Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007

On Wednesday, President Bush said, "Today I signed into law the "Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007," a bill to reauthorize Head Start. Over the past 40 years, Head Start has provided comprehensive child-development services to more than 20 million low-income children and their families to promote school readiness. Because of the National Reporting System, we know that more Head Start programs are helping children gain early reading and math skills. But we must take steps to improve Head Start to ensure that low-income children arrive at school ready to learn." President Bush Signs "Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007" Into law.

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