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Article: HOUSE PASSES BILL TO IMPROVE HEAD START EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM

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May 3, 2007
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The House Education & Labor Committee issued the following news release:

By a strong bipartisan vote of 365-48, the House voted today to improve and reauthorize the Head Start early childhood development and education program.

"Head Start has served our nation's poorest children extremely well in the past four decades. This bill will help more children arrive at kindergarten ready to succeed by improving program quality and expanding access to more children," said U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. "The legislation builds on the program's past successes and integrates today's best science on childhood development in order to provide ...

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