National
Desk
| June 13, 2003, Friday
House
G.O.P. Drafts Bill To Overhaul Head Start
By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO (NYT) 718
words
Late Edition - Final , Section A ,
Page 29 , Column 5
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.
In reshaping Head Start, House
Republicans on an education subcommittee
intend to emphasize the mission to prepare
children academically for kindergarten, they
said, and to improve coordination between
preschool and elementary education.
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