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Personnel committee says Head Start will submit enrollment reduction with refunding application due April 1
Summary
The Acadia Parish School Board Personnel, Insurance and Curriculum Committee received an update that the Head Start program will submit an enrollment-reduction request together with a non-competing new refunding application due April 1; director and Office of Head Start specialists are finalizing the application.
The Acadia Parish School Board Personnel, Insurance and Curriculum Committee received an update on Head Start operations and plans to submit an enrollment-reduction request alongside a non-competing new refunding application, the committee heard.
A staff update included a monthly summary report and said the district held a meeting with Office of Head Start grant specialists. After discussing an enrollment reduction, the committee was told the district decided to submit that reduction request together with its non-competing new refunding application, which the presenter said is due April 1. The presenter said the Head Start director and federal grant specialists were working on the final details of the application.
Committee chair Oliver called the item and invited questions; no substantive questions or objections were recorded in the meeting transcript.
The committee did not take a formal vote on the enrollment-reduction decision during the meeting; the update described the district's plan to proceed with the application process.
