FLUENT Act

(a) Activities by Secretary. The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, shall, through grants or contracts as described in subsection (b), provide technical assistance and training to family literacy providers receiving a grant under section 4 for the purposes described in subsection (c).

(b) Activities by national organizations

(1) In general. The Secretary shall make grants to, or enter into contracts with, at least 2 eligible national organizations to provide technical assistance and training to family literacy providers receiving a grant under section 4 for the purposes described in subsection (c).

(2) Definition. In this section, the term eligible national organization means a national organization with expertise in providing family literacy services to English language learners.

(c) Purposes. The purposes of technical assistance and training provided under this section are the following:

(1) Assisting family literacy providers receiving a grant under section 4 to improve the quality of their family literacy services.

(2) Enabling such family literacy providers that demonstrate the effective provision of family literacy services, based on improved outcomes for children and their caregivers, to provide technical assistance and training to government agencies and to family literacy providers that work in collaboration with such agencies to improve the quality of their family literacy services.

(3) Assisting such providers in the implementation of literacy curriculum and training activities, including curriculum and training activities that support building on the primary language of a child.

(d) Reports to Congress. Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Education and Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the technical assistance and training provided pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). Each such report shall describe the actions taken by the Secretary to ensure that such technical assistance and training is of high quality and is responsive to the needs of grantees under this Act.