45 CFR 1305.9 Policy on Fees

45 CFR 1305.9 Policy on Fees


Section 1305.9 prohibits Head Start programs from collecting fees for Head Start services. However, if family of a child eligible for participation by a Head Start program volunteers to pay part or all of the costs of the child�s participation, the grantees and delegate agencies may accept the voluntary payments and record the payments as program income.

45 CFR 1305.9 Policy on Fees [Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 45, Volume 4] [Revised as of October 1, 2005] [CITE: 45CFR1305.9] [Page 150] TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PART 1305_ELIGIBILITY, RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE IN HEAD START--Table of Contents Sec. 1305.9 Policy on fees. A Head Start program must not prescribe any fee schedule or otherwise provide for the charging of any fees for participation in the program. If the family of a child determined to be eligible for participation by a Head Start program volunteers to pay part or all of the costs of the child's participation, the Head Start program may accept the voluntary payments and record the payments as program income. Under no circumstances shall a Head Start program solicit, encourage, or in any other way condition a child's enrollment or participation in the program upon the payment of a fee.

45CFR 1305.9 Policy on Fees. Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment and Attendance in Head Start. 2005. English.