3.0.0 3909 2023-01-12T17:52:06Z 2023-01-12T17:52:06Z Senate S S 2006-09-18 109 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-09-18T21:57:05Z Education for All Act of 2006 109 6152 HR 2006-09-21 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. Identical bill CRS 2006-09-18 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2006-09-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9684-9685) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-18 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) Developing countries Economic assistance Economic growth Economics and Public Finance Education Educational accountability Educational innovations Educational planning Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Executive reorganization Extremist movements in politics Government Operations and Politics Health Higher education Human immunodeficiency viruses International agencies International cooperation Literacy programs Nongovernmental organizations Performance measurement Poverty Preschool education Preventive medicine Scholarships Secondary education Social Welfare Teacher education Violence World health International Affairs 00 2006-09-18 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-30T21:37:39Z Education for All Act of 2006 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to state that it is U.S. policy to work with foreign countries and international organizations to: (1) assist developing countries committed to serious reforms to provide 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 plan requirements.

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

]]> Education for All Act of 2006 Display Title Education for All Act of 2006 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 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3909is/xml/BILLS-109s3909is.xml 2006-09-18 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.