COOPERATIVE RESEARCH.

SEC. 118. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH. Section 651(C)(2) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9846(C)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “The Secretary is encouraged to provide funds for community-based cooperative research efforts to enable Head Start directors to conduct evaluations of their programs with the assistance of qualified researchers not directly involved in the administration of the program or project operation.”.