U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB5659: Literacy Improvement for Transformation Act of 2026
Status: In committee, September 30, 2026
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to assist local educational agencies with ensuring that each elementary school and secondary school has at least one reading or literacy specialist on staff.
What the bill says
To authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to assist local educational agencies with ensuring that each elementary school and secondary school has at least one reading or literacy specialist on staff.
From the introduced text, September 30, 2026:
A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to assist local educational agencies with ensuring that each elementary school and secondary school has at least one reading or literacy specialist on staff. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Literacy Improvement for Transformation Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) ESEA Terms The terms elementary school , evidence-based , institution of higher education , local educational agency , secondary school , and State educational agency have the meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). (2) IDEA Terms The terms child with a disability , individualized education program or IEP , and specific learning disability have the meanings given those terms in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1401 ). (3) Eligible entity The term eligible entity means-- (A) a local educational agency; (B) a partnership between a State educational agency and one or more local educational agencies in the State, entered into for the purposes of a grant under this Act; (C) a nonprofit entity with expertise in structured literacy approaches (including multisensory structured language education), reading intervention, or specific learning disabilities (including dyslexia), in partnership …
Sponsors
- Heinrich, Martin (D, SD-NM) · primary sponsor
- Cassidy, Bill (R)
Latest actions
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Education
Common questions
- What is SB5659?
- SB5659 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Literacy Improvement for Transformation Act of 2026.
- What does SB5659 do?
- In its own words: To authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to assist local educational agencies with ensuring that each elementary school and secondary school has at least one reading or literacy specialist on staff.
- What is the status of SB5659?
- In committee as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB5659?
- Heinrich, Martin (D, SD-NM), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB5659?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5659
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