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title: House Budget Proposal Could Cut Head Start Rolls
description: Horizon Education Centers participates in the Head Start program, offering half-day preschool programs for children ages 3 to 5
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# [House Budget Proposal Could Cut Head Start Rolls](https://www.horizoneducationcenters.org/blog/bid/126931/house-budget-proposal-could-cut-head-start-rolls)

 Written by [David Smith](https://www.horizoneducationcenters.org/blog/author/david-smith) | Thu, Apr 05, 2012 @ 12:33 PM

More than 200,000 children nationwide could be denied the academic boost they receive from the federally-funded Head Start program if a budget plan proposed by Representative Paul Ryan is passed. The Wisconsin Republican, who is chairman of the House Budget Committee, has proposed a budget cut that could have a major impact on Head Start enrollment as early as 2014. If approved, 2 million children in Ohio and across the country could be negatively impacted over the next decade, according to National Education Association estimates.

[Horizon Education Centers](https://www.horizoneducationcenters.org/about-us/) participates in the [Head Start](https://www.horizoneducationcenters.org/head-start/) program, offering half-day preschool programs for children ages 3 to 5 in collaboration with the Lorain County Community Action Agency. Head Start programs are offered at all four Lorain County Horizon Centers. Head Start is a federally-funded program that prepares low-income children to succeed socially and academically when they enter kindergarten.

Multiple research studies have shown that pre-kindergarten education and child care not only help low-income children succeed academically, but giving children the skills to succeed in school can help break the cycle of poverty. According to economist James Heckman, a 2000 Nobel Prize winner, when program graduates enter the work force the U.S. economy gains $7 to $9 for every dollar invested in Head Start.

As Congress struggles to pare down budget deficits, Washington watchers feel it is unlikely that the Ryan budget proposal will stand; but they are equally pessimistic about the potential passage of a counter proposal to expand Head Start introduced by Senator Tom Harkin, an Iowa democrat.

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