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Providing educational, emotional, and social support for children and families in every Tennessee county |
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House Committee on Education and the Workforce |
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This website, prepared by the minority view (currently Democratic), includes a special link for information about Head Start. Click on the image above, then click the “Head Start” link for more information. |
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Legislation that authorizes and provides the federal portion of the funding needed for Head Start is created by the U. S. Senate and the House of Representatives. Each body creates and passes their own versions. The versions must be reconciled with each other, then passed again before a final bill reaches the President for his approval or veto. You can track the progress of legislation about Head Start by using the websites below. |
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Head Start Legislation |
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This website, prepared by the majority view (currently Republican), includes scheduled legislative markups. Click on the image above, then type “Head Start” into the search field and click the “Search” button. |
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Both these websites are updated daily and often have current views and interpretations of Head Start-related legislation as it moves through the U. S. House of Representatives. |
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The U. S. Senate’s HELP committee’s website includes a Google-based search engine which will locate all references to Head Start. Results are arranged in chronological order for easy, clear updates of all Senate legislative action about Head Start. Click on the image above, then click on the reference to Google and type in “Head Start.” Or, click here to read the Senate Committee report which lays out the intent of the Committee and how each section of the bill should be interpreted. |
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Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
