3.0.0 545 2022-11-01T16:32:52Z 2022-11-01T16:32:52Z Senate S 2019-02-25 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-25T22:16:20Z Reaching English Learners Act 116 1153 HR 2019-02-13 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2019-02-25 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-02-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2019-02-25 True Education Disability and paralysis Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Foreign language and bilingual programs Government information and archives Higher education Licensing and registrations Performance measurement Preschool education Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2019-02-25 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-01T12:13:32Z Reaching English Learners Act

This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a grant program for preparing future teachers to effectively instruct English learners to achieve at high levels in early childhood education programs and in elementary schools and secondary schools. Under the program, grants must be given to partnerships between (1) certain institutions of higher education, and (2) high-need local educational agencies or high-need early childhood education programs. Grants may be awarded for up to five years. In awarding the grants, ED must give preference to partnerships that recruit and enroll teachers who are from underrepresented populations or former English learners.

]]> Reaching English Learners Act Display Title Reaching English Learners Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Reaching English Learners Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award institutions of higher education grants for teaching English learners. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s545is/xml/BILLS-116s545is.xml 2019-02-25 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.