Finding Text
In fiscal year 2021, the Committee did not attain its targeted earmark requirement percentage of 10% of
all slots being occupied by children with disabilities for the Head Start program. Of the total students
enrolled in the Head Start and Early Head Start programs, only 4.1% of the slots were filled by students
with documented disabilities. This represents a shortfall in the targeted earmark requirement of 5.9%.
We recommend that the Committee continue its efforts to recruit and enroll students meeting the
targeted earmark requirements to help prevent material noncompliance with program requirements, and
that the Committee obtain a waiver if the requirement is not met.