Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2016
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 26, 2016)
Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2016
This bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to make grants to providers of family literacy services in order 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 age 16 and at least one child is under age 8.
ED shall reserve certain funds to: (1) provide grantees with technical assistance and training, and (2) evaluate and improve the family literacy grant program.
Grantees must meet specified outcome measures.
What just happenedSep 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 26, 2016
- Sep 19, 2016Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee - Feb 26, 2016IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Education and the Workforce Committee - Feb 26, 2016IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 26, 2016IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House