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Early Education and Care in Federal Spending Bill

December 22, 2011 by Irene Sege

The U.S. Congress has passed a year-end omnibus spending bill that contains some encouraging news for early education. The New America Foundation’s Early Ed Watch blog has published a chart with the various line items affecting early education and care. And CLASP offers this summary:

“A final 2012 funding bill clearing Congress contains much-needed increases in child care and early education funding, including:

• A $424 million increase for Head Start and Early Head Start to maintain the enrollment of children currently served into next school year.
• A $60 million increase for the Child Care and Development Block Grant