3.0.0 721 2020-02-10T16:58:31Z 2020-02-10T16:58:31Z House H HRES 2012-06-29 112 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-06-29T13:05:25Z 2012-06-29 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2012-06-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-06-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001085 Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13] Hansen Clarke D MI 13 N S001184 Rep. Scott, Tim [R-SC-1] Tim Scott R SC 1 2012-06-29 True Education Adult education and literacy Language arts Minority education National and community service Public-private cooperation Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Education 00 2012-06-29 Introduced in House 2012-07-09T16:27:45Z Recognizes illiteracy as a national crisis, which disproportionately affects African-American and Hispanic males.

Affirms the goal of reducing adult illiteracy by 50% in these target populations and by 25% throughout the country in the coming decade.

Encourages public and private entities to adopt and support literacy initiatives.

Encourages the creation of local partnerships among service providers to better meet the needs of adult learners.

]]> Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that bolstering literacy among African-American and Hispanic men is an urgent national priority. Display Title Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that bolstering literacy among African-American and Hispanic men is an urgent national priority. Official Title as Introduced Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that bolstering literacy among African-American and Hispanic men is an urgent national priority. Introduced in House 2012-06-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hres721ih/xml/BILLS-112hres721ih.xml 2012-06-29 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 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.