3.0.0 1823 2023-01-11T20:41:37Z 2023-01-11T20:41:37Z Senate S S 2007-07-19 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-19T16:34:25Z 2007-07-19 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-07-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9616-9617) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2007-07-19 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-08-03 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-12-03 False Education Academic performance Building construction Child development Class size Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Continuing education Curricula Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational tests Elementary and secondary education English language Families Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Higher education Illiteracy Literacy programs Parent-school relationships Preschool education School buildings Social Welfare Standards Teacher education Teacher salaries Teachers Education 00 2007-07-19 Introduced in Senate 2007-09-27T15:35:52Z Ready to Learn Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to states and, through them, subgrants to schools, child care entities, Head Start programs, or other community-based prekindergarten providers for full day voluntary prekindergarten programs that prepare four-year olds for school.

Requires that such programs: (1) first serve children whose family income is no higher than 200% of the poverty level or who are limited English proficient; (2) ensure that, within two years of grant receipt, each classroom is taught by a teacher who has at least a baccalaureate degree in early childhood education or such a degree and specialized training in early childhood development; (3) use curricula that are aligned with state early learning standards; and (4) have teacher-child ratios of no more than 1 to 10 and group sizes of no more than 20.

]]> Ready to Learn Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to set the United States on track to ensure children are ready to learn when they begin kindergarten. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Ready to Learn Act Short Titles as Introduced Ready to Learn Act Introduced in Senate 2007-07-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1823is/xml/BILLS-110s1823is.xml 2007-07-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.