RIGHTS OF HEAD START INSTRUCTORS AND PARENTS/VOLUNTEERS
National Head Start Association Sees Obvious and Severe Free-Speech Problems with Attempt to Silence Critics of White House/GOP House Bill
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The National Head Start Association (NHSA) filed todayin U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia a lawsuit seeking to overturn a Bush Administration effort to chill the First Amendment free-speech rights of 51,681 Head Start teachers and more than 870,000 parent volunteers who have serious concerns about a controversial White House plan now pending before the U.S. House to dismantle the Head Start program serving one million at-risk children across America.
The civil lawsuit, National Head Start Association v. Department of Health and Human Services, is being brought on behalf of NHSA and its approximately 1,100 members (which receive and administer Head Start funds) and the parents and staff of those organizations. The motion for preliminary injunction asks the federal district court to enjoin any action related to a May 8, 2003 letter from a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official warning all local Head Start staff and parent/volunteers of possible civil and criminal penalties if they speak out against an extremely controversial Bush Administration proposal to gut the Head Start program.
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Funny, there seems to be a trend here. No one is taking it anymore.