status; 3
1284	1284	(B) the amount of funds allocated to early 4
1285	1285	childhood educator preparation program stu-5
1286	1286	dents through microgrants under this section, 6
1287	1287	in the aggregate and disaggregated by usage of 7
1288	1288	funds and by demographics of the students re-8
1289	1289	ceiving the microgrants, including age, gender, 9
1290	1290	race or ethnic group, second language ability, 10
1291	1291	parent status, family income level, disability 11
1292	1292	status, and full-time or part-time student sta-12
1293	1293	tus; 13
1294	1294	(C) the persistence, retention, and comple-14
1295	1295	tion rates of students receiving the microgrants, 15
1296	1296	as compared to such rates for students not re-16
1297	1297	ceiving the microgrants; 17
1298	1298	(D) the number of students dual-enrolled 18
1299	1299	in high school and a community college or mi-19
1300	1300	nority-serving institution early childhood educa-20
1301	1301	tor preparation program; 21
1302	1302	(E) the number of students that completed 22
1303	1303	degrees, certificates, or credentials in dual-en-23
1304	1304	rollment programs, in the aggregate and 24
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1308	1308	disaggregated by degree, certificate, and creden-1
1309	1309	tial type; and 2
1310	1310	(F) the details of any partnerships or ar-3
1311	1311	ticulation agreements established with local 4
1312	1312	public high schools or local 4-year degree-grant-5
1313	1313	ing institutions of higher education. 6
1314	1314	(3) C
1315	1315	ROSS-TABULATION.—In each report sub-7
1316	1316	mitted by an eligible entity under paragraph (2), the 8
1317	1317	eligible entity shall also provide the information de-9
1318	1318	scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such para-10
1319	1319	graph cross-tabulated by, at a minimum, gender, 11
1320	1320	each major racial and ethnic group, and disability 12
1321	1321	status, which shall be presented in a manner that— 13
1322	1322	(A) is first anonymized and does not reveal 14
1323	1323	personally identifiable information about an in-15
1324	1324	dividual student; 16
1325	1325	(B) does not include a number of individ-17
1326	1326	uals in any subgroup of students that is insuffi-18
1327	1327	cient to yield statistically reliable information or 19
1328	1328	that would reveal personally identifiable infor-20
1329	1329	mation about an individual; and 21
1330	1330	(C) is consistent with the requirements of 22
1331	1331	section 444 of the General Education Provi-23
1332	1332	sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g, commonly known 24
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1336	1336	as the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy 1
1337	1337	Act of 1974’’). 2
1338	1338	SEC. 126. EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR GRANTS. 3
1339	1339	For each year of the grant program under this title, 4
1340	1340	the Secretary shall evaluate the effectiveness of grants 5
1341	1341	under chapter 1. Each evaluation shall include the fol-6
1342	1342	lowing criteria: 7
1343	1343	(1) For access grants awarded under section 8
1344	1344	123— 9
1345	1345	(A) the number of community college or 10
1346	1346	minority-serving institution student parents 11
1347	1347	that received access to licensed or registered in-12
1348	1348	fant and toddler child care due to the grant, in 13
1349	1349	the aggregate and disaggregated by age, gen-14
1350	1350	der, race or ethnic group, family income level, 15
1351	1351	disability status, marital status, and full-time or 16
1352	1352	part-time student status; 17
1353	1353	(B) the most frequent times, and the aver-18
1354	1354	age number of hours per week, that on-campus 19
1355	1355	child care centers were used by community col-20
1356	1356	lege or minority-serving institution student par-21
1357	1357	ents; 22
1358	1358	(C) semester-to-semester persistence and 23
1359	1359	fall-to-fall persistence rates of community col-24
1360	1360	lege or minority-serving institution student par-25
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1364	1364	ents with children enrolled in infant or toddler 1
1365	1365	child care sponsored by the community college 2
1366	1366	or minority-serving institution, compared to 3
1367	1367	such rate for students with children not en-4
1368	1368	rolled in the community college or minority- 5
1369	1369	serving institution child care program, in the 6
1370	1370	aggregate and disaggregated by the categories 7
1371	1371	described in subparagraph (A); and 8
1372	1372	(D) degree and certificate completion rate 9
1373	1373	of community college or minority-serving insti-10
1374	1374	tution student parents with children enrolled in 11
1375	1375	child care sponsored by the community college 12
1376	1376	or minority-serving institution, compared to 13
1377	1377	such rate for students with children not en-14
1378	1378	rolled in such a sponsored child care program, 15
1379	1379	in the aggregate and disaggregated by the cat-16
1380	1380	egories described in subparagraph (A). 17
1381	1381	(2) For impact grants awarded under section 18
1382	1382	124— 19
1383	1383	(A) the number of attendees for the child 20
1384	1384	care professional development sessions coordi-21
1385	1385	nated by the eligible entity under the grants; 22
1386	1386	(B) the number of community colleges or 23
1387	1387	minority-serving institutions that joined or es-24
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1391	1391	tablished networks of child care providers as a 1
1392	1392	result of the grants; 2
1393	1393	(C) the number of State licensed child care 3
1394	1394	spots created for children under 3 in infant and 4
1395	1395	toddler child care deserts and communities of 5
1396	1396	color that were established as a result of micro-6
1397	1397	enterprise grants supported under section 7
1398	1398	124(a)(6); and 8
1399	1399	(D) the number of child care providers flu-9
1400	1400	ent in a language other than English that re-10
1401	1401	ceived professional development under the 11
1402	1402	grants. 12
1403	1403	(3) For pipeline grants under section 125— 13
1404	1404	(A) the number of early childhood educator 14
1405	1405	preparation programs that were established 15
1406	1406	with funding under the grants; 16
1407	1407	(B) the number of existing early childhood 17
1408	1408	educator preparation programs that expanded 18
1409	1409	course, certificate, or degree offerings as a re-19
1410	1410	sult of funding under the grants; 20
1411	1411	(C) the number of students that enrolled 21
1412	1412	in early childhood educator preparation pro-22
1413	1413	grams because of funding provided under the 23
1414	1414	grants, in the aggregate and disaggregated 24
1415	1415	by— 25
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1419	1419	(i) type of degree or credential; and 1
1420	1420	(ii) student age, gender, race or ethnic 2
1421	1421	group, second language ability, family in-3
1422	1422	come level, disability status, and status as 4
1423	1423	enrolled full- or part-time; 5
1424	1424	(D) the amount of funds allocated to early 6
1425	1425	childhood educator preparation program stu-7
1426	1426	dents through microgrants supported under sec-8
1427	1427	tion 125(a)(6), in the aggregate and 9
1428	1428	disaggregated by— 10
1429	1429	(i) category of usage of funds; and 11
1430	1430	(ii) the categories described in sub-12
1431	1431	paragraph (C)(ii); 13
1432	1432	(E) persistence, retention, and completion 14
1433	1433	rates of students receiving such microgrants, as 15
1434	1434	compared to students not receiving microgrants; 16
1435	1435	(F) the number of new early childhood ed-17
1436	1436	ucator preparation program partnerships 18
1437	1437	formed between community colleges or minor-19
1438	1438	ity-serving institutions and area high schools as 20
1439	1439	a result of the grants; 21
1440	1440	(G) the number of students dual-enrolled 22
1441	1441	in high school and community college early 23
1442	1442	childhood educator preparation programs as a 24
1443	1443	result of the grants; and 25
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1447	1447	(H) the number of students that completed 1
1448	1448	a degree or credential in a dual-enrollment pro-2
1449	1449	gram as a result of the grants, in the aggregate 3
1450	1450	and disaggregated by degree or credential. 4
1451	1451	SEC. 127. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 5
1452	1452	The Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress 6
1453	1453	an annual report on the grant program under this title 7
1454	1454	that includes— 8
1455	1455	(1) the results from the most recent evaluation 9
1456	1456	under section 126; and 10
1457	1457	(2) information regarding the progress made by 11
1458	1458	the grants based on the most recent reports sub-12
1459	1459	mitted under sections 122(b), 123(c), 124(c), and 13
1460	1460	125(b). 14
1461	1461	SEC. 128. NONDISCRIMINATION IN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVI-15
1462	1462	TIES. 16
1463	1463	(a) N
1464	1464	ONDISCRIMINATION.—No person in the United 17
1465	1465	States shall, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, 18
1466	1466	religion, national origin, sex (which includes sexual ori-19
1467	1467	entation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, medical 20
1468	1468	conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth, or sex 21
1469	1469	stereotypes), or disability, be excluded from participation 22
1470	1470	in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimina-23
1471	1471	tion under any program or activity funded, in whole or 24
1472	1472	in part, with funds made available under this title or with 25
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1476	1476	amounts appropriated for grants, contracts, or certificates 1
1477	1477	similar to a child care certificate as defined in section 2
1478	1478	658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 3
1479	1479	of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n), administered with such funds. 4
1480	1480	(b) E
1481	1481	NFORCEMENT.—Subsection (a) shall be en-5
1482	1482	forced in the same manner and by the same means, as 6
1483	1483	if such subsection was incorporated in title VI of the Civil 7
1484	1484	Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), and as if 8
1485	1485	a violation of subsection (a) was treated as if it was a 9
1486	1486	violation of section 601 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000d). 10
1487	1487	(c) R
1488	1488	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-11
1489	1489	tion shall be construed to alter or change any provisions 12
1490	1490	of section 658N of the Child Care and Development Block 13
1491	1491	Grant of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858l). 14
1492	1492	TITLE II—CHILD CARE AND DE-15
1493	1493	VELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 16
1494	1494	PROGRAM 17
1495	1495	SEC. 201. ELIGIBILITY. 18
1496	1496	(a) I
1497	1497	NGENERAL.—Section 658P(4)(C)(i) of the 19
1498	1498	Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 20
1499	1499	U.S.C. 9858n(4)(C)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘job train-21
1500	1500	ing or educational program’’ and inserting ‘‘job training 22
1501	1501	or educational program (which may be a program of study 23
1502	1502	at an institution of higher education (as defined in section 24
1503	1503	102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 25
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1507	1507	1002)), a program of secondary education, or a program 1
1508	1508	of study leading to the recognized equivalent of a sec-2
1509	1509	ondary school diploma)’’. 3
1510	1510	(b) P
1511	1511	LANREQUIREMENTS.—Section 658E(c)(2) of 4
1512	1512	such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)) is amended by adding 5
1513	1513	at the end the following: 6
1514	1514	‘‘(W) E
1515	1515	LIGIBILITY STANDARDS.—The plan 7
1516	1516	shall contain an assurance that the State will 8
1517	1517	not use any requirement for the eligibility of a 9
1518	1518	child under this subchapter that is more restric-10
1519	1519	tive than the requirements of (including regula-11
1520	1520	tions issued under) this subchapter, such as a 12
1521	1521	family income standard, or a work, training, or 13
1522	1522	education standard, that is more restrictive 14
1523	1523	than the standards specified in section 15
1524	1524	658P(4).’’. 16
1525	1525	SEC. 202. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 17
1526	1526	Section 658H(c) of the Child Care and Development 18
1527	1527	Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858f(c)) is amend-19
1528	1528	ed— 20
1529	1529	(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 21
1530	1530	subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or a child care cen-22
1531	1531	ter covered by section 123(b) of the Preparing and 23
1532	1532	Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Child-24
1533	1533	hood Teachers Act’’ before ‘‘if such’’; and 25
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1537	1537	(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, including 1
1538	1538	a child care center covered by section 123(b) of the 2
1539	1539	Preparing and Resourcing Our Student Parents and 3
1540	1540	Early Childhood Teachers Act,’’ before ‘‘shall be in-4
1541	1541	eligible’’. 5
1542	1542	SEC. 203. INCREASED FEDERAL MATCHING PAYMENTS FOR 6
1543	1543	CHILD CARE. 7
1544	1544	Section 418(a)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 8
1545	1545	U.S.C. 618(a)(2)(C)) is amended to read as follows: 9
1546	1546	‘‘(C) F
1547	1547	EDERAL MATCHING OF STATE EX -10
1548	1548	PENDITURES.—The Secretary shall pay to each 11
1549	1549	eligible State for a fiscal year an amount equal 12
1550	1550	to the lesser of— 13
1551	1551	‘‘(i) the State’s allotment under sub-14
1552	1552	paragraph (B); or 15
1553	1553	‘‘(ii) the sum of— 16
1554	1554	‘‘(I) in the case of a State that 17
1555	1555	provides payments for child care as-18
1556	1556	sistance for infants and toddlers 19
1557	1557	(within the meaning of section 658G 20
1558	1558	of the Child Care and Development 21
1559	1559	Block Grant Act of 1990) at not less 22
1560	1560	than 75 percent of the market rates, 23
1561	1561	based on the most recent market rate 24
1562	1562	survey conducted under section 25
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1566	1566	658E(c)(4)(B) of that Act or using an 1
1567	1567	alternative methodology, such as a 2
1568	1568	cost estimation model, that has been 3
1569	1569	developed by the State lead agency 4
1570	1570	and approved by the Administration 5
1571	1571	for Children and Families, taking into 6
1572	1572	account the geographic area, type of 7
1573	1573	child care, and age of the child, 90 8
1574	1574	percent of the State’s expenditures for 9
1575	1575	such assistance; and 10
1576	1576	‘‘(II) the amount equal to the 11
1577	1577	Federal medical assistance percentage 12
1578	1578	that applies to the State for the fiscal 13
1579	1579	year under section 1905(b) (without 14
1580	1580	regard to any adjustments to such 15
1581	1581	percentage applicable under that sec-16
1582	1582	tion or any other provision of law) of 17
1583	1583	so much of the State’s expenditures 18
1584	1584	for child care in that fiscal year for 19
1585	1585	children other than infants and tod-20
1586	1586	dlers.’’. 21
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1590	1590	TITLE III—OUTREACH REGARD-1
1591	1591	ING THE DEPENDENT CARE 2
1592	1592	ALLOWANCE FOR FEDERAL 3
1593	1593	STUDENT AID 4
1594	1594	SEC. 301. SHARING DEPENDENT CARE ALLOWANCE INFOR-5
1595	1595	MATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID. 6
1596	1596	Section 132(h)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 7
1597	1597	1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a(h)(4)) is amended— 8
1598	1598	(1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 9
1599	1599	‘‘
1600	1600	AND INFORMATION’’ after ‘‘DISCLAIMER’’; 10
1601	1601	(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 11
1602	1602	after the semicolon; 12
1603	1603	(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 13
1604	1604	and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 14
1605	1605	(4) by adding at the end the following: 15
1606	1606	‘‘(D) explaining— 16
1607	1607	‘‘(i) that a student with a dependent 17
1608	1608	may be eligible to include a dependent care 18
1609	1609	allowance described in section 471(a)(8) in 19
1610	1610	the student’s cost of attendance; 20
1611	1611	‘‘(ii) the effect that a dependent care 21
1612	1612	allowance may have on the amount of fi-22
1613	1613	nancial aid available to the student from 23
1614	1614	the institution; and 24
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1618	1618	‘‘(iii) how to apply for the dependent 1
1619	1619	care allowance.’’. 2
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