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["Pages ","Code Section ","Description ","Timing ","Tags "]
[null,"1302.90(e)(2)(i)","Ensure each Head Start teacher receives an annual salary that is at least comparable to the annual salary paid to preschool teachers in public school settings in the program's local or neighboring school district, adjusted for responsibilities, qualifications, and experience. ","7 years","Wages"]
["32-35","1302.90(e)(2)(ii)","Make measurable progress toward pay parity for all other education staff who work directly with chidren as part of their daily job responsibilities ","7 years","Wages"]
["35","1302.90(e)(2)(iii)","Provides an allowance for programs to use an alternative method for determining comparable preschool salaries in specific circumstances: not a sufficient number of comparable public preschool teachers in the local / neighboring school district. Alternate method not prescribed but must be approved by ACF. ","7 years","Wages"]
["36","1302.90(e)(2)(iv)","Examine progress to pay parity by regularly tracking data on how wages paid to education staff compare to wages paid to preschool through third grade teachers in their local or neighboring school district ","7 years","Wages"]
["37-38","1302.90(e)(1)(i) ","Implement a pay scale, salary scale, wage ladder, or other pay structure that applies to all staff in the program, which promotes salaries that are comparable to similar services in relevant industries and considers responsbilities, qualifications, and experience relevant to the position.  ","7 years","Wages"]
["39","1302.90(e)(1)(ii) ","Review pay structure at least once every 5 years to ensure it continues to provide competitive wages for staff reflective of the requirements in (i) ","7 years","Wages"]
["40","1302.90(e)(1)(ii) ","Ensure that staff salaries do not exceed the rate payable for level II of the Executive Schedule ","7 years","Wages"]
["40-43","1302.90(e)(3)","Ensure the payscale provides all staff with a wage or salary that is generally sufficient to cover basic needs (or would be sufficient if the worker's hourly rate were paid full time)","7 years","Wages"]
["43-44","1302.90(e)(4)","Requires that the pay structure does not differ by age of children served for similar program staff positions with similar qualifications and experience ","7 years","Wages"]
["47","1302.90(f)(1)","Defines full time staff as those working 30 hours per week or more ","2 years","Benefits"]
["48","1302.90(f)(1)(i)","Requires programs provide or facilitate access to high-quality, affordable health insurance ","2 years","Benefits"]
["49","1302.90(f)(2)","Facilitate access to high-quality, affordable health insurance for each part-time staff member ","2 years","Benefits"]
["50-51","1302.90(f)(1)(ii)","Requires programs offer paid sick leave to full-time staff, based on an accrual system or number of annual hours ","2 years","Benefits"]
["52-53","1302.90(f)(1)(iii)","Requires programs offer job protected periods of paid family leave to employees consistent with FMLA, regardless of employer size, or applicable state law ","2 years","Benefits"]
["53-54","1302.90(f)(1)(iv) ","For programs with a program year longer than a typical school year, require offer full-time staff accrual of paid vacation or personal leave commensurate with their experience or time working at the program","2 years","Benefits"]
["54-56","1302.90(f)(1)(iv) ","Offer access to short-term behavioral health services for full-time staff that entails minimal or no out of pocket costs ","2 years","Benefits, Staff Wellness"]
["56-57","1302.90(f)(3)","Connect staff members who are parents with affordable child care resources and information and facilitate enrollment of eligible staff members ","60 days","Benefits"]
["57","1302.14(a)","Programs can choose to prioritize the enrollment of staff members' children through selection criteria ","60 days","Benefits, Eligibility"]
["58","1302.90(f)(4)","Facilitate access to PSLF or other applicable student loan debt relief programs ","2 years","Benefits"]
["58","1302.90","Assess and determine if benefits package is adequate for recruiting and retaining full-time staff and competive with benefits offered by local or neighboring school districts ","60 days","Benefits"]
[61,"1302.93(c)(1)(i)","Provide for each staff member working a shift between 4 and 6 hours, a minimum of one 15 minute break per shift ","3 years","Workforce Supports"]
[61,"1302.93(c)(1)(ii)","Provide for each staff member working a shift last six hours or more, a minimum of one 30-minute break per shift ","3 years","Workforce Supports"]
[61,"1302.93(c)(2)","Comply with State laws or regulations that are more stringent for staff breaks ","3 years","Workforce Supports"]
[61,"1302.93(c)(3)","During break times for classroom staff, one teaching staff member may be replaced by one staff member who does not meet the teaching qualifications required for the age, as long as this staff member has the necessary training and experience to ensure safety of children and minimal disruption to the quality of services ","3 years","Workforce Supports, Ratios"]
[61,"1302.93(c)(4)","Design and implement a systemic approach to ensure each staff member that works directly w/ children as part of their regular job responsibilities can have access to brief unscheduled wellness breaks of about 5 minutes as needed while ensuring child safety","3 years","Workforce Supports, Ratios"]
[62,"1302.93(d)","Ensure staff have access to adult size furniture in classrooms ","1 year","Workforce Supports"]
[66,"1302.101(a)(2)","Promote clear and reasonable roles and responsibilities for all staff and provide regular and ongoing staf supervision with meaningful and effective employee engagement practices ","60 days","Workforce Supports"]
[67,"1302.92(b)","Implement an approach to staff training and professional development that is designed to be informed by input from staff, identified barriers to job performance, and other employee engagment practices ","60 days","Workforce Supports, Training / PD"]
[68,"1302.92(b)(1)","Codifies the requirement in sec. 648(A) of the At for the creation of individual professional development plans ","60 days","Workforce Supports, Training / PD"]
[73,1305.2,"Adds broad definition of suspension and explusion to provide clarity on which disciplinary practices are captured under these respective categories ","60 days","Suspension & Expulsion"]
[74,"1302.17(a)","Thoroughly document plans related to suspension similar to how programs document plans relating to transferring a child to a setting that can better meet their needs ","60 days","Suspension & Expulsion"]
[null,"1302.17(a)(2)","A suspension must be used only as a last resort where there is a serious safety threat that has not been reduced. Requires \"interventions and supports recommended by the mental health consultant\" instead of \"reasonable modifications\" ","60 days","Suspension & Expulsion, Safety"]
[75,"1302.17(a)(3)","The multidisciplinary team responsible for mental health must be part of the discussion before a program determines whether temporary suspension is necessary ","60 days","Suspension & Expulsion, Mental Health"]
[75,"1302.17(a)(4)","A program must explore all possible steps and document all steps taken to address the behavior(s) and supports needed to facilitate the child's safe reentry and continued participation in the program [also adds specific langauge on steps to subsequent code sections]","60 days","Suspension & Expulsion"]
[76,"1302.17(b)(3)","Must work to directly facilitate the transition of the child to a more appropriate placement that can immediately enroll and provide services to the child ","60 days","Suspension & Expulsion"]
[76,"1302.17(b)(2)&(3)","The multidisciplinary team responsible for mental health joins in discussions of how to prevent an explusion from occuring, and requires engagement of parents ","60 days","Suspension & Expulsion, Mental Health"]
[77,1302.4000000000001,"Adds mental health to several naming conventions ","60 days","Health Program Services, Mental Health"]
[78,"1302.42(b)(1)(i)","Adds mental health to align with intent of EPSDT","60 days","Health Program Services, Mental Health"]
[78,"1302.42(b)(4)","Add relevant development or mental health concerns (when identifying nutrional health needs) ","60 days","Health Program Services, Mental Health"]
["79-80",1302.45,"Naming changes ","60 days","Health Program Services"]
[80,"1302.45(a)","Must have a multidisciplinary team responsible for mental health ","1 year","Health Program Services, Mental Health"]
[81,"1302.5(a)(1)","Multidisciplinary team responsible for mental health coordinates supports for adult mental health and well-being including engaging in nurturing and responsive relationships with families, engaging families in home visiting services, and promoting staff health and wellness","1 year","Health Program Services, Mental Health"]
["81-82","1302.5(a)","Minor language changes and removals ","60 days","Health Program Services"]
["82-83","1302.45(a)(3)","Requires mental health consultation servies be provided no less than once a month; multidisciplinary MH team examines the approach to mental health consultation on annual basis to determine if it meets the needs of the program","1 year","Health Program Services, Mental Health, Staff Wellness"]
[83,"1302.45(a)(4)","Program must ensure screenings related to social and emotional milestones that impact mental health are completed or obtained from an appropriate provider; ensure appropriate follow up and referral for necessary supports or services takes place ","1 year","Health Program Services, Mental Health"]
[84,"1302.45(a)(5)","Multidisciplinary MH team must facilitate coordination and collaboration between mental health and other relevant program services","1 year","Health Program Services, Mental Health"]
[84,"1302.45(e)(8)(ii)","Allow programs to secure mental health consultation from professionals who are in the process of obtaining licensure and are under the supervision of a licensed MH professional ","60 days","Health Program Services, Mental Health"]
[85,"1302.45(b)(1)","Clarify a central type of mental health consultation with the program is focused on promotion and prevention of mental health concerns ","60 days","Health Program Services, Mental Health"]
["85-86","1302.45(b)(2)","Clarify that mental health consultants can consult with any staff who work with children and families; describes general goals of consultation ","60 days","Health Program Services, Mental Health, Staff Wellness"]
["86-87","1302.45(b)(3)","Clarify that mental health consultants can provide consultation to any staff that have contact with children as needed; additional clarifying language  ","60 days","Health Program Services, Mental Health, Staff Wellness"]
[87,"1302.45(b)(4)","Expand from parents to families those whom the mental health consultant can provide consultation to, add supports, adds natural disasters ","60 days","Health Program Services, Mental Health"]
[87,"1302.45(b)(5)","Clarify that implementation of policies to limit suspension and explusion would occur in consultation w/ program ","60 days","Health Program Services, Suspension & Expulsion"]
[88,"1302.45(b)(6)","Requires program to support the well being of children and families involved in any significant child health, mental health, or safety incident ","1 year","Health Program Services, Mental Health, Safety"]
[88,"1302.45(b)(1)(iv)","Clarify strengths-based approach to mental health where parents are not expected to identify the issue ","60 days","Health Program Services, Mental Health"]
[89,"1302.46(b)(2)","Clarify that program must support parents navigation of mental health systems, provide information, and make referrals if appropriate ","60 days","Health Program Services, Mental Health"]
[90,"1302.81(a)","Minor language changes ","60 days","Health Program Services"]
[91,"1302.91(e)(8)(ii)","Replaces \"certified\" with \"under the supervision of a licensed\"; removes \"if available in the community\" ","60 days","Health Program Services, Mental Health"]
[92,"1302.93(e)","Adds requirement to \"cultivate a program-wide culture of wellness that empowers staff as professionals and supports staff to effectively accomplish their job duties in a high-quality manner\" ","60 days","Workforce Supports, Staff Wellness"]
[93,"1302.11(b)(1)","Requires programs to identify communication methods and modalities that best engage with prospective and enrolled families of all abilities ","1 year","Family Engagement"]
[94,1302.1300000000001,"Clarify that programs must use modern technologies to encourage and assist families in applying for admission, and to streamline application and enrollment process, while ensuring families without access to technology have equitable access ","60 days","Family Engagement"]
[94,"1302.15(g)","Requires a user-friendly enrollment process; regular examination of enrollment process and implmentation of any identified improvements","60 days","Family Engagement, Eligibility"]
[94,"1302.34(b)(9)","Communication methods and modalities used by the program should be the best available for engaging families of all abilities","60 days","Family Engagement"]
[95,"1302.50(a)","Adds \"includes communicating with families in a format that is most accessible\" - requires programs to addresS communication methods and determine the most efficient and accessible format that families prefer and that may be necessary to address the needs of family members who have limited English proficiency or who are individuals w/ disabilities ","60 days","Family Engagement"]
[97,"1302.11(b)(1)","Community assessment objectives include: identifying who programs will serve and their associated risk factors; how they will serve them in a manner that refelcts their needs and diversity, while promoting equity, inclusion, and accessibility in service delivery; informing elgibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance processes to prioritize the enrollment fo those most in need of services; and identify strengths and resources in the community a program can leverage in service delivery ","1 year","Community Assessment, Eligibility"]
["97 - 98 ","1302.11(b)(2)(ii) - (vi) ","Changes to data collection: (1) no longer specifically require counts of eligible children and expectant mothers, including counts by their geographic location, race, ethnicity, and langauges spoken for enumerated items [broadened to relevant demographic and other data about]; (2)add children living in poverty; (3) require programs to consdier what resources are avaialble in the community to address the needs of eligible children and families; (4) notes that transportation needs are an economic factor impacting well-being ","1 year","Community Assessment"]
[99,"1302.11(b)(3)","Requires programs to have a strategic approach to determine what data to collect prior to conducting the community assessment and how to use the data acquired after conducting the community assessment in order to achieve the intended outcomes ","1 year","Community Assessment"]
[99,"1302.11(b)(4)","Require programs to identify certain data that would be unreasonably burdensome and costly to collect and consider using publically or locally available data as a proxy instead ","1 year","Community Assessment"]
[100,"1302.11(b)(5)","Allows the program to determine where updates are needed based on areas where significant shifts in their community may have occurred that may impact their program design and service delivery; the annual update must consider how it can inform and support other relevant management and program improvement efforts ","1 year","Community Assessment"]
[102,"1302.12(i)(1)","A program may make an adjustment to a family's gross income calculation for the purposes of determining eligibility in order to account for excessive housing expenses. A program must use avaialble bills, bank statements, and other relevant documentation provided by the family to calculate total annual housing expenses with appropriate multipliers. Programs should determine if a family spends more than 30% of their total gross income on housing expneses and may reduce the total gross income by the amount spent in housing expenses above the 30% threshold to calculate adjusted gross income for determining income eligibility. Defines housing expenses as \"the total annual applicable expenses spent by the family on rent or mortgage payments, homeowner's or renter's insurance, utilities (incl. electricity, gas, water, sewer, and trash), interest, and taxes on the home. ","60 days","Eligibility"]
[105,"1302.12(f)","Migrant/Seasonal: one family member is primarily engaged in agricultural employment (rather than family's income primarily comes from ag work) ","60 days","Eligibility, Migrant/Seasonal"]
[105,"1302.12(j)","Migrant/Seasonal: can serve infants and toddlers for 3 years ","60 days","Eligibility, Migrant/Seasonal"]
[109,"1302.16(a)(2)(v)","Requires programs to examine barriers to regular attendance; requires programs to, if possible, provide or facilitate transportation if needed ","1 year","Eligibility, Transportation"]
[110,"1302.14(b)(1)","Changes \"funded enrollment\" to \"actual enrollment\" in determining 10% special needs enrollment requirement ","60 days","Eligibility, Special Needs"]
[160,1305.2,"Redefines income as Gross income that only includes wages, business income, veteran's benefits, Social Security benefits, unemployment compensation, alimony, pension or annuity payments, gifts that exceed the threshold for taxable income, and military income (excluding special pay for a member subejct to hostile fire or imminent danger or any basic allowance for housing including housing acquired under the alternative authority","60 days","Eligibility"]
[166,1305.2,"Adds definition of poverty line from 1302.12(c) and (d) ","60 days","Eligibility"]
[112,"1302.21(b)(2)","Programs are encouraged to establish a lower teacher to child ratio for the youngest children they serve, provided that it does not jeopardize the continuity of care for children","60 days","Ratios"]
[114,"1302.21(c)(1)(i)","clarify that the 1,380 hours of planned class operations for children in EHS should occur across a minimum of 46 weeks per year ","60 days","Duration"]
["115 - 117",1302.21,"Technical corrections to existing provisions to remove outdated text and improve readability; no changes in policy ","60 days","Ratios"]
[118,"1302.23(b)(2)","FCH: Clarify that max group size with one provider and six children, with no more than two under 24 months of age, refers to a mixed age grouping that includes preschool children ","60 days","Ratios, FCH"]
[119,"1302.23(b)(3)","FCH: Clarify when there is one FCH provider with a group of children that are all under 36 months of age, the max group size is 4 children ","60 days","Ratios, FCH"]
[120,"1302.23(b)(2)","FCH: Changes \"when there is a provider and an assistant provider\" to \"when there are two providers\" ","1 year","Ratios, FCH"]
[121,"1302.47(b)(5)","Clarify that HS contractors and volunteers in addition to staff and consultants, should be aware of and are expected to follow safety practices ","60 days","Safety, Training / PD"]
[121,"1302.47(b)(5)(i)","Add phrase \"as defined by the Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act\" ","60 days","Safety, Incident Reporting"]
[122,"1302.47(b)(5)(iii)","Removes phrase \"indoor\" and \"outdoor\" to clarify that appropriate supervision is expected at all times","60 days","Safety"]
[122,"1302.47(b)(5)(v)","Minor language changes ","60 days","Safety"]
[122,"1302.47(b)(1)(ii)","Adds reference to lead ","60 days","Safety, Lead Prevention"]
[152,"1302.92(b)(2)","Add a requirement that mandated reporter training is conducted on an annual basis ","60 days","Safety, Training / PD"]
["123 - 128","1302.48(a)","New requirements for sampling and testing for lead in water from fixtures used for human consumption; the frequency of testing; detectable lead level that requires remediation action, and requiremetns on point of use devised for reducing lead levels (only applies to facilities constructed before 2014 and where lead service lines, plumbing, or fixtures may still exist)","Immediate; 1 year grace","Lead Prevention"]
["129 - 130","1302.48(b)","New requirements on preventing and addressing lead exposure in paint, with its associated exposures from lead in dust and lead in soil, in facilities constructed before 1978 and in facilities where lead-based paint may exist, including appropraite abatement actions, and the frequency of reassessing lead-based paint hazards following abatement ","Immediate; 1 year grace","Lead Prevention"]
[131,"1302.48(c)","Requires that programs provide notification of lead testing results and remediation actions to parents, caregivers, and staff. No specific timeline but encourages beginning communication before testing begins and ongoing througout the testing process. Must be translated for families with limited English proficiency. ","Immediate; 1 year grace","Lead Prevention"]
[132,"1302.48(d)","If State or Local Law is more stringent than 1302.48, requires programs comply with the most stringent ","Immediate; 1 year grace","Lead Prevention"]
[136,"1302.52(d)(1)","Minor edits for alignment with new section and to emphasize family-centered nature of process","60 days","Family Service Workers"]
[136,"1302.52(d)(2)"," Requires programs to ensure the planned number of families assigned to work with individual family services staff is no greater than 40, unless a program can demonstrate higher family assignments provide high quality family and community engagement services and maintain reasonable staff workload","3 years","Family Service Workers"]
[137,"1302.52(d)(3)","Allow for program designs that best meet the needs of the program and community, based on community and family assessment data; requirement for effective and meaningful employee engagement practices that include opportunities for staff to discuss and address workload related issues ","60 days","Family Service Workers"]
[140,"1302.53(b)(2)","Clarify that programs shuld participate in QRIS to the extent practicable if the State system has strategies in place to support their participation","60 days","QRIS"]
[140,"1302.53(b)(2)(i) - (iii)","Remove these conditions for participation in State QRIS ","60 days","QRIS"]
[148,"1302.90(c)(1)(ii)","Change \"do not maltreat or endanger the health or safety of children, including at a minimum, that staff must not\" and replace with \"do not engage in behaviors that would be reasonably suspected to negatively impact the health, mental health, or safety of children\" ","60 days","Standards of Conduct"]
["148 - 150","1302.90(c)(1)(ii)(A) - (I)","Removes paragraphs and replaces with new (A) to (D) which specify categories of potential child abuse or neglect ","60 days","Standards of Conduct"]
[150,"1302.90(c)(1)","Clarifies the requirement to ensure staff, consultants, contractors, and volunteers report reasonably suspected or known incidents of child abuse and neglect, as defined by CAPTA ","60 days","Standards of Conduct, Incident Reporting"]
[151,"1302.90(c)(1)(vi)","Clarifies language to make clear children cannot be left solely under the supervision of volunteers ","60 days","Standards of Conduct, Ratios"]
[153,"1302.92(b)(3)","Add a requirement for annual training on positive strategies to understand and support children's social and emotional development, including the implementation of tools for preventing and managing challening behavior ","60 days","Safety, Training / PD"]
[154,"1302.101(a)(5)","New requirement for a system that ensures all staff are trained to implement reporting procedures in Sec. 1302.102(d)(1)(ii)","60 days","Safety, Training / PD"]
[155,"1302.102(d)(1)(ii)","Remove phrase \"as soon as practicable\" and replace with \"no later than 3 business days following the incidents\" to clarify timeline by which programs are expected to make reports ","60 days","Incident Reporting"]
[155,"1302.102(d)(1)(ii)(A)","Describes one type of reportable incident as any significant incident that affects the health, mental health, or safety of a child that occurs in a setting where Head Start services are provided and that involve either a Head Start adult or Head Start child. Reportable incidents include those that involve either (I) a staff member, contractor, volunteer, or other adult that participates in either a Head Start program or a classroom at least partially funded by Head Start, regardless of whether the child receives Head Start services; or (II) a child that receives services fully or partially funded by Head Start or a child that participates in a classroom at least partially funded by Head Start. ","60 days","Incident Reporting"]
[156,"1302.102(d)(1)(iii)(A)","Adds \"mandated\" to clarify that any incidents involving mandated reporter responsibilities should be reported to Head Start and appropriate other authorities, independent of the status of investigation or outcome ","60 days","Incident Reporting"]
[156,"1302.102(d)(1)(iii)(B)","Remove \"for any reason\" and replace with \"except for circumstances such as natural disasters that interfere with program operations\" ","60 days","Incident Reporting"]
[157,"1302.102(d)(1)(iii)(E)","Clarify that programs must submit incident reports for any violations of Head Start standards of conduct in 1302.90(c)(ii), even if those violations do not required a mandated report under other law ","60 days","Incident Reporting"]
[157,"1302.102(d)(1)(iii)(F)","Clarify that programs must submit reports for significant incidents that may be associated with reasonably suspected or known lack of appropriate supervision or failure to carry out reasonably expected maintenance, such as maintenance of playground equipment ","60 days","Incident Reporting"]
[158,"1302.102(d)(1)(iii)(G)","New section, describes any authorized release of a child as a reportable incident ","60 days","Incident Reporting"]
[160,"1303.44(a)(7)","Remove term \"fair market\" and replace with \"cost\" (cost valuation is most relevant in determining fair cost of a facility acquisition) ","60 days","Facility Valuation "]
[163,1305.2,"Adds clarifying text and examples to definition of \"Major Renovation\" - separate renovation activities only equate to a major renovation if: (1) they have a cost equal to or exceeding $250,000 (2) the renovation activities are intended to occur concurrently or consecutively, or altogether address a specific part or feature of a facilty; AND (3) per 1303.44 certification from a licensed, independent architect or engineer indicates that the repair(s) adds significant value to the real property to be repaired or extends its useful life. ","60 days","Major Renovations"]
[165,1305.2,"Clarifies distinction between repairs and minor renovations versus purchase, construction, and major renovations ","60 days","Federal Interest"]

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