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As non -profit organizations, programs and defenders across the country, they take care of deep cuts from President Donald Trump and his administration during this year’s budget process, A popular early childhood program seems to be safewrites Calmatters’ Carolyn JonesS
The 60-year main start program provides low-income families, early childhood education, nutrition and support for parents. Last year, she served 800,000 children from birth to the age of 5, including 83,000 children in California.
The program is relatively profitable: compared to a private pre -school school in California, which can cost more than $ 20,000 per student annually, the annual price for the start is approximately $ 13,700. But Trump’s original April budget plan had a $ 12.27 billion program in the cutting block.
The potential removal of the program launches an intensive crusade led by staff, families and defenders of Head Start, who claim that the program is vital for retention of families from poverty. The Congress received more than 300,000 letters and petitions to save the program, gained over 48,000 signatures.
It seems that the fierce campaign is successful: the last Trump budget proposal, published last week, does not touch the program. This is a striking victory, given that the Agency, which runs Head Start, the US Department of Health and Human Services, faces dramatic cuts, including over 20% reduction in labor.
But the uncertainty of other programs intertwined with the initial start, such as Medicaid, and the fact that the budget can change means that Head Start is not out of the forest yet.
- Tommy SheridanThe Deputy Director of the National Association for Chief Start: “People are scared. The fact that eliminating the main start is even considered is scary.”
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Practically? More than a year after some school districts had to apply new changes to invoicing, Only a small part startedCalmatters’ reports Anna B. IbaraS
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It 19th court case Against the current Trump administration, California General Prosecutor Rob Bont Bont said on Wednesday that the state is suing the US Federal Highway Administration to block funds aimed at building charging devices for electric vehicles across the country.
California has joined 16 other countries in the filed case, which accuses the administration of illegal detention of $ 5 billion, which the Congress has already seized to the countries. In addition to $ 300 million, California may lose, Bont said thousands of jobs are at risk.
- BonusAt a press conference in Burlingme: “California has already signed nearly $ 37 million in contracts … for the construction of EV charging devices, with projects on large tourist corridors, ready to move to construction. But the actions of the administration of the Federal Highway threatened to delay construction and to stop the local industries from the construction of this
Electric vehicles are crucial for the ambitious purposes of California to reduce carbon emissions. About 30% of new zero -emissions vehicles sold in the US are sold in CaliforniaAccording to the California Air Resources Council. But the state There is no stable network of charging stations – Especially if it is to maintain 7 million electric vehicles that are He is expected to be on his way by 2030.S
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