SEC. 9213.
REVIEW OF FEDERAL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS
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SEC. 9213. <<NOTE: 42 USC 9831 note.>> REVIEW OF FEDERAL EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in
consultation with the heads of all Federal agencies that administer
Federal early childhood education programs, shall conduct an
interdepartmental review of all early childhood education programs for
children less than 6 years of age in order to--
(1) develop a plan for the elimination of overlapping
programs, as identified by the Government Accountability
Office's 2012 annual report (GAO-12-342SP);
(2) determine if the activities conducted by States using
grant funds from preschool development grants under section 9212
have led to better utilization of resources; and
(3) make recommendations to Congress for streamlining all
such programs.
(b) Report and Updates.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services,
in consultation with the heads of all Federal agencies that administer
Federal early childhood education programs, shall--
(1) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of
this Act, prepare and submit to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee
on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives a
detailed report that--
(A) outlines the efficiencies that can be achieved
by, and specific recommendations for, eliminating
overlap and fragmentation among all Federal early
childhood education programs;
(B) explains how the use by States of preschool
development grant funds under section 9212 has led to
the better utilization of resources; and
(C) builds upon the review of Federal early learning
and care programs required under section 13 of the Child
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (Public Law
113-186; 128 Stat. 2002); and
(2) annually prepare and submit to such Committees a
detailed update of the report described in paragraph (1).
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