3.0.0 1677 2023-01-11T13:22:00Z 2023-01-11T13:22:00Z Senate S S 2011-10-11 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-10-11T18:36:42Z Continuum of Learning Act of 2011 112 2794 HR 2011-09-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Related bill CRS 2011-10-11 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-10-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N Education Academic performance and assessments Child care and development Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Licensing and registrations Preschool education Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2011-10-11 Introduced in Senate 2011-10-14T15:20:08Z Continuum of Learning Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to coordinate school improvement and professional development activities with early childhood development and education programs.

Amends the school improvement program under part A of title I of the ESEA to require states to create or revise early learning guidelines for preschool age children and early learning standards for children in kindergarten through grade three.

Requires the guidelines and standards to be developmentally appropriate and cover all domains of child development and learning.

Requires states to encourage local educational agencies (LEAs) and elementary schools to use school improvement funds to offer early childhood education programs from birth to school entry.

Requires LEAs to: (1) ensure, to the extent feasible, starting with the 2015-2016 school year, that teachers placed in the early elementary school grades have a specialized early childhood education teaching license, credential, or endorsement; and (2) work with early childhood education programs to establish a continuity of curricular objectives and developmental expectations that support children's transition to school.

Limits the use of child assessments for children from birth through grade two.

Amends part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the ESEA to require states to incorporate knowledge regarding early childhood development and learning into teacher and principal certification or licensing requirements.

Requires professional development activities to include: (1) training in early child development and learning, and (2) joint training for elementary school staff and early childhood education program staff.

]]> Continuum of Learning Act of 2011 Display Title Continuum of Learning Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles I and II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen connections to early childhood education programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Continuum of Learning Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-10-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1677is/xml/BILLS-112s1677is.xml 2011-10-11 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.