- actual enrollment
means, with respect to the program of a Head Start agency, the actual number of children enrolled in such program and reported by the agency (as required in paragraph (2)) in a given month.
- base grant
has the meaning given the term in section 9835(a)(7) of this title.
- caregiver
means an individual who provides a service directly to an eligible child on a person-to-person basis.
- center of excellence
means a Center of Excellence in Early Childhood designated under subsection (b).
- child care certificate
means a certificate (that may be a check or other disbursement) that is issued by a State or local government under this subchapter directly to a parent who may use such certificate only as payment for child care services or as a deposit for child care services if such a deposit is required of other children being cared for by the provider.
- child care provider
means a center-based child care provider, a family child care provider, or another provider of child care services for compensation and on a regular basis that—
- child care staff member
means an individual (other than an individual who is related to all children for whom child care services are provided)—
- child with a disability
means—
- community center
means facilities operated by nonprofit community-based organizations for the provision of recreational, social, or educational services to the general public;
- community development corporation
means a nonprofit organization responsible to residents of the area it serves which is receiving financial assistance under part A and any organization more than 50 percent of which is owned by such an organization, or otherwise controlled by such an organization, or designated by such an organization for the purpose of this subchapter.
- covered percentage
means—
- deficiency
means—
- delegate agency
means a public, private nonprofit (including a community-based organization, as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. 7801]), or for-profit organization or agency to which a grantee has delegated all or part of the responsibility of the grantee for operating a Head Start program.
- dependent
has the meaning given the term in paragraphs (2)(A) and (4)(A)(i) of section 401(a) of title 37.
- developmental disability
has the same meaning as in section 15002 of this title;
- eligible child
means an individual—
- eligible child care provider
means—
- English learner
means an individual who is an English learner, as defined in section 7801 of title 20, or who is limited English proficient, as defined in section 9832 of this title.
- equipment
has the same meaning given that term by section 198(a)(8) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965;
- family child care provider
means one individual who provides child care services for fewer than 24 hours per day, as the sole caregiver, and in a private residence.
- family literacy services
means services that are of sufficient intensity in terms of hours, and of sufficient duration, to make sustainable changes in a family, and that integrate all of the following activities:
- financial assistance
includes assistance provided by grant, agreement, or contract, and payments may be made in installments and in advance or by way of reimbursement with necessary adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments.
- full calendar year
means all days of the year other than Saturday, Sunday, and a legal public holiday.
- full-working-day
means not less than 10 hours per day.
- funded enrollment
means, with respect to the program of a Head Start agency in a fiscal year, the number of children that the agency is funded to serve through a grant for the program during such fiscal year, as indicated in the grant agreement.
- Head Start classroom
means a group of children supervised and taught by two paid staff members (a teacher and a teacher’s aide or two teachers) and, where possible, a volunteer.
- Head Start family day care
means Head Start services provided in a private residence other than the residence of the child receiving such services.
- Hispanic-serving institution
has the meaning given such term in section 1101a of title 20.
- historically Black college or university
has the meaning given the term “part B institution” in section 1061(2) of title 20.
- home-based Head Start program
means a Head Start program that provides Head Start services in the private residence of the child receiving such services.
- homeless children
has the meaning given the term “homeless children and youths” in section 11434a(2) of this title.
- Indian tribe
means any tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community of Indians, including any Native village described in section 3(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(c)) or established pursuant to such Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
- institution of higher education
has the meaning given the term in section 1001(a) of title 20.
- interrater reliability
means the extent to which 2 or more independent raters or observers consistently obtain the same result when using the same assessment tool.
- lead agency
means the agency designated or established under section 9858b(a) of this title.
- local educational agency
has the meaning given such term in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.].
- mentor teacher
means an individual responsible for observing and assessing the classroom activities of a Head Start program and providing on-the-job guidance and training to the Head Start program staff and volunteers, in order to improve the qualifications and training of classroom staff, to maintain high quality education services, and to promote career development, in Head Start programs.
- migrant or seasonal Head Start program
means—
- mobile Head Start program
means the provision of Head Start services utilizing transportable equipment set up in various community-based locations on a routine, weekly schedule, operating in conjunction with home-based Head Start programs, or as a Head Start classroom.
- nonemergency intrusive physical examination
means, with respect to a child, a physical examination that—
- parent
includes a legal guardian, foster parent, or other person standing in loco parentis.
- poverty line
means the official poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget)—
- principles of scientific research
means principles of research that—
- professional development
means high-quality activities that will improve the knowledge and skills of Head Start teachers and staff, as relevant to their roles and functions, in program administration and the provision of services and instruction, as appropriate, in a manner that improves service delivery to enrolled children and their families, including activities that—
- school facilities
means classrooms and related facilities used for the provision of education;
- school lunch factor
means the ratio of the number of children in the State who are receiving free or reduced price lunches under the school lunch program established under the Richard B.
- school-age children
means children aged five through thirteen, except that in any State in which by State law children at an earlier age are provided free public education, the age provided in State law shall be substituted for age five;
- scientifically valid research
includes applied research, basic research, and field-initiated research in which the rationale, design, and interpretation are soundly developed in accordance with principles of scientific research.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
- sliding fee scale
means a system of cost sharing by a family based on income and size of the family.
- State
means a State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- State educational agency
has the meaning given that term under section 7801 1 of title 20.
- Tribal College or University
has the meaning given such term in section 1059c(b) of title 20.
- tribal organization
has the meaning given it in section 5304(l) of title 25.
- unresolved area of noncompliance
means failure to correct a noncompliance item within 120 days, or within such additional time (if any) as is authorized by the Secretary, after receiving from the Secretary notice of such noncompliance item, pursuant to section 9836a(c) of this title.
- young child factor
means the ratio of the number of children in the State under 5 years of age to the number of such children in all States as provided by the most recent annual estimates of population in the States by the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce.