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20 U.S.C. § 7294 — Ready to learn programming
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**(a) Awards to promote school readiness through ready to learn programming**
(1) **In general** — Awards made to eligible entities described in paragraph (3) to fulfill the purpose described in [section 7291(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7291/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim) shall—
(A) be known as “Ready to Learn Programming awards”; and
(B) be used to—
(i) develop, produce, and distribute accessible educational and instructional video programming for preschool and elementary school children and their parents in order to facilitate student academic achievement;
(ii) facilitate the development, directly or through contracts with producers of children’s and family educational television programming, of educational programming for preschool and elementary school children, and the accompanying support materials and services that promote the effective use of such programming;
(iii) facilitate the development of programming and digital content containing Ready-to-Learn programming and resources for parents and caregivers that is specially designed for nationwide distribution over public television stations’ digital broadcasting channels and the Internet;
(iv) contract with entities (such as public telecommunications entities) so that programming developed under this section is disseminated and distributed to the widest possible audience appropriate to be served by the programming, and through the use of the most appropriate distribution technologies; and
(v) develop and disseminate education and training materials, including interactive programs and programs adaptable to distance learning technologies, that are designed—
(I) to promote school readiness; and
(II) to promo
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**(a) Awards to promote school readiness through ready to learn programming**
(1) **In general** — Awards made to eligible entities described in paragraph (3) to fulfill the purpose described in [section 7291(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7291/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim) shall—
(A) be known as “Ready to Learn Programming awards”; and
(B) be used to—
(i) develop, produce, and distribute accessible educational and instructional video programming for preschool and elementary school children and their parents in order to facilitate student academic achievement;
(ii) facilitate the development, directly or through contracts with producers of children’s and family educational television programming, of educational programming for preschool and elementary school children, and the accompanying support materials and services that promote the effective use of such programming;
(iii) facilitate the development of programming and digital content containing Ready-to-Learn programming and resources for parents and caregivers that is specially designed for nationwide distribution over public television stations’ digital broadcasting channels and the Internet;
(iv) contract with entities (such as public telecommunications entities) so that programming developed under this section is disseminated and distributed to the widest possible audience appropriate to be served by the programming, and through the use of the most appropriate distribution technologies; and
(v) develop and disseminate education and training materials, including interactive programs and programs adaptable to distance learning technologies, that are designed—
(I) to promote school readiness; and
(II) to promote the effective use of materials developed under clauses (ii) and (iii) among parents, family members, teachers, principals and other school leaders, Head Start providers, providers of family literacy services, child care providers, early childhood educators, elementary school teachers, public libraries, and after-school program personnel caring for preschool and elementary school children.
(2) **Availability** — In awarding or entering into grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that eligible entities described in paragraph (3) make programming widely available, with support materials as appropriate, to young children, parents, child care workers, Head Start providers, and providers of family literacy services to increase the effective use of such programming.
(3) **Eligible entities** — To be eligible to receive a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section, an entity shall be a public telecommunications entity that is able to demonstrate each of the following:
(A) A capacity for the development and national distribution of educational and instructional television programming of high quality that is accessible by a large majority of disadvantaged preschool and elementary school children.
(B) A capacity to contract with the producers of children’s television programming for the purpose of developing educational television programming of high quality.
(C) A capacity, consistent with the entity’s mission and nonprofit nature, to negotiate such contracts in a manner that returns to the entity an appropriate share of any ancillary income from sales of any program-related products.
(D) A capacity to localize programming and materials to meet specific State and local needs and to provide educational outreach at the local level.
(4) **Coordination of activities** — An entity receiving a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section shall consult with the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services—
(A) to maximize the use of high-quality educational programming by preschool and elementary school children, and make such programming widely available to Federally funded programs serving such populations; and
(B) to coordinate activities with Federal programs that have major training components for early childhood development, including programs under the Head Start Act ([42 U.S.C. 9831](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9831&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and State training activities funded under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ([42 U.S.C. 9858](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9858&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) [[42 U.S.C. 9857](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9857&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], regarding the availability and utilization of materials developed under paragraph (1)(B)(v) to enhance parent and child care provider skills in early childhood development and education.
**(b) Applications** To be eligible to receive a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under subsection (a), an entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may reasonably require. The application shall include—
(1) a description of the activities to be carried out under this section;
(2) a list of the types of entities with which such entity will enter into contracts under subsection (a)(1)(B)(iv);
(3) a description of the activities the entity will undertake widely to disseminate the content developed under this section; and
(4) a description of how the entity will comply with subsection (a)(2).
**(c) Reports and evaluations**
(1) **Annual report to Secretary** — An entity receiving a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an annual report. The report shall describe the program activities undertaken with funds received under the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, including each of the following:
(A) The programming that has been developed, directly or indirectly, by the eligible entity, and the target population of the programming.
(B) The support and training materials that have been developed to accompany the programming, and the method by which the materials are distributed to consumers and users of the programming.
(C) The means by which programming developed under this section has been distributed, including the distance learning technologies that have been utilized to make programming available, and the geographic distribution achieved through such technologies.
(D) The initiatives undertaken by the entity to develop public-private partnerships to secure non-Federal support for the development, distribution, and broadcast of educational and instructional programming.
(2) **Report to Congress** — The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives a biannual report that includes the following:
(A) A summary of the activities assisted under subsection (a).
(B) A description of the education and training materials made available under subsection (a)(1)(B)(v), the manner in which outreach has been conducted to inform parents and child care providers of the availability of such materials, and the manner in which such materials have been distributed in accordance with such subsection.
**(d) Administrative costs** An entity that receives a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section may use up to 5 percent of the amount received under the grant, contract, or agreement for the normal and customary expenses of administering the grant, contract, or agreement.
**(e) Funding rule** Not less than 60 percent of the amount used by the Secretary to carry out this section for each fiscal year shall be used to carry out activities under clauses (ii) through (iv) of subsection (a)(1)(B).
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**(a) Agreements** In any case in which a negotiated rulemaking process is established under [section 6571(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571/b&num=0&edition=prelim), all published proposed regulations shall conform to agreements that result from the rulemaking described in [section 6571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571&num=0&edition=prelim) unless the Secretary reopens the negotiated rulemaking process.
**(b) Records** The Secretary shall ensure that an accurate and reliable record of agreements reached during the negotiations process is maintained.
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**(a)** Each program for which grants are made under this subchapter shall provide for a thorough evaluation of the effectiveness of the program in achieving its purposes, which evaluation shall be conducted by such public or private organizations as the Secretary in consultation with existing grantees familiar with programs carried out under the Community Services Block Grant Act [[42 U.S.C. 9901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section9901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] may designate, and all or part of the costs of evaluation may be paid from funds appropriated to carry out this part. In evaluating the performance of any community development corporation funded under part A, the criteria for evaluation shall be based upon such program objectives, goals, and priorities as are consistent with the purposes of this subchapter and were set forth by such community development corporation in its proposal for funding as approved and agreed upon by or as subsequently modified from time to time by mutual agreement between the Secretary and such community development corporation.
**(b)** The Secretary shall conduct, either directly or through grants or other arrangements, research and demonstration projects designed to suggest new programs and policies to achieve the purposes of this subchapter in such ways as to provide opportunities for employment, ownership, and a better quality of life for low-income residents.
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It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote the school readiness of low-income children by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development—
(1) in a learning environment that supports children’s growth in language, literacy, mathematics, science, social and emotional functioning, creative arts, physical skills, and approaches to learning; and
(2) through the provision to low-income children and their families of health, educational, nutritional, social, and other services that are determined, based on family needs assessments, to be necessary.
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There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subchapter $2,360,000,000 for fiscal year 2015, $2,478,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, $2,539,950,000 for fiscal year 2017, $2,603,448,750 for fiscal year 2018, $2,668,534,969 for fiscal year 2019, and $2,748,591,018 for fiscal year 2020.
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**(a) Short title** This subchapter may be cited as the “Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990”.
**(b) Purposes** The purposes of this subchapter are—
(1) to allow each State maximum flexibility in developing child care programs and policies that best suit the needs of children and parents within that State;
(2) to promote parental choice to empower working parents to make their own decisions regarding the child care services that best suit their family’s needs;
(3) to encourage States to provide consumer education information to help parents make informed choices about child care services and to promote involvement by parents and family members in the development of their children in child care settings;
(4) to assist States in delivering high-quality, coordinated early childhood care and education services to maximize parents’ options and support parents trying to achieve independence from public assistance;
(5) to assist States in improving the overall quality of child care services and programs by implementing the health, safety, licensing, training, and oversight standards established in this subchapter and in State law (including State regulations);
(6) to improve child care and development of participating children; and
(7) to increase the number and percentage of low-income children in high-quality child care settings.
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**(a) Program authorized** From funds reserved under [section 7251(b)(2)(C) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7251/b/2/C&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities for the purposes of enriching the academic experience of students by promoting—
(1) arts education for disadvantaged students and students who are children with disabilities, as described in [section 7292 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7292&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) school readiness through the development and dissemination of accessible instructional programming for preschool and elementary school children and their families, as described in [section 7293 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7293&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(3) support for high-ability learners and high-ability learning, as described in [section 7294 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7294&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Annual awards** The Secretary shall annually make awards to fulfill each of the purposes described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a).
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 7294
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Head Start Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(4)(B), is
subchapter B (§ 635 et seq.) of chapter 8 of subtitle A of
title VI of Pub. L. 97–35, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 499,
which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 9831 et
seq.) of chapter 105 of Title 42, The Public Health and
Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9801 of
Title 42 and Tables.
The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of
1990, referred to in subsec. (a)(4)(B), is subchapter C
(§ 658A et seq.) of chapter 8 of subtitle A of title VI of
Pub. L. 97–35, as added by Pub. L. 101–508, title V,
§ 5082(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–236, which is classi-
fied generally to subchapter II–B (§ 9857 et seq.) of chap-
ter 105 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see sec-
tion 9857(a) of Title 42 and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to
certain noncompetitive programs and competitive pro-
grams, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as an Ef-
fective Date of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301
of this title.
§ 7294.
Supporting
high-ability
learners
and
learning
(a) Purpose
The purpose of this section is to promote and
initiate a coordinated program, to be known as
the ‘‘Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Stu-
dents Education Program’’, of evidence-based re-
search,
demonstration
projects,
innovative
strategies, and similar activities designed to
build and enhance the ability of elementary
schools and secondary schools nationwide to
identify gifted and talented students and meet
their sp
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Page 7833
TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 9831
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 [Aug. 13,
1981]).
‘‘(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means the
Secretary of Health and Human Services.’’
SUBCHAPTER II—HEAD START PROGRAMS
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Subchapter is based on subchapter B of chapter 8 of
subtitle A of title VI of Pub. L. 97–35, Aug. 13, 1981, 95
Stat. 499, as amended.
§ 9831. Statement of purpose
It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote
the school readiness of low-income children by
enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional
development—
(1) in a learning environment that supports
children’s growth in language, literacy, math-
ematics, science, social and emotional func-
tioning, creative arts, physical skills, and ap-
proaches to learning; and
(2) through the provision to low-income chil-
dren and their families of health, educational,
nutritional, social, and other services that are
determined, based on family needs assess-
ments, to be necessary.
(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 636, Aug. 13, 1981, 95
Stat. 499; Pub. L. 101–501, title I, § 102, Nov. 3,
1990, 104 Stat. 1224; Pub. L. 105–285, title I, § 102,
Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2703; Pub. L. 110–134, § 2,
Dec. 12, 2007, 121 Stat. 1363.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2007—Pub. L. 110–134 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘It is the purpose
of this subchapter to promote school readiness by en-
hancing the social and cognitive development of low-in-
come children through the provision, to low-income
children and their families, of health, educational, nu-
tritional, social, and other services that are deter-
mined, based on family needs assessments, to be nec-
essary.’’
1998—Pub. L. 105–285 amended section catchline and
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 9852c
and in such manner as the Secretary may re-
quire, that contains a description of the ac-
tivities the center carried out with funds re-
ceived under this section, including a descrip-
tion of how such funds improved services for
children and families.
(f) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal
years 2008 through 2012 to make bonus grants to
centers of excellence under subsection (b) to
carry out activities described in subsection (d)
and research and report activities described in
subsection (e).
(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 657B, as added Pub. L.
110–134, § 26, Dec. 12, 2007, 121 Stat. 1444; amended
Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(nn)(6), Dec. 10, 2015,
129 Stat. 2177.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965, referred to in subsec. (c)(1)(B)(vi)(III), is Pub. L.
89–10, Apr. 11, 1965, 79 Stat. 27. Title I of the Act is clas-
sified generally to subchapter I (§ 6301 et seq.) of chap-
ter 70 of Title 20, Education. For complete classifica-
tion of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set
out under section 6301 of Title 20 and Tables.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, re-
ferred to in subsec. (c)(1)(B)(vi)(IV), is title VI of Pub.
L. 91–230, Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 175. Part C of the Act
is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1431 et seq.) of
chapter 33 of Title 20, Education. Section 619 of the Act
is classified to section 1419 of Title 20. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1400
of Title 20 and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2015—Subsec. (c)(1)(B)(vi)(III) to (VII). Pub. L. 114–95
redesignated subcls. (IV) to (VII)
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 9858
regarding the child care services that best suit
their family’s needs;
(3) to encourage States to provide consumer
education information to help parents make
informed choices about child care services and
to promote involvement by parents and family
members in the development of their children
in child care settings;
(4) to assist States in delivering high-qual-
ity, coordinated early childhood care and edu-
cation services to maximize parents’ options
and support parents trying to achieve inde-
pendence from public assistance;
(5) to assist States in improving the overall
quality of child care services and programs by
implementing the health, safety, licensing,
training, and oversight standards established
in this subchapter and in State law (including
State regulations);
(6) to improve child care and development of
participating children; and
(7) to increase the number and percentage of
low-income children in high-quality child care
settings.
(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 658A, as added Pub. L.
101–508, title V, § 5082(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat.
1388–236; amended Pub. L. 102–401, § 3(a), Oct. 7,
1992, 106 Stat. 1959; Pub. L. 102–586, § 8(c)(1), Nov.
4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5036; Pub. L. 104–193, title VI,
§ 602, Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2279; Pub. L. 113–186,
§ 2, Nov. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 1971.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Subsection (a) of this section was formerly set out as
a note under section 9801 of this title. Subsection (b) of
this section was formerly set out as a note under sec-
tion 9858 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
2014—Pub. L. 113–186 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, text read as follows:
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This subchapter may be cited as
the ‘Child Care and
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