# 114-hr-1874: SKILLs Act

114-hr-1874, SKILLs Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-1874
- Congress: 114
- Title: SKILLs Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Introduced: 2015-04-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act or the SKILLs Act Amends title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY2016-FY2021 for the Improving Literacy through School Libraries grant program. Requires local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive school improvement funds to ensure, to the extent feasible, that each of their schools receiving such funds employs at least one state certified school library media specialist. Directs states and LEAs that receive school improvement funds to ensure that by the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year there is at least one highly qualified school library media specialist in every school that receives such funds. Requires Improving Literacy through School Libraries funds to be: (1) proportionally distributed to serve students in elementary, middle, and high schools; (2) used for media resources appropriate for all grades; and (3) used for professional development in information literacy instruction that is appropriate for all grades. Expands the program of grants to states and subgrants to LEAs for the recruitment, retention, and professional development of teachers to require that highly qualified school library media specialists be included in the focus of such efforts.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6508: Preventing Preventable Earthquakes Act
- 114-hr-6498: Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6485: Improving Care for Vulnerable Older Citizens through Workforce Advancement Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6452: Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act
- 114-hr-6424: NIST Plumbing Research Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6423: Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2016

## Sources
- [114-hr-1874 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1874)

## Related
- [114-hr-6508: Preventing Preventable Earthquakes Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6508)
- [114-hr-6498: Presidential Tax Disclosure Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6498)
- [114-hr-6485: Improving Care for Vulnerable Older Citizens through Workforce Advancement Act…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6485)
- [114-hr-6452: Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6452)
- [114-hr-6424: NIST Plumbing Research Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6424)
- [114-hr-6423: Justice for Victims of Fraud Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6423)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1874 (as of 2025-11-18).