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Abilene ISD presents Head Start continuation request and federal accountability update
Summary
District early-childhood director told trustees the Head Start continuation application requests federal funding for 521 slots (no COLA this year) and reported roughly 1,000 early-childhood students served with about 200 on waiting lists; district leaders also reviewed federal 'targeted' and 'comprehensive' accountability labels and upcoming board-election dates.
Julie Wilson, Abilene ISD’s director of early childhood, briefed trustees on Jan. 8 that the district’s Head Start continuation application covers 521 funded slots — about 380 for 3‑ and 4‑year-olds and 141 for infants and toddlers — and that the Office of Head Start offered just over $6,000,000 for the coming grant period. Wilson told the board the program did not receive a cost-of-living adjustment this year and that the district redistributed some previously planned project funds into salaries to address local pay increases.
Wilson said the district served just over 1,000 early‑childhood students…
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