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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3096 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to award 

grants to State and local educational agencies for the establishment, 

improvement, and expansion of world language education programs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 16, 2015 

Mr. PRICE of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. LANCE, Mr. CROWLEY, and 

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965 to award grants to State and local educational 

agencies for the establishment, improvement, and expansion of world language education programs. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. WORLD LANGUAGE ADVANCEMENT GRANT 

4 PROGRAM. 

5 Part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary 

6 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7241 et seq.) is amend7 ed by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘Subpart 22—World Language Advancement Act 

2 ‘‘SEC. 5621. SHORT TITLE. 

3 ‘‘This subpart may be cited as the ‘World Language 

4 Advancement Act of 2015’. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 5622. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 

6 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 

8 to make grants, on a competitive basis, to State edu9 cational agencies or local educational agencies to pay 

10 the Federal share of the cost of innovative model 

11 programs providing for the establishment, improve12 ment, or expansion of world language study for ele13 mentary school and secondary school students. 

14 ‘‘(2) DURATION.—Each grant under paragraph 

15 (1) shall be awarded for a period of 3 years. 

16 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) GRANTS TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGEN18 CIES.—In awarding a grant under subsection (a) to 

19 a State educational agency, the Secretary shall sup20 port programs that promote systemic approaches to 

21 improving world language learning in the State. 

22 ‘‘(2) GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN23 CIES.—In awarding a grant under subsection (a) to 

24 a local educational agency, the Secretary shall sup25 port programs that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) show the promise of being continued 

2 beyond the grant period; 

3 ‘‘(B) demonstrate approaches that can be 

4 disseminated and duplicated in other local edu5 cational agencies; and 

6 ‘‘(C) may include a professional develop7 ment component. 

8 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share for each 

10 fiscal year shall be 50 percent. 

11 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), 

12 the Secretary may determine the Federal share for 

13 any local educational agency which the Secretary de14 termines does not have adequate resources to pay 

15 the non-Federal share of the cost of the activities as16 sisted under this subpart. 

17 ‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE.—Not less than 75 percent of 

18 the funds made available under section 5401 to carry out 

19 this subpart shall be used for the expansion of world lan20 guage learning in the elementary grades. 

21 ‘‘(e) RESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve not 

22 more than 5 percent of funds made available under section 

23 5401 to carry out this subpart for a fiscal year to evaluate 

24 the efficacy of programs assisted under this subpart. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 5623. APPLICATIONS. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any State educational agency or 

3 local educational agency desiring a grant under this sub4 part shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 

5 time, in such manner, and containing such information 

6 and assurances as the Secretary may require. 

7 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary shall 

8 give special consideration to applications describing pro9 grams that— 

10 ‘‘(1) include intensive summer world language 

11 programs for professional development of world lan12 guage teachers; 

13 ‘‘(2) link nonnative English speakers in the 

14 community with the schools in order to promote two15 way language learning; 

16 ‘‘(3) promote the sequential study of a world 

17 language for students, beginning in elementary 

18 schools; 

19 ‘‘(4) make effective use of technology, such as 

20 computer-assisted instruction, language laboratories, 

21 or distance learning, to promote world language 

22 study; 

23 ‘‘(5) promote innovative activities, such as 

24 world language immersion, partial world language 

25 immersion, or content-based instruction; and 


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1 ‘‘(6) are carried out through a consortium com2 prised of the agency receiving the grant and an ele3 mentary school or secondary school. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 5624. DEFINITION. 

5 ‘‘In this subpart, the term ‘world language’ means 

6 any natural language other than English, including clas7 sical languages, American sign language, and Native 

8 American languages.’’. 

9 SEC. 2. CLERICAL AMENDMENT. 

10 The table of contents for the Elementary and Sec11 ondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting 

12 after the item relating to section 5618 the following: 

‘‘SUBPART 22. WORLD LANGUAGE ADVANCEMENT ACT

‘‘Sec. 5621. Short title. 

‘‘Sec. 5622. Program authorized. 

‘‘Sec. 5623. Applications. 

‘‘Sec. 5624. Definition.’’. 

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