42 U.S.C. § 9846 — Reports

(a) Status of children. At least once every 2 years, the Secretary^* must report to the House Education and Labor Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on children in Head Start, including children with disabilities, limited-English-proficient children, homeless children, children in foster care, Indian Head Start children, and migrant or seasonal Head Start children, including their numbers and services. The report must include: (1) for the latest completed fiscal year, funds received by previously designated agencies and by agencies newly designated for that year; (2) how Head Start services are distributed compared with eligible children, including distribution within States and children served by eligibility category; (3) how section 9835(a) funds were distributed and used nationally, regionally, and locally; (4) State^* and local funds; (5) cost per child and regional differences; (6) parent participation as volunteers and otherwise; (7) staff salaries, education, training, experience, and turnover; (8) participating children's family income, race and ethnicity, homelessness, foster-care or child-welfare referral status, disability, and Part A Title IV Social Security Act benefits; (9) funds used and sources of funds for full-day and year-round services; (10) monitoring data on compliance with standards and regulations, facility types and condition, recipient organizations, and children served under each program option; (11) information in the Program Information Report, Head Start Cost Analyses System, or similar documents; (12) on-site and referral services, including health, mental health, dental and vision care, parenting education, physical fitness, and literacy training; (13) a summary of section 9844 research, including ongoing status and new results, conclusions, and recommendations; and (14) a study of service delivery to Indian reservation and nearby Indian children, Alaska Native children, and migrant and seasonal farmworker children. Promptly after sending the report, the Secretary must publish a Federal Register notice saying it is available and explaining how to obtain it.
(b) Facilities. At least once every 5 years, the Secretary must report to those committees on the condition, location, and ownership of facilities used or available for Indian Head Start agencies, including Alaska Native agencies, and Native Hawaiian agencies.
(c) Fiscal protocol. (1) Each year the Secretary must review whether the design and implementation of the triennial reviews under section 9836a(c) contain procedures giving reasonable assurance that agencies follow applicable fiscal laws and regulations. (2) Within 30 days after completing the review, the Secretary must report its findings and conclusions to those committees.
(d) Disability-related services. (1) The Secretary must track disability services to determine whether agencies make timely referrals to State or local agencies responsible under IDEA section 619 or part C; identify barriers to timely evaluations and eligibility decisions; and determine when, and for how long, agencies serve children who have not yet been determined to be children with disabilities under IDEA. (2) Within 1 year after December 12, 2007, the Secretary must report on these activities to those committees.
(e) Obesity prevention. Within 1 year after December 12, 2007, the Secretary must report to those committees on progress in helping programs prevent and reduce obesity among Head Start children, including progress on initiatives within Head Start.