3.0.0 3398 2023-01-11T13:49:39Z 2023-01-11T13:49:39Z House HR 2021-05-20 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GRIJALVA:H.R. 3398.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.[Page H2653]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2021-05-20T13:14:35Z 2021-05-20 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2021-05-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-05-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 N Education Education 00 2021-05-20 Introduced in House 2021-08-06T14:12:56Z Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2021 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 caregiver 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.

]]> FLUENT Act Display Title FLUENT Act Official Title as Introduced To improve the English language and literacy skills of English language learners and their families, 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 2021 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr3398ih/xml/BILLS-117hr3398ih.xml 2021-05-20 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.