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[CITE: 42USC9837a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 105--COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--HEAD START PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 9837a. Head Start transition

    Each Head Start agency shall take steps to coordinate with the local 
educational agency serving the community involved and with schools in 
which children participating in a Head Start program operated by such 
agency will enroll following such program, including--
        (1) developing and implementing a systematic procedure for 
    transferring, with parental consent, Head Start program records for 
    each participating child to the school in which such child will 
    enroll;
        (2) establishing channels of communication between Head Start 
    staff and their counterparts in the schools (including teachers, 
    social workers, and health staff) to facilitate coordination of 
    programs;
        (3) conducting meetings involving parents, kindergarten or 
    elementary school teachers, and Head Start program teachers to 
    discuss the educational, developmental, and other needs of 
    individual children;
        (4) organizing and participating in joint transition-related 
    training of school staff and Head Start staff;
        (5) developing and implementing a family outreach and support 
    program in cooperation with entities carrying out parental 
    involvement efforts under title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
    Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.);
        (6) assisting families, administrators, and teachers in 
    enhancing educational and developmental continuity between Head 
    Start services and elementary school classes; and
        (7) linking the services provided in such Head Start program 
    with the education services provided by such local educational 
    agency.

(Pub. L. 97-35, title VI, Sec. 642A, as added Pub. L. 105-285, title I, 
Sec. 110, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2717.)

                       References in Text

    The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, referred to in 
par. (5), is Pub. L. 89-10, Apr. 11, 1965, 79 Stat. 27, as amended 
generally by Pub. L. 103-382, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 
Stat. 3519. Title I of the Act is classified generally to subchapter I 
(Sec. 6301 et seq.) of chapter 70 of Title 20, Education. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 6301 of Title 20 and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 9834, 9837 of this title.
