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Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025

To provide for continuing appropriations for Head Start programs.

Introduced Nov 6, 2025

Latest action (Nov 6, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Referred to
Appropriations Committee
Policy area
Education
Issues
Education

Summary
  • The bill provides continuing appropriations for Head Start programs for fiscal year 2026 during any gap when regular appropriations bills have not been enacted.
  • The appropriations fund the continuation of all Head Start projects and activities that were conducted in fiscal year 2025.
  • The appropriations remain available until either a regular appropriations bill is enacted, a continuing resolution without Head Start funding is enacted, or September 30, 2026, whichever occurs first.
  • Any expenditures under this bill will be charged to the applicable appropriation when a proper funding bill is later enacted.
  • The bill takes effect retroactively as if enacted on September 30, 2025.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
33 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Nov 6, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. · senate
  2. Nov 6, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

November 6, 2025

Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Reed, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Welch, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kim, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Warnock, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Coons, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

A BILL

To provide for continuing appropriations for Head Start programs.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR HEAD START.

There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2026 are not in effect, such sums as are necessary for carrying out without interruption, under the authority and conditions provided for in division A of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4), all projects or activities under the Head Start Act that were conducted in fiscal year 2025, and for which appropriations were made available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025.

SEC. 3. TERMINATION.

Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs:

(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are made available in section 2.

(2) The enactment into law of the regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act for the Department of Health and Human Services without any appropriation for such purpose.

(3) September 30, 2026.

SEC. 4. CHARGE TO FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS.

Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2025. <all>

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