‘‘(viii) providing programs that enable 
schools to continue providing education for 
the most poor or marginalized children, 
particularly adolescent girls, which includes 
flexible learning opportunities, accelerated 
and second chance classes, and opportuni-
ties that support leadership development; 
‘‘(M) to work with communities to achieve 
equity in schools and address gender norms to 
build support for girls’ education; 
‘‘(N) to support other initiatives that have 
demonstrated success in increasing access, im-
proving learning outcomes, and increasing edu-
cational opportunities for the most disadvan-
taged populations, including girls, children af-
fected by or emerging from armed conflict or 
humanitarian crises, children with disabilities, 
children in remote or rural areas, religious or 
ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples, orphans 
and children impacted by HIV/AIDS, child la-
borers, and victims of trafficking; and 
‘‘(O) to carry out other activities to sup-
port the Global Partnership for Education. 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED FOR 
COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY CONFLICT OR CRISES.—In 
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addition to the activities supported under paragraph 
(3), assistance provided under this subsection under 
the headings ‘Development Assistance’ and ‘Eco-
nomic Support Funds’ to foreign countries or those 
parts of the territories of foreign countries that are 
affected by or emerging from armed conflict, human-
itarian crises, or other emergency situations may be 
used to support efforts— 
‘‘(A) to ensure a continuity of educational 
activities for all children as an essential human-
itarian need and that all relevant executive 
branch agencies and officials collaborate and co-
ordinate to help provide this continuity; 
‘‘(B) to ensure that education assistance of 
the United States Government to countries in 
emergency settings, including countries affected 
by or emerging from armed conflict or humani-
tarian crises, shall be informed by the Minimum 
Standards of the Inter-Agency Network for 
Education in Emergencies (INEE Minimum 
Standards); 
‘‘(C) wherever possible, to reestablish for-
mal or provide support for formal and informal 
education services, or to complement services 
that are available to ensure that children are 
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able to continue their education and to protect 
children from physical harm, psychological and 
social distress, recruitment into armed groups, 
family separation, and abuses related to their 
displacement; 
‘‘(D) to promote the creation of out-of- 
school programs and flexible-hour schooling in 
areas in which security prevents students from 
attending regular schools; 
‘‘(E) to provide safe spaces, especially for 
girls, with such facilities providing access to 
water, sanitation, health-related education, psy-
chosocial support, and landmine awareness; 
‘‘(F) to provide assistance for temporary 
and permanent education facility construction 
and minor rehabilitation and equipping of edu-
cational structures; 
‘‘(G) to provide essential educational serv-
ices and materials that assist in building sys-
tems to support, train, and provide professional 
development for educators; 
‘‘(H) to build national capacity to coordi-
nate and manage education in emergency re-
sponse and recovery; 
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‘‘(I) to promote efforts to ensure the re-
integration of teachers and students in conflict, 
whether refugees or internally displaced, into 
educational systems, including regional ap-
proaches where appropriate to coordinate and 
recognize the educational efforts of these teach-
ers and students and other school systems; and 
‘‘(J) to promote efforts to ensure safe pas-
sage to and from school, designate schools as 
conflict-free zones respected by all parties, and 
adopt and support community-owned protective 
measures to reduce the incidence of attack on 
education by local actors, armed groups and 
armed forces. 
‘‘(g) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 31 
of each year, the President shall transmit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report on the 
implementation of this section for the prior fiscal 
year and make the report available to the public. 
‘‘(2) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report required 
by paragraph (1) shall include— 
‘‘(A) a description of efforts made by rel-
evant executive branch agencies and officials to 
implement the strategy developed pursuant to 
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subsection (e), with a particular focus on the 
activities carried out under this section; 
‘‘(B) a description of the programs estab-
lished by each foreign country receiving assist-
ance pursuant to subsection (f) that provides a 
detailed explanation of the extent to which the 
strategy developed pursuant to subsection (e) 
and the assistance provided pursuant to sub-
section (f) are contributing to the goal of qual-
ity universal basic education in the foreign 
country; and 
‘‘(C) a description of the extent to which 
each foreign country selected to receive assist-
ance pursuant to subsection (f) meets the pri-
ority criteria specified in subsection (f)(2). 
‘‘(3) DATA.—Where possible, all data should be 
disaggregated by sex and age. 
‘‘(h) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—The Presi-
dent shall exercise the authority provided in this section 
in accordance with other applicable law. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the President such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2014 and each subsequent fiscal year.’’. 
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(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Chapter 1 of part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by 
subsection (a), is further amended by redesignating the 
second section 135 (as added by section 5(a) of the Sen-
ator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public 
Law 109–121; 119 Stat. 2536)) as section 136. 
SEC. 4. COORDINATOR OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
ACTIONS TO PROVIDE BASIC EDUCATION AS-
SISTANCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development 
shall designate an individual to serve as the Coordi-
nator of United States Government Actions to Pro-
vide Basic Education Assistance (hereinafter in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Coordinator’’). 
(2) REPEAL.—Effective upon the date on which 
the Administrator designates an individual to serve 
as Coordinator pursuant to paragraph (1), section 
664 (b) and (c) of division J of Public Law 110– 
161, section 7064(2) of division F of Public Law 
111–117, and section 7034(q)(2) of Public Law 
112–74 are repealed. 
(b) GENERAL AUTHORITIES.—The Coordinator, act-
ing through such nongovernmental organizations (includ-
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ing organizations representing parents, teachers, and stu-
dents, faith-based and community-based organizations) 
and relevant executive branch agencies and officials as 
may be necessary and appropriate to effect the purposes 
of this section, is authorized to coordinate the promotion 
of quality universal basic education. 
(c) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Coordinator shall have 
primary responsibility for the oversight and coordi-
nation of all resources and international activities of 
the United States Government to promote quality 
universal basic education under section 105A of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 
3(a) of this Act) or any other provision of law. 
(2) SPECIFIC DUTIES.—The duties of the Coor-
dinator shall specifically include the following: 
(A) Ensuring program and policy coordina-
tion among relevant executive branch agencies 
and officials and nongovernmental organiza-
tions, including coordination of auditing, moni-
toring, and evaluation of all such programs. 
(B) Ensuring that relevant executive 
branch agencies and officials undertake pro-
grams primarily in those areas in which the 
agencies and officials have the greatest exper-
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tise, technical capabilities, and potential for 
success. 
(C) Ensuring coordination of activities of 
relevant executive branch agencies and officials 
in the field in order to eliminate duplication. 
(D) Pursuing coordination with other 
countries and international organizations. 
(E) Resolving policy, program, and funding 
disputes among relevant executive branch agen-
cies and officials. 
(F) Ensuring due diligence criteria for all 
recipients of funds to promote quality universal 
basic education under section 105A of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other provi-
sion of law, and all activities carried out with 
such funds, subject to the coordination and ap-
propriate monitoring, evaluation, and audits 
carried out by the Coordinator necessary to as-
sess the measurable outcomes of such activities. 
(G) Convening meetings, as appropriate, 
but at least annually, of relevant executive 
branch agencies and officials to evaluate 
progress in carrying out the United States 
strategy developed pursuant to subsection (e) of 
section 105A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
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1961 (as added by section 3(a) of this Act) and 
recommend future changes to the strategy 
based upon such evaluation. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BASIC EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘basic edu-
cation’’ has the meaning given that term in sub-
section (d)(3) of section 105A of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (as added by section 3(a) of this 
Act). 
(2) RELEVANT EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES 
AND
OFFICIALS.—The term ‘‘relevant executive 
branch agencies and officials’’ has the meaning given 
that term in subsection (d)(7) of section 105A of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 
3(a) of this Act). 
(e) SPECIFICATION
OF RESOURCES
OF COORDI-
NATOR.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall specify the necessary 
financial and personnel resources, including detailees, 
from funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations under subsection (i) of section 105A of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 3(a) 
of this Act), that shall be assigned to and under the direct 
control of the Coordinator to establish and maintain the 
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duties and supporting activities assigned to the Coordi-
nator by this section. 
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