S4028-119

In Committee

Open Books, Open Doors Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 9, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Open Books, Open Doors Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Government Operations, Criminal Justice.

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 Open Books, Open Doors Act.
  • Section id7ff4b73d5ea04c01a5bbf73bae2f90bb: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress reading assessment results show a continued decline in reading...
  • Section id15b83b382c5a46bca7857472add1f32a: 3. Definitions In this Act: The terms local educational agency and State educational agency have the meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the Elementary...
  • Section id51a4ba46d1524514a77c308b53627876: 4. Open Books, Open Doors Grant Program The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to qualified applicants to help promote child literacy. The...
  • Section idd1e9585772e14c3282c75dec9c4ff44e: 5. Reporting requirements Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Open Books, Open Doors Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Government Operations, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, Open Books, Open Doors Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Government Operations Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 9, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Mar 9, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 9, 2026

Mr. Kim introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Government Operations Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_education"
→ Secretary of Education

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