 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--HELPING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN MEET HIGH STANDARDS
 
     Part B--William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Programs
 
Sec. 6366. Eligible participants


(a) In general

    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, eligible 
participants in an Even Start program are--
        (1) a parent or parents--
            (A) who are eligible for participation in adult education 
        and literacy activities under the Adult Education and Family 
        Literacy Act [20 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.]; or
            (B) who are within the State's compulsory school attendance 
        age range, so long as a local educational agency provides (or 
        ensures the availability of) the basic education component 
        required under this part, or who are attending secondary school; 
        and

        (2) the child or children, from birth through age seven, of any 
    individual described in paragraph (1).

(b) Eligibility for certain other participants

                           (1) In general

        Family members of eligible participants described in subsection 
    (a) of this section may participate in activities and services 
    provided under this part, when appropriate to serve the purpose of 
    this part.

                          (2) Special rule

        Any family participating in a program assisted under this part 
    that becomes ineligible for such participation as a result of one or 
    more members of the family becoming ineligible for such 
    participation may continue to participate in the program until all 
    members of the family become ineligible for such participation, 
    which--
            (A) in the case of a family in which ineligibility was due 
        to the child or children of such family attaining the age of 
        eight, shall be in two years or when the parent or parents 
        become ineligible due to educational advancement, whichever 
        occurs first; and
            (B) in the case of a family in which ineligibility was due 
        to the educational advancement of the parent or parents of such 
        family, shall be when all children in the family attain the age 
        of eight.

                (3) Children 8 years of age or older

        If an Even Start program assisted under this part collaborates 
    with a program under part A of this subchapter, and funds received 
    under such part A program contribute to paying the cost of providing 
    programs under this part to children 8 years of age or older, the 
    Even Start program, notwithstanding subsection (a)(2) of this 
    section, may permit the participation of children 8 years of age or 
    older if the focus of the program continues to remain on families 
    with young children.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title I, Sec. 1206, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3581; amended Pub. L. 105-220, title 
II, Sec. 251(b)(2)(C), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1079; Pub. L. 106-554, 
Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title XVI, Sec. 1604(j)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 
2763, 2763A-332.)

                       References in Text

    The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, referred to in subsec. 
(a)(1)(A), is title II of Pub. L. 105-220, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1059, 
as amended, which is classified principally to subchapter I (Sec. 9201 
et seq.) of chapter 73 of this title. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9201 of 
this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, 
title XVI, Sec. 1604(j)(1)], substituted ``part, or who are attending 
secondary school;'' for ``part;''.
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title XVI, 
Sec. 1604(j)(2)], added par. (3).
    1998--Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 105-220 substituted ``adult 
education and literacy activities under the Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act'' for ``an adult basic education program under the Adult 
Education Act''.
