FCDL Comment:
DR1: The FRN is denied because the Head Start entities requesting service in this FRN: LAREDO REGIONAL OFFICE, ALICE MSHS , FALFURRIAS MSHS , LAREDO INFANT/TODDLERS MSHS , LAREDO MSHS , PEARSALL MSHS , MATHIS MSHS , SAN ANTONIO MSHS , CRYSTAL CITY REGIONAL OFFICE, CARRIZO SPRINGS MSHS , DEL RIO MSHS , EAGLE PASS II MSHS , UVALDE MSHS , CRYSTAL CITY MSHS , EAGLE PASS I MSHS , EAGLE PASS INFANT/TODDLERS MSHS , DONNA REGIONAL OFFICE BROWNSVILLE MSHS , EDCOUCH I MSHS , MERCEDES MSHS , WESLACO INFANT/TODDLERS MSHS , SAN BENITO MSHS , DONNA MSHS , PROGRESO MSHS , RAYMONDVILLE MSHS , BROWNSVILLE INFANT/TODDLER MSHS , ALAMO MSHS , ALTON MSHS , MISSION MSHS , RIO GRANDE CITY MSHS , ROMA II MSHS , EDINBURG MSHS , ALTO BONITO MSHS , LAS MILPAS MSHS , MULESHOE MSHS , PALMVIEW INFANT/TODDLERS MSHS , ROMA I MSHS , SAN JUAN MSHS , PANHANDLE REGIONAL OFFICE, FLOYDADA MSHS , LUBBOCK MSHS , PLAINVIEW MSHS and HEREFORD MSHS do not meet the State of Texas statutory requirements for elementary education. Consistent with Federal Communications Commission guidance, state law definitions that apply only for the purposes of receiving E-rate discounts are not acceptable. Therefore, Head Start remains ineligible in the state of Texas.