Head Start for Our Future Act
Sponsored By: Representative Castro (TX)
Introduced
Summary
Expands Federal Work-Study community service to include child development and early learning. The bill would explicitly allow students to perform child development and early learning work as qualifying community service and it names Head Start and Early Head Start as examples.
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- Students: Federal Work-Study participants would be able to count child development and early learning roles as qualifying community service. That opens more campus and local job options tied to work-study.
- Head Start programs: Head Start and Early Head Start programs would be explicitly listed as eligible community service sites for work-study placements. That allows these programs to host work-study students for child development and early learning activities.
- Colleges and community partners: Institutions could add early childhood programs to their approved community service placements, broadening where students can fulfill work-study service requirements.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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Work-study jobs in Head Start programs
If enacted, work-study students could serve in Head Start, Early Head Start, and other early learning settings. Schools could count these as community service jobs and pay students with work-study funds. This would expand placement options but would not change who qualifies. The bill text does not add funding or set an effective date.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Castro (TX)
TX • D
Cosponsors
Ciscomani
AZ • R
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Thompson (MS)
MS • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5]
WA • R
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
NM • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Barragan
CA • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
IL • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Mullin
CA • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
WI • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]
VA • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Cuellar
TX • D
Sponsored 8/5/2025
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Sponsored 8/29/2025
Gonzales, Tony
TX • R
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
PA • D
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8]
MI • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17]
IL • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
VT • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Friedman
CA • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5]
OR • D
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]
OH • D
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
HI • D
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 10/10/2025
Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]
VA • D
Sponsored 10/10/2025
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 12/10/2025
Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
IL • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
AS • R
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
IA • R
Sponsored 4/29/2026
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