Families Conquering Literacy Together Act of 2007
Latest action · Sep 11, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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.
- IntroducedJul 16, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Families Conquering Literacy Together Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to change funding formulas under the Even Start Family Literacy program to reserve potentially larger amounts, depending on overall appropriations, for migrant, outlying area, Indian, and research programs.
Eliminates the Even Start competitive grant program awarding reserved funds to states for statewide coordination of federal, state, and local literacy resources.
Increases the minimum Even Start grant to states and state subgrant to Even Start entities, as well as the floor on the federal share of program costs.
Allows states to use federal funds to provide subgrantees with technical assistance for professional development and collaborative activities.
Requires all Even Start instructors to have at least an associate's degree related to early childhood education, elementary or secondary education, or adult education.
Requires state, migrant, and tribal grantees to report annually to the Secretary of Education on their progress in achieving program quality.
Revises required indicators of program quality to stress the quality of services provided and training received by program providers, rather than participant achievements.
Requires the creation of an independent research panel to set the agenda for research into successful family literacy services.
Directs the Secretary, after receiving design recommendations from an expert panel, to arrange for an independent longitudinal evaluation of the impact of Even Start programs that compares participants against nonparticipant control groups and addresses variations in the impact of such programs.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 16, 2007 to Oct 16, 2007, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Original | Jul 16, 2007 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 31, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jul 31, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 31, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Jul 31, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Sep 24, 2007 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Oct 16, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 11, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Jul 16, 2007Introduced in House
- Jul 16, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Adult education
- Child development
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational accountability
- Educational research
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- English language
- Families
- Family services
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Higher education
- Illiteracy
- Indian education
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Labor and Employment
- Language and languages
- Literacy programs
- Mathematics
- Migrant education
- Minorities
- Native Americans
- Parent and child
- Parent-school relationships
- Preschool education
- Reading
- Teacher education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 16, 2007Introduced in House
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