; (D) informing the quality improvement process at the State level; (E) program evaluation for the purposes of program improvement and parent information; (F) research conducted as part of the national evaluation described under section 5; or (G) assessing children’s level of readiness for school success across a broad range of domains of learning and development, including physical well-being and motor development, social and emotional development, approaches toward learning, language development, and cognition and general knowledge. (2) Prohibition on use of funds Funds available under this Act may not be used for any of the following: (A) Assessments that provide rewards or sanctions for individual children or teachers. (B) A single assessment used as the primary or sole method for assessing program effectiveness. (g) Maintenance of effort With respect to each period for which a State is awarded a grant under this Act, the expenditures by the State on State early learning programs shall not be less than the greater of the level of the expenditures for such programs in the prior fiscal year or as of the date of enactment of this Act. (h) Interagency agreement (1) In general The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall jointly develop policy for, and administer, this Act in accordance with such terms as the Secretaries shall set forth in an interagency agreement. (2) Obligation and disbursement of funds by Secretary of Education The Secretary of Education shall be responsible for obligating and disbursing funds and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and administrative requirements, in accordance with the General Education Provisions Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) and parts 74 through 80 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations. 4. Quality pathways grants (a) Grant period Grants under section 3(a)— (1) may be awarded for a period of 3 years