Sec. 123. Report and evaluation
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Each State that receives a grant under this subtitle shall prepare an annual report, in such manner and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. A report prepared under subsection
(a)shall contain, at a minimum— a description of the manner in which the State has used the funds made available through the grant and a report of the expenditures made with the funds; a summary of the State’s progress toward providing access to high-quality prekindergarten programs for children eligible for such services, as determined by the State, from families with incomes at or below 200 percent of the poverty line, including the percentage of funds spent on children from families with incomes— at or below 100 percent of the poverty line; at or below between 101 and 150 percent of the poverty line; and at or below between 151 and 200 percent of the poverty line; an evaluation of the State’s progress toward achieving the State’s performance targets, described in section 119 ; data on the number of high-quality prekindergarten program teachers and staff in the State (including teacher turnover rates and teacher compensation levels compared to teachers in elementary schools and secondary schools), according to the setting in which such teachers and staff work (which settings shall include, at a minimum, Head Start programs, public prekindergarten, and child care programs) who received training or education during the period of the grant and remained in the early childhood education program field; data on the kindergarten readiness of children in the State; a description of the State’s progress in overcoming barriers to the effective use of Federal, State, and local public funds and private funds, for early childhood education; the number and percentage of children in the State participating in high-quality prekindergarten programs, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, family income, child age, disability, whether the children are homeless children, and whether the children are dual language learners; data on the availability, affordability, and quality of infant and toddler care in the State; the number of operational minutes per week and per year for each eligible local entity that receives a subgrant; the local educational agency and ZIP code in which each eligible local entity that receives a subgrant operates; information, for each of the local educational agencies described in paragraph (10), on the percentage of the costs of the public early childhood education programs that is funded from Federal, from State, and from local sources, including the percentages from specific funding programs; data on the number and percentage of children in the State participating in public kindergarten programs, disaggregated by race, family income, child age, disability, whether the children are homeless children, and whether the children are dual language learners, with information on whether such programs are offered— for a full-day; and at no cost to families; and data on the number of individuals in the State who are supported with scholarships, if applicable, to meet the baccalaureate degree requirement for high-quality prekindergarten programs, as defined in section 112. A State shall submit the annual report prepared under subsection (a), at the end of each fiscal year, to the Secretary, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care. An eligible local entity that receives a subgrant under this subtitle shall cooperate with all Federal and State efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of the program the entity implements with subgrant funds. The Secretary shall compile and summarize the annual State reports described under subsection
(c)and shall prepare and submit an annual report to Congress that includes a summary of such State reports.