Pub. L. 103-252, tit. I, sec. 111

PARTICIPATION.

EnactedYear: 1994Length: 245 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 111. PARTICIPATION. Section 645 (42 U.S.C. 9840) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) in the first sentence, by striking “may provide” and all that follows and inserting “shall be permitted to provide more than 1 year of Head Start services to eligible children (age 3 to compulsory school attendance) in the State”; and (B) by striking the second sentence; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) (1) An Indian tribe that— “(A) operates a Head Start program; “(B) enrolls as participants in the program all children in the community served by the tribe (including a community with a near-reservation designation, as defined by the Bureau of Indian Affairs) from families that meet the low-income criteria prescribed under subsection (a)(1)(A); and “(C) has the resources to enroll additional children in the community who do not meet the low-income criteria; 108 STAT. 638may enroll such additional children in a Head Start program, in accordance with this subsection, if the program predominantly serves children who meet the low-income criteria. “(2) The Indian tribe shall enroll the children in the Head Start program in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary may specify by regulation promulgated after consultation with Indian tribes. “(3) In providing services through a Head Start program to such children, the Indian tribe may not use funds that the Secretary has determined, in accordance with section 640(g)(3), are to be used for expanding Head Start programs under this subchapter.”.
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