Article: House Head Start Reauthorization Vote Lauded by National Head Start Association

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 ...

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