Early-childhood educators and advocates are bracing for a series automatic, across-the-board cuts set to hit a broad swath of federal programs on March 1, unless Congress can come up an agreement to avert them.
Education advocates say there’s a lot of uncertainty right now. They aren’t clear on the just how the cuts—which would slice $653 million out of the nearly $8 billion Head Start program, an early-education program for low-income children—would be implemented, if they are put in place. The cuts could mean 100,000 children could lose access to the program, according to an analysis by Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee.
via Early-Childhood Education Advocates Wary of Automatic Cuts.