 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
 
                   Part C--Reading and Literacy Grants
 
Sec. 6661. Purposes

    The purposes of this part are as follows:
        (1) To provide children with the readiness skills they need to 
    learn to read once they enter school.
        (2) To teach every child to read in the child's early childhood 
    years--
            (A) as soon as the child is ready to read; or
            (B) as soon as possible once the child enters school, but 
        not later than 3d grade.

        (3) To improve the reading skills of students, and the 
    instructional practices for current teachers (and, as appropriate, 
    other instructional staff) who teach reading, through the use of 
    findings from scientifically based reading research, including 
    findings relating to phonemic awareness, systematic phonics, 
    fluency, and reading comprehension.
        (4) To expand the number of high-quality family literacy 
    programs.
        (5) To provide early literacy intervention to children who are 
    experiencing reading difficulties in order to reduce the number of 
    children who are incorrectly identified as a child with a disability 
    and inappropriately referred to special education.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title II, Sec. 2251, as added Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, 
Sec. 101(f) [title VIII, Sec. 101(a)(2)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-
337, 2681-391.)
