PRINTER'S NO. 201
No. 194 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY RHOADES, JUBELIRER, HELFRICK, GERLACH, EARLL, CONTI, SCHWARTZ, KUKOVICH, TOMLINSON, MELLOW, COSTA, M. WHITE, LAVALLE, LEMMOND, BELL, GREENLEAF, BOSCOLA, WAUGH, BODACK, O'PAKE, TARTAGLIONE, THOMPSON AND SCARNATI, JANUARY 30, 2001
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, JANUARY 30, 2001
AN ACT 1 Providing for the Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program; 2 imposing additional powers and duties on the Department of 3 Education and Head Start providers; and making an 4 appropriation. 5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6 hereby enacts as follows: 7 Section 1. Short title. 8 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Head Start 9 Supplemental Assistance Act. 10 Section 2. Definitions. 11 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall 12 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the 13 context clearly indicates otherwise: 14 "Department." The Department of Education of the 15 Commonwealth. 16 "Extended day services." Full-day Head Start and child-care 17 services provided for a full year to children eligible for Head
1 Start by a Head Start provider or through a collaborative 2 agreement between a Head Start provider and a licensed child- 3 care center, or a registered family or group day-care home. 4 "Head Start." A program funded under the Federal Head Start 5 Act established by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 6 (Public Law 97-35, 95 Stat. 357) and carried out by a Head Start 7 agency or delegate agency that provides ongoing comprehensive 8 child development services. 9 "Program." The Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program 10 established in section 3. 11 Section 3. Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program. 12 (a) Establishment.--The Head Start Supplemental Assistance 13 Program is hereby established. 14 (b) Administration.--The department shall administer the 15 program. Such administration shall be consistent with Federal 16 Head Start guidelines and shall provide supplemental financial 17 assistance to existing providers of Federal Head Start services. 18 (c) Coordination.--The department, to every extent possible, 19 shall coordinate the administration of the program with the 20 Department of Public Welfare and the Department of Health. The 21 purpose of this coordination shall be to: 22 (1) Identify educational, child-care or other services 23 under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Welfare 24 and the Department of Health that can augment or improve the 25 services available through Head Start or Head Start Extended 26 Day Services. 27 (2) Provide technical assistance to Head Start providers 28 establishing child-care services in order to offer extended 29 day services. 30 (3) Provide technical assistance to Head Start 20010S0194B0201 - 2 -
1 providers, licensed child-care centers or registered family 2 or group day-care homes entering into collaborative 3 agreements in order to offer extended day services. 4 (d) Criteria for funding.--To implement the program, the 5 department shall request proposals from existing Head Start 6 providers and may award grants or enter into service contracts 7 with existing Head Start providers that meet all of the 8 following criteria: 9 (1) Demonstrate the need for additional Head Start 10 services in the provider's service area, whether the need is 11 determined by the percentage of eligible children who are not 12 served in the provider's service area or by the demand for 13 extended day services. 14 (2) Demonstrate the ability to expand staff, space and 15 services within the Head Start program or in cooperation with 16 licensed child-care centers or registered family or group 17 day-care homes to serve additional children or to provide 18 extended day services. 19 (3) Demonstrate the ability to comply with Federal and 20 State requirements for child-care service providers if the 21 Head Start provider intends to provide extended care 22 services. 23 (4) Demonstrate the ability to enter into a 24 collaborative agreement with a child-care service provider if 25 the Head Start provider intends to enter into a collaborative 26 agreement with a licensed child-care center or a registered 27 family or group day-care home to offer extended care 28 services. 29 Section 4. Priority in funding. 30 The department shall give priority in funding to Head Start 20010S0194B0201 - 3 -
1 providers applying for grants to provide extended day services. 2 Section 5. Annual report. 3 The department shall compile an annual report on the program 4 for submission to the Governor, the chairmen of the 5 Appropriations Committee and the Education Committee of the 6 Senate and the chairmen of the Appropriations Committee and 7 Education Committee of the House of Representatives. The report 8 shall include: 9 (1) The number of eligible children served by Head Start 10 as of the effective date of this act. 11 (2) The number of eligible children served by the 12 program during the school year that begins one year after the 13 effective date of this act and each year thereafter. 14 (3) The number of extended day programs and the number 15 of eligible children enrolled in extended day programs as of 16 the effective date of this act. 17 (4) The number of extended day programs and the number 18 of eligible children enrolled in extended day programs during 19 the school year that begins one year after the effective date 20 of this act and each year thereafter. 21 (5) A summary of the types of activities funded under 22 the program. 23 Section 6. Appropriation. 24 The sum of $15,000,000, or as much thereof as may be 25 necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Department of Education 26 for the fiscal year July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2002, to carry out 27 the provisions of this act. 28 Section 7. Effective date. 29 This act shall take effect immediately. A8L24RZ/20010S0194B0201 - 4 -