To authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to assist local educational agencies with ensuring that each elementary school and secondary school has at least one reading, literacy, or biliteracy specialist on staff.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to assist local educational agencies with ensuring that each elementary school and secondary school has at least one reading, literacy, or biliteracy specialist on staff., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Civil Rights, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Literacy Improvement for Transformation Act of 2024.
- Section ide2c0bf86b1bc4e08b7638c69666db401: 2. Definitions In this Act: The terms elementary school, English learner, institution of higher education, local educational agency, multi-tier system of...
- Section ide1b965346a184c728a0bd6bb93ba7a23: 3. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to assist State educational agencies and local educational agencies with ensuring that every elementary school and...
- Section idc75d46aa1be14346a31908eb2c1b982b: 4. Findings Congress finds the following: According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, children who struggle to read proficiently by fourth grade are 4 times...
- Section id14d4902977fd48889eff49260716b6db: 5. Literacy improvement and transformation grant program The Secretary shall establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to assist local educational agencies with ensuring that each elementary school and secondary school has at least one reading, literacy, or biliteracy specialist on staff., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Civil Rights, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to assist local educational agencies with ensuring that each elementary school and secondary school has at least one reading, literacy, or biliteracy specialist on staff., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- schools, students, and education providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Heinrich introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Secretary of Education. The term subgroup of students means— each major racial and ethnic group
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