42 U.S.C. § 9831 — Statement of purpose
submitted 45 years ago by Pub. L. 97-35 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 79 words · no verdicts yet
This section states the purpose of the Head Start program.
It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote the school readiness of low-income children by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development—
(1) in a learning environment that supports children’s growth in language, literacy, mathematics, science, social and emotional functioning, creative arts, physical skills, and approaches to learning; and
(2) through the provision to low-income children and their families of health, educational, nutritional, social, and other services that are determined, based on family needs assessments, to be necessary.
It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote the school readiness of low-income children by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development—
in a learning environment that supports children’s growth in language, literacy, mathematics, science, social and emotional functioning, creative arts, physical skills, and approaches to learning; and
through the provision to low-income children and their families of health, educational, nutritional, social, and other services that are determined, based on family needs assessments, to be necessary.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 636, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 499; Pub. L. 101–501, title I, § 102, Nov. 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 1224; Pub. L. 105–285, title I, § 102, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2703; Pub. L. 110–134, § 2, Dec. 12, 2007, 121 Stat. 1363.)
- 1981Enacted · Pub. L. 97-35 · 95 Stat. 499
- 1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-501 · 104 Stat. 1224
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-285 · 112 Stat. 2703
- 2007Amended · Pub. L. 110-134 · 121 Stat. 1363
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 97-35 on 1981-08-13.
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