A hearing was held to discuss the reauthorization of the Follow Through Act, legislation designed to combine the resources of local schools, universities, and parents to consolidate and enhance gains that low-income children make in preschool program such as Head Start. Testimony concerned: (1) characteristics of high quality Follow Through Programs in the early elementary grades; (2) ways of insuring that characteristics of high quality early childhood programs are continued in kindergarten and elementary school grades; (3) the need for increased federal support for Follow Through; (4) recommendations for improving the national Follow Through Program; (5) long-term results of the Follow Through Program in the city schools of Richmond, Virginia; (6) experiences with Follow Through in the Leflore County School District in Northwest Mississippi; and (7) a rationale for the reauthorization of the Act that is based on the program's effectiveness, characteristics, and potential. Materials submitted for the record include panelists' statements, testimony on the program's effectiveness, a statement of Follow Through's purposes and its leadership role in educating young children, and additional letters of support from participating teachers, parents, and children. (RH)