美国卫生部发布启智计划最终规则：撤销2024年教师薪酬对齐要求，预计自2031年起每年省逾20亿美元
美国卫生与公众服务部11月13日宣布启智计划（Head Start）最终规则，撤销2024年的一项薪酬规定。这份规则定于11月16日刊登于《联邦公报》，刊登60天后生效。被撤销的2024年规则原本要求获得200个以上资助名额的启智项目，在2031年前把教育岗位员工的薪酬提高到与当地公立学前班教师相当的水平，没有公立学前班的地方则要达到幼儿园教师薪酬的九成。
按原规则估算，启智教师的平均薪酬原本要提高约1万美元，最终规则同时取消了2024年规则增加的部分福利要求。儿童与家庭管理局（ACF）表示，新规则自2031年起每年可省下逾20亿美元的未来成本，并可避免多达106000个名额被削减，其中包括84000个3至5岁学前名额和22000个面向3岁以下婴幼儿的早期启智名额。
这项回撤今年5月提出征求意见，公众意见征集已于6月结束。儿童与家庭管理局助理部长 Alex Adams 表示，多年来层层叠加的规制推高了项目运营成本。需要说明的是，最终规则并不禁止地方项目自行给教师加薪，项目仍可自愿提高薪酬；卫生部另一份涉及师生比、家庭服务与健康筛查的更广泛的启智标准提案仍在审议中。（来源：美国卫生与公众服务部）
HHS Issues Head Start Final Rule Scrapping the 2024 Teacher Pay Parity Mandate, Citing More Than $2 Billion in Yearly Savings From 2031
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a final rule for Head Start on November 13 that rescinds a 2024 pay mandate for the federal preschool program. The rule is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on November 16 and takes effect 60 days later. The 2024 rule would have required Head Start programs with more than 200 funded slots to raise education staff pay by 2031 to parity with local public pre-K teachers, or to 90% of kindergarten teacher pay where no public pre-K exists.
The mandate would have raised average Head Start teacher pay by roughly $10,000; the final rule also rolls back benefit requirements added in 2024. The Administration for Children and Families says the change will save more than $2 billion a year in future costs starting in 2031 and prevents the elimination of as many as 106,000 slots, including 84,000 preschool slots for children ages 3 to 5 and 22,000 Early Head Start slots for children under 3.
The rollback was proposed in May 2026, and the public comment period closed in June. Assistant Secretary for Children and Families Alex Adams has said that regulation layered on top of regulation over time drove up the cost of running programs. The final rule does not bar local programs from raising teacher pay on their own. A separate, broader HHS proposal on Head Start standards, covering ratios, family services and health screenings, remains pending. (Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
来源：美国卫生与公众服务部
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图片来源：图片来源：Wikimedia Commons「Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch October 2020 03 (Head Start School).jpg」（Michael Barera 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0），图中为位于德州LBJ牧场的启智计划早期校舍 Image: Wikimedia Commons "Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch October 2020 03 (Head Start School).jpg" (by Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0), The historic Head Start schoolhouse at the LBJ Ranch in Texas
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