Sec. 15. Participation in Head Start program

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Section 645 of the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9840 ) is amended by striking

(a)the first place it appears and all that follows through The Secretary the first place it appears and inserting (a)(1)(A) The Secretary . Subsection (a), as so designated, of section 645 of the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9840 ) is amended, in paragraph (1)(B)— in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking paragraph

(2)and inserting paragraph

(2)and subsections (d)(1) and

(e); in clause (i), by striking if the first place it appears and all that follows and inserting “if— their families' incomes are below 60 percent of the State median income for a family of the same size; their families are eligible or, in the absence of child care, would potentially be eligible for public assistance; or the children previously participated in a full year of a Head Start (which may be an Early Head Start) program; ; in clause (ii)— by striking homeless ; by striking participation; and inserting participation if the children are— ; and by adding at the end the following: homeless children; children in foster care, in kinship care, or who experienced child abuse or neglect as defined under section 3 of the Child Abuse and Prevention and Treatment Act of 2010 ( 42 U.S.C. 5101 note); children who are eligible for (whether or not they are receiving)— benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq. ); assistance under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ); supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq. ); assistance under a nutrition assistance program under section 19 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2028 ) or a commodity distribution program for Indians under section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 ( 7 U.S.C. 612c note); assistance under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1786 ); or assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f ); children with disabilities; children of current (as of the date of the determination of eligibility) staff of a Head Start agency (which may be an Early Head Start agency); and children who are part of another vulnerable group that would benefit from Head Start services (which may be Early Head Start services), as such group is approved by the Secretary; ; in clause (iii)— in subclause (II), by striking from and all that follows through if— ; by striking may include— and all that follows through to a reasonable and inserting may include, to a reasonable ; by striking (ii); and and inserting (ii), if— ; by redesignating items

(aa)and

(bb)as subclauses

(I)and (II), respectively, and aligning the margins of the subclauses with the margins of subclause

(I)of clause (iv); in subclause (I), as so designated, by striking (or subclause

(I)if the child involved has a disability) ; and in subclauses

(I)and (II), as so designated, by striking this subclause and inserting this clause ; in clause (iv)— by striking clause (iii)(II) each place it appears and inserting clause

(iii); in subclause (II), by striking (or clause (iii)(I) if the child involved has a disability) ; and in subclause (VI), by striking clause (iii)(I), ; in clause (v)— by inserting (which may be an Early Head Start program) after a Head Start program ; and by striking through and all that follows and inserting until kindergarten entry. . Section 645(d) of the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9840(d) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking An Indian tribe and all that follows and inserting the following: An Indian tribe, Native Hawaiian organization, or Native Hawaiian educational organization that operates a Head Start program (which may be an Early Head Start program) may, at its discretion, establish selection criteria, including criteria to prioritize children in families in which a child or a family member is a member of an Indian tribe or is a Native Hawaiian, or in households in which a household member is a member of an Indian tribe or is a Native Hawaiian, to enroll Native American children who would most benefit from such program, but who are not eligible under clause

(i)or

(ii)of subsection (a)(1)(B). ; in paragraph (2)— by inserting , Native Hawaiian organization, or Native Hawaiian educational organization after Indian tribe ; and by inserting , Native Hawaiian organizations, and Native Hawaiian educational organizations after Indian tribes ; and in paragraph (3), by striking or tribes each place it appears and inserting , Native Hawaiian organization, or Native Hawaiian educational organization . Section 645 of the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9840 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Subject to section 640(l) and the description of families in the definition of migrant or seasonal Head Start program in section 637, an agency that operates a migrant or seasonal Head Start program (which may be an Early Head Start program) may, at its discretion, establish selection criteria to enroll children of migrant or seasonal farmworker families who would most benefit from such program but who are not eligible under clause

(i)or

(ii)of subsection (a)(1)(B), giving priority to children of migrant farmworker families described in subparagraph

(A)of the paragraph establishing that definition in section 637. The selection criteria shall limit that enrollment to children who have at least 1 family member whose income comes primarily from agricultural employment as defined in section 3 of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1802 ). .

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