E – 003How can a Policy Council participate in the hiring and termination of staff who are employed by a school district?
With the increase of Head Start – State Pre-Kindergarten partnerships, there have been numerous instances of shared human, fiscal and material resources by Head Start agencies and local school districts. In some cases, these partnerships pose new challenges for the implementation of shared governance. The Head Start philosophy and regulations support the participation of parents through shared governance in decisions about their local Head Start program. For example, the Policy Council must approve decisions to hire or terminate any person who “works primarily for the Early Head Start or Head Start program of the grantee or delegate agency”. If a Head Start agency pays the school district for the services of the district’s employees (or claims the value of their services as non-federal share), the Head Start agency should determine whether the dollar amount constitutes more than half of the particular individual’s compensation. If it does, the Policy Council shares approval authority w
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