HOUSE 1239115th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
World Language Advancement and Readiness Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/23/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-23Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- 2017-02-28Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-28Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-28Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2017-02-28Introduced in House
- 2017-02-28Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-28 (00)
World Language Advancement and Readiness Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Defense to award three-year competitive grants to state and local educational agencies for the establishment, improvement, or expansion of world language (e.g., foreign language or American Sign Language) programs in elementary and secondary schools.
Cosponsors (20)
- Leonard Lance (R-NJ)
- JOSEPH CROWLEY (D-NY)
- DON YOUNG (R-AK)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Tom Cole (R-OK)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY)
- James Himes (D-CT)
- RON KIND (D-WI)
- Bradley Schneider (D-IL)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- ROBERT BRADY (D-PA)
- Donald Norcross (D-NJ)
- Beto O'Rourke (D-TX)
- ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)
- Mike Coffman (R-CO)
- Luke Messer (R-IN)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
Subjects
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
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