On Tuesday, August 13, 2019, the Office of Head Start (OHS) made available the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes two changes under the Designation Renewal System (DRS):

1. CLASS: For the CLASS (Classroom Assessment Scoring System: Pre-K) condition, OHS proposes to remove the lowest ten percent (10%) criterion and set more rigorous minimum thresholds across all three domains that grantees must meet in order to avoid competition.

2. FISCAL: For the fiscal condition, OHS proposes to add a second criterion that would consider additional findings from annual audits.

A grantee would be required to compete for continued funding if they meet either criterion.

The full announcement is available here.

Action Date: Submit either electronic or written comments by September 27, 2019.

Contact: Colleen Rathgeb, Office of Head Start, Planning, Oversight, and Policy Division Director, (202) 358-3263; OHS_NPRM@acf.hhs.gov. Deaf and hearing impaired individuals may call the Federal Dual Party Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Full Text: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-08-13/html/2019-17024.htm

T/TAS at WKU encourages you to:

1. Read the full announcement from the Office of Head Start here (https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-08-13/html/2019-17024.htm)
2. Submit either electronic or written comments via the methods outlined in the announcement link above. Comments MUST BE RECEIVED BY SEPTEMBER 27, 2019.  

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J. Christopher Watkins, Executive Director
Training & Technical Assistance Services (T/TAS)
Western Kentucky University

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