Sec. 138. Reports
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At least once during every 2-year period, the Secretary shall prepare a report concerning the status of children (including low-income children, children with disabilities, dual language learner children, homeless children, children in foster care, children participating in child care and early learning programs on Indian land, and children participating in migrant or seasonal child care and early learning programs) participating in child care and early learning programs, including the number of participating children and the services being provided to such children.
Such report shall include— a statement for the then most recently concluded fiscal year specifying— the amount of funds received, by prime sponsors that are designated under section 113, to provide child care and early learning services in a period before such fiscal year; and the amount of funds received, by prime sponsors that are newly designated under section 113, to provide such services in such fiscal year; a description of the distribution of child care and early learning services relative to the distribution of children who are in need of child care and early learning programs, including geographic distribution within States, and information on the number of children receiving those services; a statement identifying how funds made available under section 112(a)(1) were distributed and used at national, regional, and local levels; a statement specifying the amount of funds provided as the non-Federal share of the costs of child care and early learning programs, and the source of such funding; the cost per child of carrying out child care and early learning programs, and how such cost varies by region; a description of the level and nature of participation of parents and family members in child care and early learning programs as volunteers and in other capacities; information concerning child care and early learning center staff, including salaries, education, training, experience, and staff turnover; information concerning children participating in child care and early learning programs, including information on family income, cultural background, racial and ethnic background, homelessness, whether such a child is in foster care or was referred by a child welfare agency, disability, and whether the child's family receives benefits under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); using data from the monitoring conducted under section 121— a description of the extent to which programs funded under this title comply with program standards and regulations in effect under this title; a description of the types and condition of facilities in which such programs are located; and the types of organizations that receive funds under this title through such programs; a description of the types of services provided through the programs to children and their families, both on site and through referrals, including services related to health, mental health, dental care, vision care, parenting education, physical fitness, and literacy training; information from a study of the delivery of child care and early learning programs to Indian children, to Native Hawaiian children, and to children of migrant or seasonal farmworker families; information on the delivery of disability-related services in order to— determine whether child care and early learning programs are making timely referrals to the State or local agency responsible for providing services under section 619 or part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1419 , 1431 et seq.); identify barriers to timely evaluations and eligibility determinations by the State or local agency responsible for providing services under section 619 or part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and determine under what circumstances and for what length of time child care and early learning programs are providing disability-related services for children who have not been determined under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) to be children with disabilities; and information on how child care and early learning programs serve populations of low-income children, minority children, and dual language learner children, the extent to which disparities exist in early learning outcomes of participants in such programs, and how such programs address disparities in early learning outcomes.
The Secretary shall submit each report prepared under subsection
(a)to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives.
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