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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- Head Start Act s. 641(c), 42 U.S.C. 9836(c); 45 C.F.R. part 1304 subpart B
- Issued
- 2020-12-07 Dec. 7, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-12-07
- End
- In force (finalized Oct. 6, 2021) (read as 2021-10-06)
- In force
- Dec. 7, 2020 to Oct. 6, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Schools and child careOther
- Addressees
- Head Start and Early Head Start grantees (about 1,600 agencies)
- Functions reached
- IN in-person instruction (classrooms closed)
- RL remote learning
- EC early childhood programs
- HR (monitoring and reviews suspended)
- Collection
- Other federal health agencies AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER
Operative words
In March 2020, ACF made the decision to temporarily suspend the administration of CLASS reviews in Head Start classrooms due to the COVID-19 PHE. Many Head Start classrooms across the country closed due to increased health and safety concerns amid the spread of COVID-19.... Therefore, in an information memorandum directed to Head Start and Early Head Start grantees published on September 24, 2020, ACF announced the decision to suspend all CLASS reviews for the 2020-2021 program year.... if a program is closed for in-person services for an extended period due to the pandemic, and even if the program is providing virtual services, ACF cannot conduct CLASS reviews
Enforcement
Grant designation renewal under 42 U.S.C. 9836(c); 45 C.F.R. part 1304
Notes
HHS's own regulatory finding that Head Start classrooms across the country closed and that federal classroom monitoring was suspended for the 2020-21 program year.