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Head Start leaders ask legislature to stabilize funding in SB 5514; request $387.8 million allocation cited
Summary
Multiple Head Start directors and association leaders testified in support of Senate Bill 5514 and asked the committee to include $387,843,000 in the Department of Early Learning and Care budget to stabilize state funding for local Head Start and OPK programs.
Head Start program leaders and association officials urged the Joint Committee on Ways and Means - Subcommittee on Education on March 6 to preserve current service levels and stabilize state support for Head Start and OPK programs under Senate Bill 5514.
"As we celebrate 60 years of Head Start this year, we reflect on its profound impact," said Charlene Stroud, executive director of Head Start of Lane County and president of the Oregon Head Start Association. Stroud and…
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