Head Start survives Trump administration budget proposal
Source: Scripps News/AP
Posted 9:56 AM, May 03, 2025
The Trump administration apparently has backed away from a proposal to eliminate funding for Head Start, the early education program that serves some of the nation’s neediest preschoolers.
Backers of the six-decade-old program, which educates more than half a million children from low-income and homeless families, had been fretting after a leaked Trump administration proposal suggested defunding it. Project 2025, the conservative blueprint drawn up by the Heritage Foundation and co-authored by President Donald Trump’s current budget chief, also called for cutting Head Start.
But the budget summary released Friday, which outlined programs set to receive drastic cuts or boosts, did not mention Head Start. On a call with reporters, an administration official said there would be “no changes” to it. The official insisted on anonymity to preview the budget plan on a call with reporters.
Still, teachers, families and advocates remain concerned about the stability of Head Start. The Trump administration is closing several regional offices and laying off the staff who support the program, which has led to funding delays that threatened to close individual preschools. A document accidentally emailed to grant recipients this week called for eliminating funding for research on Head Start and other child care programs. And before Trump took office, staffing shortages and rising costs had forced some programs to cut the number of students they served, or shutter altogether.
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They should have said "for now". It could be easily dropped from what CONGRESS drafts for appropriations at any time (the OP is about the President's "budget request" ) and I expect Congress will all but deep-six it.
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and the "Antideficiency Act" since the first time they started cutting and withholding and offering "buyouts" (that were NOT authorized anywhere in any appropriations bills, including the C.R.s). 
And the GOP just sat there, letting a crazed maniac usurp their authority and even "agreeing with it" during media interviews - at least early on. Meanwhile, the impacted people and organizations had to spend time and money going to court to point out all the illegalities of what was (and still is) going on. And even when the courts said "STOP!", in many cases, they completely ignored the court orders.
