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<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Economic Policy (U.S.)|congress=110|bill=h1429}}</span> </p><p>The <b>Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007</b> (H.R. 1429) was a bill in the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="110th Congress">110th Congress</a> "to reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes." (Official title.)<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info">Project Vote Smart’s info page on <a href="http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=16236">Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 (H.R.1429)</a>.</ref> </p><p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{Article summary|fckLRfckLR*Authorizes $7.35 billion for fiscal year 2008, $7.65 billion for fiscal year 2009, $8.00 billion for fiscal year 2010, and such funds as may be necessary for fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (Sec. 5).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=16236 Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 (H.R.1429)].&lt;/ref&gt;fckLRfckLR*Allows Head Start programs to increase the number of participants by 35 percent by including participants whose families' incomes are between 100 and 130 percent of the poverty level, as long as children from families whose income is at or below the poverty level or who are homeless have priority for inclusion in the programs (Sec. 14).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=16236 Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 (H.R.1429)].&lt;/ref&gt;fckLRfckLR*States that by 2013, at least 50 percent of Head Start teachers and education coordinators will have a baccalaureate or advanced degree in childhood education and all teaching assistants will have an associate's degree, and that by 2010, all teachers providing direct services to children and families participating in Early Head Start programs (which provide services for children from 0-3 years of age) located in Early Head Start centers have a minimum of a child development associate credential (Sec. 15, Sec. 19).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=16236 Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 (H.R.1429)].&lt;/ref&gt;fckLRfckLR-Requires that all Head Start teachers attend 15 hours of professional development training per year (Sec. 19).&lt;ref name=&quot;ProjectVoteSmart info&quot;&gt;Project Vote Smart’s info page on [http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=16236 Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 (H.R.1429)].&lt;/ref&gt; }}</span> </p> <h2> Current status </h2> <p><usbillinfo congress="110" bill="H.1429" /> </p><p><br> </p> <h2> Attempt to recommit bill with instructions </h2> <p>Before initial passage of the bill, the House defeated a motion to recommit the bill with instructions by a vote of 222-195. The motion instructed the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="House Committee on Education and Labor">House Committee on Education and Labor</a> to add an amendment to the bill that would have amended the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Head Start Act">Head Start Act</a> by adding a new section 654a following section 654, which concerns nondiscrimination provisions. It included the following provision: <blockquote>``(3) EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.--Section 654 shall not apply to a recipient of financial assistance under this subchapter that is a religious corporation, association, educational institution, or society, with respect to the employment of individuals of a particular religion to perform work connected with the carrying on by such corporation, association, educational institution, or society of its activities. Such recipients shall comply with the other requirements contained in section 654.<ref><a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=page&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;page=H4376&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;dbname=2007_record">"Motion to recommit offered by Mr. Mckeon"</a>, <i>Congressional Record</i>, May 2, 2007, H4376.</ref><ref><a href="http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/Program%20Design%20and%20Management/Head%20Start%20Requirements/Head%20Start%20Act/headstartact.html#654">NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS Sec. 654. [42 U.S.C. 9849</a>], "Compilation of the Head Start Act," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.</ref> </blockquote> <usvoteinfo rollcall="284" chamber="house" year="2007" /> </p><p><br /> </p> <h2> Initial passage in the House </h2> <p><usvoteinfo year="2007" chamber="house" rollcall="285" /> <span class="fck_mw_template">{{Record vote display|U.S. House of Representatives record vote 285, 110th Congress, Session 1}}</span> </p> <h2> Final passage in the House </h2> <p>From Project Vote Smart: Vote to pass a bill that reauthorizes the Head Start Program for five years and makes changes to teacher qualifications and participant eligibility.<ref name="ProjectVoteSmart info" /> </p><p><usvoteinfo year="2007" chamber="house" rollcall="1090" /> </p> <h2> Supporters </h2> <ul><li>American Civil Liberties Union </li><li>Anti-Defamation League </li><li>Catholic Charities USA </li><li>National Association for the Advancement of Colored People </li><li>National Council of La Raza </li><li>National Education Association </li><li>National School Boards Association </li><li>Save Head Start </li></ul> <h2> Articles and resources </h2> <h3> See also </h3> <h3> References </h3> <p><references /> </p>

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