I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3222
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve
literacy through family literacy projects.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 4, 1999
Mr. GOODLING (for himself, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. PETRI, Mr. CAS-
TLE, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr.
EHLERS, Mr. FLETCHER, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. ENGLISH,
Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. ROEMER, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´, Mr.
KIND, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. SAWYER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr.
WU, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. FORD, and Mr. CLAY) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 to improve literacy through family literacy projects.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Literacy Involves Fam-
ilies Together Act’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 1002(b) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6302(b)) is amended
by striking ‘‘$118,000,000 for fiscal year 1995’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2000’’.
SEC. 3. IMPROVING BASIC PROGRAMS OPERATED BY
LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
Section 1111(c) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) the State educational agency will encour-
age local educational agencies and individual schools
participating in a program assisted under this part
to offer family literacy services (using funds under
this part), if the agency or school determines that a
substantial number of students served under this
part by the agency or school have parents who do
not have a high school diploma or its recognized
equivalent or who have low levels of literacy.’’.
SEC. 4. EVEN START FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS.
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—
(1) RESERVATION
FOR
MIGRANT
PROGRAMS,
OUTLYING
AREAS, AND
INDIAN
TRIBES.—Section
1202(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6362(a)) is
amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(or, if
such 
appropriated 
amount 
exceeds
$250,000,000, 6 percent of such amount)’’
after ‘‘1002(b)’’;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘If the
amount of funds made available under this sub-
section exceeds $4,600,000,’’ and inserting
‘‘After the date of the enactment of the Lit-
eracy Involves Families Together Act,’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) COORDINATION OF PROGRAMS FOR AMER-
ICAN
INDIANS.—The Secretary shall ensure that
programs under paragraph (1)(C) are coordinated
with family literacy programs operated by the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs in order to avoid duplication
and to encourage the dissemination of information
on high-quality family literacy programs serving
American Indians.’’.
(2) RESERVATION FOR FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—
Section 1202(b) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6362(b)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) RESERVATION FOR FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) EVALUATION, 
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE,
PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT, AND REPLICATION ACTIVI-
TIES.—From amounts appropriated under section
1002(b), the Secretary may reserve not more than 3
percent of such amounts or the amount reserved to
carry out the activities described in paragraphs (1)
and (2) of subsection (a) for the fiscal year 1994,
whichever is greater, for purposes of—
‘‘(A) carrying out the evaluation required
by section 1209; and
‘‘(B) providing, through grants or con-
tracts with eligible organizations, technical as-
sistance, program improvement, and replication
activities.
‘‘(2) RESEARCH.—In the case of fiscal years
2000 through 2004, if the amounts appropriated
under section 1002(b) for any of such years exceed
such amounts appropriated for the preceding fiscal
year, the Secretary shall reserve from such excess
amount $2,000,000 or 50 percent, whichever is less,
to carry out section 1211(b).
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Section 1204 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6364) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A)—
(A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon; and
(B) by striking clause (v) and adding the
following:
‘‘(v) 50 percent in the fifth, sixth, sev-
enth, and eighth such years; and
‘‘(vi) 35 percent in any subsequent
such year.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS FOR FAMILY LITERACY SERV-
ICES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—States may use a portion of
funds received under this part to assist eligible enti-
ties receiving a subgrant under section 1203(b) in
improving the quality of family literacy services pro-
vided under Even Start programs under this part,
except that in no case may a State’s use of funds
for this purpose for a fiscal year result in a decrease
from the level of activities and services provided to
program participants in the preceding year.
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In carrying out paragraph (1),
a State shall give priority to programs that were of
low quality, as evaluated based on the indicators of
program quality developed by the State under sec-
tion 1210.
‘‘(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—
Assistance under paragraph (1) shall be in the form
of technical assistance and training, provided by a
State through a grant, contract, or cooperative
agreement with an entity that has experience in of-
fering high quality training and technical assistance
to family literacy providers.’’.
(c) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—Section 1205 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6365) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) and (10)
as paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(9) use instructional programs based on sci-
entifically based reading research (as defined in sec-
tion 2252) for children and, to the extent such re-
search is available, for adults;’’.
(d) ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.—Section 1206(b) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20