Prescribe A Book Act
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What it doesSummary 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.
What just happenedJan 26, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S467)
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateJan 26, 2015
- Jan 26, 2015IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S467)
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee - Jan 26, 2015IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate