A bill to encourage States to establish Parents as Teachers programs.
Parents as Teachers: the Family Involvement in Education Act of 1991 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States for parents as teachers programs.
Makes eligible for such a grant any State which operates a parents as teachers program associated with the Parents as Teachers National Center in Missouri.
Sets forth program requirements, limiting services to families during the period from the last three months of a mother's pregnancy to the child's attaining age three.
Prohibits requiring any person to participate in any program of parent education or developmental screening, or any program for developmentally delayed children.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a Parents as Teachers National Center for information dissemination and technical and training assistance for States with such programs; and (2) evaluate such programs within four years.
Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Referred to Subcommittee on Education, Arts, Humanities.
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