US Congress House Bill 3604 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on September 24 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2015 This bill authorizes through FY2021 a competitive grant program for states to establish or expand full-day prekindergarten programs that: (1) permit each three- or four-year old child in the state to be voluntarily enrolled by the child's parent, regardless of income, in the program at the public school in which the child would be enrolled for kindergarten; (2) run the length of the regular school year; and (3) are taught by teachers who possess equivalent or similar qualifications to those of teachers of other grades in the school. The federal share of such a grant shall not exceed 80% of the costs of carrying out these activities. Grant funds received under the program shall be used to supplement and not supplant other federal early childhood education funds in the state.

Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2015

Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2015-09-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2015-09-24	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1352)
2015-09-24	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3604/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3604/BILLS-114hr3604ih.pdf