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B-332487 1 (2020-09-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebum0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-332487 September 15, 2020 The Honorable Lamar Alexander Chairman The Honorable Patty Murray Ranking Member Committee on Health, Education, and Labor United States Senate The Honorable Robert C. Bobby Scott Chairman The Honorable Virginia Foxx Ranking Member Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives Subject: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families: Head Start Designation Renewal System Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) entitled Head Start Designation Renewal System (RIN: 0970- AC77). We received the rule on August 31, 2020. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on August 28, 2020. 85 Fed. Reg. 53189. The stated effective date of the rule is October 27, 2020. According to ACF, this final rule refines how the Office of Head Start uses deficiencies, Classroom Assessment Scoring System: Pre-K (CLASS®) scores, and audit findings for designation renewal. ACF states that the rule also streamlines and updates the regulatory provisions on designation renewal to make them easier to understand. The Congressional Review Act (CRA) requires a 60-day delay in the effective date of a major rule from the date of publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). This final rule was published in the Federal Register on August 28, 2020. 85 Fed. Reg. 53189. The Senate received the rule on September 2, 2020. 166 Cong. Rec. S5549 (daily ed. Sept. 10, 2020). The House of Representatives received the rule on September 8, 2020. 166 Cong. Rec. H4380 (daily ed. Sept. 14, 2020). The rule has a stated effective date of October 27, 2020. Therefore the final rule does not have the required 60-day delay in its effective date.

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