Author: Kalyn Belsha, Norah Rami

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Undocumented children will no longer qualify for federally funded preschool through the Head Start program under a major policy shift the Trump administration announced Thursday.In a news release, the Department of Health and Human Services said it was rescinding a nearly 30-year-old interpretation of federal law issued under President Bill Clinton that allowed undocumented immigrants to access certain programs because they were not considered “federal public benefits.” As President Donald Trump pursues his anti-immigrant agenda, this change may be the most direct and…