Trump dramatic overhaul of Head Start could gut preschool standardsFILE - Students help put away supplies at the end of a reading and writing lesson at the Head Start program run by Easterseals, an organization that gets about a third of its funding from the federal government, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. The changes to Head Start would deliver a win for conservatives who have sought wholesale elimination of it. If the changes take effect, they could make Head Start unrecognizable, said Khari Garvin, who ran the Office of Head Start under President Joe Biden, a Democrat. After public outcry, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose department oversees Head Start, told Congress the program’s funding was safe. Earlier this year, Trump officials also erased a Biden-era rule that mandated raises and greater benefits for Head Start employees.