S. 251 · 114th Congress
Prescribe A Book Act
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Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to nonprofit organizations for the implementation of Pediatric Early Literacy Programs, through which:
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jan 26, 2015
Prescribe A Book Act
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to nonprofit organizations for the implementation of Pediatric Early Literacy Programs, through which:
- health care providers encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer parents developmentally appropriate recommendations and strategies for doing so;
- health care providers give each visiting child between the ages of six months and five years a new, developmentally appropriate children's book to take home and keep; and
- health care facilities create literacy-rich environments that include gently used books for waiting room use or volunteer readers to show parents the techniques of reading aloud to young children.
Requires that the books provided to children under the programs be obtained at a discount.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Prescribe A Book Act
Latest action (Jan 26, 2015): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S467)
Policy area: Education · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 26, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.