US Congress Senate Bill 240 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 14 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-01-16 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S649)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Ready to Learn Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to states and, through them, subgrants to schools, child care entities, Head Start programs, or other community-based prekindergarten providers for full day voluntary prekindergarten programs that prepare four-year olds for school. Requires that such programs: (1) first serve children whose family income is no higher than 200% of the poverty level or who are limited English proficient; (2) ensure that, within two years of grant receipt, each classroom is taught by a teacher who has at least a baccalaureate degree in early childhood education or such a degree and specialized training in early childhood development; (3) use curricula that are aligned with state early learning standards; and (4) have teacher-child ratios of no more than 1 to 10 and group sizes of no more than 20.

Ready to Learn Act

Sen. Christopher Bond [R-MO]	Sen. Hillary Clinton [D-NY]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-01-16		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S649)
2009-01-14		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/240/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s240/BILLS-111s240is.pdf