; and (2) include any certification requirements that the Secretary determines are necessary to verify qualifying service. (e) Eligible Federal Direct Loan defined The term eligible Federal Direct Loan means a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, Federal Direct PLUS Loan, or Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, or a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan. . 7. Head Start employee salary-increase grant program (a) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish and carry out a program to make grants for the purpose of supplementing, not supplanting, the compensation paid by Head Start agencies to the employees of such agencies. (b) Allocation of funds The Secretary shall develop a formula to determine grant amounts, taking into consideration— (1) the gaps between the compensation paid by the respective Head Start agency to its employees and the employee compensation paid by other early childhood education employers in the relevant geographical area, (2) the cost of living in the geographical area in which such agency is located, including median income and housing costs, and (3) the number of employee vacancies of such agency. (c) Use of funds A Head Start agency that receives a grant shall use grant funds to supplement, and not to supplant, the compensation paid to the employees of such agency. (d) Appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $6,800,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2030.