Preschool Network Head Start Sues Feds Over ‘Word Ban’ of DEI Terms

From Straight Arrow News 12/12/2025

Head Start, an early-childhood network that pairs classroom learning with health and family support systems for infants through preschoolers at 1,600 local agencies, now faces new language curbs on its grant requests. Court filings show federal officials sent applicants a six-page list of roughly 200 terms to remove, a directive that providers say conflicts with their duties to deliver culturally and linguistically appropriate services and support.

Read more: https://san.com/cc/preschool-network-head-start-sues-feds-over-word-ban-of-dei-terms/

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December 12, 2025
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