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Prescribe A Book Act

Introduced: June 10, 2013 Introduced by: Reed, Jack Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Jun 10, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 10, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4060-4061)
Jun 10, 2013
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prescribe A Book Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to nonprofit organizations for the implementation of Pediatric Early Literacy Programs, through which: (1) health care providers encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer parents developmentally appropriate recommendations and strategies for doing so; (2) health care providers give each visiting child between the ages of six months and five years a new, developmentally appropriate children's book to take home and keep; and (3) volunteers in health care facility waiting areas read to children and show parents the techniques and pleasures of sharing books.

Requires that the books provided to children under the programs be obtained at a discount.

What's happening now June 10, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1