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HR 1794 110th Congress House

Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2007

Official title: To improve the literacy and English skills of limited English proficient individuals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 27, 2007 See on congress.gov
Education Adult educationEconomics and Public FinanceEducation of the disadvantagedEducational accountability
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Elementary and secondary educationElementary educationEnglish languageFamiliesFamily servicesFederal aid to educationGovernment Operations and PoliticsLabor and EmploymentLiteracy programsParent and childParent-school relationshipsParentsReadingSecondary educationSocial WelfareWorkplace literacy
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It never became law before the 110th Congress (2007–2008) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 9, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Mar 29, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 29, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 9, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2007 - 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; (2) make grants to, or enter contracts with, national organizations that have family literacy service expertise to provide grantees with technical assistance and training; and (3) evaluate and improve such grant program.

Requires grantees to meet specified outcome measures.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Green, Al
Texas · Jun 27, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1794: Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1794/
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"H.R. 1794: Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1794/.
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