§ 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.