HEAD START ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Education: include child development and early learning as community services under Federal work-study program (see H.R. 4196), H7511 [20AU]

Dept. of HHS: improve Head Start Program by authorizing block grants to States for prekindergarten education (see S. 2996), S6888 [5DE] (see H.R. 62), H203 [3JA]

——— promote child care and early learning (see S. 568), S1493 [26FE] (see H.R. 1364), H2232 [26FE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of HHS: conduct audit of Head Start Program to ensure grant funding selection and evaluation processes do not have a disparate impact on minority communities, H4537, H4538 [12JN]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of HHS: promote child care and early learning (S. 568), S1494 [26FE], S2031–S2033 [27MR]