Child Care Availability Act of 1998

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Child Care Availability Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide one-year grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish programs to provide care to children who are less than the age of compulsory school attendance. Requires LEAs, as a condition of eligibility, to submit grant applications that: (1) demonstrate a need for child care services in their jurisdictions; (2) assure that at least half the funds necessary to operate a proposed child care program will be obtained from nonpublic sources; and (3) assure that grant funds will not be used for the purchase, construction, or renovation of any building or facility. Authorizes appropriations.…