3.0.0 7063 2020-02-10T16:54:29Z 2020-02-10T16:54:29Z House H HR 2008-09-25 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-25T14:03:45Z 2008-09-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2043) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-25 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2008-09-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000030 Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47] LORETTA SANCHEZ D CA 47 N R000576 Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] C. A. Ruppersberger D MD Dutch 2 2008-11-19 False Education Academic performance Community and school Compensatory education Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Curricula Data banks Economics and Public Finance 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 Education 00 2008-09-25 Introduced in House 2008-11-25T16:34:14Z 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.

]]> U.S. and the World Education Act Short Titles as Introduced U.S. and the World Education Act Display Title U.S. and the World Education Act Official Title as Introduced To raise achievement in international education in elementary schools and secondary schools through grants to improve teacher competency and to support programs in international education that supplement core curricula in such schools, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-09-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr7063ih/xml/BILLS-110hr7063ih.xml 2008-09-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2043) 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.