# Head Start Designation Renewal System
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2020-08-28 · Effective 2020-10-27 · 85 FR 53189
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-17746
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 53189
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 1304
- **Publication date:** 2020-08-28
- **Effective date:** 2020-10-27
## Abstract

This final rule refines how the Office of Head Start uses deficiencies, Classroom Assessment Scoring System: Pre-K (CLASS[supreg]) scores, and audit findings for designation renewal. It also streamlines and updates the regulatory provisions on designation renewal to make them easier to understand.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/28/2020-17746/head-start-designation-renewal-system)
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