BEST Act
- Last Action
- 3/10/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-10Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- 2021-03-10Introduced in House
- 2021-03-10Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-10 (00)
Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching Act or the BEST Act
This bill directs the Department of Education to award renewable two-year grants to states to establish or improve, and carry out, Seal of Biliteracy programs to recognize student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in both English and a second language.
Further, these programs must allow speakers of any official Native American language to use equivalent proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in such language in lieu of proficiency in English.
Cosponsors (20)
- Cynthia Axne (D-IA)
- Juan Vargas (D-CA)
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- JAMES LANGEVIN (D-RI)
- Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
- DAVID PRICE (D-NC)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)
- GRACE NAPOLITANO (D-CA)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)
- Michael San Nicolas (D-GU)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD (D-CA)
- Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
Subjects
- Academic performance and assessments
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Indian social and development programs
- Minority education
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