Prescribe A Book Act

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 10 June 2013

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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2. 10 June 2013

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4060-4061)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 10 June 2013

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in Senate · 10 June 2013 · Download file

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Sponsors

• Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Cowan, William M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
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