TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.

SEC. 114. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING. (a) In General.—Section 648 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9843) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking “and” at the end; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following: “(3) ensure the provision of technical assistance to assist Head Start agencies, entities carrying out other child care and early childhood programs, communities, and States in collaborative efforts to provide quality full-working-day, full calendar year services, including technical assistance related to identifying and assisting in resolving barriers to collaboration”; and (2) in subsection (c)— (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: “(1) give priority consideration to— “(A) activities to correct program and management deficiencies identified through reviews carried out pursuant to section 641A(c) (including the provision of assistance to local programs in the development of quality improvement plans under section 641A(d)(2)); and “(B) assisting Head Start agencies in— “(i) ensuring the school readiness of children; and “(ii) meeting the educational performance measures described in section 641A(b)(4);”; (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting “supplement amounts provided under section 640(a)(3)(C)(ii) in order to” after “(2)”; (C) in paragraph (4— (i) by inserting “and implementing” after “developing”; and (ii) by striking “a longer day” and inserting the following: “the day, and assist the agencies and programs in expediting the sharing of information about innovative models for providing full–working–day, full calendar year services for children”; (D) in paragraph (7), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon; (E) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; (F) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8) as paragraphs (5) through (10), respectively; (G) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: “(3) assist Head Start agencies in the development of collaborative initiatives with States and other entities within the States, to foster effective early childhood professional development systems; “(4) provide technical assistance and training, either directly or through a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with an entity that has experience in the development and operation of successful family literacy services programs, for the purpose of— 112 STAT. 2722 “(A) assisting Head Start agencies providing family literacy services, in order to improve the quality of such family literacy services; and “(B) enabling those Head Start agencies that demonstrate effective provision of family literacy services, based on improved outcomes for children and their parents, to provide technical assistance and training to other Head Start agencies and to service providers that work in collaboration with such agencies to provide family literacy services;”; and (H) by adding at the end the following: “(11) provide support for Head Start agencies (including policy councils and policy committees, as defined in regulation) that meet the standards described in section 641A(a) but that have, as documented by the Secretary through reviews conducted pursuant to section 641A(c), significant programmatic, quality, and fiscal issues to address.”. (b) Services.—Section 648(e) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9843(e)) is amended by inserting “(including services to promote the acquisition of the English language)” after “non-English language background children”.