US Congress House Bill 1224 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 26 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-04-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2009 - 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) make grants to, or enter contracts with, national organizations that have family literacy service expertise to provide grantees with technical assistance and training; and (2) evaluate and improve the family literacy grant program. Requires grantees to meet specified outcome measures.

Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2009

Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-22		Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
2009-02-26		Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1224/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1224/BILLS-111hr1224ih.pdf