Trump Administration Cancels Mandatory Pay Hike for Head Start Teachers

The Trump administration announced it would cancel a rule mandating pay increases for teachers in Head Start, the federally funded early education program. This move undoes a requirement for large Head Start programs to gradually increase teacher pay to reach parity with local public preschool teachers. The rule, originally created under Democratic President Joe Biden, would have cost approximately $2.1 billion annually by 2031 and also called for expanding employee benefits. The new rule is set to take effect in January.