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Measure AJR 12
Authors Ahrens   Aguiar-Curry   Hadwick  
Principle Coauthors: Limón  
Coauthors: Addis   Alvarez   Arambula   Ávila Farías   Bains   Bennett   Berman   Bonta   Bryan   Calderon   Caloza   Castillo   Chen   Connolly   Davies   DeMaio   Dixon   Elhawary   Ellis   Fong   Gabriel   Gallagher   Garcia   Gipson   Jeff Gonzalez   Mark González   Haney   Harabedian   Hart   Hoover   Irwin   Jackson   Kalra   Krell   Lackey   Lee   Lowenthal   Macedo   McKinnor   Muratsuchi   Nguyen   Ortega   Pacheco   Papan   Patel   Patterson   Pellerin   Petrie-Norris   Quirk-Silva   Ramos   Ransom   Celeste Rodriguez   Michelle Rodriguez   Rogers   Blanca Rubio   Sanchez   Schiavo   Schultz   Sharp-Collins   Solache   Soria   Stefani   Ta   Tangipa   Valencia   Wallis   Ward   Wicks   Wilson   Zbur  
Subject Head Start program.
Relating To
Title Relative to the Head Start program.
Last Action Dt 2025-09-10
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required None
Appropriation None
Fiscal Committee No
Local Program None
Substantive Changes None
Urgency None
Tax Levy None
Leginfo Link Bill
Actions
2025-09-10     Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3 p.m.
2025-09-10     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 177, Statutes of 2025.
2025-09-03     Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2469.)
2025-09-03     In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-08-29     Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-08-28     From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 27).
2025-08-20     Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
2025-07-14     In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
2025-07-10     Coauthors revised.
2025-07-10     Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2505.)
2025-07-02     From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to Third Reading. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).
2025-06-16     Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2025-05-15     From printer.
2025-05-14     Introduced. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-09-10
Enrolled     2025-09-05
Introduced     2025-05-14
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		<ns0:Title> Relative to the Head Start program. </ns0:Title>
		<ns0:RelatingClause>the Head Start program</ns0:RelatingClause>
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			<ns0:Subject>Head Start program.</ns0:Subject>
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			<html:p>This measure would recognize May 2025 as Head Start Month and call on the Congress and the President of the United States to protect and increase funding for Head Start.</html:p>
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			<ns0:FiscalCommittee>NO</ns0:FiscalCommittee>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Since its May 18, 1965, founding by President Lyndon B. Johnson as part of his war on poverty, Head Start has helped over 40 million American children break the cycle of generational poverty; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, May 18, 2025, marks the 60th anniversary of Head Start; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, While the Head Start program is fully federally funded, its future is uncertain amid proposals to significantly reduce federal spending; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Head Start California is a nonprofit association dedicated to ensuring California’s children and families remain uplifted by the comprehensive services Head Start provides; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, While Head Start programs are best known for providing high-quality, parent-driven early childhood education for children from birth to five years of age, inclusive, they also provide health, nutrition, social-emotional, behavioral, and dental services; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Children who attend Head Start are more likely to complete high school, more likely to enroll in and complete college, less likely to be involved in the justice system, less likely to be in foster care, and less likely to experience poor health; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Head Start programs uplift the entire family through apprenticeships, career technical assistance, family support services, and fatherhood engagement programs; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Parents of Head Start children are able to attain higher increases in educational attainment, improve their mental health, and deploy parenting practices that better support children’s cognitive development; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Investments in high-quality early childhood education programs like Head Start have been demonstrated to yield a 7- to 10-percent return on investment based on increased school and career achievements and reduced remedial costs; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, In 2024, Head Start served 80,345 California children and their families, and directly employed 26,681 Californians with nearly $1.5 billion in Federal funding; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, California’s Head Start programs have been challenged—nearly to the point of closing their doors—by the April 1, 2025, closure of the Federal Regional Office responsible for processing grant applications, distributing funds, and providing technical assistance; and </html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Since January 2025, serious and unusual delays in the processing of federal payments to Head Start programs have repeatedly put programs at risk of closing; and</html:p>
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				<html:p>WHEREAS, Head Start is an investment in building the American dream; now, therefore, be it </html:p>
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					<html:i>Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of California, jointly,</html:i>
					 That the Legislature recognizes May 2025 as Head Start Month; and be it further
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					<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
					 That the Legislature calls on the Congress and the President of the United States to protect and increase funding for Head Start, a vital program; and be it further
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		<ns0:Resolved id="id_9CB8D39B-FD22-4287-929C-4184BB3DFA22">
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					<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
					 That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States, and to the author for appropriate distribution.
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Last Version Text Digest This measure would recognize May 2025 as Head Start Month and call on the Congress and the President of the United States to protect and increase funding for Head Start.