SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Literacy Involves Fam-
ilies Together Act’’.
TITLE I—FAMILY LITERACY
SEC. 101. 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 such
sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding
fiscal years.’’ and inserting ‘‘$250,000,000 for fiscal year
2001.’’.
SEC. 102. 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. 103. EVEN START FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS.
(a) PART HEADING.—The part heading for part B
of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6361 et seq.) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘PART B—WILLIAM F. GOODLING EVEN START
FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS’’.
(b) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—Section 1201 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6361) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘high qual-
ity’’ after ‘‘build on’’; and
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(2) promote the academic achievement of chil-
dren and adults;’’;
(3) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) use instructional programs based on sci-
entifically based reading research (as defined in sec-
tion 2252) and the prevention of reading difficulties
for children and, to the extent such research is avail-
able, scientifically based reading research (as so de-
fined) for adults.’’.
(c) 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), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘(or, if
such 
appropriated 
amount 
exceeds
$200,000,000, 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 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
2001 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).’’.
(d) RESERVATION FOR GRANTS.—Section 1202(c)(1)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 6362(c)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘From funds reserved under
section 2260(b)(3), the Secretary shall award
grants,’’ and inserting ‘‘For any fiscal year for
which at least one State applies and qualifies and
for which the amount appropriated under section
1002(b) exceeds the amount appropriated under
such section for the preceding fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall reserve, from the amount of such excess
remaining after the application of subsection (b)(2),
the amount of such remainder or $1,000,000, which-
ever is less, to award grants,’’; and
(2) by adding at the end ‘‘No State may receive
more than one grant under this subsection.’’.
(e) ALLOCATIONS.—Section 1202(d)(2) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6362(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘that section’’ and in-
serting ‘‘that part’’.
(f) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1202(e) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6362(e)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘or’’ after
‘‘higher education,’’ and inserting ‘‘a religious orga-
nization, or’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘nonprofit or-
ganization’’ and inserting ‘‘nonprofit organization,
including a religious organization,’’.
(g) SUBGRANTS
FOR LOCAL PROGRAMS.—Section
1203(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6363(b)(2)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(2) MINIMUM SUBGRANT AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraphs (B) and (C), no State shall
award a subgrant under paragraph (1) in an
amount less than $75,000.
‘‘(B) SUBGRANTEES IN NINTH AND SUC-
CEEDING
YEARS.—No State shall award a
subgrant under paragraph (1) in an amount
less than $52,500 to an eligible entity for a fis-
cal year to carry out an Even Start program
that is receiving assistance under this part or
its predecessor authority for the ninth (or any
subsequent) fiscal year.
‘‘(C) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
SINGLE
SUBGRANT.—A State may award one subgrant