§ 9402. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC9402]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 75--EARLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Sec. 9402. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1) Caregiver
The term ``caregiver'' means an individual, including a
relative, neighbor, or family friend, who regularly or frequently
provides care, with or without compensation, for a child for whom
the individual is not the parent.
(2) Child care provider
The term ``child care provider'' means a provider of non-
residential child care services (including center-based, family-
based, and in-home child care services) for compensation who or that
is legally operating under State law, and complies with applicable
State and local requirements for the provision of child care
services.
(3) Early learning
The term ``early learning'', used with respect to a program or
activity, means learning designed to facilitate the development of
cognitive, language, motor, and social-emotional skills for, and to
promote learning readiness in, young children.
(4) Early learning program
The term ``early learning program'' means--
(A) a program of services or activities that helps parents,
caregivers, and child care providers incorporate early learning
into the daily lives of young children; or
(B) a program that directly provides early learning to young
children.
(5) Indian tribe
The term ``Indian tribe'' has the meaning given the term in
section 450b of title 25.
(6) Local Council
The term ``Local Council'' means a Local Council established or
designated under section 9413(a) of this title that serves one or
more localities.
(7) Locality
The term ``locality'' means a city, county, borough, township,
or area served by another general purpose unit of local government,
an Indian tribe, a Regional Corporation, or a Native Hawaiian
entity.
(8) Parent
The term ``parent'' means a biological parent, an adoptive
parent, a stepparent, a foster parent, or a legal guardian of, or a
person standing in loco parentis to, a child.
(9) Poverty line
The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty line (as defined by
the Office of Management and Budget, and revised annually in
accordance with section 9902(2) of title 42) applicable to a family
of the size involved.
(10) Regional Corporation
The term ``Regional Corporation'' means an entity listed in
section 619(4)(B) of title 42.
(11) Secretary
The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
(12) State
The term ``State'' means each of the several States of the
United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico.
(13) Training
The term ``training'' means instruction in early learning that--
(A) is required for certification under State and local
laws, regulations, and policies;
(B) is required to receive a nationally or State recognized
credential or its equivalent;
(C) is received in a postsecondary education program focused
on early learning or early childhood development in which the
individual is enrolled; or
(D) is provided, certified, or sponsored by an organization
that is recognized for its expertise in promoting early learning
or early childhood development.
(14) Young child
The term ``young child'' means any child from birth to the age
of mandatory school attendance in the State where the child resides.
(Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(1) [title VIII, Sec. 803], Dec. 21, 2000,
114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-81.)
