SYLLABLE Act
Latest action · Feb 5, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Supporting Young Language Learners' Access to Bilingual Education Act of 2020 or the SYLLABLE Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to award up to five grants to partnerships of local educational agencies, early childhood education programs, and technical assistance entities for the implementation of dual language immersion programs designed to enhance and assess the biliteracy and bilingualism skills of low-income children, including English learners and minority children, in high-need schools from preschool through grade five.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2020 to Mar 3, 2020; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Feb 5, 2020 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Feb 5, 2020 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Feb 5, 2020 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Feb 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Original | Feb 5, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 13, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Feb 13, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Feb 13, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Mar 3, 2020 |
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 Feb 5, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2020Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 24, February 5, 2020, page H848.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3397 | SYLLABLE Act | Reintroduced Bill | May 20, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish high-quality dual language immersion programs in low-income communities, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SYLLABLE Act
- Supporting Young Language Learners’ Access to Bilingual Education Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2020Introduced 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.
