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PUBLIC LAW 107-110—JAN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 1513 "(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in subsection (a) are activities that increase coordination between the local educational agency and a Head Start agency and, if feasible, other entities carrying out early childhood development programs, such as the Early Reading First program, serving children who will attend the schools of the local educational agency, including— "(1) developing and implementing a systematic procedure for receiving records regarding such children, transferred with parental consent from a Head Start program or, where applicable, another early childhood development program such as the Early Reading First program; "(2) establishing channels of communication between school staff and their counterparts (including teachers, social workers, and health staff) in such Head Start agencies or other entities carrying out early childhood development programs such as the Early Reading First program, as appropriate, to facilitate coordination of programs; "(3) conducting meetings involving parents, kindergarten or elementary school teachers, and Head Start teachers or, if appropriate, teachers from other early childhood development programs such as the Early Reading First program, to discuss the developmental and other needs of individual children; "(4) organizing and participating in joint transition-related training of school staff. Head Start program staff, Early Reading First program staff, and, where appropriate, other early childhood development program staff; and "(5) linking the educational services provided by such local educational agency with the services provided by local Head Start agencies and entities carrying out Early Reading First programs. "(c) COORDINATION OF REGULATIONS. —The Secretary shall work with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to coordinate regulations promulgated under this part with regulations promulgated under the Head Start Act. "Subpart 2—Allocations "SEC. 1121. GRANTS FOR THE OUTLYING AREAS AND THE SECRETARY 20 USC 6331. OF THE INTERIOR. "(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.— From the amount appropriated for payments to States for any fiscal year under section 1002(a) and 1125A(f), the Secretary shall reserve a total of 1 percent to provide assistance to— "(1) the outlying areas in the amount determined in accordance with subsection (b); and "(2) the Secretary of the Interior in the amount necessary to make payments pursuant to subsection (d). "(b) ASSISTANCE TO OUTLYING AREAS.— "(1) FUNDS RESERVED.— From the amount made available for any fiscal year under subsection (a), the Secretary shall award grants to local educational agencies in the outlying areas. "(2) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.— Until each appropriate outlying area enters into an agreement for extension of United States educational assistance under the Compact of Free Association after the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the Secretary shall carry out the competition described