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Article: House Head Start Reauthorization Vote Lauded by National Head Start Association
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- May 3, 2007
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To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Ailis Aaron Wolf for National Head Start Association, +1-
703-276-3265 or aaaron@hastingsgroup.com
WASHINGTON, May 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Head
Start Association, the national voice of Head Start grantees, today
applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for its bipartisan
approval yesterday of H.R. 1429, The Improving Head Start Act of
2007, by an overwhelming vote of 365 to 48.
The U.S. House of Representatives soundly defeated an amendment
that would block grant Head Start programs in eight states and permit
faith-based Head Start programs to discriminate in their hiring
practices. NHSA indicated that it was pleased to see that the ...