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7/19/2007--Introduced.<br/>Ready to Learn Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to states and, through them, subgrants to schools, child care entities, Head Start programs, or other community-based prekindergarten providers for full day voluntary prekindergarten programs that prepare four-year olds for school. Requires that such programs: (1) first serve children whose family income is no higher than 200% of the poverty level or who are limited English proficient; (2) ensure that, within two years of grant receipt, each classroom is taught by a teacher who has at least a baccalaureate degree in early childhood education or such a degree and specialized training in early childhood development; (3) use curricula that are aligned with state early learning standards; and (4) have teacher-child ratios of no more than 1 to 10 and group sizes of no more than 20.<br/>

1184817600 2007-07-19 Fri Nov 07 16:10:42 -0600 2008 introduced 45351 'set':4 'bill':2 'unit':6 'begin':19 'ensur':11 'learn':16 'readi':14 'state':7 'track':9 'children':12 'kindergarten':20 48587 official introduced 45351 'act':4 'learn':3 'readi':1 51494 short introduced 45351 1184817600 Thu Jul 19 00:00:00 -0500 2007 123273 C001041 1947-10-26 38260 Hillary 'd':4 'ny':5 'sen':1 'clinton':3,7,9 'hillari':2,6,8 F 300022 Clinton Hillary_Clinton Rodham Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY] 14835 N00000019 25621 Democrat Methodist NY Hillary Clinton 3.34848484848485 B000611 1939-03-06 4154 274 Russell Senate Office Building http://bond.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.ContactForm 202-224-8149 Christopher 'r':4 'mo':5 'kit':8 'sen':1 'bond':3,7,10 'christoph':2,6,9 M 300010 Bond Christopher_S._Bond S. Sen. Christopher Bond [R, MO] 2082 Kit N00005178 10168 Republican 202-224-5721 Presbyterian MO Kit Christopher Bond 3.26785714285714 http://bond.senate.gov/public/ CSBondMO L000035 1960-09-30 5968 355 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://lincoln.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm 202-228-1371 Blanche 'd':4 'ar':5 'sen':1 'blanch':2,6,8 'lincoln':3,7,9 F 300068 Lincoln Blanche_Lincoln Lambert Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR] 2881 N00008092 10509 Democrat 202-224-4843 Episcopalian AR Blanche Lincoln 2.26190476190476 http://lincoln.senate.gov/ SenatorLincoln S000033 1941-09-08 3961 332 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://sanders.senate.gov/comments/ 202-228-0776 Bernard 'vt':5 'sen':1 'berni':8 'sander':3,7,10 'bernard':2,6,9 M 400357 Sanders Bernard_Sanders Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT] 1866 Bernie N00000528 9750 Independent 202-224-5141 Jewish VT Bernie Bernard Sanders 6.79245283018868 http://sanders.senate.gov/ SenatorSanders introduced 45351 1184817600 Thu Jul 19 00:00:00 -0500 2007 123273 action 45351 1184817600 Thu Jul 19 00:00:00 -0500 2007 123274 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9616-9617) action 45351 1184817600 Thu Jul 19 00:00:00 -0500 2007 123275 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.