3.0.0 1699 2023-01-12T17:52:45Z 2023-01-12T17:52:45Z Senate S S 2007-06-26 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-26T21:33:18Z SKILLs Act 110 2864 HR 2007-09-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Identical bill CRS 2007-06-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8417-8418) IntroReferral 2007-06-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8416-8417) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2007-06-26 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-09-21 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-03-31 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2008-05-22 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 Senate 2009-10-27T18:10:57Z 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.

]]> Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act Display Title Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding school library media specialists, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act Short Titles as Introduced SKILLs Act Introduced in Senate 2007-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1699is/xml/BILLS-110s1699is.xml 2007-06-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8417-8418) 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.