section 9836 of this titleThe Secretary may, upon application by an agency which is eligible for designation as a Head Start agency pursuant to , provide financial assistance to such agency for a period of 5 years for the planning, conduct, administration, and evaluation of a Head Start program focused primarily upon children from low-income families who have not reached the age of compulsory school attendance which (1) will provide such comprehensive health, education, parental involvement, nutritional, social, and other services as will enable the children to attain their full potential and attain school readiness; and (2) will provide for direct participation of the parents of such children in the development, conduct, and overall program direction at the local level.
Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 63895 Stat. 499Pub. L. 100–297, title II, § 2504102 Stat. 330Pub. L. 103–252, title I108 Stat. 625Pub. L. 105–285, title I, § 104112 Stat. 2705Pub. L. 110–134, § 4121 Stat. 1367(, , ; , , ; , §§ 103, 112(c), , , 641; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 110–1342007— inserted “for a period of 5 years” after “provide financial assistance to such agency”.
Pub. L. 105–2851998—Cl. (1). substituted “enable the children” for “aid the children” and inserted “and attain school readiness” before the semicolon.
Pub. L. 103–2521994— struck out subsec. (a) designation, in cl. (1), substituted “health, education, parental involvement, nutritional, social, and other services” for “health, nutritional, educational, social, and other services”, and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: “For purposes of providing financial assistance under subsection (a) of this section to agencies, the Secretary may not take into consideration whether such agency applies for or receives funds under subchapter V of this chapter.”
Pub. L. 100–2971988— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Pub. L. 103–25242 U.S.C. 9831section 127 of Pub. L. 103–252section 9832 of this titleAmendment by effective , but not applicable to Head Start agencies and other recipients of financial assistance under the Head Start Act ( et seq.) until , see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Pub. L. 100–297section 6303 of Pub. L. 100–297section 1071 of Title 20For effective date and applicability of amendment by , see , set out as a note under , Education.