 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--HELPING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN MEET HIGH STANDARDS
 
 Part A--Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies
 
                  subpart 1--basic program requirements
 
Sec. 6323. Coordination requirements


(a) In general

    Each local educational agency receiving assistance under this part 
shall carry out the activities described in subsection (b) of this 
section to the extent feasible and appropriate to the circumstances, 
including the extent to which such local educational agency is able to 
secure the cooperation of parents and local Head Start agencies and, if 
feasible, other early childhood development programs.

(b) Activities

    The activities referred to in subsection (a) of this section are 
activities that increase coordination between the local educational 
agency and a Head Start agency, and, if feasible, other early childhood 
development programs, serving children who will attend the schools of 
such agency, including--
        (1) developing and implementing a systematic procedure for 
    receiving records regarding such children transferred with parental 
    consent from a Head Start program or, where applicable, other early 
    childhood development programs;
        (2) establishing channels of communication between school staff 
    and their counterparts in such Head Start agencies (including 
    teachers, social workers, and health staff) or other early childhood 
    development programs, as appropriate, to facilitate coordination of 
    programs;
        (3) conducting meetings involving parents, kindergarten or 
    elementary school teachers, and Head Start teachers or, if 
    appropriate, teachers from other early childhood development 
    programs, to discuss the developmental and other needs of individual 
    children; and
        (4) organizing and participating in joint transition related 
    training of school staff, Head Start staff, and, where appropriate, 
    other early childhood staff.

(c) Coordination of regulations

    The Secretary shall work with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to coordinate regulations promulgated under this part with 
regulations promulgated under the Head Start Act Amendments of 1994.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title I, Sec. 1120B, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3560.)

                       References in Text

    The Head Start Act Amendments of 1994, referred to in subsec. (c), 
is title I of Pub. L. 103-252, May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 624. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1994 
Amendment note set out under section 9801 of Title 42, The Public Health 
and Welfare, and Tables.
