New: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told House appropriators this morning that the administration wants to “preserve” Head Start. Kennedy’s written testimony says the administration is seeking to fund the program at FY25 levels.

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House Republican tax writers have proposed a major expansion of the tax Congress levies on the nation’s largest college and university endowments in the GOP’s budget bill. The Ways and Means Committee has also laid out a new tax incentive that would support school choice. What you need to know:

HHS has closed half of its regional Head Start offices outside of Washington, D.C.
If you worked in one of these offices or run a local Head Start program, I want to hear from you. My email is mwilkes@politico.com or you can reach me on Signal at mwilkes.77
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New: Rep. Bobby Scott, the top Democrat on the House education committee, is introducing a resolution of inquiry to request information from the Education Department and White House on their plans to dismantle the agency.

ICYMI: HHS’ Head Start and child care office have lost a reported 20-25% of staff. This could impede grantees from getting technical support to access their federal dollars.

“They want to undermine trust in the ability of the federal government to provide services”

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House Republicans are already prepping to move legislation on trans sports participation.

The rules pkg for the 119th Congress sets up consideration of a bill to amend Title IX to recognize that sex is based on reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
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Linda McMahon's education resume isn't long. But Senate Republicans who will oversee her confirmation tell me that's to her advantage.

“She has run an agency which did a lot of loans and one of the dominant issues that’s before the Department of Education is the FAFSA program.”