ALBANY — Leaders of local Head Start programs are poring over proposed federal rule changes that could help them hire more staff or run more classrooms.
But the new staff could have less education, rules for higher wages would be dropped, and the classrooms might be open for three hours a day.
A week after the federal rule change was announced, “We’re still trying to understand the impact,” a local Head Start official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to comment publicly…