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§ 9409. —  Grant administration.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC9409]

 
                           TITLE 20--EDUCATION
 
                CHAPTER 75--EARLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
 
Sec. 9409. Grant administration


(a) Federal administrative costs

    The Secretary may use not more than 3 percent of the amount 
appropriated under section 9404 of this title for a fiscal year to pay 
for the administrative costs of carrying out this chapter, including the 
monitoring and evaluation of State and local efforts.

(b) State administrative costs

    A State that receives a grant under this chapter may use--
        (1) not more than 2 percent of the funds made available through 
    the grant to carry out activities designed to coordinate early 
    learning programs on the State level, including programs funded or 
    operated by the State educational agency, health, children and 
    family, and human service agencies, and any State-level 
    collaboration or coordination council involving early learning and 
    education, such as the entities funded under section 9835(a)(5) of 
    title 42;
        (2) not more than 2 percent of the funds made available through 
    the grant for the administrative costs of carrying out the grant 
    program and the costs of reporting State and local efforts to the 
    Secretary; and
        (3) not more than 3 percent of the funds made available through 
    the grant for training, technical assistance, and wage incentives 
    provided by the State to Local Councils.

(c) Lead State Agency

                           (1) In general

        To be eligible to receive an allotment under this chapter, the 
    Governor of a State shall appoint, after consultation with the 
    leadership of the State legislature, a Lead State Agency to carry 
    out the functions described in paragraph (2).

                        (2) Lead State Agency

        (A) Allocation of funds

            The Lead State Agency described in paragraph (1) shall 
        allocate funds to Local Councils as described in section 9411 of 
        this title.

        (B) Functions of agency

            In addition to allocating funds pursuant to subparagraph 
        (A), the Lead State Agency shall--
                (i) advise and assist Local Councils in the performance 
            of their duties under this chapter;
                (ii) develop and submit the State application;
                (iii) evaluate and approve applications submitted by 
            Local Councils under section 9412 of this title;
                (iv) ensure collaboration with respect to assistance 
            provided under this chapter between the State agency 
            responsible for education and the State agency responsible 
            for children and family services;
                (v) prepare and submit to the Secretary, an annual 
            report on the activities carried out in the State under this 
            chapter, which shall include a statement describing how all 
            funds received under this chapter are expended and 
            documentation of the effects that resources under this 
            chapter have had on--
                    (I) parental capacity to improve learning readiness 
                in their young children;
                    (II) early childhood literacy;
                    (III) linkages among early learning programs;
                    (IV) linkages between early learning programs and 
                health care services for young children;
                    (V) access to early learning activities for young 
                children with special needs;
                    (VI) access to existing early learning programs 
                through expansion of the days or times that children are 
                served;
                    (VII) access to existing early learning programs 
                through expansion of the number of young children 
                served;
                    (VIII) access to and affordability of existing early 
                learning programs for low-income families;
                    (IX) the quality of early learning programs 
                resulting from professional development, and recruitment 
                and retention incentives for caregivers; and
                    (X) removal of ancillary barriers to early learning, 
                including transportation difficulties and absence of 
                programs during nontraditional work times; and

                (vi) ensure that training and research is made available 
            to Local Councils and that such training and research 
            reflects the latest available brain development and early 
            childhood development research related to early learning.

(Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(1) [title VIII, Sec. 810], Dec. 21, 2000, 
114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-85.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 9406, 9407, 9410 of this 
title.



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