Proposed cuts to Head Start would have “significant, drastic impact,” educators warn
WIBW 13 NEWS | Topeka, KS
[{'start': '0.080', 'end': '4.560', 'text': 'News at 6 tonight, a program providing'}, {'start': '2.080', 'end': '6.879', 'text': 'low or no cost child care and education'}, {'start': '4.560', 'end': '9.360', 'text': 'to thousands of children in Kansas is'}, {'start': '6.879', 'end': '11.280', 'text': "now on the chopping block. 13's Callie"}, {'start': '9.360', 'end': '14.240', 'text': 'Holt House is in our studio. She has the'}, {'start': '11.280', 'end': '16.880', 'text': 'latest on Head Start. On the chopping'}, {'start': '14.240', 'end': '18.960', 'text': 'block indeed. Nearly $90 million in'}, {'start': '16.880', 'end': '21.039', 'text': 'funding for Head Start programs is at'}, {'start': '18.960', 'end': '22.800', 'text': 'risk here in the Sunflower State. The'}, {'start': '21.039', 'end': '24.720', 'text': 'governor is not confident we can fill'}, {'start': '22.800', 'end': '26.400', 'text': 'that gap with state monies and local'}, {'start': '24.720', 'end': '28.240', 'text': 'providers are sweating over what the'}, {'start': '26.400', 'end': '32.399', 'text': 'cuts could mean for children and their'}, {'start': '28.240', 'end': '34.640', 'text': 'families. help. Are you going to say hi?'}, {'start': '32.399', 'end': '36.239', 'text': 'This really does get kids ready to join'}, {'start': '34.640', 'end': '38.719', 'text': 'their peers in kindergarten that are'}, {'start': '36.239', 'end': '41.040', 'text': 'more advantaged. Community Action Head'}, {'start': '38.719', 'end': '44.000', 'text': 'Start provides child care and education'}, {'start': '41.040', 'end': '46.559', 'text': 'to 132 East Topeka children and their'}, {'start': '44.000', 'end': '48.879', 'text': 'families at no cost. Giving kids an'}, {'start': '46.559', 'end': '50.719', 'text': 'equal shot at success is its mission.'}, {'start': '48.879', 'end': '53.039', 'text': 'Even just simple things like the'}, {'start': '50.719', 'end': '55.520', 'text': 'literacy gap is significant before kids'}, {'start': '53.039', 'end': '58.000', 'text': 'ever even enter school. and programs'}, {'start': '55.520', 'end': '60.320', 'text': 'like this eliminate that that issue and'}, {'start': '58.000', 'end': '62.640', 'text': 'save dollars in the long run. Shana'}, {'start': '60.320', 'end': '65.360', 'text': 'Haley says many of the kids they serve'}, {'start': '62.640', 'end': '67.600', 'text': 'qualify for special education services,'}, {'start': '65.360', 'end': '69.280', 'text': 'but by the time they reach kindergarten,'}, {'start': '67.600', 'end': '71.040', 'text': "a lot of them don't need those services"}, {'start': '69.280', 'end': '72.479', 'text': "anymore. That means they're going to be"}, {'start': '71.040', 'end': '74.080', 'text': 'more likely to be on track for third'}, {'start': '72.479', 'end': '75.920', 'text': 'grade reading scores, more likely to be'}, {'start': '74.080', 'end': '78.240', 'text': 'on track for high school graduation.'}, {'start': '75.920', 'end': '80.240', 'text': 'Head Start is one of few programs where'}, {'start': '78.240', 'end': '82.799', 'text': 'funding comes down directly from the'}, {'start': '80.240', 'end': '85.119', 'text': 'federal government. That money supports'}, {'start': '82.799', 'end': '87.680', 'text': 'everything. They literally go to support'}, {'start': '85.119', 'end': '89.920', 'text': 'everything. Doors that need repairs, the'}, {'start': '87.680', 'end': '92.000', 'text': 'curriculum for the kids, instructional'}, {'start': '89.920', 'end': '94.960', 'text': 'materials, all of our staffing costs.'}, {'start': '92.000', 'end': '98.079', 'text': 'And why you would want to undo something'}, {'start': '94.960', 'end': '100.240', 'text': "that's so vital, uh, I have no idea."}, {'start': '98.079', 'end': '102.640', 'text': 'While Community Action Head Start does'}, {'start': '100.240', 'end': '105.040', 'text': 'get some state funding, the prospect of'}, {'start': '102.640', 'end': '108.880', 'text': "filling the gap is bleak. There's there"}, {'start': '105.040', 'end': '112.000', 'text': 'is no uh fat in our budget uh that would'}, {'start': '108.880', 'end': '114.399', 'text': 'allow us to move funds from uh something'}, {'start': '112.000', 'end': '116.640', 'text': 'else to cover for Head Start and we'}, {'start': '114.399', 'end': '119.119', 'text': 'could come nowhere near to replacing it.'}, {'start': '116.640', 'end': '122.759', 'text': 'As the potential loss of funding looms,'}, {'start': '119.119', 'end': '125.280', 'text': 'Haley shares one message. Head Start'}, {'start': '122.759', 'end': '126.960', 'text': 'works. Head Start works and it needs'}, {'start': '125.280', 'end': '128.959', 'text': 'funding.'}, {'start': '126.960', 'end': '130.959', 'text': 'Haley says other services could be at'}, {'start': '128.959', 'end': '132.959', 'text': 'risk as well, including programs helping'}, {'start': '130.959', 'end': '135.520', 'text': 'parents build job skills or earning'}, {'start': '132.959', 'end': '135.520', 'text': 'college credits.'}]