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HR 3605 118th Congress House Education

Reaching English Learners Act

Introduced: December 14, 2023 See on congress.gov
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May 23, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 23, 2023
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Reaching English Learners Act

This bill directs the Department of Education to establish a grant program for preparing future teachers to effectively instruct English learners to achieve at high levels in early childhood education programs and in elementary and secondary schools. Under the program, grants must be given to partnerships between (1) certain institutions of higher education, and (2) high-need local educational agencies or high-need early childhood education programs.

What's happening now May 23, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4256 Related bill Reaching English Learners Act
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 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 10 Republican 1
D
Leger Fernandez, Teresa
New Mexico · May 8, 2024
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Mar 19, 2024
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jan 30, 2024
 D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Jan 30, 2024
Payne, Donald
· Jan 10, 2024
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Jan 10, 2024
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Dec 14, 2023
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 12, 2023
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Dec 12, 2023
Trone, David
· Dec 5, 2023
Blumenauer, Earl
· Aug 18, 2023
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Aug 18, 2023
Bowman, Jamaal
· May 23, 2023
 D
Crockett, Jasmine
Texas · May 23, 2023
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Espaillat, Adriano
New York · May 23, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3605: Reaching English Learners Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3605/
MLA
"H.R. 3605: Reaching English Learners Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3605/.
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H.R. 3605, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3605/.
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