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“Which Education Programs Would Be Hit by a Government Shutdown?”

    September 22, 2015 | 9:46 AM

    If the federal government does shut down, lack of funding to Head Start programs around the country would affect low-income preschool students.

    The federal government is careening toward a shutdown at the end of the month, thanks in part to an impasse in Congress over whether to fund Planned Parnethood. But most school districts, and many federal education programs, wouldn’t feel an immediate pinch if the U.S. Department of Education and other agencies temporarily shut their doors.

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