3.0.0 7587 2023-01-11T13:45:57Z 2023-01-11T13:45:57Z House HR 2020-07-13 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 125 (Monday, July 13, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GRIJALVA:H.R. 7587.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:U.S. Const. art I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.[Page H3084]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-07-13T16:00:35Z 2020-07-13 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2020-07-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-07-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 N J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2020-07-13 True S001204 Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] Michael San Nicolas D GU F. Q. 0 2020-07-13 True E000297 Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] Adriano Espaillat D NY 13 2020-07-13 True G000586 Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] Jesus Garcia D IL G. 4 2020-07-13 True J000298 Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] Pramila Jayapal D WA 7 2020-07-13 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2020-07-13 True Y000062 Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] John Yarmuth D KY A. 3 2020-07-13 True V000130 Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51] Juan Vargas D CA 51 2020-07-13 True C001097 Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] Tony Cárdenas D CA 29 2020-07-13 True G000581 Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-15] Vicente Gonzalez D TX 15 2020-07-13 True T000483 Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] David Trone D MD J. 6 2020-07-22 False Education Adult education and literacy Congressional oversight Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Family relationships Foreign language and bilingual programs Language arts Performance measurement Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2020-07-13 Introduced in House 2020-10-08T17:26:57Z Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2020 or the FLUENT Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to establish a grant program to improve the literacy and English skills of English language learners.

Specifically, ED may award grants to providers of family literacy services to provide these services to families with English language learners. These services may only be provided to a family in which each parent is 16 years of age or older and at least one child is under the age of 8.

Further, ED must make grants to or enter into contracts with at least two national organizations with expertise in providing family literacy services to English language learners. These national organizations must provide grantees with technical assistance and training.

Additionally, ED must annually evaluate the grant program.

The bill also requires grantees to meet specified outcome measures.

]]> FLUENT Act Display Title FLUENT Act Official Title as Introduced To improve the literacy and English skills of English language learners, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced FLUENT Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr7587ih/xml/BILLS-116hr7587ih.xml 2020-07-13 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.