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Article: EDUCATION PANEL BACKS BIPARTISAN BILL TO STRENGTHEN HEAD START EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 14, 2007
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The Republicans on the House Education & Labor Committee issued the following news release:
With a strong bipartisan vote, the House Education and Labor Committee today advanced the Improving Head Start Act (H.R. 1429). The measure aims to strengthen the Head Start early childhood education program's teacher and classroom quality, boost coordination between Head Start and state and local early childhood programs, and increase Head Start's financial accountability. H.R. 1429 was introduced last week by a bipartisan group of Members, led by the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education's Chairman and Ranking Republican Member, Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI) and Rep. ...