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HR 3890 109th Congress House Education Alabama Economics and Public Finance Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Families Federal aid to education Floods Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Intergovernmental fiscal relations Louisiana Mississippi Preschool education Water Resources Development

To provide for the participation in Head Start programs and Early Head Start programs, by children affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Introduced: September 22, 2005 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 7, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Sep 22, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 22, 2005
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide technical assistance, guidance, and resources to assist in providing Head Start services to children affected by Hurricane Katrina (HK), to Head Start agencies that: (1) are in HK-disaster areas; or (2) receive a significant number of such children from such areas.

Provides that the Secretary, for the period up to March 31, 2006, and so far as the Secretary considers appropriate: (1) may waive Head Start Act provisions limiting the federal share of funding; and (2) shall waive documentation requirements for HK- affected children who participate in Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

What's happening now November 7, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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