ABSTRACT - House Republicans draft legislation to overhaul Head Start, ending 38-year history of bipartisan consensus on national day care program for the poor; Republicans aim to emphasize academic preparation for kindergarten, linked to Pres Bush's No Child Left Behind program of yearly testing; critics say high ambitions are not being matched with funding; bill drops plan to shift Head Start to Education Department from Health and Human Services; requires teachers to have four-year college degrees by 2008 and scales back demonstration project allowing states to take over programs (M) Over the opposition of Democrats, Republican lawmakers drafted legislation today to overhaul Head Start, the national day care program for poor children, ending a 38-year history of bipartisan consensus as old as the program.

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