Education Begins at Home Act of 2009
Latest action · Jun 4, 2009 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.
- IntroducedApr 30, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Education Begins at Home Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make matching grants to states, Indians, territories, and possessions to establish or expand quality early childhood home visitation programs for families that are expecting a child or have pre-kindergarten children.
Allots funds among state grantees on the basis of their share of children from birth through age five who are from impoverished families.
Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) and experienced public or private community-based entities to support and expand quality, local early childhood home visitation programs for families that have English language learners and are expecting a child or have pre-kindergarten children.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to make competitive grants to LEAs, schools, and community-based organizations that serve military dependents to support and expand high quality early childhood home visitation programs for military families that are expecting a child or have pre-kindergarten children.
Requires each grantee to provide: (1) voluntary early childhood home visitation at least once a month to as many eligible families as is practicable; (2) training and technical assistance to program staff; and (3) program participants with access to other early childhood and family services.
Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a public information and educational campaign to inform the public and new parents about the importance of proper care for infants and children under five years of age.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 30, 2009 to Oct 20, 2009; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Original | Apr 30, 2009 |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | May 13, 2009 | |
| R-WI | Thomas E. Petri | May 21, 2009 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Jul 9, 2009 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Oct 20, 2009 |
Committees 2
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 Apr 30, 2009 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Jun 4, 2009 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2009 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- May 22, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Apr 30, 2009Introduced in House
- Apr 30, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
- Apr 30, 2009Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Apr 30, 2009Referred to House Armed Services
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-24 | HEARING ON PROPOSALS TO PROVIDE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD HOME VISITATION PROGRAMS160 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Jun 9, 2009 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40705 | Home Visitation for Families with Young Children Archived | Report | Feb 3, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays, including potential mental health concerns, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Education Begins at Home Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Child care and development
- Child health
- Child safety and welfare
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Indian social and development programs
- Language arts
- Military personnel and dependents
- Preschool education
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2009Introduced in House
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.
