Trump Administration Threatens to Gut Head Start Rules, Affecting 70,000 Kids in California
Head Start is a federal childcare program that serves the country’s lowest-income families — those earning less than $33,000 a year for a family of four.
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Trump’s Deregulation of Head Start Would Lead to Bigger Class Sizes, Lower Quality
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2 developments- Aug 7Trump’s Deregulation of Head Start Would Lead to Bigger Class Sizes, Lower Quality
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