U.S. and the World Education Act
Latest action · Sep 27, 2008 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2043)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 25, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
U.S. and the World Education Act - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education to: (1) assist the Secretary of Education in administering this Act's grant program; and (2) develop an international education research repository and make it available to states and local educational agencies (LEAs).
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary, to award competitive grants to LEAs, or partnerships between LEAs and private organizations or institutions of higher education that provide their LEA partners with funding, to promote international education in elementary and secondary schools.
Requires each grantee to use: (1) one-half of its grant on enhancing international education within core curricula, such as by increasing teacher competency; and (2) the other half on providing supplemental international education services outside of normal instruction hours.
Directs the Secretary to conduct a biennial independent evaluation of such international education programs.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 19, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Nov 19, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2043)
- Sep 25, 2008Introduced in House
- Sep 25, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- Community and school
- Compensatory education
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Curricula
- Data banks
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational accountability
- Educational innovations
- Educational research
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Federal aid to education
- Geography and mapping
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Higher education
- International Affairs
- International education
- Language and languages
- Nonprofit organizations
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Teacher education
- United Nations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2008Introduced in House
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