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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 4318

Introduced

Head Start for Our Future Act

Sponsor
DJoaquin Castro· Texas
Introduced
July 10, 2025
Policy area
Education
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.July 10, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4318 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4318

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include child development 
and early learning as community services under the Federal work-study 
program.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 10, 2025

Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Thompson of 
Mississippi, Mr. Baumgartner, Ms. Titus, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. 
Velazquez, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Moulton, 
Ms. Barragan, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Soto, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Garcia of 
Illinois, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. McBride, Mr. 
Subramanyam, and Ms. Bonamici) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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A BILL

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include child development 
and early learning as community services under the Federal work-study 
program.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Head Start for Our Future Act''.

SEC. 2. CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY LEARNING COMMUNITY SERVICES.

Section 441(c)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087-51(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``literacy training'' and 
inserting ``child development and early learning (including Head Start 
programs and Early Head Start programs carried out under the Head Start 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.)), literacy training''.
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