3.0.0 470 2020-02-10T17:03:05Z 2020-02-10T17:03:05Z Senate S S 2011-03-03 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-03-03T18:33:10Z Supporting State Systems of Early Learning Act 112 3322 HR 2011-11-02 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS 2011-03-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-03-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2011-03-03 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2011-03-03 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2011-03-03 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-03-03 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2011-04-04 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2011-06-08 False Education Academic performance and assessments Child care and development Child health Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Government information and archives Indian social and development programs Minority education Performance measurement Preschool education Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2011-03-03 Introduced in Senate 2011-03-11T21:44:48Z Supporting State Systems of Early Learning Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive, matching Quality Pathways grants to states that demonstrate the greatest progress toward establishing a high-quality system of early learning that includes: (1) state early learning standards; (2) preservice and ongoing training for staff; (3) the systematic review, rating, and monitoring of early learning programs for ameliorative purposes; (4) parental involvement; (5) health, disability, and family support services and referrals for participating children; (6) an early learning data system; and (7) a process for evaluating children's school readiness and ensuring their effective transition to the public school system.

Requires the grant to be used to further such progress and move more disadvantaged children into higher quality programs. Permits grantees to apply to the Secretary to reserve up to 25% of their grant to expand disadvantaged children's access to the highest quality early learning programs offering full-day, full-year services.

Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive Development grants to states that were not awarded a Pathways grant, but commit to developing a high-quality system of early learning that includes the components listed above.

Directs the Secretary to establish indicators to measure state progress in meeting grant objectives, and states to establish Secretary-approved benchmarks for success that are based on those indicators.

Requires the Secretary to use certain reserved funds to: (1) establish a competitive grant demonstration program for Native American school readiness programs; (2) provide technical assistance to states to help them qualify for, apply for, and maintain this Act's grants; and (3) support the Institute of Education Sciences' research into, and evaluation of, this Act's grant-related activities.

]]> Supporting State Systems of Early Learning Act Short Titles as Introduced Supporting State Systems of Early Learning Act Display Title Supporting State Systems of Early Learning Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an Early Learning Challenge Fund to support States in building and strengthening systems of high-quality early learning and development programs and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-03-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s470is/xml/BILLS-112s470is.xml 2011-03-03 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.