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EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE: WHAT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ROLE?

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

EXAMINING THE FEDERAL ROLE TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND COORDINATION OF CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE HEAD START PROGRAM, THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND (CCDF), AND INCREASING FOOD SECURITY AND REDUCING HUNGER

APRIL 20, 2005

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COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS

MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming, Chairman

JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire BILL FRIST, Tennessee LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee RICHARD BURR, North Carolina JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia MIKE DEWINE, Ohio JOHN ENSIGN, Nevada ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama PAT ROBERTS, Kansas

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut TOM HARKIN, Iowa BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland JAMES M. JEFFORDS (I), Vermont JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico PATTY MURRAY, Washington JACK REED, Rhode Island HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, New York

KATHERINE BRUNETT MCGUIRE, Staff Director J. MICHAEL MYERS, Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee, Chairman

JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire RICHARD BURR, North Carolina JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia MIKE DEWINE, Ohio JOHN ENSIGN, Nevada ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming (ex officio)

CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut TOM HARKIN, Iowa JAMES M. JEFFORDS (I), Vermont JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico PATTY MURRAY, Washington JACK REED, Rhode Island HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, New York EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts (ex

officio)

CHRISTINE C. DODD, Staff Director GRACE A. REEF, Minority Staff Director

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2005

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Alexander, Hon. Lamar, Chairman, Subcommittee on Education and Early Childhood Development, opening statement ..................................................... 1

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts, opening statement ................................................................................................ 3

Enzi, Hon. Michael B., Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, opening statement ....................................................................... 4 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 5

Horn, Wade F., Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Raymond Simon, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education; and Kate Coler, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture .......................................................... 7 Prepared statements of: Wade F. Horn, Ph.D. ................................................................................. 9 Raymond Simon ......................................................................................... 16 Kate Coler .................................................................................................. 20

Dodd, Hon. Christopher, a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut, opening statement ........................................................................................................ 13

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EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE: WHAT IS THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ROLE?

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2005

U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION,

LABOR, AND PENSIONS, Washington, DC.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 430, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Lamar Alexander, chairman of the subcommittee, presiding.

Present: Senators Alexander, Enzi, Dodd, and Kennedy.

OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN ALEXANDER

Senator ALEXANDER. Good morning. The Education and Early Childhood Development Subcommittee will come to order. We welcome our witnesses for what ought to be a very interesting discussion.

I want to welcome Senator Kennedy, who is the ranking member of the full committee. Senator Dodd, the ranking member of the subcommittee, will be here after he makes an opening statement at another committee. Between the two of them, they have about 16 more years of experience than I do, or something like that. It is a pleasure to work with them both.

This is a subject in which we are all very interested, and let me see if I can frame it a little bit and then I will ask Senator Kennedy if he would like to make some opening remarks and Senator Dodd when he comes.

The purpose of the hearing is to learn more about the effectiveness of the 69 Federal programs that help parents help their young children with child care and early education. By the end of the hearing, we hope to get an assessment from the witnesses from three major Federal departments about how these programs are working.

I hope that this hearing is the beginning of a year-long look at Federal programs for early childhood education and care. I have talked with other members of the committee about this topic. We welcome our chairman of the full committee, Senator Enzi of Wyoming. It is a top priority with him, with Senator Kennedy, and with Senator Dodd. I have talked with Secretary Spellings and Leavitt and Johanns about it and they have talked with each other. We see this as an unusual opportunity for us to take stock of what we have without necessarily knowing before we start what our con-

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