2004 US Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 105 - COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER II - HEAD START PROGRAMS
Sec. 9837a - Head Start transition
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 105 - COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS SUBCHAPTER II - HEAD START PROGRAMS Sec. 9837a - Head Start transition |
Contains | section 9837a |
Date | 2004 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2005 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 97-35, title VI, §642A, as added Pub. L. 105-285, title I, §110, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2717. |
Statutes at Large References | 79 Stat. 27 112 Stat. 2717 |
Public Law References | Public Law 89-10, Public Law 97-35, Public Law 105-285 |
§9837a. Head Start transition
Each Head Start agency shall take steps to coordinate with the local educational agency serving the community involved and with schools in which children participating in a Head Start program operated by such agency will enroll following such program, including—
(1) developing and implementing a systematic procedure for transferring, with parental consent, Head Start program records for each participating child to the school in which such child will enroll;
(2) establishing channels of communication between Head Start staff and their counterparts in the schools (including teachers, social workers, and health staff) to facilitate coordination of programs;
(3) conducting meetings involving parents, kindergarten or elementary school teachers, and Head Start program teachers to discuss the educational, developmental, and other needs of individual children;
(4) organizing and participating in joint transition-related training of school staff and Head Start staff;
(5) developing and implementing a family outreach and support program in cooperation with entities carrying out parental involvement efforts under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.);
(6) assisting families, administrators, and teachers in enhancing educational and developmental continuity between Head Start services and elementary school classes; and
(7) linking the services provided in such Head Start program with the education services provided by such local educational agency.
(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, §642A, as added Pub. L. 105–285, title I, §110, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2717.)
References in TextThe Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, referred to in par. (5), is Pub. L. 89–10, Apr. 11, 1965, 79 Stat. 27, as amended. Title I of the Act is classified generally to subchapter I (§6301 et seq.) of chapter 70 of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6301 of Title 20 and Tables.
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