HR 2111 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act

Introduced May 2, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Rush Holt D-NJ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 17, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMay 2, 2007
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to replace the program providing incentive payments to public elementary schools for foreign language instruction with a partnership program in foreign languages that provides matching incentive payments to partnerships composed of state or local educational agencies and institutions of higher education.

Requires such partnerships to establish, improve, or expand model programs of foreign language learning from kindergarten through grade 12 that increase the number of high school graduates who attain advanced proficiency in at least one foreign language.

Requires each model program to have a dimension allowing the student to gain an understanding of the historic, geographic, cultural, economic, and other contextual factors of countries whose people speak the language studied. Conditions a partnership's continued funding, for an initial four-year period and two additional five-year periods, on its demonstrating its program effectiveness based on nationally recognized standardized foreign language assessments.

Directs the Secretary to collect annually and analyze data on such programs and disseminate aggregated program data nationally, as well as information on successful programs and practices.

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 2, 2007 to May 6, 2008, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalMay 2, 2007
D-ORDavid WuOriginalMay 2, 2007
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalMay 2, 2007
D-TXSilvestre ReyesOriginalMay 2, 2007
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteMay 3, 2007
D-KYBen ChandlerMay 7, 2007
D-NJDonald M. PayneMay 8, 2007
D-NCBob EtheridgeMay 9, 2007
D-WABrian BairdMay 10, 2007
D-CADiane E. WatsonMay 14, 2007
D-NYGary L. AckermanMay 14, 2007
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnMay 16, 2007
D-NJAlbio SiresMay 16, 2007
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsMay 16, 2007
D-CADoris O. MatsuiMay 16, 2007
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 17, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  2. May 2, 2007Introduced in House
  3. May 2, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Subjects

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  1. May 2, 2007Introduced in House

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