A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

``PART B--EVEN START FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS

``SEC. 1201. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

``It is the purpose of this part to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by improving the educational opportunities of the Nation's low-income families by integrating early childhood education, adult literacy or adult basic education, and parenting education into a unified family literacy program, to be referred to as `Even Start'. The program shall--
``(1) be implemented through cooperative projects that build on existing community resources to create a new range of services;
``(2) promote achievement of the National Education Goals; and
``(3) assist children and adults from low-income families to achieve to challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards.

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SEC. 1127. CARRYOVER AND WAIVER. Table of Contents SEC. 1202. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.