Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025
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Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse a state, local government, or school district that uses its funds to maintain participation in the Head Start program or the Early Head Start program during a government shutdown in which there is a lapse in federal appropriations for the programs.
The Head Start programs provide comprehensive early childhood education and development services to low-income children. The programs seek to promote school readiness through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5790: Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5790/
"H.R. 5790: Head Start Shutdown Protection Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5790/.
H.R. 5790, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5790/.
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