SKILLs Act
Latest action · Jun 26, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8417-8418)
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 26, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act or the SKILLs Act - Amends title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY2008-FY2013 for the Improving Literacy through School Libraries grant program.
Requires states and local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive school improvement funds to ensure that by the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year there is at least one highly qualified school library media specialist in every school that receives such funds.
Requires Improving Literacy through School Libraries funds to be: (1) proportionally distributed to serve students in elementary, middle, and high schools; (2) used for media resources appropriate for all grades; and (3) used for professional development in information literacy instruction that is appropriate for all grades.
Expands the program of grants to states and subgrants to LEAs for the recruitment, retention, and professional development of teachers to require that highly qualified school library media specialists be included in the focus of such efforts.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2007 to May 22, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | Jun 26, 2007 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Sep 21, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Mar 31, 2008 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | May 22, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jun 26, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8416-8417)
- Jun 26, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8417-8418)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2864 | SKILLs Act | Identical bill | Sep 11, 2007 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding school library media specialists, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act
- SKILLs Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- Authorization
- Continuing education
- Department of Education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Educational accountability
- Educational planning
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Licenses
- Literacy programs
- Rating of teachers
- Reading
- Recruiting of employees
- School districts
- School libraries
- School personnel
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Teacher education
- Teacher supply and demand
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
