Attorney General Mayes Opposes Gutting of Head Start Standards

Attorney General Mayes Opposes Gutting of Head Start Standards Michael.Burket… Wed, 10/07/2026 - 10:33 Image Press Release Date Wed, 10/07/2026 - 12:00 PHOENIX – Attorney General Kris Mayes today joined a multistate coalition in submitting a comment letter opposing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) proposal to dramatically cut regulations governing the Head Start program. Head Start is an early childhood education program designed to help break the cycle of poverty by providing young children from low-income backgrounds with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional, and educational needs. The proposed rule would gut long-standing and evidence-backed Head Start Program Performance Standards, impose an English-only mandate, and revise the cap on allowable administrative and development costs from 15% to 5%, while adding other burdensome requirements that would undermine children's ability to learn and be prepared to succeed in school. "Head Start has helped Arizona kids start school ready to learn for decades, and this proposal would tear down the very protections that make that possible," said Attorney General Mayes. "Cutting

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