Head Start Program Performance Standards Preamble 45 CFR Chapter XIII
This final rule modernizes the Head Start Program Performance Standards, last revised in
1998. In the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007, Congress instructed the
Office of Head Start to update its performance standards and to ensure any such revisions to
the standards do not eliminate or reduce quality, scope, or types of health, educational, parental
involvement, nutritional, social, or other services programs provide.
Final
Issued by: Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Issue Date: September 01, 2016
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