3.0.0 1674 2023-01-11T13:23:44Z 2023-01-11T13:23:44Z Senate S S 2013-11-07 113 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-11-07T21:05:08Z 2013-11-07 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2013-11-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN N S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2014-11-20 False Education Child care and development Child health Domestic violence and child abuse Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Family services Government studies and investigations Preschool education Rural conditions and development Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2013-11-07 Introduced in Senate 2013-12-23T20:43:35Z Parent Education and Family Engagement in Early Childhood Care and Education Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award competitive matching grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to local agencies to establish, expand, or enhance early childhood and elementary school parent education and family engagement programs.

Requires a state to use: (1) at least 83% of its grant for subgrants to programs serving children from birth through age 5 and their parents, and (2) no more than 15% of its grant for subgrants to programs assisting children between age 5 and 8 and their parents with the transition to elementary school.

Requires the programs to include:

  • support for activities that enhance the skills of parents in providing for and understanding their children's learning processes and intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development;
  • training and professional development for early childhood educators in engaging parents in parent education and discussing parenting, behavior management, and healthy child development;
  • training for parent educators and early childhood educators in detecting challenges to children's development and improving child and family health, safety, and stability; and
  • coordination between early childhood educators and instructional staff at elementary schools in the same geographic area as the local agency.

Prohibits subgrantees from using their subgrants for routine child care or early childhood education program services that are not directly related to parent education or family engagement programs.

Directs the Secretaries to arrange for the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to evaluate early childhood parent education and family engagement programs and disseminate information on the best practices of those programs.

Prohibits this Act's funding from supplanting other federal, state, and local funds for such programs.

]]> Parent Education and Family Engagement in Early Childhood Care and Education Act Display Title Parent Education and Family Engagement in Early Childhood Care and Education Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to help establish, enhance, and increase access to early childhood parent education and family engagement programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Parent Education and Family Engagement in Early Childhood Care and Education Act Introduced in Senate 2013-11-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1674is/xml/BILLS-113s1674is.xml 2013-11-07 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.