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• Budget and Policy
  
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  • Head Start Act
    
    • Purpose, 636
      
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    • Allotments of Funds; Limitations of Assistance, 640
      
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    • Early Head Start, 645A
      
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    • Records and Audits, 647
      
    • Technical Assistance and Training, 648
      
    • Staff Qualifications and Development, 648A
      
    • Research, Demonstrations and Evaluation, 649
      
    • Reports, 650
      
    • Comparability of Wages, 653
      
    • Nondiscrimination Provisions, 654
      
    • Limitation with Respect to Certain Unlawful Activities, 655
      
    • Political Activities, 656
      
    • Advance Funding, 657
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