§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 Text

The 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 generally by Pub. L. 103–382, title I, §101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3519 . 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.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 9834, 9837 of this title.