3.0.0 2862 2023-01-14T22:48:45Z 2023-01-14T22:48:45Z Senate S S 2004-09-29 108 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-09-29T22:08:38Z Education for All Act of 2004 108 5177 HR 2004-09-29 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. Identical bill CRS 2004-09-29 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2004-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N International Affairs AIDS (Disease) Accounting Canada Charities Child development Child health Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Curricula Developing countries Disabled Dropouts East Asia Economic assistance Economic development Economic growth Economics and Public Finance Education Educational accountability Educational planning Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Europe Extremist movements in politics Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Federal employees Fees Finance and Financial Sector France Free enterprise Germany Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health Health education Higher education Human immunodeficiency viruses Immigration Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) International agencies International cooperation Italy Japan Literacy programs Nongovernmental organizations Orphans Poverty Preschool education Refugees Russia Scholarships Secondary education Social Welfare Special education Strategic planning Teacher education Teacher supply and demand U.S. Agency for International Development United Kingdom Waste in government spending Women Women's education World health International Affairs 00 2004-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2004-12-07T21:37:22Z Education for All Act of 2004 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish as a policy priority of the United States the achievement of universal education by working with foreign countries and international organizations to: (1) assist developing countries committed to serious reforms in providing all children with quality elementary and secondary education; and (2) provide incentives to encourage educational system reform and educational service improvement in countries lacking such commitment.

Requires the President to establish an Education for All Task Force to carry out such policy and to develop a unified strategy to promote universal basic education.

Authorizes the President to provide funds or other assistance to eligible entities to assist a foreign country in developing and implementing a comprehensive national education plan that allows its citizens to access and complete basic education. Sets forth requirements for such plans.

Authorizes the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish an education fellowship program at USAID to increase the expertise of agency personnel in promoting universal basic education and to carry out this Act.

]]> Education for All Act of 2004 Display Title Education for All Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality basic education and to establish the achievement of universal basic education in all developing countries as an objective of United States foreign assistance policy, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Education for All Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-29T04:00:00Z 2004-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.