Head Start programs across the country are going to have to start cutting seats and turning away eligible children due to federal budget cuts. The sequester went into effect March 1, ushering in federal spending cuts of about $85 billion in 2013. The cuts are set to continue for a decade. It means Head Start early education programs across the nation are seeing a 5.27 percent cut in their federal funding this year. It’s been left up to program administrators to decide how to implement the cuts. “We think this is devastating,” said Joan Benso, president and CEO of Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children. “The real challenge is that children don’t get to redo their preschool years when the economy recovers.”