Prescribe A Book Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jun 10, 2013)
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: (1) health care providers encourage parents to read aloud to their children and offer parents developmentally appropriate recommendations and strategies for doing so; (2) 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 (3) volunteers in health care facility waiting areas read to children and show parents the techniques and pleasures of sharing books.
Requires that the books provided to children under the programs be obtained at a discount.
What just happenedJun 10, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateJun 10, 2013
- Jun 10, 2013IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Jun 10, 2013IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4060-4061)
- Jun 10, 2013IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate