J – 020Can a Head Start program require teachers to pursue their AA/BA degree to meet the mandate and will the agency have to pay overtime if the teachers attend school after work?
This Policy Clarification is currently under review. J – 021 Can two children share a slot (i.e. one child attends Head Start for three days a week and the other child for the remaining two days)? Would it be appropriate for a classroom to have more than 20 children on its roster if the schedule were planned so that there were never more than 20 children in the classroom at the same time? OHS – PC – J – 021 Can two children share a slot (i.e. one child attends Head Start for three days a week and the other child for the remaining two days)? Would it be appropriate for a classroom to have more than 20 children on its roster if the schedule were planned so that there were never more than 20 children in the classroom at the same time? In general, such a practice would be neither developmentally appropriate nor consistent with the requirements of 45 CFR 1306.32. Most children enrolled in Head Start are expected to participate in the full schedule of Head Start classroom activities offered.
Neither the Head Start Act nor the Head Start program’s regulations address the issue of whether a grantee can require an employee to pursue a degree as a condition of their employment, or the issue of whether a grantee must pay overtime to such an employee who is attending school after the work day. If a grantee is planning to require a teacher to pursue their AA/BA degree through an after-work program, OHS recommends that the grantee obtain legal advice on the requirements of Federal and state law applicable in such situations.
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