I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3055 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide 
expanded resources, technical assistance, reasonable accountability, and 
professional development to eligible entities implementing Even Start 
programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2007 
Mr. YARMUTH (for himself and Mr. PLATTS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to provide expanded resources, technical assist-
ance, reasonable accountability, and professional develop-
ment to eligible entities implementing Even Start pro-
grams. 
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 ‘‘Families Conquering 
Literacy Together Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. WILLIAM F. GOODLING EVEN START FAMILY LIT-
ERACY PROGRAMS. 
(a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—Section 1231 (20 
U.S.C. 6381) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘to help break the cycle of poverty and illit-
eracy by’’ and inserting ‘‘to provide centered edu-
cational programs to help break the cycle of poverty 
and illiteracy and to lay the foundation for strong 
parental involvement in children’s education by’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) be implemented through cooperative 
programs that, to the extent possible, coordi-
nate high quality effective educational services 
to create integrated and supportive family-fo-
cused education programs;’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting after 
‘‘promote’’ the following: ‘‘language and literacy 
development and’’; 
(C) by amending subparagraph (D) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(D) be based on scientifically based re-
search on children’s language and literacy de-
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velopment and on the most rigorous research 
available for adults that addresses the preven-
tion and remediation of reading difficulties in 
children and adults to the extent such research 
is available.’’. 
(b) PROGRAM
AUTHORIZED.—Section 1232 (20 
U.S.C. 6381a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$200,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000’’; 
and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—After the date of the en-
actment of the Families Conquering Literacy To-
gether Act of 2007, the Secretary shall award a 
grant, on a competitive basis, of sufficient size and 
for a period of sufficient duration to demonstrate in-
novative family literacy programs for incarcerated 
parents and their Even Start eligible children. The 
Secretary shall ensure that the results are dissemi-
nated by NIFL and are capable of replication.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs’’ and inserting ‘‘Bureau of Indian 
Education’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and to encourage the 
dissemination of information’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and shall ensure that information’’; 
and 
(iii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘is disseminated through 
NIFL or other appropriate means. The 
Secretary shall report to Congress on how 
the Department is carrying out the coordi-
nation required by this paragraph.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) establishing the comprehensive per-
formance accountability system required by sec-
tion 1240 to assess the effectiveness of the pro-
gram in achieving continuous improvement of 
Even Start family literacy activities carried out 
under this subpart; and 
‘‘(B) providing, through grants or con-
tracts with eligible organizations, technical as-
sistance and training that supports continuous 
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program improvement to ensure positive out-
comes for participants.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘for such 
year’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘for such year exceeds 
$175,000,000, the Secretary shall reserve 
$2,000,000 to carry out research under section 
1241 into topics set forth by the independent 
research panel.’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating 
subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), 
respectively; 
(4) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), 
or (c),’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b),’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$300,000’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or (c)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’; and 
(5) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated), in 
paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘section 1208’’ the 
following: ‘‘for children and the most rigorous re-
search available for adults’’. 
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(c) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PROGRAMS.—Sec-
tion 1233 (20 U.S.C. 6381b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting after ‘‘6 percent’’ the following: 
‘‘(or, for a fiscal year in which the amount ap-
propriated 
under 
section 
1002(b)(3) 
is 
$175,000,000 or more, 7 percent)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘replica-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘professional development’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (B) 
and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 
(B)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘$75,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$100,000’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and re-
designating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph 
(B); and 
(C) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
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