(b) APPLICATION.—Family literacy providers who de-
sire to receive a grant under this Act shall submit an ap-
plication at such time, containing such information, and 
in such manner as the Secretary may require. Such appli-
cation shall include the following: 
(1) An assurance that services provided with 
funds under this Act shall be provided to the hard-
est-to-reach populations, including populations with 
the greatest economic and social need. 
(2) A description of the services that will be 
provided with funds under this Act, including how 
the services will be based on scientifically based 
reading research. 
(3) A description of the outcome measures, con-
sistent with section 6, that are based on scientifically 
based research and will be employed by the family 
literacy provider to measure the effectiveness of 
services provided with funds under this Act. 
(4) An assurance that, in providing family lit-
eracy services through the grant, the family literacy 
provider will collaborate with one or more of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A local educational agency. 
(B) An elementary school. 
(C) A secondary school.
(D) A nonprofit entity. 
(c) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant under 
this Act for a fiscal year shall not be less than $150,000 
or more than $1,000,000. 
(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Secretary may not 
award a grant under this Act to an applicant unless the 
applicant agrees to provide, from funds derived from non- 
Federal sources, matching funds in an amount that is not 
less than 20 percent of the amount of the grant. Such 
matching funds may be provided in the form of in-kind 
contributions. 
(e) SERVICES
REQUIREMENTS.—Family literacy 
services under this Act shall be provided in sufficient in-
tensity in terms of hours, and shall be of sufficient dura-
tion, to make sustainable changes in a family and shall 
integrate all of the following activities: 
(1) Interactive literacy activities between par-
ents and their children. 
(2) Training for parents regarding how to be 
the primary teacher for their children and full part-
ners in the education of their children. 
(3) Parent literacy training that leads to eco-
nomic self-sufficiency. 
(4) An age-appropriate education to prepare 
children for success in school and life experiences.
(f) SPECIAL RULE.—Family literacy services under 
this Act may be provided to a family only if— 
(1) each parent in the family has attained 16 
years of age; and 
(2) the family has at least one child from birth 
who has not yet attained 8 years of age. 
SEC. 5. RESERVATIONS. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—From 
funds made available pursuant to section 8 for a fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall reserve $3,000,000 to provide, 
directly or through a grant, contract, or cooperative agree-
ment with an entity that has experience in the develop-
ment and operation of successful family literacy services 
programs, technical assistance and training for the pur-
pose of— 
(1) assisting grantees that provide family lit-
eracy services to improve the quality of such serv-
ices; and 
(2) enabling grantees that demonstrate the ef-
fective provision of family literacy services, based on 
improved outcomes for children and their parents, to 
provide technical assistance and training to other 
agencies and to service providers that work in col-
laboration with such agencies to provide family lit-
eracy services.
(b) EVALUATION.—From funds made available pur-
suant to section 8 for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
reserve not more than 2 percent of such funds for the pur-
pose of conducting an annual evaluation of the grant pro-
gram conducted under this Act. Such evaluation shall be 
used by the Secretary— 
(1) for program improvement; 
(2) to further define the program’s goals and 
objectives; and 
(3) to determine program effectiveness. 
SEC. 6. OUTCOME MEASURES. 
The Secretary shall require each family literacy pro-
vider receiving a grant under this Act to meet culturally 
appropriate and competent outcome measures described in 
the provider’s application under section 4, including out-
come measures with respect to— 
(1) acquisition of the English language, includ-
ing improved educational levels; 
(2) improved parenting and life skills; 
(3) the improved ability of parents with limited 
English proficiency to effectively interact with offi-
cials of the schools their children attend; 
(4) reduced dependency on welfare; 
(5) increased employment opportunities or 
hours;
(6) improved developmental skills and inde-
pendent learning of the children; and 
(7) increased parental participation in their 
children’s education and home environments that are 
supportive of educational endeavors. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) APPLICATION OF ESEA TERMS.—The terms 
‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘limited English proficient’’, 
‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘scientifically based re-
search’’, and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings 
given such terms in section 9101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). The term ‘‘scientifically based reading re-
search’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
1208 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6368). 
(2) FAMILY
LITERACY
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘‘family literacy provider’’ means an entity that— 
(A) is located in a geographic area con-
taining at least one public elementary school or 
secondary school with a majority enrollment of 
children with limited English proficiency; and 
(B) is one of the following:
(i) A current grantee under subpart 3 
of part B of title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6381 et seq.) (commonly referred 
to as ‘‘William F. Goodling Even Start 
Family Literacy Programs’’), the Head 
Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), or any 
other Federal or State early childhood pro-
gram. 
(ii) An adult education provider. 
(iii) A local educational agency. 
(iv) A public or private nonprofit 
agency. 
(v) Another entity that has the dem-
onstrated ability to provide family literacy 
services to adults and families. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 
2011. 
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