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[CITE: 42USC9843]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 105--COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--HEAD START PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 9843. Technical assistance and training


(a) Technical assistance and personnel training

    The Secretary shall provide, directly or through grants or other 
arrangements (1) technical assistance to communities in developing, 
conducting, and administering programs under this subchapter; and (2) 
training for specialized or other personnel needed in connection with 
Head Start programs, in accordance with the process, and the provisions 
for allocating resources, set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of this 
section.

(b) Consideration of local needs

    The process for determining the technical assistance and training 
activities to be carried out under this section shall--
        (1) ensure that the needs of local Head Start agencies and 
    programs relating to improving program quality and to program 
    expansion are addressed to the maximum extent feasible;
        (2) incorporate mechanisms to ensure responsiveness to local 
    needs, including an ongoing procedure for obtaining input from the 
    individuals and agencies carrying out Head Start programs; and
        (3) ensure the provision of technical assistance to assist Head 
    Start agencies, entities carrying out other child care and early 
    childhood programs, communities, and States in collaborative efforts 
    to provide quality full-working-day, full calendar year services, 
    including technical assistance related to identifying and assisting 
    in resolving barriers to collaboration.

(c) Prioritization of resource allocation

    In allocating resources for technical assistance and training under 
this section, the Secretary shall--
        (1) give priority consideration to--
            (A) activities to correct program and management 
        deficiencies identified through reviews carried out pursuant to 
        section 9836a(c) of this title (including the provision of 
        assistance to local programs in the development of quality 
        improvement plans under section 9836a(d)(2) of this title); and
            (B) assisting Head Start agencies in--
                (i) ensuring the school readiness of children; and
                (ii) meeting the educational performance measures 
            described in section 9836a(b)(4) of this title;

        (2) supplement amounts provided under section 9835(a)(3)(C)(ii) 
    of this title in order to address the training and career 
    development needs of classroom staff (including instruction for 
    providing services to children with disabilities) and nonclassroom 
    staff, including home visitors and other staff working directly with 
    families, including training relating to increasing parent 
    involvement and services designed to increase family literacy and 
    improve parenting skills;
        (3) assist Head Start agencies in the development of 
    collaborative initiatives with States and other entities within the 
    States, to foster effective early childhood professional development 
    systems;
        (4) provide technical assistance and training, either directly 
    or through a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with an 
    entity that has experience in the development and operation of 
    successful family literacy services programs, for the purpose of--
            (A) assisting Head Start agencies providing family literacy 
        services, in order to improve the quality of such family 
        literacy services; and
            (B) enabling those Head Start agencies that demonstrate 
        effective provision of family literacy services, based on 
        improved outcomes for children and their parents, to provide 
        technical assistance and training to other Head Start agencies 
        and to service providers that work in collaboration with such 
        agencies to provide family literacy services;

        (5) assist Head Start agencies and programs in conducting and 
    participating in communitywide strategic planning and needs 
    assessment;
        (6) assist Head Start agencies and programs in developing and 
    implementing full-working-day and full-calendar-year programs where 
    community need is clearly identified and making the transition to 
    such programs, with particular attention to involving parents and 
    programming for children throughout the day, and assist the agencies 
    and programs in expediting the sharing of information about 
    innovative models for providing full-working-day, full calendar year 
    services for children;
        (7) assist Head Start agencies in better serving the needs of 
    families with very young children;
        (8) assist Head Start agencies and programs in the development 
    of sound management practices, including financial management 
    procedures;
        (9) assist in efforts to secure and maintain adequate facilities 
    for Head Start programs;
        (10) assist Head Start agencies in developing innovative program 
    models, including mobile and home-based programs; and
        (11) provide support for Head Start agencies (including policy 
    councils and policy committees, as defined in regulation) that meet 
    the standards described in section 9836a(a) of this title but that 
    have, as documented by the Secretary through reviews conducted 
    pursuant to section 9836a(c) of this title, significant 
    programmatic, quality, and fiscal issues to address.

(d) Training in performing and visual arts and electronic media

    The Secretary may provide, either directly or through grants to 
public or private nonprofit entities, training for Head Start personnel 
in the use of the performing and visual arts and interactive programs 
using electronic media to enhance the learning experience of Head Start 
children. Special consideration shall be given to entities that have 
demonstrated effectiveness in educational programming for preschool 
children that includes components for parental involvement, care 
provider training, and developmentally appropriate related activities.

(e) Child development and assessment program

    The Secretary shall provide, either directly or through grants or 
other arrangements, funds from programs authorized under this subchapter 
to support an organization to administer a centralized child development 
and national assessment program leading to recognized credentials for 
personnel working in early childhood development and child care 
programs, training for personnel providing services to non-English 
language background children (including services to promote the 
acquisition of the English language), training for personnel in helping 
children cope with community violence, and resource access projects for 
personnel working with disabled children.

(Pub. L. 97-35, title VI, Sec. 648, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 505; Pub. L. 
98-558, title I, Sec. 106, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2879; Pub. L. 101-
501, title I, Sec. 116(a), Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1232; Pub. L. 102-
586, Sec. 7(b), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5035; Pub. L. 103-252, title I, 
Sec. 114, May 18, 1994, 108 Stat. 642; Pub. L. 105-285, title I, 
Sec. 114, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2721.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 105-285, Sec. 114(a)(1), added par. 
(3).
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 105-285, Sec. 114(a)(2)(A), amended par. (1) 
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: ``give priority 
consideration to activities to correct program and management 
deficiencies identified through reviews pursuant to section 9836a(c) of 
this title (including the provision of assistance to local programs in 
the development of quality improvement plans under section 9836a(d)(2) 
of this title);''.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 105-285, Sec. 114(a)(2)(B), inserted 
``supplement amounts provided under section 9835(a)(3)(C)(ii) of this 
title in order to'' after ``(2)''.
    Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 105-285, Sec. 114(a)(2)(G), added par. (3). 
Former par. (3) redesignated (5).
    Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 105-285, Sec. 114(a)(2)(G), added par. (4). 
Former par. (4) redesignated (6).
    Pub. L. 105-285, Sec. 114(a)(2)(C), inserted ``and implementing'' 
after ``developing'' and substituted ``the day, and assist the agencies 
and programs in expediting the sharing of information about innovative 
models for providing full-working-day, full calendar year services for 
children'' for ``a longer day'' before semicolon.
    Subsec. (c)(5), (6). Pub. L. 105-285, Sec. 114(a)(2)(F), 
redesignated pars. (3) and (4) as (5) and (6), respectively. Former 
pars. (5) and (6) redesignated (7) and (8), respectively.
    Subsec. (c)(7). Pub. L. 105-285, Sec. 114(a)(2)(F), redesignated 
par. (5) as (7). Former par. (7) redesignated (9).
    Pub. L. 105-285, Sec. 114(a)(2)(D), struck out ``and'' at end.
    Subsec. (c)(8). Pub. L. 105-285, Sec. 114(a)(2)(F), redesignated 
par. (6) as (8). Former par. (8) redesignated (10).
    Pub. L. 105-285, Sec. 114(a)(2)(E), substituted ``; and'' for period 
at end.
    Subsec. (c)(9), (10). Pub. L. 105-285, Sec. 114(a)(2)(F), 
redesignated pars. (7) and (8) as (9) and (10), respectively.
    Subsec. (c)(11). Pub. L. 105-285, Sec. 114(a)(2)(H), added par. 
(11).
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105-285, Sec. 114(b), inserted ``(including 
services to promote the acquisition of the English language)'' after 
``non-English language background children''.
    1994--Pub. L. 103-252, Sec. 114(1), substituted ``Technical 
assistance and training'' for ``Technical assistance, training, and 
staff qualifications'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-252, Sec. 114(3)(A), redesignated as 
subsec. (e) the last sentence which read as follows: ``The Secretary 
shall provide, either directly or through grants or other arrangements, 
funds from programs authorized under this subchapter to support an 
organization to administer a centralized child development and national 
assessment program leading to recognized credentials for personnel 
working in early childhood development and child care programs, training 
for personnel providing services to non-English language background 
children, training for personnel in helping children cope with community 
violence, and resource access projects for personnel working with 
disabled children.''
    Pub. L. 103-252, Sec. 114(2), substituted ``(2) training for 
specialized or other personnel needed in connection with Head Start 
programs, in accordance with the process, and the provisions for 
allocating resources, set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of this 
section. The Secretary shall provide, either directly or through grants 
or other arrangements,'' for ``(2) training for specialized or other 
personnel needed in connection with Head Start programs, including''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-252, Sec. 114(4), (5), added subsec. (b) 
and struck out former subsec. (b) which related to teacher 
qualifications and waiver of same.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-252, Sec. 114(4), (5), added subsec. (c) 
and struck out former subsec. (c) which related to Secretary developing 
systematic approach to training Head Start personnel and reporting on 
such approach to Congress.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-252, Sec. 114(6), inserted at end ``Special 
consideration shall be given to entities that have demonstrated 
effectiveness in educational programming for preschool children that 
includes components for parental involvement, care provider training, 
and developmentally appropriate related activities.''
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103-252, Sec. 114(3), redesignated last 
sentence of subsec. (a) as (e).
    1992--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102-586, Sec. 7(b)(1), substituted 
``funds from programs authorized under this subchapter to support an 
organization to administer a centralized child development and national 
assessment program leading to recognized credentials for personnel 
working in early childhood development and child care programs, training 
for personnel providing services to non-English language background 
children, training for personnel in helping children cope with community 
violence, and resource access projects for personnel working with 
disabled'' for ``a centralized child development training and national 
assessment program which may be administered at the State or local level 
leading to recognized credentials for such personnel, training for 
personnel providing services to non-English language background 
children, and resource access projects for personnel of handicapped''.
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 102-586, Sec. 7(b)(2), added subsecs. (c) 
and (d).
    1990--Pub. L. 101-501 substituted ``Technical assistance, training, 
and staff qualifications'' for ``Technical assistance and training'' in 
section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
inserted ``training for personnel providing services to non-English 
language background children,'' after ``such personnel,'' in cl. (2), 
and added subsec. (b).
    1984--Pub. L. 98-558 substituted ``shall'' for ``may'' and inserted 
provision including a centralized child development training and 
national assessment program.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-252 effective May 18, 1994, but not 
applicable to Head Start agencies and other recipients of financial 
assistance under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) until Oct. 
1, 1994, see section 127 of Pub. L. 103-252, set out as a note under 
section 9832 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-501 effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 
1001(a) of Pub. L. 101-501, set out as a note under section 8621 of this 
title.


                     Head Start Training Improvement

    Section 7(a) of Pub. L. 102-586 provided that: ``It is the purpose 
of this section--
        ``(1) to promote continued access for Head Start and other early 
    childhood staff to the Child Development Associate credential;
        ``(2) to increase the ability of Head Start staff to address the 
    problems facing Head Start families;
        ``(3) to create a systematic approach to training, thereby 
    improving the quality of Head Start instruction and using training 
    funds more efficiently and effectively; and
        ``(4) to allow the use of training funds for creative approaches 
    to learning for children.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 9835 of this title.
