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HHS proposes cutting many federal education and health guidelines for Head Start - The Washington Post
WorldBy Todd Wallack8/6/20261 min read
A year after withholding funding from the antipoverty preschool program, the agency run by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now says deregulation will allow the program to serve more children.
✨ Key Highlights
- The Department of Health and Human Services, led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has proposed a significant overhaul of federal regulations governing Head Start, the antipoverty preschool program.
- Head Start currently serves roughly 700,000 children nationwide, providing early education alongside health and related services.
- The proposal, announced Thursday, would cut many of the federal education and health guidelines that currently apply to the program.
- HHS argues that deregulation will enable Head Start to serve a greater number of children by reducing regulatory burdens.
- The move follows the agency's decision a year earlier to withhold funding from the program, adding context to ongoing tensions surrounding its administration under the Trump administration.
The Trump administration unveiled a proposal Thursday to overhaul the regulations for Head Start, the early-education program that serves roughly 700,000 children across the country.
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