3.0.0 929 2020-02-10T17:06:58Z 2020-02-10T17:06:58Z Senate S S 2011-05-10 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-05-10T18:40:26Z 2011-05-10 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-05-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-05-10 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-05-10 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2011-05-10 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-05-10 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-05-10 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-07-07 False Education Academic performance and assessments Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Language arts Performance measurement Preschool education Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2011-05-10 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-23T15:25:49Z Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act or LEARN Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to states for comprehensive planning to improve the literacy of children from birth through grade 12.

Directs the Secretary to award grants to states to implement their comprehensive literacy plans for such children through: (1) competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or early childhood education programs to carry out certain high quality early literacy initiatives for children from birth through kindergarten entry; (2) competitive subgrants to LEAs for certain initiatives to improve the literacy of students in kindergarten through grade 12, provided such LEAs have jurisdiction over a significant number or percentage of underperforming schools or have a high number or percentage of underperforming or impoverished students; and (3) state activities that include providing technical assistance to subgrantees, coordinating literacy programs and resources throughout the state, disseminating information on promising literacy programs, and enhancing the credentials of literacy instructors.

Gives subgrant priority to applicants serving a high number or percentage of impoverished children and, for those serving students from kindergarten through grade 12, a high number or percentage of students reading and writing below grade level.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) contract with an independent organization for a five-year national evaluation of the implementation and effect of the literacy initiatives supported by this Act, and (2) provide technical assistance and information on literacy instruction to educational entities.

Authorizes the Secretary to withhold this Act's funding from states and subgrantees, and states to withhold funding from subgrantees, whose initiatives are not making significant progress in improving student literacy.

]]> Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act Short Titles as Introduced Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act Short Titles as Introduced LEARN Act Display Title Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a comprehensive literacy program. Introduced in Senate 2011-05-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s929is/xml/BILLS-112s929is.xml 2011-05-10 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.