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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2845
To establish competitive Federal grants that will empower community colleges
and minority-serving institutions to become incubators for infant and
toddler child care talent, training, and access on their campuses and
in their communities, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL10, 2025
Mrs. H
AYES(for herself and Mr. NORCROSS) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and
in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To establish competitive Federal grants that will empower
community colleges and minority-serving institutions to
become incubators for infant and toddler child care tal-
ent, training, and access on their campuses and in their
communities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preparing and 4
Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Childhood 5
Teachers Act’’ or the ‘‘PROSPECT Act’’. 6
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 2
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Findings.
TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF INFANT AND TODDLER CHILD
CARE LEADERSHIP GRANTS
Sec. 101. Purpose.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Sec. 103. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle A—General Provisions
Sec. 111. Program authorized.
Sec. 112. Application; selection criteria.
Sec. 113. Amount, duration, and administration of grants.
Subtitle B—Planning and Implementation Grants
Sec. 121. Grants authorized.
Sec. 122. Planning grants.
Sec. 123. Access grants providing infant and toddler child care for community
college or minority-serving institution student parents.
Sec. 124. Impact grants.
Sec. 125. Pipeline grants.
Sec. 126. Evaluation criteria for grants.
Sec. 127. Report to Congress.
Sec. 128. Nondiscrimination in programs and activities.
TITLE II—CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
PROGRAM
Sec. 201. Eligibility.
Sec. 202. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 203. Increased Federal matching payments for child care.
TITLE III—OUTREACH REGARDING THE DEPENDENT CARE
ALLOWANCE FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID
Sec. 301. Sharing dependent care allowance information for Federal student
aid.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS.
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Congress finds the following: 4
(1) A child’s brain grows at a faster rate be-5
tween birth and age 3 than at any later point in the 6
child’s lifetime. 7
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(2) Decades of research show that children 1
under age 3 that receive quality childcare are more 2
likely to have the behavioral, cognitive, and language 3
skills development necessary for success in school, 4
college, and life. 5
(3) Of the more than 5,100,000 families with 6
young children that pay for childcare each year, 43 7
percent of parents pay unaffordable rates, as defined 8
by the Department of Health and Human Services 9
as more than 7 percent of income. 10
(4) In 2023, the average cost of childcare in the 11
United States was $3,190 a month for nanny care, 12
$1,230 a month for a daycare center, and $992 a 13
month for home daycare, with families on average 14
spending 24 percent of their household income on 15
childcare expenses. Families pushed into poverty 16
from childcare expenses typically spend almost 28 17
percent of their income on childcare. 18
(5) According to a 2023 report, there are an es-19
timated 5,400,000 college students with dependent 20
children. 21
(6) According to a 2020 report, only about five 22
percent of colleges and universities are providing the 23
child care slots that student parents need, leading to 24
long wait lists. 25
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(7) Student parents are nearly twice as likely to 1
depart college prior to graduation than students 2
without children. Single mothers and Black parents, 3
especially fathers, are particularly likely to suspend 4
enrollment before completing their educational pro-5
grams. 6
(8) The Child Care Access Means Parents in 7
School Federal Grant program under subpart 7 of 8
part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 9
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070e et seq.) helps over 3,300 10
students at institutions of higher education afford 11
child care each year, but this program impacts just 12
0.5 percent of the entire student parent population, 13
and many institutions of higher education do not 14
open their subsidized child care programs to children 15
under age 3. 16
(9) The share of public academic institutions 17
offering childcare services has fallen in recent dec-18
ades. Of public 4-year institutions of higher edu-19
cation, 455 had on-campus day care for students’ 20
children in 2005 compared to 369 in 2023. Of pub-21
lic, 2-year institutions of higher education, 464 had 22
on-campus day care for students’ children in 2005 23
compared to 304 in 2023. 24
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(10) Student parents are more likely to be en-1
rolled at community colleges and minority-serving 2
institutions than other institutions of higher edu-3
cation. Over half of student mothers, 51 percent, at-4
tend community and technical colleges. 5
(11) Community colleges and minority-serving 6
institutions lead the higher education sector in edu-7
cating infant and toddler childcare providers, espe-8
cially childcare providers of color, so they are the op-9
timal actors for driving quality infant and toddler 10
childcare access in their regions. 11
TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF IN-12
FANT AND TODDLER CHILD 13
CARE LEADERSHIP GRANTS 14
SEC. 101. PURPOSE. 15
The purposes of this title are to expand access to in-16
fant and toddler child care for children of students at pub-17
lic community colleges and at minority-serving institutions 18
and to grow, diversify, and strengthen the workforce pipe-19
line of highly effective infant and toddler child care pro-20
viders, especially in communities of color and infant and 21
toddler child care deserts. 22
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 23
In this title: 24
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(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE .—The term ‘‘commu-1
nity college’’ means a public institution of higher 2
education, as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher 3
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), that 4
provides an educational program of not less than 2 5
years that culminates in an associate degree and is 6
acceptable for full credit toward a baccalaureate de-7
gree. 8
(2) C
OMMUNITY COLLEGE OR MINORITY -SERV-9
ING INSTITUTION STUDENT PARENT .—The term 10
‘‘community college or minority-serving institution 11
student parent’’ means an individual who— 12
(A) is a parent or legal guardian of a child 13
who qualifies for infant and toddler child care; 14
and 15
(B) is a full-time or part-time student at 16
a community college or minority-serving institu-17
tion participating in an eligible entity. 18
(3) C
ULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING .—The 19
term ‘‘culturally responsive teaching’’ means teach-20
ing— 21
(A) using the cultural characteristics, expe-22
riences, and perspectives of ethnically diverse 23
students as conduits for teaching them more ef-24
fectively; and 25
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(B) based on understanding the influences 1
of race, culture, and ethnicity in teaching and 2
learning and using the cultural experiences and 3
contributions of different ethnic groups as in-4
strumental tools for teaching academic and so-5
cial knowledge and skills. 6
(4) D
ROP-IN.—The term ‘‘drop-in’’, when used 7
with respect to child care— 8
(A) means child care that— 9
(i) does not require prescheduling a 10
definite number of scheduled days or hours 11
per week; or 12
(ii) is short term, such as less than 5 13
hours per day; and 14
(B) includes child care described in sub-15
paragraph (A) that requires parents to provide 16
24-hour notice before using the child care or 17
provides child care subject to availability. 18
(5) D
UAL LANGUAGE LEARNER .—The term 19
‘‘dual language learner’’ means a child who— 20
(A) is acquiring 2 or more languages at 21
the same time; or 22
(B) is learning a second language while 23
continuing to develop the child’s first language, 24
including a child who may also be identified by 25
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a State or locality as bilingual or limited 1
English proficient or as an English language 2
learner, an English learner, or a child who 3
speaks a language other than English. 4
(6) E
ARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR PREPARA -5
TION PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘early childhood educa-6
tor preparation program’’ means a postsecondary 7
course of study that— 8
(A) is designed to prepare individuals to 9
teach in early childhood settings serving chil-10
dren between birth and age 5; and 11
(B) leads to a degree (including an associ-12
ate’s, bachelor’s, or graduate degree) or a State 13
or nationally recognized credential enabling in-14
dividuals to teach in early childhood settings, 15
including a child development associate creden-16
tial or a State teaching license. 17
(7) E
LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-18
ty’’ means— 19
(A) a community college; 20
(B) a minority-serving institution; or 21
(C) a consortium of 2 or more community 22
colleges or minority-serving institutions. 23
(8) F
LEX INFANT AND TODDLER CHILD 24
CARE.—The term ‘‘flex infant and toddler child 25
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care’’ means infant and toddler child care for which 1
a child is registered to attend weekly, but for a total 2
of less than five days per week. 3
(9) H
IGH SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high school’’ 4
has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of 5
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 6
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 7
(10) I
NFANT AND TODDLER CHILD CARE .—The 8
term ‘‘infant and toddler child care’’ means child 9
care for children who are under the age of 3 as of 10
the first day of the academic year of the applicable 11
community college or minority-serving institution. 12
(11) I
NFANT AND TODDLER CHILD CARE 13
DESERT.—The term ‘‘infant and toddler child care 14
desert’’ means a community that the State or tribal 15
entity involved determines has a low supply of qual-16
ity, affordable infant and toddler child care. 17
(12) I
NFANT OR TODDLER WITH A DIS -18
ABILITY.—The term ‘‘infant or toddler with a dis-19
ability’’ has the meaning given the term in section 20
632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 21
Act (20 U.S.C. 1432). 22
(13) L
OW-INCOME.—The term ‘‘low-income’’ 23
means an individual from a family with an income 24
at or below 150 percent of the poverty line (as de-25
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fined by the Office of Management and Budget and 1
revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) 2
of the Community Services Block Grant Act) appli-3
cable to a family of the size involved. 4
(14) M
INORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION .—The 5
term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ means an insti-6
tution described in section 371(a) of the Higher 7
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 8
(15) N
ONTRADITIONAL HOURS .—The term 9
‘‘nontraditional hours’’ means— 10
(A) the hours before 9 a.m. and after 4 11
p.m.; and 12
(B) any hours during weekends, breaks 13
during the academic year, and holidays. 14
(16) O
N-CAMPUS.—The term ‘‘on-campus’’, 15
when used with respect to a childcare center, means 16
a childcare center that is located on the campus of 17
a community college or minority-serving institution. 18
(17) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 19
means the Secretary of Education. 20
(18) S
ERVICE AREA.—The term ‘‘service area’’, 21
when used with respect to an eligible entity, means 22
the area served by the eligible entity. 23
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(19) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-1
ing given the term in section 103 of the Higher 2
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003). 3
SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 4
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 5
this title a total of $9,000,000,000 for fiscal years 2026 6
through 2030. 7
Subtitle A—General Provisions 8
SEC. 111. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 9
(a) I
NGENERAL.—From amounts made available 10
under section 103, the Secretary shall award to eligible 11
entities— 12
(1) planning grants under section 122; 13
(2) access grants under section 123, which will 14
provide free high-quality child care for as many as 15
500,000 infants and toddlers who have a community 16
college or minority-serving institution student par-17
ent, helping to reduce barriers that impact the abil-18
ity of community college or minority-serving institu-19
tion student parents attending community college or 20
a minority-serving institution to graduate, and re-21
ducing their postgraduation debt; 22
(3) impact grants under section 124, which will 23
expand the supply and quality of child care in the 24
community by providing training, mentorship, tech-25
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nical support, and expansion funding to new and ex-1
isting child care providers in the service area of the 2
eligible entity; and 3
(4) pipeline grants under section 125, which 4
will fund eligible entities to— 5
(A) launch and expand early childhood ed-6
ucator preparation programs; and 7
(B) form strategic partnerships with re-8
gional institutions to expand, diversify, and 9
strengthen the workforce pipeline for infant and 10
toddler care providers. 11
(b) A
DMINISTRATION.—In administering this title, 12
the Secretary shall— 13
(1) consult with the Secretary of Health and 14
Human Services with respect to all grants carried 15
out under this Act; and 16
(2) consult with the Administrator of the Small 17
Business Administration with respect to impact 18
grants carried out under section 124. 19
SEC. 112. APPLICATION; SELECTION CRITERIA. 20
(a) A
PPLICATION.— 21
(1) I
N GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 22
grant under subtitle B shall submit an application to 23
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 24
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containing such information as the Secretary may 1
require. 2
(2) C
ONTENTS.—An application submitted 3
under paragraph (1) shall include— 4
(A) a landscape review on the need for in-5
fant and toddler child care within the current 6
and prospective student populations of the eligi-7
ble entity and in the broader service area of the 8
eligible entity, with an emphasis on community 9
college or minority-serving institution student 10
parents in communities of color and low-income 11
parents; 12
(B) a landscape review of the infant and 13
toddler child care workforce within the service 14
area of the eligible entity; 15
(C) a high-level vision (which, in the case 16
of an eligible entity desiring a planning grant 17
under section 122, will be clarified and adjusted 18
through the needs assessment and activities 19
carried out under the grant) for how to leverage 20
1 or more access, impact, or pipeline grants 21
under subtitle B to enhance access and quality 22
in the infant and toddler child care landscape of 23
the service area of the eligible entity; 24
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(D) a description of how the eligible entity 1
will advance child development (including social 2
and emotional development), family engage-3
ment, and culturally responsive and linguis-4
tically responsive pedagogy for infant and tod-5
dler child care within its child care center or 6
early childhood education programs (as applica-7
ble), through professional development, required 8
coursework, or targeted outreach and enroll-9
ment; 10
(E) an assurance that the eligible entity 11
will submit annual reports that document how 12
funds were allocated and the impact of the 13
grant; 14
(F) a commitment that wages for child 15
care staff at each on-campus child care center 16
of a participating community college or minor-17
ity-serving institution during the grant period 18
shall be— 19
(i) comparable to wages for elemen-20
tary educators with similar credentials and 21
experience in the State; and 22
(ii) at a minimum, at a rate that is 23
enough to provide a living wage for all 24
child care staff; and 25
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(G) in the case of an impact, access, or 1
pipeline grant under subtitle B, an assurance 2
that the eligible entity will continue to convene 3
and consult an infant and toddler child care 4
committee described in section 122(a)(1). 5
(b) S
ELECTIONCRITERIA.— 6
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 7
grants under subtitle B on a competitive basis, in 8
accordance with the priorities described in para-9
graph (2), and in a manner that supports eligible 10
entities that— 11
(A) enroll a high percentage of students 12
who are eligible for a Federal Pell Grant under 13
section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 14
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) and who have children 15
under age 3; 16
(B) are located within or in the immediate 17
vicinity of an infant and toddler child care 18
desert; or 19
(C) have a clear and compelling plan for— 20
(i) in the case of a planning grant 21
under section 122, carrying out the activi-22
ties of the planning grant; 23
(ii) in the case of an access grant 24
under section 123, expanding access to 25
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free infant and toddler child care for com-1
munity college or minority-serving institu-2
tion student parents; 3
(iii) in the case of an impact grant 4
under section 124, expanding the supply 5
and quality of child care in the community 6
by providing training, mentorship, tech-7
nical support, and startup funding, in col-8
laboration with existing child care agencies 9
and organizations; or 10
(iv) in the case of a pipeline grant 11
under section 125, growing and strength-12
ening the workforce pipeline of highly ef-13
fective infant and toddler child care pro-14
viders, especially such providers serving in-15
fant and toddler child care deserts, by ex-16
panding early childhood education pro-17
grams or upgrading an on-campus child 18
care center into a lab school. 19
(2) P
RIORITIES IN AWARDING GRANTS .—In 20
awarding grants under subtitle B, the Secretary 21
shall, to the extent practicable based on the strength 22
of the applications and the availability of appropria-23
tions— 24
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(A) first, ensure that not less than 80 per-1
cent of the funds appropriated for grants under 2
subtitle B are awarded to eligible entities that 3
are eligible institutions, as defined in section 4
312(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 5
(20 U.S.C. 1058(b)); 6
(B) second, ensure that not less than 1 eli-7
gible entity in each State is awarded a grant; 8
and 9
(C) third, provide special consideration to 10
applications described in paragraph (3). 11
(3) A
DDITIONAL CONSIDERATION AND FUND -12
ING.—In awarding grants under subtitle B and sub-13
ject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall provide 14
special consideration, and may provide additional 15
funding as needed, including funding to exceed the 16
limits described in section 113(a), for— 17
(A) applications for access grants under 18
section 123 that will provide— 19
(i) infant and toddler child care for 20
children of all ages between birth and age 21
3; 22
(ii) infant and toddler child care avail-23
able during nontraditional hours; 24
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(iii) infant and toddler child care that 1
has the supports and staffing needed for 2
children who are dual language learners; 3
(iv) infant and toddler child care that 4
has the supports and staffing needed for 5
children in need of trauma-informed care 6
and infants and toddlers with disabilities, 7
which may include providing training for 8
infant and toddler child care staff to sup-9
port the needs of infants and toddlers with 10
disabilities or coordinating with service 11
providers to deliver services under section 12
619 or part C of the Individuals with Dis-13
abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1419; 14
1431 et seq.); and 15
(v) child care and aftercare for chil-16
dren age 3 and older, especially for chil-17
dren that age out of the infant and toddler 18
child care program supported under this 19
title, and for siblings of children enrolled 20
in campus-sponsored infant and toddler 21
child care; and 22
(B) applications for pipeline grants under 23
section 125 that propose to— 24
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(i) develop and teach courses on cul-1
turally responsive and linguistically respon-2
sive teaching in early childhood education; 3
and 4
(ii) develop and teach courses on sup-5
porting infants and toddlers with disabil-6
ities who are under age 3. 7
(c) P
REREQUISITES FORACCESS, IMPACT, ANDPIPE-8
LINEGRANTS.—An eligible entity shall receive and timely 9
complete all requirements of a planning grant under sec-10
tion 122 before receiving an access, impact, or pipeline 11
grant under section 123, 124, or 125. 12
SEC. 113. AMOUNT, DURATION, AND ADMINISTRATION OF 13
GRANTS. 14
(a) A
MOUNT OF GRANTS.—Each grant awarded 15
under subtitle B to an eligible entity shall be in an amount 16
of— 17
(1) in the case of a grant awarded to an indi-18
vidual community college or minority-serving institu-19
tion, not more than $20,000,000; and 20
(2) in the case of a grant to a consortium of 21
community colleges or minority-serving institutions, 22
not more than $220,000,000. 23
(b) D
URATION OFGRANTS.—A grant awarded under 24
subtitle B shall be for a period of 4 years, except that 25
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a planning grant awarded under section 122 shall be for 1
a period of 1 year. 2
(c) N
UMBER OFGRANTS.— 3
(1) P
LANNING GRANTS .—No eligible entity 4
shall receive more than 1 planning grant under sec-5
tion 122. 6
(2) I
MPACT, ACCESS, AND PIPELINE GRANTS .— 7
An eligible entity may receive multiple grants under 8
sections 123, 124, and 125, including 2 or more 9
grants under different sections for the same grant 10
period or for overlapping grant periods. 11
(d) A
NNUALGRANTCOMPETITIONS.—The Secretary 12
shall conduct annual grant competitions for the grants 13
under subtitle B. 14
(e) R
ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this title 15
shall be construed to limit any program or grant estab-16
lished under any other Federal law, including the Higher 17
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), the Ele-18
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 19
6301 et seq.), or the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-20
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 21
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Subtitle B—Planning and 1
Implementation Grants 2
SEC. 121. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 3
From amounts made available under section 103, the 4
Secretary shall award to eligible entities— 5
(1) planning grants under section 122, to en-6
able the eligible entities to assess the infant and tod-7
dler child care needs of current and prospective com-8
munity college or minority-serving institution stu-9
dent parents and the surrounding community and 10
develop a detailed proposal to address such needs; 11
(2) access grants under section 123, which will 12
provide free high-quality child care for up to 13
500,000 children under the age of 3 of community 14
college or minority-serving institution student par-15
ents, helping to reduce barriers that impact the abil-16
ity of community college or minority-serving institu-17
tion student parents to graduate, and reducing their 18
postgraduation debt; 19
(3) impact grants under section 124, which will 20
expand the supply and quality of child care in the 21
community by providing training, mentorship, tech-22
nical support, and expansion funding to new and ex-23
isting child care providers in the service area of the 24
eligible entities; and 25
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(4) pipeline grants under section 125, which 1
will fund eligible entities to— 2
(A) launch and expand early childhood ed-3
ucator preparation programs; and 4
(B) form strategic partnerships with re-5
gional institutions to expand, diversify, and 6
strengthen the workforce pipeline for infant and 7
toddler child care providers. 8
SEC. 122. PLANNING GRANTS. 9
(a) U
SE OFFUNDS.—An eligible entity receiving a 10
grant under this section shall use grant funds to— 11
(1) establish an infant and toddler child care 12
committee that is reflective and inclusive of the com-13
munity being served and composed of members who 14
are— 15
(A) student parents at the participating 16
community college or minority-serving institu-17
tion; 18
(B) faculty of any participating community 19
college or minority-serving institution; 20
(C) representatives of a local educational 21
agency (as defined in section 8101 of the Ele-22
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 23
(20 U.S.C. 7801)) serving the service area of 24
the eligible entity; 25
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(D) where applicable, a local public charter 1
school provider; 2
(E) representatives of a local child care re-3
source and referral agency; and 4
(F) infant and toddler child care profes-5
sionals (such as representatives from a local 6
Head Start or Early Head Start program, 7
home-based infant and toddler child care pro-8
viders, and child care providers with expertise 9
working with infants or toddlers with disabil-10
ities); 11
(2) conduct an infant and toddler child care 12
needs assessment of current and prospective commu-13
nity college or minority-serving institution student 14
parents, the infant and toddler child care workforce, 15
and the service area of the eligible entity, that in-16
cludes information on the level of need for— 17
(A) infant and toddler child care during 18
nontraditional hours; 19
(B) 3-year-old child care, toddler care, and 20
infant care; 21
(C) care for infants and toddlers with dis-22
abilities; 23
(D) care for children from households that 24
speak a language other than English; and 25
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(E) child care in specific communities, es-1
pecially infant and toddler child care deserts; 2
(3) begin research, outreach, and planning for 3
expanding access to free infant and toddler child 4
care for community college or minority-serving insti-5
tution student parents, which may include drafting 6
a delivery agreement with infant and toddler child 7
care providers in the community to provide infant 8
and toddler child care to community college or mi-9
nority-serving institution student parents; and 10
(4) develop a detailed proposal, with a focus on 11
the needs of parents of children under age 3, to ad-12
dress those needs, which may include applying for 13
an impact, access, or pipeline grant under section 14
123, 124, or 125. 15
(b) R
EPORTINGREQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 30 16
days after the end of a grant period under this section, 17
the eligible entity that received the grant shall prepare and 18
submit a report to the Secretary that includes— 19
(1) the results of the needs assessment con-20
ducted under subsection (a)(2); 21
(2) the detailed proposal developed under sub-22
section (a)(4); and 23
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(3) in the case of an eligible entity that desires 1
an impact, access, or pipeline grant under section 2
123, 124, or 125, an application for the grant. 3
SEC. 123. ACCESS GRANTS PROVIDING INFANT AND TOD-4
DLER CHILD CARE FOR COMMUNITY COL-5
LEGE OR MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION 6
STUDENT PARENTS. 7
(a) U
SE OFGRANTS.—An eligible entity receiving a 8
grant under this section shall use grant funds to expand 9
access to free infant and toddler child care for community 10
college or minority-serving institution student parents by 11
carrying out 1 or more of the following: 12
(1) Paying the infant and toddler child care 13
costs of community college or minority-serving insti-14
tution student parents at an on-campus child care 15
center, State licensed off-campus child care center, 16
or State licensed or registered home-based child care 17
provider. 18
(2)(A) Operating an on-campus child care cen-19
ter that provides infant and toddler child care; or 20
(B) contracting with a child care provider that 21
is operating 1 or more child care centers (as of the 22
date of the contract) to operate an on-campus child 23
care center that provides infant and toddler child 24
care. 25
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(3) Coordinating with local child care resource 1
and referral agencies for services such as helping 2
community college or minority-serving institution 3
student parents find infant and toddler child care. 4
(4) Expanding the resources for existing on- 5
campus child care centers, as of the date of the ap-6
plication for the grant, by— 7
(A) expanding the space of the center for 8
infant and toddler child care; 9
(B) purchasing equipment to be used for 10
infant and toddler child care; or 11
(C) hiring staff to accommodate additional 12
children under the age of 3. 13
(5) Lengthening the hours of an existing on- 14
campus infant and toddler child care center or keep-15
ing the on-campus infant and toddler child care cen-16
ter open during breaks (including summer). 17
(6) Establishing capacity for drop-in infant and 18
toddler child care or flex infant and toddler child 19
care for the children of community college or minor-20
ity-serving institution student parents. 21
(7) Renovating campus facilities to allow for the 22
operation of an on-campus child care center that— 23
(A) satisfies the standards that apply to 24
alterations or (as applicable) new construction 25
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under title II or III of the Americans with Dis-1
abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq., 2
12181 et seq.), as the case may be; and 3
(B)(i) meets a high-quality standard, ac-4
cording to a State quality rating and improve-5
ment system or the standards applicable to an 6
Early Head Start program under the Head 7
Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.); or 8
(ii) is accredited through the National As-9
sociation for the Education of Young Children 10
or another organization of similar expertise, as 11
determined by the Secretary. 12
(b) R
EQUIREMENTS OF ON-CAMPUSCHILDCARE 13
C
ENTERS.—In order for an on-campus child care center 14
of a community college or minority-serving institution par-15
ticipating in an eligible entity to be supported with funds 16
from a grant under this section, the on-campus child care 17
center shall meet the following requirements: 18
(1) The child care center shall be licensed by 19
the State and shall meet a high-quality standard de-20
scribed in subsection (a)(7)(B)(i) or be accredited in 21
accordance with subsection (a)(7)(B)(ii). 22
(2) Children of community college or minority- 23
serving institution student parents shall receive pri-24
ority enrollment in the child care center, with pri-25
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ority going first to low-income community college or 1
minority-serving institution student parents, al-2
though dependents of faculty and staff of the com-3
munity college or minority-serving institution and 4
community members may be enrolled once the en-5
rollment needs of all requesting community college 6
or minority-serving institution student parents are 7
fulfilled. 8
(3) The child care center shall provide infant 9
and toddler child care to children of community col-10
lege or minority-serving institution student parents, 11
without regard as to whether the parent is a full- 12
time or part-time student. 13
(4) Not less than 85 percent of the community 14
college or minority-serving institution student par-15
ents using the on-campus child care center for infant 16
and toddler child care shall be eligible to receive 17
Federal Pell Grants under section 401 of the Higher 18
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a), except 19
that the Secretary may grant a waiver from this re-20
quirement if the Secretary determines necessary. 21
(5) The child care center shall provide drop-in 22
infant and toddler child care for community college 23
and minority-serving institution student parents and 24
may not impose minimum enrollment requirements 25
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for children of community college or minority-serving 1
institution student parents. The Secretary shall pro-2
mulgate regulations that specify the percentage of 3
infant and toddler child care slots that must be re-4
served for drop-in infant and toddler child care 5
under this paragraph. 6
(6) The child care center— 7
(A) shall provide infant and toddler child 8
care for children under the age of 3 (as of the 9
first day of the academic year of the community 10
college or minority-serving institution sup-11
porting the child care center) of community col-12
lege and minority-serving institution student 13
parents for free; 14
(B) may charge faculty and staff of the 15
community college or minority institution and 16
community members fees, using a sliding scale 17
based on family income, to enroll their children 18
in the child care center; and 19
(C) shall comply with the suspension and 20
expulsion performance standard for Head Start 21
programs under section 1302.17 of title 45, 22
Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 23
standard. 24
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(7)(A) The child care center shall maintain a 1
continuity of care for the children of parents who— 2
(i) were community college or minority- 3
serving institution student parents during any 4
reasonable or unavoidable break in the parents’ 5
enrollment; or 6
(ii) transferred from a community college 7
to a 4-year minority-serving institution during 8
the student’s enrollment at the 4-year institu-9
tion. 10
(B) The child care center may charge a parent 11
described in subparagraph (A) a fee for the child 12
care services provided during the period when the 13
parent is not enrolled in the community college or 14
minority-serving institution, using a sliding scale 15
based on family income during this period, as long 16
as the fee does not exceed 7 percent of the family’s 17
income. 18
(8) The child care center shall pay its child care 19
staff a wage that— 20
(A) is comparable to wages for elementary 21
educators with similar credentials and experi-22
ence in the State; and 23
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(B) at a minimum, provides a living wage 1
for all child care staff of the child care center; 2
and 3
(9) The child care center, if not a child care 4
provider covered by subsection (c) of section 658H 5
of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 6
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858f), shall comply with that 7
section in the same manner and to the same extent 8
as such a child care provider, with respect to back-9
ground checks for child care staff members (includ-10
ing prospective child care staff members) for the 11
center. 12
(c) C
ONSULTATION AND REPORTS.— 13
(1) C
ONSULTATION.—An eligible entity receiv-14
ing a grant under this section shall, for each year 15
of the grant, consult with an infant and toddler child 16
care committee described in section 122(a)(2) re-17
garding the results of the grant and the contents of 18
the annual report submitted to the Secretary. 19
(2) R
EPORTS.—An eligible entity receiving a 20
grant under this section shall, for each year of the 21
grant, prepare and submit a report to the Secretary 22
that includes— 23
(A) the number of community college or 24
minority-serving institution student parents 25
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that received access to State licensed or reg-1
istered child care because of the grant, in the 2
aggregate and disaggregated by age, gender, 3
race and ethnicity, family income, disability sta-4
tus, and full-time or part-time enrollment sta-5
tus in the community college or minority-serv-6
ing institution; 7
(B) the number of children under age 3 8
enrolled in each on-campus child care center 9
supported under the grant, disaggregated by 10
age, gender, disability status, marital status of 11
parents, and race and ethnicity; 12
(C) for each on-campus child care center 13
supported under the grant, the number of sus-14
pensions of children enrolled in the child care 15
center, in the aggregate and disaggregated by 16
race and ethnicity, gender, and disability status; 17
(D) the demographics, including race, eth-18
nicity, and gender of the staff and leadership of 19
all child care centers supported under the 20
grant; 21
(E) the most frequent times of the day and 22
days of the week, and the average number of 23
hours per week, that on-campus child care cen-24
ters were used by community college or minor-25
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ity-serving institution student parents, and the 1
child care hours per week provided to commu-2
nity college or minority-serving institution stu-3
dent parents, disaggregated by child care pro-4
vided at nontraditional hours and traditional 5
daytime, weekday child care; 6
(F) semester-to-semester persistence and 7
fall-to-fall persistence rates of community col-8
lege or minority-serving institution student par-9
ents with children enrolled in infant and toddler 10
child care sponsored by the community college 11
or minority-serving institution, compared to the 12
persistence rate of community college or minor-13
ity-serving institution student parents with chil-14
dren under 3 who are not enrolled in commu-15
nity college or minority-serving institution spon-16
sored child care— 17
(i) collected in accordance with regu-18
lations promulgated by the Secretary; and 19
(ii) in the aggregate and 20
disaggregated as described in subpara-21
graph (A) and by the age of the children 22
of the community college or minority-serv-23
ing institution students; 24
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(G) the degree or certificate completion 1
rate of community college minority-serving in-2
stitution student parents with children enrolled 3
in child care that is sponsored by the commu-4
nity college or minority-serving institution and 5
is not infant and toddler child care, in the ag-6
gregate and disaggregated as described in such 7
subparagraph and by the age of the children of 8
the community college or minority-serving insti-9
tution student parents; and 10
(H) if grant funds are used to renovate 11
campus facilities under subsection (a)(7), proof 12
of the on-campus child care center’s compliance 13
with the standards that apply to alterations or 14
(as applicable) new construction under title II 15
or III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 16
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq., 12181 et seq.), 17
as the case may be. 18
(3) C
ROSS-TABULATION.—In each report sub-19
mitted by an eligible entity under paragraph (2), the 20
eligible entity shall also provide the information de-21
scribed in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (F)(ii) 22
of such paragraph cross-tabulated by, at a min-23
imum, gender, disability status, and each major ra-24
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cial and ethnic group, which shall be presented in a 1
manner that— 2
(A) is first anonymized and does not reveal 3
personally identifiable information about an in-4
dividual community college or minority-serving 5
institution student parent or child enrolled in 6
the child care center; 7
(B) does not include a number of individ-8
uals in any subgroup of community college or 9
minority-serving institution student parents or 10
children enrolled in the child care center that is 11
insufficient to yield statistically reliable infor-12
mation or that would reveal personally identifi-13
able information about an individual; and 14
(C) is consistent with the requirements of 15
section 444 of the General Education Provi-16
sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g, commonly known 17
as the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy 18
Act of 1974’’). 19
(d) D
EFINITION.—In subsection (b)(9), the term 20
‘‘child care staff member’’ means an individual— 21
(1) who is employed by a child care center cov-22
ered by subsection (b) for compensation; or 23
(2) whose activities involve the care or super-24
vision of children for, or unsupervised access to chil-25
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dren who are cared for or supervised by, such a 1
child care center. 2
SEC. 124. IMPACT GRANTS. 3
(a) U
SE OFFUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec-4
tion shall be used by eligible entities to expand the supply 5
and quality of child care in the community by providing 6
training, mentorship, technical support, and startup fund-7
ing, in collaboration with existing (as of the date of appli-8
cation for the grant) child care agencies and organiza-9
tions, through carrying out 1 or more of the following ac-10
tivities: 11
(1) Contracting with local child care resource 12
and referral organizations to support onsite technical 13
assistance for child care providers, and training, 14
mentorships, and business technical assistance re-15
lated to existing (as of the date of the grant) or new 16
start-up child care programs. 17
(2) Contracting with local child care resource 18
and referral organizations to provide staffed family 19
child care networks, such as a hub that supports a 20
group of home-based child care providers to promote 21
high-quality child care. 22
(3) Establishing a network of child care pro-23
viders in the community, or partnering with an ex-24
isting, as of the date of application, provider or net-25
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work (such as an Early Head Start program oper-1
ating in the community) to facilitate provider access 2
to training, coaching, mentorship, licensure, tech-3
nical support, and expansion funding. 4
(4) Developing content for training for commu-5
nity child care providers (including home-based pro-6
viders and unlicensed providers) on strong child care 7
business practices and other supports and training 8
the providers may require. 9
(5) Compensating qualified individuals to de-10
liver training for community members on providing 11
high-quality child care. 12
(6) Awarding microenterprise grants for State 13
licensed, qualified early childhood education profes-14
sionals, State licensed child care centers, and State 15
licensed or registered home-based child care pro-16
viders to open a child care program that provides in-17
fant and toddler child care, or to expand infant and 18
toddler child care (including expanding access to 19
serve infants or toddlers with disabilities) at a child 20
care program in areas with low access to affordable, 21
quality infant and toddler child care. 22
(7) Developing and communicating clear path-23
ways for community child care providers and current 24
and prospective students of infant and toddler child 25
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care education, particularly individuals with low in-1
comes and from historically underrepresented 2
groups, to take advantage of professional develop-3
ment, certificate, and associate degree offerings, for 4
the purpose of advancing their skills and careers. 5
(8) Prioritizing child care programs, pathways, 6
and resources in communities of color and low-in-7
come communities. 8
(9) Developing and delivering child care profes-9
sional development and courses in languages other 10
than English. 11
(b) R
ULEREGARDINGPROFESSIONALDEVELOP-12
MENT.—If an eligible entity elects to use grant funds 13
under this section for professional development, the eligi-14
ble entity shall ensure that— 15
(1) a portion of the professional development is 16
open, available, and easily accessible to unlicensed 17
child care providers and a portion of the professional 18
development is available to State licensed or reg-19
istered child care providers; and 20
(2) not more than 30 percent of the funds pro-21
vided through the grant under this section are allo-22
cated toward professional development. 23
(c) C
ONSULTATION AND REPORTS.— 24
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(1) CONSULTATION.—An eligible entity receiv-1
ing a grant under this section shall, for each year 2
of the grant, consult with an infant and toddler child 3
care committee described in section 122(a)(2) and 4
the lead agency for the applicable State designated 5
under section 658D of the Child Care Development 6
and Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b) re-7
garding the results of the grant and the contents of 8
the annual report submitted to the Secretary. 9
(2) R
EPORTS.—An eligible entity receiving a 10
grant under this section shall, for each year of the 11
grant, prepare and submit a report to the Secretary 12
that includes— 13
(A) the number of child care providers that 14
attended child care professional development 15
sessions coordinated by the eligible entity under 16
the grant, and the type of training received; 17
(B)(i) the number of child care providers 18
fluent in a language other than English that re-19
ceived professional development through the 20
grant, including the number of such child care 21
providers reached through the development and 22
delivery of coursework in languages other than 23
English; and 24
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(ii) the number of such child care providers 1
that received professional development through 2
the grant and graduated with an infant toddler 3
credential, a child development associate cre-4
dential, or associate degree related to early 5
childhood development; 6
(C) the number of community colleges or 7
minority-serving institutions that joined or es-8
tablished networks of child care providers; 9
(D) the number of State licensed child care 10
spots created for children under 3 as a result 11
of the training or microenterprise grants pro-12
vided, in the aggregate and disaggregated by lo-13
cation in an infant and toddler child care 14
desert, location in a community of color, and, 15
for recipients of microenterprise grants under 16
subsection (a)(6), race, ethnicity, and gender of 17
recipient; 18
(E) the number of participants in 19
mentorship programs supported under the 20
grant, in the aggregate and disaggregated by 21
race, ethnicity, and gender; and 22
(F) the number of community child care 23
providers receiving technical support from the 24
on-campus child care center or network or the 25
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child care resource and referral agency under 1
the grant. 2
(3) C
ROSS-TABULATION.—In each report sub-3
mitted by an eligible entity under paragraph (2), the 4
eligible entity shall also provide the information de-5
scribed in paragraph (2)(E) cross-tabulated by, at a 6
minimum, gender and each major racial and ethnic 7
group, which shall be presented in a manner that— 8
(A) is first anonymized and does not reveal 9
personally identifiable information about an in-10
dividual participant in a mentorship program; 11
(B) does not include a number of individ-12
uals in any subgroup of mentorship program 13
participants that is insufficient to yield statis-14
tically reliable information or that would reveal 15
personally identifiable information about an in-16
dividual; and 17
(C) is consistent with the requirements of 18
section 444 of the General Education Provi-19
sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g, commonly known 20
as the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy 21
Act of 1974’’). 22
SEC. 125. PIPELINE GRANTS. 23
(a) U
SE OFFUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec-24
tion shall be used by eligible entities to grow and strength-25
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en the workforce pipeline of highly effective infant and 1
toddler child care providers, especially such providers serv-2
ing infant and toddler child care deserts, through carrying 3
out 1 or more of the following activities: 4
(1) Establishing— 5
(A) an associate degree program that in-6
cludes not less than 2 courses specifically on in-7
fants and toddlers; or 8
(B) a stackable child development associate 9
credential, infant toddler credential, or early 10
childhood education certificate, that can be in-11
corporated into a higher-level credential or cer-12
tificate. 13
(2) Hiring faculty to adopt and teach previously 14
developed competency-based high-quality infant-tod-15
dler courses, or to develop and teach infant-toddler 16
courses, which may include courses required for an 17
infant or toddler care certificate, such as courses on 18
child growth and development, the physical and nu-19
tritional needs of children, communicating with fam-20
ilies, language development, child mental health, 21
supporting infants and toddlers with disabilities, and 22
effective interactions with children. 23
(3) Developing and executing a plan for in-24
creased coordination between an early childhood edu-25
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cator preparation program of a participating com-1
munity college or minority-serving institution and an 2
on-campus child care center of the community col-3
lege or minority-serving institution, to enhance the 4
quality of both the child care and the early childhood 5
educator preparation program. 6
(4) Creating or enhancing a partnership be-7
tween a participating community college and a 4- 8
year degree-granting institution, to support and co-9
ordinate associate degree programs or provide for 10
articulation agreements in early childhood education 11
with related baccalaureate degree programs. 12
(5) Upgrading an on-campus child care center 13
into a child care lab school for the purpose of facili-14
tating early childhood educator preparation program 15
practicum work, which may include installing one- 16
way observation windows or live-feed cameras. 17
(6) Awarding microgrants to students in early 18
childhood educator preparation programs for tuition, 19
books, transportation, permitting or licensing fees, 20
apprenticeships, and time spent doing practicum 21
work. 22
(7) Developing and teaching courses on cul-23
turally responsive teaching in early childhood edu-24
cation. 25
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(8) Forming partnerships with local public high 1
schools to establish early childhood education career 2
and technical education programs, including pro-3
grams that lead to a degree or credential or provide 4
opportunities for students to enter the community 5
college or minority-serving institution with postsec-6
ondary credits that can be counted towards an early 7
childhood education certificate, credential, or degree. 8
(b) C
ONSULTATION AND REPORTS.— 9
(1) C
ONSULTATION.—An eligible entity receiv-10
ing a grant under this section shall, for each year 11
of the grant, consult with an infant and toddler child 12
care committee described in section 122(a)(2) re-13
garding the results of the grant and the contents of 14
the annual report submitted to the Secretary. 15
(2) R
EPORTING REQUIREMENTS .—An eligible 16
entity receiving a grant under this section shall, for 17
each year of the grant, prepare and submit a report 18
to the Secretary that includes— 19
(A) the number of students that enrolled 20
in early childhood educator preparation pro-21
grams due to the support provided by the 22
grant, in the aggregate and disaggregated by 23
credential or degree type of the program and by 24
age, gender, race or ethnic group, ability to 25
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speak a second language, family income level, 1
disability status, and full-time or part-time stu-2
dent status; 3
(B) the amount of funds allocated to early 4
childhood educator preparation program stu-5
dents through microgrants under this section, 6
in the aggregate and disaggregated by usage of 7
funds and by demographics of the students re-8
ceiving the microgrants, including age, gender, 9
race or ethnic group, second language ability, 10
parent status, family income level, disability 11
status, and full-time or part-time student sta-12
tus; 13
(C) the persistence, retention, and comple-14
tion rates of students receiving the microgrants, 15
as compared to such rates for students not re-16
ceiving the microgrants; 17
(D) the number of students dual-enrolled 18
in high school and a community college or mi-19
nority-serving institution early childhood educa-20
tor preparation program; 21
(E) the number of students that completed 22
degrees, certificates, or credentials in dual-en-23
rollment programs, in the aggregate and 24
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disaggregated by degree, certificate, and creden-1
tial type; and 2
(F) the details of any partnerships or ar-3
ticulation agreements established with local 4
public high schools or local 4-year degree-grant-5
ing institutions of higher education. 6
(3) C
ROSS-TABULATION.—In each report sub-7
mitted by an eligible entity under paragraph (2), the 8
eligible entity shall also provide the information de-9
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such para-10
graph cross-tabulated by, at a minimum, gender, 11
each major racial and ethnic group, and disability 12
status, which shall be presented in a manner that— 13
(A) is first anonymized and does not reveal 14
personally identifiable information about an in-15
dividual student; 16
(B) does not include a number of individ-17
uals in any subgroup of students that is insuffi-18
cient to yield statistically reliable information or 19
that would reveal personally identifiable infor-20
mation about an individual; and 21
(C) is consistent with the requirements of 22
section 444 of the General Education Provi-23
sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g, commonly known 24
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as the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy 1
Act of 1974’’). 2
SEC. 126. EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR GRANTS. 3
For each year of the grant program under this title, 4
the Secretary shall evaluate the effectiveness of grants 5
under chapter 1. Each evaluation shall include the fol-6
lowing criteria: 7
(1) For access grants awarded under section 8
123— 9
(A) the number of community college or 10
minority-serving institution student parents 11
that received access to licensed or registered in-12
fant and toddler child care due to the grant, in 13
the aggregate and disaggregated by age, gen-14
der, race or ethnic group, family income level, 15
disability status, marital status, and full-time or 16
part-time student status; 17
(B) the most frequent times, and the aver-18
age number of hours per week, that on-campus 19
child care centers were used by community col-20
lege or minority-serving institution student par-21
ents; 22
(C) semester-to-semester persistence and 23
fall-to-fall persistence rates of community col-24
lege or minority-serving institution student par-25
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ents with children enrolled in infant or toddler 1
child care sponsored by the community college 2
or minority-serving institution, compared to 3
such rate for students with children not en-4
rolled in the community college or minority- 5
serving institution child care program, in the 6
aggregate and disaggregated by the categories 7
described in subparagraph (A); and 8
(D) degree and certificate completion rate 9
of community college or minority-serving insti-10
tution student parents with children enrolled in 11
child care sponsored by the community college 12
or minority-serving institution, compared to 13
such rate for students with children not en-14
rolled in such a sponsored child care program, 15
in the aggregate and disaggregated by the cat-16
egories described in subparagraph (A). 17
(2) For impact grants awarded under section 18
124— 19
(A) the number of attendees for the child 20
care professional development sessions coordi-21
nated by the eligible entity under the grants; 22
(B) the number of community colleges or 23
minority-serving institutions that joined or es-24
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tablished networks of child care providers as a 1
result of the grants; 2
(C) the number of State licensed child care 3
spots created for children under 3 in infant and 4
toddler child care deserts and communities of 5
color that were established as a result of micro-6
enterprise grants supported under section 7
124(a)(6); and 8
(D) the number of child care providers flu-9
ent in a language other than English that re-10
ceived professional development under the 11
grants. 12
(3) For pipeline grants under section 125— 13
(A) the number of early childhood educator 14
preparation programs that were established 15
with funding under the grants; 16
(B) the number of existing early childhood 17
educator preparation programs that expanded 18
course, certificate, or degree offerings as a re-19
sult of funding under the grants; 20
(C) the number of students that enrolled 21
in early childhood educator preparation pro-22
grams because of funding provided under the 23
grants, in the aggregate and disaggregated 24
by— 25
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(i) type of degree or credential; and 1
(ii) student age, gender, race or ethnic 2
group, second language ability, family in-3
come level, disability status, and status as 4
enrolled full- or part-time; 5
(D) the amount of funds allocated to early 6
childhood educator preparation program stu-7
dents through microgrants supported under sec-8
tion 125(a)(6), in the aggregate and 9
disaggregated by— 10
(i) category of usage of funds; and 11
(ii) the categories described in sub-12
paragraph (C)(ii); 13
(E) persistence, retention, and completion 14
rates of students receiving such microgrants, as 15
compared to students not receiving microgrants; 16
(F) the number of new early childhood ed-17
ucator preparation program partnerships 18
formed between community colleges or minor-19
ity-serving institutions and area high schools as 20
a result of the grants; 21
(G) the number of students dual-enrolled 22
in high school and community college early 23
childhood educator preparation programs as a 24
result of the grants; and 25
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(H) the number of students that completed 1
a degree or credential in a dual-enrollment pro-2
gram as a result of the grants, in the aggregate 3
and disaggregated by degree or credential. 4
SEC. 127. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 5
The Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress 6
an annual report on the grant program under this title 7
that includes— 8
(1) the results from the most recent evaluation 9
under section 126; and 10
(2) information regarding the progress made by 11
the grants based on the most recent reports sub-12
mitted under sections 122(b), 123(c), 124(c), and 13
125(b). 14
SEC. 128. NONDISCRIMINATION IN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVI-15
TIES. 16
(a) N
ONDISCRIMINATION.—No person in the United 17
States shall, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, 18
religion, national origin, sex (which includes sexual ori-19
entation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, medical 20
conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth, or sex 21
stereotypes), or disability, be excluded from participation 22
in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimina-23
tion under any program or activity funded, in whole or 24
in part, with funds made available under this title or with 25
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amounts appropriated for grants, contracts, or certificates 1
similar to a child care certificate as defined in section 2
658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 3
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n), administered with such funds. 4
(b) E
NFORCEMENT.—Subsection (a) shall be en-5
forced in the same manner and by the same means, as 6
if such subsection was incorporated in title VI of the Civil 7
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), and as if 8
a violation of subsection (a) was treated as if it was a 9
violation of section 601 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000d). 10
(c) R
ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-11
tion shall be construed to alter or change any provisions 12
of section 658N of the Child Care and Development Block 13
Grant of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858l). 14
TITLE II—CHILD CARE AND DE-15
VELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 16
PROGRAM 17
SEC. 201. ELIGIBILITY. 18
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 658P(4)(C)(i) of the 19
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 20
U.S.C. 9858n(4)(C)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘job train-21
ing or educational program’’ and inserting ‘‘job training 22
or educational program (which may be a program of study 23
at an institution of higher education (as defined in section 24
102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 25
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1002)), a program of secondary education, or a program 1
of study leading to the recognized equivalent of a sec-2
ondary school diploma)’’. 3
(b) P
LANREQUIREMENTS.—Section 658E(c)(2) of 4
such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)) is amended by adding 5
at the end the following: 6
‘‘(W) E
LIGIBILITY STANDARDS.—The plan 7
shall contain an assurance that the State will 8
not use any requirement for the eligibility of a 9
child under this subchapter that is more restric-10
tive than the requirements of (including regula-11
tions issued under) this subchapter, such as a 12
family income standard, or a work, training, or 13
education standard, that is more restrictive 14
than the standards specified in section 15
658P(4).’’. 16
SEC. 202. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 17
Section 658H(c) of the Child Care and Development 18
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858f(c)) is amend-19
ed— 20
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 21
subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or a child care cen-22
ter covered by section 123(b) of the Preparing and 23
Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Child-24
hood Teachers Act’’ before ‘‘if such’’; and 25
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(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, including 1
a child care center covered by section 123(b) of the 2
Preparing and Resourcing Our Student Parents and 3
Early Childhood Teachers Act,’’ before ‘‘shall be in-4
eligible’’. 5
SEC. 203. INCREASED FEDERAL MATCHING PAYMENTS FOR 6
CHILD CARE. 7
Section 418(a)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 8
U.S.C. 618(a)(2)(C)) is amended to read as follows: 9
‘‘(C) F
EDERAL MATCHING OF STATE EX -10
PENDITURES.—The Secretary shall pay to each 11
eligible State for a fiscal year an amount equal 12
to the lesser of— 13
‘‘(i) the State’s allotment under sub-14
paragraph (B); or 15
‘‘(ii) the sum of— 16
‘‘(I) in the case of a State that 17
provides payments for child care as-18
sistance for infants and toddlers 19
(within the meaning of section 658G 20
of the Child Care and Development 21
Block Grant Act of 1990) at not less 22
than 75 percent of the market rates, 23
based on the most recent market rate 24
survey conducted under section 25
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658E(c)(4)(B) of that Act or using an 1
alternative methodology, such as a 2
cost estimation model, that has been 3
developed by the State lead agency 4
and approved by the Administration 5
for Children and Families, taking into 6
account the geographic area, type of 7
child care, and age of the child, 90 8
percent of the State’s expenditures for 9
such assistance; and 10
‘‘(II) the amount equal to the 11
Federal medical assistance percentage 12
that applies to the State for the fiscal 13
year under section 1905(b) (without 14
regard to any adjustments to such 15
percentage applicable under that sec-16
tion or any other provision of law) of 17
so much of the State’s expenditures 18
for child care in that fiscal year for 19
children other than infants and tod-20
dlers.’’. 21
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TITLE III—OUTREACH REGARD-1
ING THE DEPENDENT CARE 2
ALLOWANCE FOR FEDERAL 3
STUDENT AID 4
SEC. 301. SHARING DEPENDENT CARE ALLOWANCE INFOR-5
MATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID. 6
Section 132(h)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 7
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a(h)(4)) is amended— 8
(1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 9
‘‘
AND INFORMATION’’ after ‘‘DISCLAIMER’’; 10
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 11
after the semicolon; 12
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 13
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 14
(4) by adding at the end the following: 15
‘‘(D) explaining— 16
‘‘(i) that a student with a dependent 17
may be eligible to include a dependent care 18
allowance described in section 471(a)(8) in 19
the student’s cost of attendance; 20
‘‘(ii) the effect that a dependent care 21
allowance may have on the amount of fi-22
nancial aid available to the student from 23
the institution; and 24
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‘‘(iii) how to apply for the dependent 1
care allowance.’’. 2
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