DEMS FIGHT HEAD START BILL, SAY CHANGE GUTS PROGRAM.Byline: Lisa Friedman Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Republican-proposed changes to Head Start preschool programs could endanger Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. children who depend on its services, Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Democrats charged Wednesday. In a report issued on the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of an expected House vote today to reauthorize Head Start, Democratic lawmakers accused the White House of trying to gut the program. But Republicans, including Rep. Howard ``Buck'' McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, a leading member of the House committee steering the bill, said it adds important improvements like performance evaluations Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return . ``I would like to see every Head Start in the country be as good as the best Head Start in the country,'' McKeon said, adding that the reauthorization is ``a good bill. It brings some reform.'' The most controversial aspect of the legislation is a proposal by Republicans to establish a pilot program allowing eight states to coordinate their own state-operated early childhood programs. Democrats charge that move would ultimately turn Head Start into a block grant program, freeing states from requirements that they provide medical and social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales . Lisa Friedman, (202) 662-8731 lisa.friedman(at)langnews.com |
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