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H.R. 6120 115th Congress House

SELF Act

Official title: To establish a competitive grant program for parent engagement that would focus on the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs designed to incr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To establish a competitive grant program for parent engagement that would focus on the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs designed to increase capacity of parents to demonstrate and teach children social and emotional skills and of teachers to work with parents to develop these skills.

Introduced: June 14, 2018 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 115th Congress ended
It never became law before the 115th Congress (2017–2018) 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 4 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 19, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
Oct 19, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Jun 14, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jun 14, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 19, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Social and Emotional Learning for Families Act or the SELF Act

This bill directs the Department of Education to award competitive grants to state or local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or partnerships of such entities for the development, implementation, and evaluation of parent-education programs. Such programs shall be designed to: (1) instruct parents on social skills, emotional skills, and effective strategies for teaching and reinforcing such skills to their children; and (2) train teachers or school staff to support parents' efforts to teach and reinforce social and emotional skills at home.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6120: SELF Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6120/
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"H.R. 6120: SELF Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6120/.
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H.R. 6120, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6120/.
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[H.R. 6120: SELF Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6120/)
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