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S 251 114th Congress Senate

Prescribe A Book Act

Official title: A bill to aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education.

Introduced: January 26, 2015 Introduced by: Reed, Jack Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
Education Books and print mediaChild healthEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary education
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Health facilities and institutionsHealth personnelLanguage artsPreschool educationSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
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Jan 26, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S467)
Jan 26, 2015
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 Latest action January 26, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S467)

 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:

  • health care providers encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer parents developmentally appropriate recommendations and strategies for doing so;
  • 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
  • health care facilities create literacy-rich environments that include gently used books for waiting room use or volunteer readers to show parents the techniques of reading aloud to young children.

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

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  • HR 523 Identical bill Prescribe A Book Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jan 26, 2015
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jan 26, 2015
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Jan 26, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 251: Prescribe A Book Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-251/
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