Dean pans plan to change Head Start management

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Dean pans plan to change Head Start management
July 23, 2003

By HOLLY RAMER The Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. — Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean accused President Bush of “attacking ordinary Americans” by supporting efforts to give states more control over Head Start preschool programs.

Bush and House Republicans are pushing a plan to give a handful of states more control over Head Start management, provided they don’t cut services or reduce quality. They say sending money to states instead of directly to the providers would let states blend Head Start with other early childhood efforts.

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Dean on Wednesday called the Republican plan “an enormous mistake” that could lead to dismantling of a program that has helped more than 21 million children.

“This president seems just to want to privatize everything,” he said, listing Social Security and Medicare as examples. “We need a president who will stop attacking ordinary Americans.”

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