Sec. 9213. REVIEW OF FEDERAL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS

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## SEC. 9213 REVIEW OF FEDERAL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS **[**[42 U.S.C. 9831 note](/us/usc/t42/s9831)**]** ###

(a)In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the heads of all Federal agencies that administer Federal early childhood education programs, shall conduct an interdepartmental review of all early childhood education programs for children less than 6 years of age in order to— ####

(1)develop a plan for the elimination of overlapping programs, as identified by the Government Accountability Office’s 2012 annual report (GAO-12-342SP); ####

(2)determine if the activities conducted by States using grant funds from preschool development grants under section 9212 have led to better utilization of resources; and ####

(3)make recommendations to Congress for streamlining all such programs. ###

(b)Report and Updates The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the heads of all Federal agencies that administer Federal early childhood education programs, shall— ####

(1)not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, prepare and submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives a detailed report that— #####

(A)outlines the efficiencies that can be achieved by, and specific recommendations for, eliminating overlap and fragmentation among all Federal early childhood education programs; #####

(B)explains how the use by States of preschool development grant funds under section 9212 has led to the better utilization of resources; and #####

(C)builds upon the review of Federal early learning and care programs required under section 13 of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-186; 128 Stat. 2002); and ####

(2)annually prepare and submit to such Committees a detailed update of the report described in paragraph (1).

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