HR 1201 107th Congress House Education Appropriations Authorization Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Education of disadvantaged children Educational accountability Educational research Elementary and secondary education Families Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Head Start programs Infants Reading Social Welfare Student enrollment Welfare eligibility

Reading Readiness Act of 2001

Introduced: March 22, 2001 Introduced by: Schiff, Adam B. Democratic · California See on congress.gov

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Became law

May 8, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

Mar 22, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Mar 22, 2001

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reading Readiness Act of 2001 - Amends the Head Start Act to require Head Start programs to include a strong focus on reading readiness. Requires research, demonstration, and evaluation activities to: (1) determine whether every Head Start program is providing participating children the tools necessary to succeed in school, including reading readiness; and (2) review current best practices of Head Start programs with respect to reading readiness.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to selected Head Start applicants to carry out current best practices in reading readiness activities.

Allows Head Start programs that demonstrate by community assessment that all reasonable attempt has been made to enroll children whose families' incomes are below the poverty line to make eligible for program participation children whose families' incomes are no greater than 150 percent of the poverty line.

Directs the Secretary to implement an outreach campaign to promote enrollment in Head Start programs and Early Head Start programs.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Secretary should allow Head Start grantees that find evidence of community need to modify the use of their current grants so as to enroll infants and toddlers without obtaining a separate Early Head Start grant; and (2) Congress should appropriate sufficient funds to carry out the Head Start Act so that all eligible children may participate.

What's happening now May 8, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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