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Article: HOUSE PASSES BIPARTISAN BILL TO STRENGTHEN HEAD START EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS

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May 2, 2007
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The Republicans on the House Education & Labor Committee issued the following news release:

With a bipartisan vote, the U.S. House today approved 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 backed with similar strong, bipartisan support by the Education and Labor Committee in March.

"The passage of this reauthorization today underlines the importance of early childhood education and services throughout the United States," said ...

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