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1/14/2009--Introduced.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.

1232082000 2009-01-16 Wed Jan 06 06:11:30 -0600 2010 introduced 54236 'to':2 'act':4 'learn':3 'ready':1 68189 false short introduced 54236 'set':4 'bill':2 'unit':6 'begin':19 'ensur':11 'learn':16 'readi':14 'state':7 'track':9 'children':12 'kindergarten':20 67241 false official introduced 54236 'act':4 'learn':3 'readi':1 67375 true popular action 54236 1232082000 Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 183973 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S649) M001111 1950-10-11 8654 173 Russell Senate Office Building http://murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm 202-224-0238 Patty 'd':4 'wa':5 'sen':1 'patti':2,6,8 'murray':3,7,9 F 300076 Murray Patty_Murray Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA] 3916 N00007876 12842 Democrat 202-224-2621 Roman Catholic WA Patty Murray 3.68292682926829 http://murray.senate.gov/ action 54236 1232082000 Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 183973 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S649) action 54236 1231909200 Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0600 2009 181502 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. introduced 54236 1231909200 Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0600 2009 181501