Head Start Improvements for School Readiness Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] (NOTE - S.1940 & S.1483, unlike H.R.2210, do not provide for State demonstration programs that allow States to administer their allotment of Federal Head Start funds.) Head Start Improvements for School Readiness Act - Amends the Head Start Act (the Act) to reauthorize appropriations and revise Head Start programs. Includes educational instruction in prereading skills, premathematics skills, and language among the services to be provided through Head Start programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to provide financial assistance to Head Start agencies for five-year periods. Changes from discretionary to mandatory the Secretary's authority to award grants to assist collaboration among State early childhood education activities under Head Start and other activities carried out in and by the State to benefit low-income children and families, and by Head Start agencies with other State and local planning, resource, and referral agencies. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to require Head Start agencies to implement policies and procedures to ensure that eligible homeless children are identified and prioritized for enrollment. Requires a…