3.0.0 2864 2023-01-12T17:52:56Z 2023-01-12T17:52:56Z House H HR 2007-06-26 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2007-09-11T21:02:58Z Referred to 2007-06-26T13:02:00Z Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act 110 1699 S 2007-06-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8417-8418) Identical bill CRS 2007-09-11 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Committee 2007-06-26 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2007-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 N E000092 Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] VERNON EHLERS R MI J. 3 2007-06-26 True G000309 Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 2007-10-02 False H000712 Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17] TIM HOLDEN D PA 17 2007-10-02 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2007-10-02 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2007-10-02 False G000410 Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] GENE GREEN D TX 29 2007-10-02 False G000535 Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] LUIS GUTIERREZ D IL V. 4 2007-10-02 False L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2007-10-24 False K000008 Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] PAUL KANJORSKI D PA E. 11 2007-12-05 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2007-12-13 False B001252 Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] John Barrow D GA 12 2007-12-13 False L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2007-12-13 False M001149 Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] Michael Michaud D ME H. 2 2007-12-13 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2007-12-13 False C000794 Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12] JERRY COSTELLO D IL F. 12 2008-02-27 False L000554 Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] FRANK LOBIONDO R NJ A. 2 2008-02-27 False A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2008-04-01 False R000462 Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] STEVEN ROTHMAN D NJ R. 9 2008-04-10 False P000323 Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3] CHARLES PICKERING R MS W. 3 2008-05-20 False C001058 Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6] Ben Chandler D KY 6 2008-05-20 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2008-05-20 False K000113 Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] PATRICK KENNEDY D RI J. 1 2008-06-03 False F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2008-06-03 False M000933 Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] JAMES MORAN D VA P. 8 2008-06-04 False H001042 Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2 2008-06-04 False V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2008-06-12 False I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 2 2008-06-12 False A000357 Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] THOMAS ALLEN D ME H. 1 2008-07-29 False S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2008-09-10 False R000170 Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] SILVESTRE REYES D TX 16 2008-10-02 False Education Academic performance Authorization Continuing education Department of Education Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational planning Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Higher education Labor and Employment Law Licenses Literacy programs Rating of teachers Reading Recruiting of employees School districts School libraries School personnel Secondary education Social Welfare Teacher education Teacher supply and demand Education 00 2007-06-26 Introduced in House 2009-10-27T18:09:11Z Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act or the SKILLs Act - Amends title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY2008-FY2013 for the Improving Literacy through School Libraries grant program.

Requires states and local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive school improvement funds to ensure that by the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year there is at least one highly qualified school library media specialist in every school that receives such funds.

Requires Improving Literacy through School Libraries funds to be: (1) proportionally distributed to serve students in elementary, middle, and high schools; (2) used for media resources appropriate for all grades; and (3) used for professional development in information literacy instruction that is appropriate for all grades.

Expands the program of grants to states and subgrants to LEAs for the recruitment, retention, and professional development of teachers to require that highly qualified school library media specialists be included in the focus of such efforts.

]]> SKILLs Act Display Title SKILLs Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding school library media specialists, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced SKILLs Act Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act Introduced in House 2007-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2864ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2864ih.xml 2007-09-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.