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3/26/2009--Introduced.Rural Early Education Access Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award renewable five-year matching grants to states and, through them, subgrants to rural preschool providers. Requires subgrantees to: (1) have no more than 20 students per class and a student-to-teacher ratio of at least 10 to 1; (2) adhere to comprehensive early learning standards; and (3) provide at least one highly nutritious meal for each child for every 3 hours of participation per day and at least one highly nutritious snack for each child participating up to 3 hours per day. Requires rural preschool providers to use the subgrants to: (1) provide one highly competent assistant teacher for each class of more than 10 children; (2) make at least 15 hours of high-quality teacher training available to each teacher per school year; (3) make health screening and referral services available to their students; (4) acquire the resources and staff needed to serve disabled and limited English proficient children; or (5) coordinate with local educational agencies. Sets forth allowable uses of subgrant funds. Lowers the matching requirement for state grantees whose rural preschool providers meet additional requirements to: (1) provide an assistant teacher with an associate's degree in early childhood education or a child development associate's credential in every classroom of more than 10 children; and (2) adopt a plan for requiring that, within 5 years, all their lead teachers hold a bachelor's degree in early childhood education or in a related field with specialized training in early childhood education.

1242273600 2009-05-14 Tue Jan 05 21:57:45 -0600 2010 introduced 56333 '3':19 '5':21 'age':18 'area':24 'high':12 'award':2 'grant':3 'rural':23 'state':5 'enhanc':8 'expand':10 'program':15 'qualiti':13 'children':17 'establish':7 'high-qual':11 'preschool':14 70957 false official introduced 56333 'act':5 'educ':3 'earli':2 'rural':1 'access':4 70956 false short action 56333 1242273600 Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0500 2009 198071 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. H001040 1949-02-21 3041 1118 Longworth House Office Building http://hare.house.gov/?sectionid=74&sectiontree=44,50,74 17 202-225-5396 Phil 'd':4 'il':5 '-17':6 'rep':1 'hare':3,8,10 'phil':2,7,9 M 412204 Hare Philip_Hare Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17] 1487 N00028234 8192 Democrat 202-225-5905 IL Phil Hare 0.636363636363636 http://hare.house.gov/ action 56333 1242273600 Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0500 2009 198071 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. introduced 56333 1238040000 Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0500 2009 189465 action 56333 1238040000 Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0500 2009 189466 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.