3.0.0 294 2023-01-11T13:20:29Z 2023-01-11T13:20:29Z Senate S S 2011-02-07 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-02-07T19:27:23Z 2011-02-07 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-02-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-03-01 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-07-06 False Education Academic performance and assessments Child care and development Child health Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Foreign language and bilingual programs Health promotion and preventive care Licensing and registrations Mental health Nutrition and diet Performance measurement Preschool education Special education Education 00 2011-02-07 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-10T15:18:05Z Foundations for Success Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to states to establish and support Early Care and Education Systems providing children, from the age of six weeks until they reach kindergarten, with universal access to high quality early care and education programs.

Allows early care and education programs that demonstrate sustainability and continuity and have been operating for at least five years to participate in their state's Early Care and Education System.

Requires states to establish: (1) state child care licensing standards, which shall also apply to nonparticipating programs; (2) statewide Quality Rating and Improvement Systems that assign a rating to each early care and education program, even nonparticipating programs; and (3) statewide early learning standards for children from the age of six weeks until they reach kindergarten.

Requires states to place an emphasis on using grant funds to help participating programs increase their ratings under the statewide Quality Rating and Improvement System.

Requires participating programs to: (1) be aligned with statewide early learning standards; (2) incorporate evidence-based teaching and learning practices; (3) provide required services for disabled children; (4) provide English language instruction for English language learners; and (5) provide, or partner with community-based organizations for the provision of, child health and family support services.

Prohibits grant funds from supplanting federal, state, and local funds otherwise available to support early learning programs and services.

Requires each state to design and implement a method for evaluating their Early Care and Education System.

]]> Foundations for Success Act of 2011 Display Title Foundations for Success Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance early care and education. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Foundations for Success Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s294is/xml/BILLS-112s294is.xml 2011-02-07 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.