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HR 957 101th Congress House Education Elementary school students Federal aid to education Federal aid to libraries Illiteracy Libraries Literacy programs Older workers Secondary school students Volunteer workers Volunteer workers in education

Intergenerational Library Literacy Act

Introduced: February 9, 1989 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 5, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
Apr 5, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Feb 9, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 9, 1989
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Intergenerational Library Literacy Act - Amends the Library Services and Construction Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local public libraries to establish demonstration projects using older adult volunteers to provide intergenerational library literacy programs for school children during afterschool hours.

Directs the Secretary, within three years after first making a grant under this Act, to report to the Congress on such demonstration projects, including any recommendations on the establishment of a permanent program.

Makes local public libraries which receive such demonstration grants ineligible during the same fiscal year to receive certain other grants for support of library literacy programs.

Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to require the Director of the ACTION Agency, in making grants under the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, to give priority to programs of national significance, such as intergenerational library literacy programs.

What's happening now April 5, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1