HR 2923
109th Congress
House
Education
Adult education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
English language
Families
Family services
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Literacy programs
Parent and child
Parent-school relationships
Parents
Reading
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2005
Introduced: June 15, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 25, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Jun 15, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jun 15, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to providers of family literacy services to improve the literacy and English skills of limited English proficient individuals who are parents or children in families where each parent is at least 16 years old and where at least one child is under age eight.
Directs the Secretary to reserve certain funds to: (1) provide technical assistance and training to such grantees through an experienced entity; and (2) evaluate and improve such grant program.
Requires grantees to meet specified types of outcome measures.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Committees of jurisdiction
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