HSPPS Updates (NPRM)

Take Action

• Submit Public Comments by Oct. 6
• Tell Congress to Oppose Proposed Changes to the HSPPS

Resource Pages

• Together 4 Head Start LinkTree
• Office of Head Start NPRM Information Page
• NHSA NPRM Resource Page

Helpful Websites

• NAEYC: Understanding Federal Rulemaking

Research & Reports

• Lowering the Bar: An Analysis of How Replacing Head Start Standards with Child Care Licensing Weakens Early Learning Across the United States
• SchoolHouse Connection: Proposed Head Start Rule Eliminates Critical Protections for Children Experiencing Homelessness
• NIEER: An English-Only Mandate for Head Start Will Harm Children

In the News

• As Trump Drastically Rolls Back Rules for Head Start, Some Republicans Are Wary (USA Today)
• Could Head Start Be Deregulated Out of Existence? (New Yorker – Paywall)
• “It Wouldn’t Be Head Start Anymore:” Providers Blast Federal Proposal to Alter Preschool Program (Hechinger Report)
• Trump Administration Moves to Dismantle Head Start Quality Standards (EdWeek)
• Trump Administration Unveils Major Head Start Overhaul (Politico)
• The Trump Administration Plans to Deregulate Head Start (New York Times)
• Washington is Strangling Head Start. We’re Giving it Back to Parents. (Washington Examiner - Paywall)
• The Trump Team Gives Head Start the DOGE Treatment (Thomas B. Fordham Institute)