Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2005
Latest action · Jul 25, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 15, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to providers of family literacy services to improve the literacy and English skills of limited English proficient individuals who are parents or children in families where each parent is at least 16 years old and where at least one child is under age eight.
Directs the Secretary to reserve certain funds to: (1) provide technical assistance and training to such grantees through an experienced entity; and (2) evaluate and improve such grant program.
Requires grantees to meet specified types of outcome measures.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 15, 2005 to Sep 21, 2006; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Jun 15, 2005 |
| R-PR | Luis G. Fortuno | Jun 23, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jul 28, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Jul 28, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 28, 2005 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jul 28, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Katherine Harris | Jul 28, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jul 28, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Jul 28, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jul 28, 2005 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Dec 16, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Sep 21, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 15, 2005 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Jul 25, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- Jun 15, 2005Introduced in House
- Jun 15, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the literacy and English skills of limited English proficient individuals, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Adult education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational accountability
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- English language
- Families
- Family services
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Labor and Employment
- Literacy programs
- Parent and child
- Parent-school relationships
- Parents
- Reading
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Workplace literacy
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2005Introduced in House
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