US Congress House Bill 2379 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Introduced on June 24 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-09-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2011 - 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 8. 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 2011

Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]

Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]

Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-09-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2011-09-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2011-06-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2379/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2379/BILLS-112hr2379ih.pdf