# Head Start Program CLASS Implementation Date Delay
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule; delay of implementation date. · Published 2024-11-06 · Effective 2024-11-06 · 89 FR 87977
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-25440
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 87977
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 1304
- **Publication date:** 2024-11-06
- **Effective date:** 2024-11-06
## Abstract

This final rule describes how the Office of Head Start officially delays the date for programs to meet the new competitive threshold for the Instructional Support domain of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS[supreg]) used to determine whether a Head Start agency will be subject to an open competition under the Designation Renewal System (DRS). The implementation date in the Head Start Program Performance Standards that raises the CLASS[supreg] Instructional Support competitive threshold from 2.3 to 2.5 was August 1, 2025. This final rule officially delays this implementation date to August 1, 2027.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/06/2024-25440/head-start-program-class-implementation-date-delay)
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