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: 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.

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Timeline

1. 26 January 2015

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S467)

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2. 26 January 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 26 January 2015 · Official file

Documents

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 26 January 2015

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• John Reed · D · Sponsor
• Chuck Grassley · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• Edward Markey · D · Sponsor
• Elizabeth Warren · D · Sponsor
• · sshr00 · Standing

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