# Secretarial Determination To Lower Head Start Center-Based Service Duration Requirement
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Secretarial determination on Head Start center-based service duration requirements; waiver. · Published 2018-01-19 · Effective 2018-01-19 · 83 FR 2743
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-00897
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 2743
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 1302
- **Publication date:** 2018-01-19
- **Effective date:** 2018-01-19
## Abstract

With this document, the Secretary exercises his authority to waive the August 1, 2019 Head Start center-based service duration requirements, effectively lowering this requirement from 50 percent to 0 percent. However, the requirement that Early Head Start programs provide 1,380 annual hours of planned class operations for all center- based enrollment by August 1, 2018 remains in effect.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/01/19/2018-00897/secretarial-determination-to-lower-head-start-center-based-service-duration-requirement)
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