Head Start Measure Appears To Be on Congressional Fast Track

By Deborah L. Cohen

Washington

The Congress is moving quickly to complete action on a bill that would expand Head Start, tighten quality-control rules, and create a small grant program to extend services to children under age 3.

The Senate last week passed by voice vote a Head Start bill that had been cleared a week earlier by the Labor and Human Resources Committee, and the House Education and Labor Committee last week passed a companion measure. The full House was expected to act this week, paving the way...